the president ordering 1500 active duty troops to the southern border. already thousands of of people camped out ready to enter the united states and cities are unprepared for the coming surge. plus countdown to crisis. the treasury secretary puts a clock on how much longer can pay its bills. the calendar crunch spurs the president and house speaker to set a meeting, but there s no movement on the big details. and ron desantis nears his 2024 moment by making clear culture war fights on abortion on the mouse, even on the death penalty are central to his campaign in waiting. up first for us this hour, a big biden white house plan to help with a brewing border crisis. sources saying the pentagon will deploy 1500 more troops to the borderer. the decision comes days before the pandemic era title 42 expires and days before as a result of anticipated surge of migrants against the united states. natasha bertrand, tell us more. when that title 42 will end, it expires may 11th, the
putin accusing him of war crimes in ukraine. but will the russian president actually be arrested? we ll break down where things go from here. anger boiling over in france. violent clashes between protesters and police as people take to the streets to condemn plans to raise the country s retirement age. plus trump s lawyer ordered to testify. what the ruling means for the investigation into the former u.s. president s handling of classified documents. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. we begin with a historic decision by the international criminal court. for the first time since russia invaded ukraine the icc has issued an arrest warrant for russia s president over alleged war crimes. the court says vladimir putin bears responsibility for his scheme to illegally deport thousands of ukrainian children to russia. the icc has also issued a similar warrant for russia s so-called commissioner for children s rights, who oversees the d
top the hour here on your monday. i m erica hill. and i m jim sciutto. nice to be with erica. right now president biden is in mexico as he prepares to meet face-to-face with the mexico president obrador later today in what is a big week for u.s./mexico ties. biden made his first visit to the u.s. southern border on sunday. enormous political implications here. we met with border officials in el paso, texas. while highlighting the disturbing rise not just in migrants but in u.s. fentanyl deaths. also we are following what is happening in brazil. shades of the january 6 attack on the u.s. capitol after false claims of a stolen election. sounds familiar. supporters of brazil s jair bolsonaro smashing windows and clashing with police and breaking into congress and the presidential palace and the supreme court. hundreds have been arrested. meantime, in washington this morning with kevin mccarthy fin finally locking up the house speakership, gop members meeting to select thei
florida governor, ron desantis abruptly removed a twice elected prosecutor just last year, why? because he refused to go after people who seek and provide abortions or provide gender affirming care to transgender people. andrew warren sued desantis and now a federal judge dismissed that lawsuit saying his action of the governor did violate the first amendment and florida s constitution, but, as a federal judge he couldn t rule against a state official based only on the violation of state law. and the wake of that ruling today, andrew warren joins me now. andrew, thank you for coming, i know that we talked when this first happened so i ve been curiously following this particular suit, and the federal judge did take governor desantis word for the suspension, but, he upheld it, why do you think that was in your opinion? thank you for having me back. as you said, the judge took the governor s to task. the governor violated federal and state law in suspending me. he said that t
a batch of new transcripts. what did donald trump jr. tell the committee? plus, a message from moscow. nearly 70 missiles pierce the ukrainian sky in a massive attack. the target ukraine s energy grid. the objective to force war weary ukrainians to spend the holidays in the pitch black. and the united states revives a covid travel restriction for passengers traveling from china. that s what we re watching this hour. hello, everyone, i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. developing, the january 6th committee releasing deposition transcripts from 19 witnesses, many of them donald trump insiders. now, the list includes the former president s son donald trump jr., kimberly guilfoyle, the former fox anchor and trump jr. s girlfriend. stephanie grisham, alexa farah griffin, stephen miller, a former top adviser, christopher miller, the former acting defense lawyer and paula reid joining us with the latest. what did he tell the committee? a lot of news in this batch of transcri