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all this coming in to cnn news central. ♪ ♪ this morning, title 42 is over. homeland security officials are warning the critical situation at the southern border may get worse. the surge has been happening for days now. you're looking at video from arizona as migrants stood in long lines to try to cross in overnight. thousands more are steps away from entering texas. they're facing new asylum challenges. the secretary of homeland security had a stark warning, don't believe the smugglers, the border is not open. >> we've been very, very clear. there are lawful, safe and orderly pathways to seek relief in the united states. if one arrives at our southern
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border, one is going to face tougher consequences. that's what we're going to deliver. >> this morning, a new wrinkle. a federal judge has temporarily blocked the biden administration from continuing a policy designed to alleviate overcrowding at immigration holding facilities. illegal border crossings have reached the highest levels at over 10,000 people per day. we have teams at the border and in washington. let's go to brownsville, texas, and check in with nick valencia. nick, you've been talking to people. at this time are you seeing anything different today than you did yesterday or the day before that? >> reporter: there's really no more people on the streets of brownsville today than there were yesterday, sara. we saw about 30 police cars from the brownsville police
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depa department line the brownsville entry. it's a pretty thin crowd behind me. we heard the warning from the dh secretary about why they shouldn't come, but until conditions get better in their home countries people are going to come. we want to introduce you to johan. [ speaking in non-english ] how was your journey from venezuela? you come from that country, right? he says, it was a very significant feat and very difficult. [ speaking in non-english ] was it very difficult? [ speaking in non-english ] can you tell me again?
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i couldn't hear you because the bus went by. [ speaking in non-english ] going through columbia, going through the jungle. [ speaking in non-english ] what are you searching for? what do you want in the united states? [ speaking in non-english ] a new life here. a better life. [ speaking in non-english ] what do you want to be when you grow up? [ speaking in non-english ] you want to be a soccer player. [ speaking in non-english ] or maybe become a doctor to help your mom. [ speaking in non-english ] as you see, sara, people as young at 14, his brother is 4 years old. they just got out of detention
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yesterday morning. most of these individuals that we're speaking to, they're here for a better future and looking for a better life. >> nick, thank you for those personal stories you've been bringing us all week. we know there have been complaints and worry from officials on the ground in places like brownsville and border towns. priscilla alvarez, to you. this decision by a federal judge in florida that temporarily stops the biden administration to continuing a quicker release of migrants, what does this mean? >> reporter: it strips the biden administration from a key tool to alleviate overcrowding. the border facilities are stretched to capacity. these are border facilities akin to jails. they're not suited to have people for long periods of time. the administration was preparing a way for them to release people, some of them, without a
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court notice, but with a requirement to report to an immigration and customs enforcement office. this is a common strategy with administrations, a way to release people. for 14 days the biden administration cannot do this. i spoke to a source this morning who told me, when there was planning for the end of title 42, they baked in the fact they were probably going to face legal challenges. this has been the case for the biden administration over the last few years. the homeland security secretary said it's harmful for the reasons i outlined earlier. it could cause more overcrowding at border facilities. this is one of the measures the administration is taking to try to manage the flow of migration and the flow at the u.s./mexico border. majorca speaking to that this morning. take a listen.
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>> we've seen success. we will achieve success and we'll take time -- to avoid the number of people arriving at our southern border, we need to fix the broken immigration system. by the way, a broken immigration system that was dismantled by the prior administration. >> reporter: that's the key, sara. this is an outdate system facing historic numbers. that's why the administration has been calling on congress to pass reform. i've been talking to homeland security officials all week. they tell me the question is how long will a surge continue? what does it look like? how quickly can those measures take effect? >> as nick points out, that surge looking more like it has over the past few days. priscilla, thank you. john? developing over just the last few minutes, the man accused of killing a homeless
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street artist on a new york city subway surrendered to police. he's inside the precinct now. daniel petty is facing second agree manslaughter charges in connection with the death of jordan kneely. video shows petty wrapping his arms around his neck, forcing him to the ground. witnesses say he held him there for several minutes until he stopped breathing. his death was ruled a homicide. the video sparked protests and calls for the city's mayor to revamp services for the homeless. neely was known for his michael jackson impersonations. his family tells cnn he was
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suffering from mental health issues. he had been put on the city's top 50 list of homeless people with acute needs. his funeral will be next friday. >> penny's lawyers said he risked his life to save other passengers. just after penny arrived at the precinct last hour, his attorneys spoke to reporters and cameras. omar jimenez was outside the courthouse. what are penny's lawyers saying? >> reporter: they're saying what we heard in their statement. this was someone, their client daniel penny, was defending not just himself, but those in the subway car. people that have been protesting argue the opposite. he's been inside this precinct for about an hour. he got here a little after 8:00 a.m. eastern time. walked in. did not say anything despite some shots from reporters,
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wearing a suit with vans on. seemed calm on the outside. we don't know what's happening on the inside. we understand he's to face a charge of second degree manslaughter. shortly after he went in, his attorney came out and gave a statement which actually may give us a brief glimpse into part of their strategy. take a listen. >> he's dealing with the situation, like i said, with integrity and honor that is characteristic of who he is, characteristic of his honorable service in the united states marine corp. >> reporter: now, daniel penny, 24-year-old u.s. marine veteran, that's why his attorney referenced that. jordan neely, his family is expected to make a statement
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later. they have been calling for this arrest since it happened. it's been more than a week's time since this happened. people feel no matter what happened leading up to the choke hold, they don't feel this should have been resulted in death. he's expected to be arraigned. >> and it begins. thank you, omar. john? exclusive video of intense fighting in bakhmut as ukrainian forces begin what could be a lasting advance against the russians. that was ukraine right there. in addition to that, a setback in the fight for gun safety. a federal judge rules a law banning handguns to buyers 18 to 21 is unconstitutional. the fda drops restrictions
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laguna woods. if convicted he would face a life sentence without parole or the death penalty. the fda has finalized new rules that allow more gay and bisexual men to donate blood. they eliminated restrictions that prohibited gay and bisexual men from blood donations. it was a long-standing policy. it dates back to the early days of aids epidemic and intended to product the blood supply from hiv. now all donors will be asked about the number of sexual partners without reference to sexual to orientation. ukraine is gearing up for a major counteroffensive. incredible new video into cnn of ukrainian troops in a fire fight. watch.
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that's what the fighting looks like on the ground. a senior u.s. military officials says ukraine had begun striking russian targets. officials say it's a standard tactic that helps prepare the battlefield for advancing forces. cnn correspondent sam dipley is there. sam, what are you hearing this morning on the ground? >> reporter: well, clearly the battle for bakhmut has gone in a dramatic direction in favor of
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the ukrainians with this counter offense they've laufnched. this is a tactical move and may develop into an opportunity for the ukrainians to go further. the ukrainians had said they overran positions and it was russian regulars who stood in fight. directly in contradiction to what the mercenary organization is saying. he's been complaining about a lack of ammunition, something the ukrainians say they haven't seen evidence of on the frontline. that spat has been a sideline, but it indicates what might be an opportunity for the ukrainians to exploit poor communications and coordination among the russian armed forces. elsewhere along this 800-mile
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frontline, when they launch their offensive, a lack of coordination is what they'll try to exploit in trying to punch through the russian line. it bodes well for the ukrainians at a tactical level in bakhmut. sara? >> sam, theyank you for bringin us information. let us show people the video of the ukrainians advances in bakhmut. you can see them going after a fox hole there. you can see it blowing up there. joining me now is cnn military analyst, retired air force colonel cedric layton. this is where we're seeing that video of the fighting in the eastern region of bakhmut. you say when you think about a
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ukrainian offensive we should be looking at an offensive here. explain what we're seeing in bakhmut. >> john, there are going to be a series of tactical moves that we saw through sam's reporting. the key thing to think about is that the ukrainians are going to go in several different directions. some will be faint. some will be the actual offensive. it will be hard to tell which one is which. that's probably on purpose and wise tactically for the ukrainians to do this. what we'll see is fighting in bakhmut. if they can recapture portions of that city, that's going to be good for the ukrainians, for
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other moral and momentum. war is often about momentum. when you look at the other things going on in kherson, there are going to be challenges for the ukrainians there. if they can overcome the obstacles, they will be able to break the land bridge, cut that land bridge between crimea and the donbas region. that will be a major achievement for them. >> i want to talk about the storm shadow missiles which the united kingdom is providing to ukraine. i have specks up here. the issue is the longer range of 150 miles. we have a map that shows while this is significant. 150 miles would allow these missiles to be sent from ukraine
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to the crimea peninsula. why is that important? >> this is critical. it gives the ukrainians the ability to hold at risk all the russian bases that are in crimea and crimea is considered by the uk, by the u.s., by nato to be ukrainian territory. that very fact will allow the ukrainians to move forward. those 150 miles will be critical because the russians have the black sea fleet there. they have special forces there. they have several air bases there. they have the ability to launch attacks against ukraine from crimea. if crimea is in the range of these missiles and the ukr ukrainians use them effectively, it will have a major impact on the russian's ability to carry out operations. >> you can see that range. almost exactly lines up with the ability to cover the entire crimea peninsula.
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just declared unconstitutional a set of rules that banned people 18 to 21 years old from buying handguns. the judge citing the second amendment protections, writing, because the statutes and regulations in question are not consistent with our nation's history and tradition they therefore cannot stand. that's from the judge. in addition, 18 to 20-year-olds can buy a handgun in virginia but only through private and unregulated dealers. supporters of this ruling from the judge say the decision makes handgun sales safer and more regulated. critics argue this move now makes it easier for younger people to get their hands on guns. joining me is jennifer massy, a cnn contributor and a writer for "the trace." jennifer, this ruling from this
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judge seems to go against something of a trend that we've been seeing in other states, which is raising the age for gun purchases. what do you make of this ruling in virginia and what do you think the impact is? >> this is just the latest in a rash of rulings that have overturned foundational gun laws across the country. it's happening because of a decision last summer, the new york state rifle association versus brewen. the justices ruled that in order for a gun law to be constitutional it has to have an analog in american history. if it was a gun law 150 years ago, it can stand today. that's what put a number of laws into question. it's a free for all with gun rights groups challenges bans on restrictions by people who have
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restraining issues. a 32-year-old barring the removal of serial number from guns -- these are laws that a lot of americans have taken for granted. they're all coming up for question, much like last year the abortion decision, it kind of opened the flood gates for challenges to state laws. that's what we're seeing now with guns. >> it's an interesting relation to this. can you give us a sense of how much gun violence is linked to the age group we're talking about, 18 to 20 years old? the preponderance of gun violence is by younger people, the median age for which most people commit homicide is 18 according to the justice department. a lot of gun violence victims fall within this range. the rationale is that gun
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ownership is a responsibility that maybe younger people whose minds haven't fully developed and are not mature enough to handle. on the other hand gun right lobby groups argue if you can serve in the military you should be able to carry a handgun. in the military your gun handling is closely watched. you are trained. it's quite different than teenagers carrying guns in public. some 18-year-olds are high school students. the danger is there might be more guns in high schools now. >> this obviously, as you're pointing to, very likely this move means it would end up at supreme court where the supreme court has to decide gun regulation. good to see you, jennifer. thank you. sara. u.s. marshals captured one of the inmates who escaped a
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philadelphia correctional facility. still on the loose, the second prisoner who escaped with him. the two men escaped on sunday. nearly a full day passed before correctional officers realized they were missing. danny freedman joins us more with now. they captured one, but there was a second arrest. what happened? >> reporter: that's right, sara. two prisoners escaped. we have two arrests, but one suspect on the loose. the second arrest is a suspected accomplice. i want to talk about the arrest last night. 24-year-old nasir grant, he was a pprehended last night. i want to tell you how this went down. u.s. marshals said they were searching an area in philadelphia where they believed
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grant would be. they saw a man walk out of a home in philly dressed full female muslim garb with a head covering. the marshals followed this man, confronted him and arrested him without incident. they said grant was surprised when marshals confronted him. there was another arrest, a 21-year-old woman, xianni stalling. she was arrested for aiding these two men. we still don't have a lot of details as to how she may have helped in that prison break. she faces four felonies and her defense attorneys are not commenting to cnn. mean while, ameen hurst, the 18-year-old who did escape, he's on the loose and considered arm and dangerous because he's the one accused of four homicides that got him into prison in the first place. the marshals are still looking
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for him. they told us they are exhausted after a long week of trying to find these two. the marshals said now that they have one in custody, they can focus all their attention on getting that last inmate behind bars. sara? >> quite a journey. danny, thank you. john? a new strategy to secure the release of americans wrongly held prison in russia, including a reporter, we've cnn exclusive reporting. and we're reporting a major shortage on drugs that could have a a major impact on cancer treaeatments. loveve entwined. shop the mother's day sale to get 30% off almost everything. onlyly at kay. the all-new tempur-pedic breeze makes sleep feel cool. so, no more sweating all night... ...or blasting the air conditioning. because the tempur-breeze feels up to 10° coor, all night long.
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killed hundreds of people. if he's ousted, it could have a major global impact. new accusations this morning that south africa is helping russia in its war on ukraine. the u.s. ambassador to south africa said his team observed this russian ship docked at a naval base on south africa's western cape last december and that weapons and ammo were loaded on to it. the ambassador says he would bet his life on the accuracy of the allegations. the south african government has summoned the ambassador over his remarks. it has routinely abstained from votes condemning russia at the u.n. new reporting that the biden administration is looking to third-party nations to help secure the release of two americans wrongfully detained in russian, evan gershkovich and paul whelan. the u.s. is turning to its allies because it doesn't have
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any high-level russian spies to use as bargaining chips. former u.s. marine trevor reed was released in exchanged for a russian drug smuggler. in december brittney griner was swapped for victor buht. kylie, this is a new strategy to go to other countries. explain what's going on. >> reporter: this is a global strategy. when you look at what u.s. officials are doing their out reach extends to brazil, norway, germany, a former soviet block country. these are countries that have arrested russian spies. they're trying to see if any of these countries would work with the u.s. to offer up something on the table for russia as they try and secure a deal that can get out paul whelan and evan
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gershkovich, that "wall street journal" reporter arrested in russia about six weeks ago. they're going to countries, u.s. allies who don't have russian spies in custody and the effort here is to try and see if those countries can offer anything up to the united states that could give them more leverage at the negotiating table, essentially to gin up a creative offer to the russians. this is a global effort right now. we don't know the status of how these conversations are going. we know that last year the u.s. went to germany because they have a russian intelligence officer in german custody on charges of murder. they went to him because the russians said he was someone they wanted as part of a prisoner swap. that didn't go anywhere. doesn't look like germany is playing ball. we'll have to see if these other countries engage that allows the
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united states to offer something to the russians. we should note, this strategy has taken root really late last year and has increased in its intensity over the last few months and weeks, of course, after evan gershkovich was arrested. it started when the united states was able to get out brittney griner, but not able to get out paul whelan. the russians consider evan gershkovich and paul whelan to be spies. >> very interests. kylie atwood, keep us posted. kate? right now is one of the worst times in decades to buy a car. what's driving this surge in prices for new and used cars and when are these prices going to come down? fda advisers are expected to vote on an experimental gene
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despite improving supply chains, the data from the bureau of labor statistics not promising. showing consumers are paying a lot more for new and used cars. prices haven't jumped this fast in decades. how much more are people paying right now? >> it's a steep increase every month. on average americans are paying about $754 per month for their car payments. that's an increase from $691 in march of 2022, that's a $63 per month increase. largely in part because of interest rates. car loan rates are going up. they're at about 7% today compared to march 2022 when they were 4.5%. >> that is going to have an impact. >> also, when you couple that with the car prices alone, new car prices, they're steep. we're talking about $47,000 on average for a new car.
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compare that to five years ago when it was about years and then up 10,000 from five years and then up to when i paid $35,000 for my volkswagen beetle, and the fact is that rental cars are playing a huge role, and rental companies are holding on to the use cars and so less used cars are moving into the market so they don't want to hold on to the used cars longer, so they are not putting them into the market. so if you have a car and you can hang on to it longer, try to do so until you can see some good cash rebates on the deals. and then if you lease, buyout
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the lease, if you are not seeing the good lease options out, there and the moral of the story here, high interest rates are going to be high and high prices on cars are going stay that way. so it is not a great market for a car, but if you are looking for really good deals, you may find a couple, but the experts are saying it is not getting any better soon, and the volkswagen beetle for $7,500 today is not happening any time soon. >> a classic car. and now to the potential breakthrough in a fight against muscular dystrophy, and there is a breakthrough in a specific form of m.d. called duschenne which is causing children to lose the ability to walk when they are a teenager and most don't live much into adulthood. so there is a gene therapy that
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is shaping up to be an emotional and tense discussion, and why? >> well, it is, and as you describe this is a horrible disease, and the patients and the families that we spoke to who participated in the trials are convinced that it is helping the kids, but the fda is not convince and this is why. >> reporter: when brecken kinney was a toddler, he was not keeping up with other kids. his pediatrician was not concerned, but his parents were. >> i was concerned. i didn't know what was wrong. >> reporter: but by the time he was a few months old, he had a diagnosis of duschenne disease. and most kids don't live past teenagehood. >> and at that moment,
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everything change and it kind of stopped. i remember going into his bedroom and looking at him when he was taking a nap and crying and sobbing. >> reporter: it was two years with him having more and more trouble doing things like going upstairs before there was a glimmer of hope. he was welcomed into a trial of gene therapy of a way to slow the disease's progression with a one-time treatment. >> the cause of the disease is a mutation of a single gene and the idea of the gene therapy is if you can take a normal working version of that gene and make it put it into that gene. >> it is called lukenen. >> and in families like br
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brecken's it appeared to be helping, but in the trial, it didn't meet one of the goals to be a clear benefit to the muscles which led to a clear path to approval. so the fda said that the studies did not lead to unambiguous therapy which would likely lead to benefit to most patient, and the fda had questions about the benefit of the therapy. so they are questioning whether it should be accelerated approval. and so brecken's mom is speaking on behalf of the drug. >> we have seen the changes in our son, because he is not just walking, but he is swimming and diving and truly living life that every 9-year-old boy ought to be living. >> so the vote today is a
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recommendation to the fda and the agency is set to decide by the end of the month and it is a huge moment not just for the families of course, but because this is a first time that the gene therapy of a disease like this gets approval and a precedent of how is it going to be regulated with gene therapies like this. >> it is a sweet story and i wish the best for brecken and his family and what a cutie. elon musk says he is making good on the replacement of himself on twitter, and the question is who wants job? and fettucini crisis and the ma mannicotti moment of truth as the cheese prices are soaring. this is a serious crisis in italy. so you canan be there. everytything from vitamin a to vitamin zs delivered in 1 hour.r.
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