for the world. much more on that on cnn news central ahead. we will see you tomorrow. an unexpected slowdown at the border, but will it last? dhs says it s too early to know. that s not stopping immigration politics, though, from heating up once again. hours ago a new bus of migrants arrived at the vice president s residence. four russian aircraft down inside russian territory. what this tells us about what the ukrainians can do now and in a much discussed spring offensive. the travel forecast is in, more than 42 million americans will be on the move this memorial day. are the roads and airlines ready? these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. so this morning there s 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
24 hours ago. it was weaker than the category 4 muster that slammed into florida wednesday but did plenty of damage from charleston to myrtle beach and beyond with high winds and storm surging flooding there and the reminiscence of one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the u.s. still on the move now bringing heavy rain to the northeast. eric: fox news coverage for you molly line in charleston with the very latest. meteorologist adam klotz is tracking the storm s path. rich edison the latest on the federal response. first steve hardball gone, live on florida s gulf coast in north port where crews are working away trying to get away from the ruble and destruction. the airboat just pulled in. big fan allows boats to take little bit of water in shaw low. here comes another one in. a lot of these are privately-owned boats. people use them to fish or go out in everglades and using them to help neighbors. we see people pull in with luggage and pets as well. the real urgency
so this morning there s 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 security secretary alejandro mayorkas says it is too early to know if the migrant surge has peaked. border facilities and shelters are already struggling to keep up with the record number of people coming through. in the midst of this the political posturing continues, of course. last night texas governor greg abbott sent another bus of migrants to be dropped off outside of the vice president s residence in washington, d.c. cnn s polo sandoval is live in
they may had to locations all over the united states. also we have an update on a horrific deadly crash not far from here. texas dps said this week a 17-year-old girl from austin, texas was smuggling at nine migrants from mexico in her pickup truck when a border patrol pursued her. she ran a red light and crashed into a semi tractor trailer which then hit a third car. that younger driver and a second person in her truck were killed. many people sent to the hos hospital. and of course immigration so the key issues here in texas and all across the country heading into the midterms. last night texas republican governor greg abbott debated his democratic opponent. abbott defend his busting program in operation lone star. when the governor spent 4 billion of our tax dollars of what has turned out to be political theater for his political career he promised us it would deter people from coming to this country. we ve only seen more people c
southern border just got harder. the federal aviation administration issued a 2-week flight restrict over del rio texas to prevent images of the 10,000 people camped under a bridge. law enforcement said more are arriving by the minute. more details on this and where the faan order stands. dana: an fox news alert. thousands of people struggling to leave an afghanistan? we will hear from an american woman strand there had despite having a u.s. passport. john: the fda is meeting on whether to authorize the fizer