i m alex marquardt in the situation room. out front next. 34 hours, that s how much oxygen is left for the five people missing on a submersible heading to the titanic. plus, hunter biden s plea deal. president biden s son agreeing to plead guilty to federal criminal charges, most likely avoiding jail time. republicans are calling it a sweetheart deal. is it? and turning russians from putin s war into a prison cell. the new campaign from behind bars for alexei navalny. his daughter dasha is my guest. good evening. i m erin burnett. the clock is ticking as rescuers race to save five people on board that submersible off the coast of newfoundland called the titan. it has about 34 hours of breathable air left, according to the coast guard. the vessel was headed 13,000 feet beneath the ocean s surface heading to the titanic. it s been missing since yesterday morning. rescue teams are gathering at the scene. the search area for the su submersible is now larger than the
good morning. it is a fairly cloudy start for money. some drizzle in the west, some heavier rain in scotland. that will push north eastwards through the day, with brighter skies in central and eastern areas. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, 2nd february. british gas is facing an investigation after using debt collectors to break into the homes of vulnerable people and forcibly fit pre payment energy meters. the tactic which results in someone s heating being cut off if they don t have the cash to top up their meter is only supposed to be used in homes where there are no young children, pensioners or other vulnerable people. but an undercover reporter from the times newspaper found the meters were being fitted in homes which should be protected. aru na iyengar reports. hello? british gas, your gas supplier. we re here with a court warrant. can you please open the door? otherwise we will have to open it for you. this is the exciting bit. i love t
eventually they move on. you can see these folks will be boarding the bus, they will go meet with mexican authorities and get paperwork that allows them asylum in mexico, basically trying to buy more time so that they can continue on their journey to get closer to the u.s. southern border, eventually get that appointment and they hope enter the u.s. legally. since title 42 expired, migrant crossings are down for now at least. we visited eagle pass, texas, main street, quiet. but texas congressman gonzalez warns what we saw building up in mexico will push north. it is almost a calm, i say calm, there is 800 apprehensions a day just in the del rio sector, but on the other side, it is just building up, building up, the cartel will adapt and then that will be the next thing that they send over. reporter: u.s. border officials warn as more either fail to qualify for asylum or grow frustrated waiting, they
of chargers. battery power fuels their chances of getting an online appointment. so you can see these folks will be boarding the bus. they are meeting with mexican authorities and get paperwork that allows them asylum in mexico. they are trying to buy time to continue on their journey to get closer to the u.s. southern border, get an appointment with a u.s. asylum officer, and they hope enter the u.s. legally. since title 42 expired, migrant crossings are down for now at least. we visited eagle pass, texas. main street quiet. but texas congressman tony gonzalez warns what we saw building up in mexico will push north. so it s almost a calm. i say calm. there is 800 apprehensions a day just in the del rio sector. on the other side, on the mexico side, it s just building up. the cartel will adapt and then that will be the next thing they send over.
building up in mexico will push north. it s almost a calm, i say there s 800 apprehensions a day, just in the del rio sector. on the mexican side it s building up, building up. the cartel will adapt and that will be the next thing they send over. reporter: u.s. border officials warn as they fail to qualify, they are turning to cartel smugglers to get across. the congressman approaching a bipartisan approach to counter that. i m of the mindset stop sending them down that route. work visas make sense to knee. remove the politics in it. remove you have access to vote or access to social services and say, do you want be to have a job? we have a job for you. link up the two. reporter: back in mexico city we find maria jose and their daughter walking a busy commercial street carrying a sign and candies. we re venezuelan migrant