firefighters on scene to help make this scene and this incident go smoothly. every fireman that is in a blue shirt would do exactly like i did. sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. the ones like this are victories that help balance it out. natasha chen, cnn, los angeles. wonderful to see what they did natasha, thank you. cnn this morning continues right now. the new era of title 42 expired at midnight. if anyone arrives, they ll be presumed ineligible for asylum and subject to steep consequences. 400,000 migrants may attempt that journey to cross that u.s. border. we re boarding up as if there was a hurricane coming. the d.a. s office decided to move forward with a manslaughter charge. attorneys for the man being charged, he risked his own life and safety for the good of his fellow passengers. this is an extraordinarily difficult case for any prosecutor. this is about the law. this is about justice, too. there are talks to take over as the new ceo
100 hours. so i think i ll get started right now. i m literally already in the game right now. so i ll get started with this. cnn this morning, more important, starts now. good morning, everyone. caitlyn is off. phil mattingly is here. where is your coffee? i can t get to it. that is the only safe way. i only bought you one that is not even the one control room the spillable one is even under that. impressive effort to make sure i don t screw up to day. phil mattingly, it s been a great week. let s get through three hours. let s get started with five things to know this friday, may 12th. title 42 expired at midnight. officials are bracing to handle tens of thousands of migrants in the weeks ahead. prosecutors say they re filing manslaughter charges against the man that choked a man to death on a new york city subway. sources tell cnn that daniel penny will turn himself in. and elon musk has chosen a ceo to head twitter. she currently heads up nbc universal s
We are united in our shock. We are united in our anguish. We are united in our shock. We are united in ouranguish. An we are united in our shock. We are united in our anguish. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. Welcome to this Special Edition of Bbc World News as firefighters in west london are still at the scene of a horrendous fire that has killed at least 12 people. The blaze at the 2a storey tower block began in the early hours of wednesday morning. Many people are still missing and the police have warned the number of dead is expected to rise significantly. Our special coverage begins with this report from our uk home editor, mark easton. Oh my god, theyre screaming it is a tragedy that plays to our darkest fears. There was smoke everywhere, literally everywhere. There was people downstairs, bits of the block, cladding, falling off the block. That was on fire. Screaming. People screaming. It wasjust people jumping out, literally. And putting sheets down to try to ge
Hearing from them later in the programme. We will Hearfrom Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated from the tower block itself. Alice has a different Vantage Point of the one ive got now. Firstly, i think we should hear from those affected most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have lost just about everything and in many cases, people who have lostjust about everything they own. Lostjust about everything they own. Today lostjust about everything they own. Today is the 14th ofjune. 2am, i was woken up by the siren noise. It was my son that woke me up. I think it was about 1 20am. And where were you . On the 17th floor. We grabbed them. We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out, just as i was entering the ground floor, The Fire Brigade was coming up. It was moving very fast. I cannot imagine, it was so fast. I looke
Windows werent, and there were people in there. You could see the silhouettes. And then the next thing, explosions. The London Fire Brigade desperately struggled to reach the upper floors, but were repelled by the heat and falling debris. This is a completely unprecedented fire. In my 29 years in the London Fire Brigade, i have never seen a fire of this nature and i have seen many high rise fires. Residents are sheltering in nearby Community Centres, some are missing family members. The investigation begins into how the fire started, and how it was allowed to take hold with such devastating effect. Around 70 people are being treated in six london hospitals, 20 people are in a critical condition. The fire is still burning firefighters say it will still be some hours before its out. Well be bringing you the latest, in this extended programme. Stay with bbc news for all the developments from our correspondence. Good evening from west london where a huge fire is still burning after it engu