thanks for joining us. i m alex marquardt in for fredricka whitfield today. we begin at the u.s. southern border where officials say they are seeing fewer migrants crossing than expected, despite the end of title 42. authorities say that the long lines of people who once waited to enter the u.s. have dissipated at many border crossings. many had expected a surge after the covid era policy title 42 expired at midnight on thursday. in its place the biden administration has re-enacted tougher border policies, which require longer processing times, and impose severe consequences for those who cross illegally. the white house has sent thousands of asylum officers, secret service agents and even u.s. troops, to reinforce screening efforts, and to mitigate the already challenging humanitarian crisis. cnn s polo sandoval is in el paso, texas. you re on the ground. what are you seeing? it certainly has been less chaotic the less 48 hours since the lifting of title 42. that being sai
atmospheric river is raising water levels and leaving a trail of destruction. a levee breech iach is forcing evacuations in monterey county. governor newsom has declared a state of emergency. we can t live like this. how do i live like this? how do i have my kids live here or my elderly mother live here? mike, a lot of people are trying to reassess how much longer can they endure this. reporter: right. you know a couple people made the decision to leave just a few minutes ago. we saw them coming out on national guard convoys because they couldn t wait any longer. we re here just over the santa cruz line in pajaro. you see acres of farmland that are now underwater. if we push in looking north, the farther you go, the closer you get to the pajaro river. a levee in the river failed around midnight local time, which is why you see all this water flooding this strawberry farm that s on either side of the railroad tracks. we want to jump to drone video of neighboring watsonvi
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u.s. troops, to reinforce screening efforts, and to mitigate the already challenging humanitarian crisis. cnn s polo sandoval is in el paso, texas. you re on the ground. what are you seeing? it certainly has been less chaotic the less 48 hours since the lifting of title 42. that being said, there is an expectation among customs and border protection that this break could perhaps be short-term. that s according to reporting from priscilla alvarez, when you look at a recently filed court filing, there is a senior cbp official that projects in the coming days or weeks, we could see a number of average encountering going from 9 thou you this which we re currently seeing to 14,000. that would certainly be a noticeable increase, but nonetheless, just to be clear, it is not what we re seeing at this particular point. what we are seeing, though, is an opportunity for dhs officials to basically play catchup here, to process the close to 23,000 people that are still in cbp
we know this can make a difference. we need to build on that. in the wake of the uvalde shooting in texas, a local pediatrician gave real gut wrenching testimony on capitol hill about what he saw the day of the shooting. why does it continue to be important to hear those voices in the e.r. to describe the trauma that they are facing and they are seeing victims face as they come in after gun related violence? you know, we re here at south by southwest. one of the panelists is one of the families from the uvalde shooting. when you have these granular discussions from folks on different sides of the political spectrum, when we have these discussions, when we see these kids and their families come into the trauma bays or emergency rooms with gun injured kids or kids they ve lost to gun