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Allies of mike pence launching a super pac today to take on donald trump for the nomination. it is a campaign they say will reintroduce pence as, quote, his own man, despite his reluctance to criticize donald trump. and ron desantis is escalating his culture wars, signing a ban on diversity and inclusion programs at floridas public colleges into law on monday. he also slammed president biden after a judge blocked administration from releasing migrants into the country to avoid overcrowding at bo...

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So this morning theres a surprising quiet at the southern border as federal officials report a dramatic drop in border crossings, which is the opposite of what so many had predicted would happen after title 42 ended. they warned it would be chaotic for a while, remember? well, instead this was the scene in el paso over the weekend, no lines, no crowds, no chaos. just before the policy lifted border encounters were topping 10,000 each day, that is now down to just over 4,000. still, homeland secu...

>> reporter: president biden is facing legal challenges from both ends as they are trying to manage the border. late thursday, a federal judge in florida temporarily blocked the administration from releasing migrants without court dates. thats a tool that the administration has used for some migrants as it tries to alleviate any overcrowding in border facilities. and then, two, the american civil liberties union along with other groups filed a suit to block the administrations new asylum rule th...

>> we all just want to -- >> new explosions reported in eastern ukraine. well take you there to the frontlines as ukrainian troops work to recapture territory taken by russian troops there. plus the new recommendations that women should start getting mammograms much earlier than previously suggested. the reason for the proposed changes, coming up. we start this morning at the u.s. southern border with mexico. for now communities there are not reporting the historic influx of migrants many ex...

Intense. >> that is concerning. ben wedeman, thank you. turning now to the southern border where communities there say theyre seeing fewer-than-expected migrants trying to enter the u.s. after the end of title 42. and the biden administration is vowing tougher consequences for migrants who try to enter the country illegally. >> but u.s. officials still feel that the situation could deteriorate to a crisis. a federal judge blocked the administration from using a policy that would release migran...

Youve got independent senator kristen sinema of arizona, enrolled in senator of carolina introducing legislation that would expand the white house expulsion authority for the next two years. the biden ministration attempted to implement a policy allowing some vetted non citizens into united states in an effort to ease overcrowding at border facilities. but a federal judge blocked that attempt. that is in addition to vice president kamala harriss work to address the root causes of migration. now ...

Court notice, but with a requirement to report to an immigration and customs enforcement office. this is a common strategy with administrations, a way to release people. for 14 days the biden administration cannot do this. i spoke to a source this morning who told me, when there was planning for the end of title 42, they baked in the fact they were probably going to face legal challenges. this has been the case for the biden administration over the last few years. the homeland security secretary...

At border facilities. the biden add manition is surging troops, government workers toured the southern border thats clock ticked down. we begin there with nick valencia live on the border in a town named brownsville, texas. them and em l paso feeling the brunt of this. the sun is almost up there. >> yeah. weve seen a slight uptick. not the chaos that we were expecting. title 42 was nekin effect for te years. but it is officially over. ushering in new concerns of overcrowding at the border and wh...

One grave concern from the florida ruling is how that is going to affect severe overcrowding in terms of what we see at our border facilities. when we see spikes in the arooils and the name of the game is processing efficiency, if you dont allow for the release of migrants who have a legal right to seek asylum, what you are going to see is overcrowding in jail-like settings. during the trump administration we also saw deaths as a result of those conditions. seven children died in custody or afte...