world. i m laila harrak. the u.s. border with mexico remains calm, at least for now, a day after the title 42 immigration rule came to an end. russia tries to take out a u.s.-made patriot air defense system in ukraine, but the patriot system appears to have worked as it was intended. and the eurovision song contest final is just hours away. we ll have a eurovision historian what to expect as 26 acts prepare to represent their home nations. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. good to be with you. u.s. cities along the border with mexico report fewer migrant crossings than expected on the first day since title 42 expired. the covid-era policy allowed authorities to swiftly expel most migrants. federal officials say there was no substantial increase overnight or an influx at midnight friday morning when title 42 expired. still, leaders of border cities are calling on the federal government and lawmakers to address the problems with th
in a chokehold for several minutes on a new york subway on may 1st now stands accused of second-degree manslaughter for recklessly causing his death. the manhattan district attorney s office bringing the charge after numerous witness interviews, a review of photo and video footage and discussions with the medical examiner. the prosecutor telling the court witnesses observed neely making threats and scaring passengers, adding penny approached neely from behind and placed him in the chokehold, taking him down to the ground. when the train arrived at the next stop, penny continued to hold neely in the chokehold for several minutes. two other men helping to restrain his arms. at some point mr. neely stopped moving. the defendant continued to hold mr. neely for a period and then released him. penny s lawyers argue he risked his own life and safety to protect himself and fellow new yorkers, resulting in the unintended and unforeseen death of mr. neely. adding they are confident pen
retreating. video from the front lines tonight showing putin s soldiers abandoning their posts. we ll show you this new video. ukraine pushing russia back from a key city. we re going to go to the front lines tonight. and desantis tonight picking up nearly 40 new endorsements. i m going to talk to one gop donor who just met with him. will he back him over trump or not? and. new details tonight about the utah mother who wrote a children s book grieving her husband, is now charged with his murder. the attorney for the victim s family is my guest. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, russians on t run. just look at these dramatic new pictures. literally they re running. this is near bakhmut. you re looking at what appeared to be russian forces retreating. these are about a dozen or so as they re just running along that wooded area scrambling to safety. they re being attacked in this video from above. as i said, they are near the key
when the train arrived at the next stop, penny continued to hold neely in the choke hold for several minutes. two other men helping to restrain his arms. at some point, mr. neely stopped moving. the defendant continued to hold mr. neely for a period and then released him. penny s lawyers argue he risked his own life and safety to protect himself and fellow new yorkers, resulting in the unintended and unforeseen death of mr. neely, adding they are confident penny will be absolved of any wrongdoing once all the facts are known. lawyers for the neely family hailing penny s arrest. we re closer now to justice than we were a week ago because daniel penny has been arrested. reporter: even as they argued he should be charged with murder. there was no attack. mr. neely did not attack anyone. he did not touch anyone. he did not hit anyone. but he was choked to death, and
new minefield positioned to block russian troops about 600 meters away from a counterattack. out of sight, north and south of here, more ukrainian troops advancing, building on the recent gains here. ukraine s western allies say that shaping operations for the big counteroffensive already under way. commanders here won t say if this is part of that counteroffensive, but the gains they ve had around bakhmut are a huge morale boost for ukrainian troops. how does it feel to be in the battle now and to actually, after all this time, taken more territory? i love it. actually, i love it because i m with my family, with guys that s my family. reporter: but success not all that s wetting appetite for victory. mounting russian atrocities fueling anger. we all just want to take our territory back and kill maximum possible russians we can.