united states and all around the world, i m paula newton. coming up this hour, u.s. president joe biden heads to the southern border to see for himself what the right and left are calling a crisis. hear from one activist about what she hopes he takes from this visit. now the dust is settling after a chaotic vote for house speaker, we will look at what comes next fororor the new lead and we are live in hong kong as china reopens to the world, even as it confronts a massive surge in covid cases. we speak to a doctor here in the united states about how this could impact the spread of the virus. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so in the coming hours president joe biden is expected to visit the u.s. southern border for the first time since taking office, and it comes as he faces mounting criticism for failing to stem a surge in migration. now, in the fiscal year 2022 the u.s. encountered more than 2 million migrants at the border,
states and right around the world, i m paula neaten. ahead on cnn newsroom, we are hours away from joe biden s visit to the u.s./mexico border. i will speak to a nonprofit director about what she hopes to see come out of his first visit to the frontier as u.s. president. plus, reports of new russian strikes right across ukraine. all this on the heels of what was supposed to be a russian ceasefire. we will have a live report from kyiv. and for the first time since his cardiac arrest on a football field, buffalo bills player damar hamlin is speaking out on social media. what he is saying about his recovery so far. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so for the first time since taking office president joe biden is expected to visit the u.s. southern border in the hours ahead. officials say he will assess immigration enforcement operations in el paso, texas, where border crossings have surged so much, the city recently declared a
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trials and the execution of two more men in the strongest terms. the u.s. says it will continue to work with partners to pursue accountability for iran s brutal crack down. for more we are joined by nada bashir, she joins us from london. inside and outside iran this protest movement continues, but it has been so brutal inside the country and one wonders even through condemnation if countries other countries can actually have an impact on the regime right now. reporter: absolutely, paula. these latest executions are just another example of how brutal the iranian regime is willing to be in order to quell these ongoing anti-regime protests, as you mentioned, a further two young men were langd, executed early saturday morning, just 21 and 20 years old, mohammad mehdi karami, a karate champion and seyyed mohammad hosseini a volunteer children s coach, both are set to have faced torture while they were in detention.
ukrainians to punch through that front line and really try to change the game, but they re less armored than a tank. it s not the same thing. of course, the ukrainians have been asking for proper tanks. the reason, part of the reason why the u.s. hasn t sent them yet is the pentagon says that frankly their tanks come with a lot of headaches. they require a lot of training, they also are huge gas guzzlers and they re very complicated to actually maintain. so the americans are hoping that other allied countries will step up and send ukraine their tanks instead, paula. okay. scott mclean. appreciate the update for us in kyiv. thank you. now, in iran state media report authorities have executed two more men linked to anti-government protests mohammad mehdi karami and seyyed mohammad hosseini were hanged on saturday. at least two other men were executed last month. nations are condemning the killings including the u.s. the state department says it condemns iran s, quote, sham