from new york, gabriella elizondo reports -- gabriel elizondo reports. >> is the hottest ticket in townfirst, tribeca will be the first film festival and all of north america since the pandemic began. it is a kia mall stone -- key milestone, the 20th anniversary of the festival founded shortly after the 9/11 attacks on the trade center, to revitalize the devastated, nearby tribeca neighborhood as well as the rest of new york city. film critic allison wilmore says after covid-19 hit your card last year, tribeca's original message of hope rings truer than ever. >> the festival is on its 20th anniversary and it is in the wake of trauma again, and in this case you feel it in the festival is trying to coax people outside, back to the movies, outdoor screenings and this general activity in a city that is slowly reopening. ♪ reporter: the festival kicks off, fittingly perhaps, with in the heights, a new york story adapted from lin-manuel miranda 's award-winning broadway musical. other highlights include the world premiere of steven soderbergh's oh sudden move, and roadrunner, a behind-the-sce

let's bring in gabriel elizondo in washington. where decisions over border policies are made, gave, i mean incredibly bitter sweet for these people who get to see close family members . and then they have to say good bye again. yeah, it is. it's heart warming to see that. but it only lasted a little more than 5 minutes. and this is about the 8th year that this has been done. it's organized by immigrant, human rights organizations there on the board are particularly el paso, texas. local clergy plays a role as well. it is heart warming, seems there and organizers do this because they're trying to, they say bring attention to what they feel is in their words, a cruel policy by the u. s. government and immigration officials along the border in the us to keep families physically apart on both sides of the border. the big picture of all of this and what's basically as this is happening, the backdrop, if you will, is there is a surge of migrants coming up from south and central america to the southern border . and the last several month

from new york, gabriel elizondo reports. ha, it's the hottest ticket in town because it's the 1st ticket in town. tribeca will be the 1st in person film festival to take place in all of north america. since a pandemic began over a year ago, it's also a key milestone the 20th anniversary of the festival. the festival was founded shortly after the 911 attacks on the world trade center. to help revitalize the devastated nearby tray back in neighborhood as well as the rest of new york city. film critic, allison wilmore says that after cobra 1900 hit new york city particularly hard last year, try becker's original message of hope, rings truer than ever. now the festival is on its 20th anniversary and it's kind of in the wake of a trauma again. and in this case, you really feel that the festival is trying to cook people back outside, you know, back out to the movies, out to outdoors screenings, and out to this kind of general activity in a city that slowly reopening the festival kicks off. fittingly, perhaps with in the heights in new york, that story adapted from lyn manuel miranda's award wi

comes 2 years after the military presence in the region grew amid escalating tensions with iran. gabriel elizondo reports from washington. well, the pentagon is not telling us exactly how many troops and exactly, exactly precisely where they're being withdrawn from. an exactly when. nevertheless, we can certainly ascertain from the information that they did release that, that they are saying that it definitely is air defense assets, primarily that are being moved out of the middle east region. they said that they would be perhaps moved to some redeployed to other areas that they would not disclose or brought back to the u. s. for maintenance. what we think this is, is the bad air defense system. and also the patriot missile system that the u. s. has deployed in recent years to several countries in the middle east, in terms of how many troops were thinking that it's in the hundreds, not the thousands. and these would be troops that are, that you know how to operate these air defense systems. so you ask yourself, is this a big troop drop down or not? and answer that question, got to know on how man

reunites families separated by immigration status, allowing them to physically embrace 0 as gabriel elizondo in washington says that it brings a human size to a highly divisive debate. organizers do this because they're trying to, they say bring attention to what they feel is in their words, a cruel policy by the u. s. government and immigration officials along the border in the us to keep families physically apart on both sides of the border. the big picture of all of this and what's basically is this is happening the backdrop, if you will, is there is a surge of migrants coming up from south and central america to the southern border . and the last several months. on one hand, you have president joe biden, who, one of his 1st acts after becoming president, was to in all of the border wall contracts, all the contracts to build or rebuild parts of the border wall that were central to the immigration policies of former president donald trump, but on the other hand, in recent weeks and days really, the very conservative republican governor of the state of texas has basically been saying that h