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also tonight the pentagon approveathize deployment of some 1,500 u.s. troops to the southern border with mexico as the u.s. braces for a new surge of thousands of migrants. the pentagon press secretary joins us live to discuss the timing and the scope of this new military mission. and senators clash over a proposed code of ethics for the u.s. supreme court justices at a hearing prompted by scrutiny of justice clarence thomas. i ll speak with chairman dick durbin who s accusing the high court of being in his word oblivious to these ethics issues. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with two very consequential deadlines for the biden administration and the country, for that matter. the u.s. facing the dire possibility of defaulting on its debt next month, and a major migrant surge across the southern border is expected next week when a key trump era immigration policy expire ....
send armed troops to the southern border. bracing for a mass inexflux of migrants, a new report from the border you ll see first on outfront. new details for the manhunt or the texas suspect who killed five people including a 9-year-old boy. the man s neighbor telling cnn where his clothes and cell phone were found. and putin as a hippie. desantis visiting disney, ronald reagan surrendering to the soviets. inside an ai operation that is meant to deceive. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erica hill in font for erin burnett. outfront, troops to the border. president biden deploying 1,500 armed troopses to the u.s./mexico border as the country braces for an influx of migrants. nearly 40,000 asylum seekers are waiting just across the border in mexico, waiting to enter the u.s. once the trump-era covid rule known as title 42 expires next week. that rule has been used more than times by border officials to quickly expel migrants from the u.s. biden s plan anno ....
Also tonight the pentagon approveathize deployment of some 1,500 u.s. troops to the southern border with mexico as the u.s. braces for a new surge of thousands of migrants. the pentagon press secretary joins us live to discuss the timing and the scope of this new military mission. and senators clash over a proposed code of ethics for the u.s. supreme court justices at a hearing prompted by scrutiny of justice clarence thomas. i ll speak with chairman dick durbin who s accusing the high court of being in his word oblivious to these ethics issues. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with two very consequential deadlines for the biden administration and the country, for that matter. the u.s. facing the dire possibility of defaulting on its ....
Will be on the border as early as may 10th just one day before that pandemic law expires, which will then allow a law that had allowed, of course, the administration to expel migrants coming across the border much more quickly. now, the administration has said they do expect as soon as that order expires, they expect thousands more migrants to try and cross the border. so this is really in preparation for that. it is not unprecedented, but, again, it underscores the preparation the administration is taking. thank you very much. let s discuss what s going on with the pentagon press secretary brigadier general patrick rider. thank you so much for joining us. how will these u.s. military personnel, these troops fit into the overall effort to prepare for a possible surge of migrants and asylum seekers the end of what s called title 42? first of all, wolf, thanks very hutch for having me today. as natasha highlights these ....
Ground is very wet, and that s what ukrainian officials are saying that the conditions aren t there yet. nic robertson on the scene for us, stay safe. joining us now cnn military analyst to former nato supreme court allied commander jeffrey clark and ambassador william taylor. what s your reaction to the latest comments from president zelenskyy in the washington post ? did the biden administration misstep in not giving ukraine at least a heads up about these sensitive leaks? well, wolf, it sounds like secretary of state blinken did call his counterpart that is foreign minister kaleba right away and sounds like deputy secretary of state wendy sherman made a couple of phone calls as well. so the effort was there. whether it got to president zelenskyy is not clear, but he s ....