good morning to you. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, may 13th, i m victor blackwell. and i m amara walker. how could you not prefer pasta? you re still on the pasta. that is my comfort food. do you like pasta? i mean, i could eat it. not like i m going to i m not going to kick it out of bed. but i wouldn t invite it in. let s just say that. but bread. but they go hand in hand. here is what we re watching. city leaders along the u.s./mexico border say they are bracing for an influx of migrants after title 42 expired this week. cnn is with migrants on the mexican side of the border as they attempt to make it into the u.s. we re closer now to justice than a week ago. because daniel penny has been arrested. the ex-marine accused of holding jordan neely in a fatal chokehold surrendered and the charges he is now facing and while lawyers for neely s family say they are not enough. negotiations continue this weekend as lawmakers work to hammer out a
watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. these migrants who tried to cross into the u.s., but now here they are realizing that texas national guard, texas state troopers, along with cbp, will not let them through the barb wire fence any longer, they re coming back to the mexico side. we ll take you to the southern border as thousands of migrants realize the end of title 42 isn t making it easier to cross into the united states. plus, republicans, donald trump and ron desantis will be competing for supporters tonight as they hold duelling rallies in iowa. we ll have a preview and on the ground in the trenches with ukrainian troops near bakhmut as they fight russia for every square foot of ground. announcer: live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. u.s. cities along the border with mexico report fewer migrant crossings than expected on the first day since title 42 expired. the
retreating. video from the front lines tonight showing putin s soldiers abandoning their posts. we ll show you this new video. ukraine pushing russia back from a key city. we re going to go to the front lines tonight. and desantis tonight picking up nearly 40 new endorsements. i m going to talk to one gop donor who just met with him. will he back him over trump or not? and. new details tonight about the utah mother who wrote a children s book grieving her husband, is now charged with his murder. the attorney for the victim s family is my guest. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, russians on t run. just look at these dramatic new pictures. literally they re running. this is near bakhmut. you re looking at what appeared to be russian forces retreating. these are about a dozen or so as they re just running along that wooded area scrambling to safety. they re being attacked in this video from above. as i said, they are near the key
viewers watching here in the united states and around the world. crowded but not chaotic. a day after the u.s. lifted its covid-era immigration policy, the scene at the southern border remains relatively calm. a breakthrough in bakhmut. russia acknowledges the setbacks in the ukrainian city after months of brutal fighting for every inch of territory. erdogan s toughest test yet after two decades in power. the turkish leader is facing the very real possibility of defeat in this weekend s pivotal election. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. good to be back with you. so far at least, it appears to be the surge that wasn t. u.s. cities along the border with mexico report fewer migrant crossings than expected on the first day since title 42 expired. the covid-era policy allowed authorities to swiftly expel most migrants in el paso, texas, the mayor said the city saw a spike in migrants seeking asylum in the days leading up to the policy changing. but he says it s been
they re trying to hold every inch of territory in that city. how has that changed the way they re fighting this side? reporter: it s made it on the russian side, dirtier. on the ukrainian, more desperate. the last few days as the offensive gains in intensity, as the conditions on the ground worsen, those images geolocated by cnn that showed the conditions around bakhmut pretty grim with mud, making the roads pretty much impassable. what ukrainian authorities and president sens has said tonight is things are getting more and more challengichallenging. what we re seeing are a series of intense attacks, but it is the battle for the town of bakhmut that gets worse and more intense by the day with ukrainian officials describing it as the epicenter. there have been today hundreds of artillery barrages and rocket strikes by the russians as they try and encircle the town, and specifically the areas of settlements to the west of it. desperate pleas on the part of the ukrainians once