secure the safety of students and staff and who is behind the attacks. and what happens if the united states defaults on the debt? president biden and kevin mccarthy are set to meet. and now, since 2007, the writers have gone on strike, and how it could affect your favorite shows. we will monitoring all of these stories and more coming in to cnn news central. all right. we have news just into cnn. the biden administration, we have just learned is making plans to send an additional 1,500 active duty troops to the u.s./mexico border in anticipation of the influx of migrants from the title 42 health authority expiring next week. title 42 allowed the u.s. to deport people immediately on covid grounds. this is all coming from sources familiar with the planning to cnn. i want to go to priscilla alvarez to get the latest details on this. and priscilla, what have you learned? well, john, this is a common occurrence when we anticipate a surge at the u.s./mexico border. we are
deport people immediately on covid grounds. this is all coming from sources familiar with the planning to cnn. i want to go to priscilla alvarez to get the latest details on this. and priscilla, what have you learned? well, john, this is a common occurrence when we anticipate a surge at the u.s./mexico border. we are learning that the defense department plans to send additional active duty reserves in support roles. there are currently around 2,500 national guard troops already along the u.s./mexico border. the u.s. officials said that at the request of the department of security, dod is going to require an additional increase of 2,500 personnel for cpb for monitoring and data entry and warehouse support, and we should note that it is not in the law enforcement capacity, but as you
weaponry is prolonging the conflict. on our way back from the front line, we spot what we ve come in search of. it s absolutely incredible. we re driving past and it s like a grave yard of american military hardware and this is not under the control of coalition forces. this is in the command of militias. which is expressly forbidden by the arms sales agreement with the u.s. and that report was front and center during a capitol hill hearing where the head of the u.s. central command was questioned about these developments and what the defense department plans to do next. we have not authorized saudi arabia or the emirates to retransfer any of this equipment to other parties on the ground in yemen. i think we have to look more closely at the allegations in this particular situation to find out what happened. as we ve seen in iraq in the
bret: now fresh pickings from the political grapevine. new york city ruled that bigger is not better when it comes to sugary drinks. today, the city health board approved a been a of big sodas and other high calorie drinks at restaurant, movie theaters and stadium concession staps. the unprecedented measure limits cup sizes to 16-ounces. though customers can purchase as many of those as they like. supports say the move will help fight obesity. but not everyone is a fan, as you can imagine. one tweet reads wow! maybe they can tell us what to do hour by hour so we don t have to make the hard decisions. another, nyc soda been a approved on positive note, we can still buy unlimited sizes in quantities of alcohol, beer and tobacco products. chevy volt sales are lagging. the defense department plans
i ve been told the defense department plans to announce other charges against other high-profile defendants as early as next week, one being the alleged mastermind of the bombing of the uss cole in 2000. these are all proceedings that will be taking place in guantanamo. at the time how did the administration justify the decision to pursue civilian trial as opposed to military commissions, michael? you know, this was very much a part of the core philosophy of most of the people in the obama administration, in top legal jobs, and during the obama campaign that civilian justice is better than military justice or at least military commission justice. a lot of that was push back, grew out of opposition by then-senator barack obama and most other democrats to everything president george w. bush was doing.