expires. so we ll take you down to the southern border this morning. also, it looks like turkey s presidential election is head for a runoff. we have christiane amanpour here to hear why this race has global implications. and aaa is predicting one of the busiest travel day weekends in decades. an expert with tips on how to beat the rush. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. but here s where we begin this morning. new overnight, a bus of migrants dropped off at the official home of the vice president, kamala harris, in d.c. texas governor greg abbott sent the bus to the naval observatory after title 42, that covid-era immigration policy expired last thursday. many were expecting a surge of migrants over the weekend, but according to the biden administration, that s not what happened. here s president biden sunday after a bike ride. how do you think things are going at the border, sir? much better than much better than y all expected. of course, the con
difficult. they re difficult. turkey is a difficult ally, because as you pointed out, it s so important. nato has so many countries, but turkey is the second biggest military. and there, it s on the ground. it s easily deployable. but over the years, turkey has, particularly under erdogan, starting about 20 years ago, when he actually opened up and demo democratized turkey, then with the attempted coup against him, he cracked down and started to become a lot more authoritarian and that s what s made him incredibly unpredictable when it comes to being a rock-solid western ally. and of course, before, turkey used to be kind of the de facto bridge between east and west. but under erdogan, they have dropped their attempts to get into the eu, because there are a lot of conditions that they are