illegal border crossings. julia ainsley has more from el paso. reporter: tonight, chaotic scenes in el paso, including these migrants climbing over a border fence. others going under barbed wire put out by texas national guard, all part of an ongoing surge of illegal border crossings here, and coming just as the biden administration is asking the supreme court to lift a pandemic border restriction known as title 42, a move border officials say would send the number of illegal border crossings soaring even higher to a record 10,000 per day. the supreme court has temporarily blocked lifting title 42 at the request of 19 republican states. but the biden administration asking the court to reverse that. in a filing tonight, saying title 42 is no longer necessary to protect public health. meanwhile, in el paso, officials say they re facing a humanitarian crisis. it s about 33 degrees here in downtown el paso, where migrants
a real surprise. lester, a major surprise that president zelenskyy is planning to come in person to speak to a joint session of congress tomorrow night, with the white house preparing for a visit as well, according to multiple sources familiar with that planning. the visit would mark the first known time zelenskyy has left ukraine since the russian invasion began. the planned visit is highly contingent on keeping zelenskyy s travel safe and secure, and our source caution that plans could still change or be canceled. tonight speaker pelosi declined to confirm the visit, but told me an address from a hero of zelenskyy s stature would, quote, bring honor on the congress of the united states. the planned visit comes as congress prepares to vote on some $45 billion on additional military and humanitarian aid for ukraine. lester? all right, garrett haake, thank you. now to the migrant crisis at the southern border. the biden administration asking the supreme court to lift a pandemic bo
fence. others going under barbed wire put up by texas national guard. it s all part of an ongoing surge of illegal border crossings here, and coming just as the biden administration is asking the supreme court to lift a pandemic border restriction known as title 42. a move border officials say would send a number of illegal border crossing soaring even higher. to a record 10,000 per day. the supreme court has temporarily blocked lifting title 42 at the request of 19 republican states. but the biden administration asking the court to reverse that, in a filing tonight saying that title 42 is no longer necessary to protect public health. meanwhile, in el paso, officials say that they are facing a humanitarian crisis. it is about 33 degrees here in downtown el paso where migrants are sleeping and huddling together for warmth. you can see the city has come