cbs's nicole sganga is at the border community of brownsville, texas. nicole, what more are you learning about the number of migrants crossing right now? >> reporter: good evening, jericka. over the past two days u.s. border patrol says there's been a roughly 50% drop in migrants arriving at the southern border compared with earlier this week. a waiting game, now a humanitarian crisis. tiny faces peer through a san diego border wall. hands outstretched for anything to eat. [ speaking in a global language ] >> you're hungry. >> hungry. yes. >> reporter: migrants also clutch their phones for a ticket out. 40-year-old manuel sanchez says he's been trying and failing to secure an immigration appointment on the u.s. government's online portal. [ speaking in a global language ] stuck in purgatory, the venezuelan migrant adds he may turn back. for those who made it to america some are exhausted and penniless, like 32-year-old venezuelan victor blanco, who lost nearly everything while swimming across a river in colombia. [ speaking in a global language ] he says

cbs's nicole sganga is there tonight. >> reporter: good evening. tragedy in this border community. the bus stop behind me now a crime scene after a driver crashed across the street from a shelter housing migrants. the dead and injured were transported to area hospitals, police say. the number of injured is expected to rise. authorities say the victims include asylum seekers from latin america en route to the united states. witnesses say the driver ran a red light before veering off the side of the road, crashing into a large group. he then exited the vehicle and attempted to flee while shouting at the victims. myrna ortiaga manages the nearby shelter. >> horrific. it was terrible. people were running to help them. the bodies were all over the place. >> reporter: brownsville police have charged the suspect with reckless driving and are investigating whether or not he acted intentionally or had alcohol in his system. tonight police say he's not cooperating. this incident comes just days after homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas visited this border community ahead of the li

>> norah: nicole sganga with all of the details. thank you.incident at the vatican. shots were fired at a car as it sped through the main gates that surround vatican city and past the swiss guards. the car was driven by a man with apparent psychiatric problems, according to authorities. the vehicle came to a stop inside the palace courtyard. the driver was quickly arrested by vatican guards. it is not clear if pope francis was anywhere near the scene. today, the man accused of murdering bob lee, the founder of cash app, pleaded not guilty. nima momeni appeared briefly in court in san francisco. he is accused of stabbing lee to death in april after a dispute involving momeni's sister. momeni's lawyer says it was partly an accident and partly ll, now to t case of the massachusetts air national guardsman accused of leaking highly-classified documents. new court papers reveal previous incidents where the 21-year-old jack teixeira received multiple warnings about his handling of top-secret material. cbs's catherine herridge reports that despite tho

>> norah: nicole sganga, thank you.from cleveland is recovering after going missing for nearly a week. she resurfaced thursday night, saying someone tried to burn her survllan vid shows the moment emergency medical technician lachelle jordan walked into a convenience store. she appeared tired, shaken, and then she asked to call 911. after jordan was reported missing last weekend, family members said she had been planning to testify in a rape trial involving 65-year-old michael stennett. stennett was arrested last monday for stalking jordan, but police say there is no evidence linking him to her disappearance. a wrongful death lawsuit was filed today against several of the largest social media companies, including meta and google. a survivor and the families of three victims in the racially-motivated mass shooting at a top supermarket in buffalo say the companies helped fuel the gunman's hate. as cbs's jericka duncan reports, this comes nearly one year since the massacre. >> we have a big job to do. >> reporter: the hist

norah. >> nicole sganga, thank you. >>> back here in washington, the biden administration announced aes compensate passengers for preventable flight disruptions. now, this includes delays and cancellations not caused by storms. and as cbs's nancy cordes reports, you could get cash. >> reporter: when a cancellation is the airline's fault, the president says they should have to pay up. >> you deserve to be fully compensated. your time matters. the impact on your life matters. >> reporter: today he vowed to roll out new rules by the end of the year requiring airlines to cover things like rebooking fees, hotel stays, ground transportation, and meal vouchers when weather is not to blame. transportation secretary pete buttigieg says the government may not stop there. >> is there a possibility you could require the airlines to give people cash? >> that's absolutely something that could happen under this proposed rule. >> reporter: he pointed to the european union, which now requires airlines to pay passengers between 250 euros and 600 euros for avoidable delays. >> these rules are unnecessar

cbs's nicole sganga reports that three were killed and at least ten others injured. >> reporter: thists in brownsville, texas, turning this bus stop into a crime scene. the driver ran a red light and struck 18 people killing eight. >> horrific. it was terrible. the bodies were all over the place. >> reporter: this video shows onlookers confronting the driver, 34-year-old george alvarez after the incident. >> the driver of the vehicle attempted to flee the scene after impact but was held down by several individuals. >> reporter: police say the subject is a brownsville resident with a long arrest record and seven convictions. today he was charged with 18 felony counts including manslaughter. investigators are waiting on a toxicology report and trying to determine whether the crash was intentional. among the victims that venezuelan asylum-seekers. >> the migrants that were there as well, some were paramedics and responded. >> reporter: angelve carvacas was on his way to reunite with his mother. >> reporter: his cousin tells us they were planning to move to new york to start a life in ame

cbs's nicole sganga on the heroic rescue of one man that was trapped on a crane surrounded by billowingsive fire ripped through this apartment construction site in the upscale shopping and residential south park mall neighborhood. huge flames and black smoke could be seen billowing hundreds of feet in the air from miles away. you can see the hot ash and debris spreading onto the street, threatening nearby businesses and rooftops. this cell phone video shows part of one building collapsing, engulfed in fire. >> it collapsed. >> reporter: truck driver glen freeman was making a delivery nearby. >> they said the building's on fire. they were hollering the building's on fire. smoke was rolling right out of the place where they were going to unload my windows at. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: the blaze started around 9:00 this morning, just as people were filing into their office buildings nearby. >> i was on the phone in a meeting, started seeing small smoke and then big smoke and then flames and said, all right. it's time to get out of here. >> reporter: while drama unfolded high above the s

>> norah: nicole sganga, thank you.counted for after sunday's partial collapse of an apartment building in davenport, iowa. the owner and management team of the century old building released a statement today offering "thoughts and prayers" to their tenets. the owner was previously hit with fines for failing to keep the building safe. protesters are demanding that demolition be held off until everyone is accounted for. home buyers across the country have been feeling the pinch when it comes to rising mortgage rates. the average 30-year mortgage is approaching 7%. that is nearly two points higher than a year ago, and it is more than double from two years ago, during the low point of the pandemic. in tonight's "money watch," cbs's mark evans and mark strassmann report rates have led to different housing markets. >> reporter: : chrissy robinson are finally unpacking after a daunting search for a house in silicon valley. what was like shopping for a home in this market? >> there were 15 other offers on this house. >> report

cbs's nicole sganga is there. >> reporter: here in brownsville, about 2,000 migrants arriving daily. immigration officials using fort brown, a former military outpost, as a pop-up processing center to help expedite asylum claims. they're hopeful this continent measure meets the demand, but the question now, for how long? >> the city of brownsville's process has always been something that could process about 1,000 people a day. we've been doing it about 16 hours a day. >> reporter: back here in el paso, authorities said they would limit traffic along the main port of entry as part of the operation to reduce illegal crossings. tomorrow the first of 1,500 military personnel are set to arrive at the border, not to interact with migrants but support border patrol operations. norah. >> manny bojorquez, thank you very much. >>> an investigation is under way after a small plane cra sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let the light shine through. and light tomorrow, with the hope from today. this is a chance to let in the lyte.

. >> that was nicole sganga reporting. >>> the alleged driver of a u-haul truck thatpe iorty indicted on murder andttpt mu chges. 62 kwlrld wed of intentionally driving his truck into ped trans, bicyclists, and two police officers earlier this year. one person was killed and 11 others hurt. >>> and now to the crisis of the southern border. starting today customs and border protections says it will conduct a crackdown on illegal border crossings in el paso, texas, under title 42 before the pandemic-era program expires thursday. that has officials worried about a possible surge of migrants. manuel bojorquez has more. >> reporter: the influx of migrants is only expected to grow by the time title 42 ends on thursday. officials estimate 11,000 to 13,000 a day may arrive along the entire southern border. texas governor greg abbott deployed nearly 600 more national guard troops. >> they will be deployed to hot spots along the border to intercept, to repel, and to turn back migrants who are trying to enter texaleorbbott her migratn.oweds d ng e quick exion ofigrants pubherounds, t that emerge

nicole sganga has more on that. >> reporter: tragedy in this border community. bus stop behind me now a crime scene after a driver crashed just across from a shelter housing migrants. the dead and injured were transported to area hospitals. police say the number of injured is expected to rise. kerslaitiey ctim united states. witnesses say the driver ran a red light before veering off the side of the road, crashing into a large group. then he exited the vehicle and attempted to flee while shouting at the victims. myrna arteaga manages the nearby shelter. >> horrific. it was terrible. i mean, they have videos that we're going to have to turn in. it was really, really sad. people were running to help them. the bodies were all over the place. >> reporter: brownsville police have charged the suspect with reckless driving and are investigating whether or not he acted intentionally or had any alcohol in his system. police say the suspect is not cooperating. this just days after homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas visited this border community ahead of the li

." >>> i'm nicole sganga in washington. thanks for staying with us.ek with heartfelt ceremonies to honor those who sacrificed everything for our country. those sacrifices are still a vivid memory for veterans captured during the vietnam war. 50 years ago this month, nearly 600 newly returned p.o.w.s were the special guests of president richard nixon at the white house. many of them gathered again last week at the nixon presidential library near los angeles. some say it could be their last reunion, and carter evans was there. >> reporter: each one of these men was a prisoner of war in vietnam. >> three, two, one! >> reporter: together again at a reunion half a century in the making. a parade of veterans hailed as heroes, a word that still makes them uncomfortable. >> p.o.w.s, we don't want people to honor us or call us heroes. we're not heroes. we just served our country, and we got back with our families. >> reporter: lieutenant commander mike mcgrath was a navy pilot when he was shot down over vietnam. he spent six years in captivity at the infamous

." >>> i'm nicole sganga in washington. thanks for staying with us.want to think twice about heading to the beach. tons of seaweed have been wash ago shore daily. towns are sendicts ea i up, but theanans the seawe gives off a powerful odor of rotten eggs. the seaweed is part of a huge blob floating in the atlantic ocean, and it could keep washing ashore for months. manuel bojorquez reports from miami beach. >> reporter: it's about this time once the sun has come up where you can really see what has washed up onshore overnight. this seaweed is known as sar gasm, and it is expected to keep coming in waves over the next several months. >> it's very undesirable. >> reporter: oscar vasquez has owned his miami beach condo for more than 25 years and says he's never seen this much sargasm, a seaweed, this early. >> there are parts of the beach where it's undesirable and difficult to get into the water. >> reporter: specialized tractors have been raking up the clumps of brown weeds that line these beaches. but by the time the sun rises again, they're usually b

cbs is nicole sganga's they are. >> here in brownsville, migrants are dropped off by u.s.ng. they are processed at the city welcome center, given a meal, some clothing, and limited instruction. still, many of them penniless and without a ticket to their next destination. does she have money to buy a ticket? >> reporter: the debate goes well be on the southern border. >> reporter: i am adriana diaz in chicago. shelters are so overwhelmed that migrants are sleeping in police stations beer even families with small children, we spoke to one mother here with her husband and 3-year-old daughter. how were you in new york without title 42, is about to begin. and today, customs and border protection, or actually i.c.e., immigrations and customs enforcement, announced they would begin to send some deported migrants all the way back to southern mexico instead of just letting them across to the other side of the border, and the agency said that yesterday it deported thousands to cuba, colombia, honduras, and guatemala. norah? >> norah: a crucial week. manny bjorquez, thank you so much

we have team coverage and cbs's nicole sganga will begin from the border city of brownsville, texas.truck midnight, border agents among the rio grande were on high alert. it was quiet in the moments leading up to the expiration of title 42. still, kansas senator roger marshall blames the biden administration for what he calls a humanitarian crisis. >> when he is sort of doing the catch and release, that is what invited people to come in. >> reporter: but as the day broke, hundreds of migrants in mexico were lined up with hopes of crossing into el paso. officials say about 25,000 migrants remain in cvp custody. >> those people who do not use our lawful pathways, we have tougher consequences. >> reporter: today, i.c.e. increased deportation flights and added facilities to ease overcrowding. as migrants move out of texas, cities further north are getting overwhelmed. my colleague, adriana diaz, is scol w int>>ouldou do that witht consulting us? >> reporter: but locals have filed a temporary restraining order against the city. with 200 stations. and some are being moved here, to a shelte

cbs's nicole sganga is there. >> here in brownsville, about 2,000 migrants arriving daily.t brown, a former military outpost, as a pop up processing center to help expedite asylum claims. they are hopeful this contingency measure meets the demand, but the question now, for how long? >> the city of brownsville's process has always been something that the process about 1,000 people a day. @hours a day. >> reporter: pack here in el paso, authorities said they would limit traffic along the port of entry as part of reducing illegal crossings. tomorrow, first of 1500 military personnel are set to arrive at the border, not to interact with migrants, but support border patrol operations. norah? >> norah: manny bojorquez, thank you very much. also in brownsville, a vigil is planned tonight for the eight victims killed by an suv driver who slammed into a group of migrants outside a shelter on sunday. the driver has been charged with eight counts of manslaughter and ten counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. investigators are awaiting toxicology results, and are trying to

. >> norah: nicole sganga, thank you.mic immigration policy known as title 42 ends tonight. officials warning of a surge of migrants. manuel bojorquez reports the wave of asylum-seekers will put a strain on many border cities. >> reporter: the influx of migrants is only expected to grow by the time title 42 ends on thursday, officials estimate 11-13000 a day may arrive along the entire southern border. texas governor greg abbott deployed 600 more national guard troops today. ckexas illegally.eptohot oton t >> reporter: avid and other top republicans have said ending title 42 will encourage illegal immigration. the covid era policy allowed for the quick expulsion of most migrants on public health grounds. but that emergency has ended. on a recent visit to the rio grande valley, homeland sick grid tory alejandro mayorkas has said the administration has prer the end of 42, stiffening penalties for illegal crossings and illegal avenues for asylum-seekers. >> at the same time we will deliver consequences for individuals who ar

cbs's nicole sganga is there. >> reporter: here in brownsville, migrants are dropped off by u.s.d at this city welcome center, given a meal, some clothing, and limited instructions.eson. >> does she have money to buy a ticket? >> reporter: the debate goes well beyond the southern border. >> reporter: i'm adriana diaz in chicago. shelters are so overwhelmed here that migrants are sleeping in police stations, even families with small children. we spoke to one mother who's here with her husband and 3-year-old daughter. >> how long were you in new york for? [ speaking non-english ] >> seven months, and you didn't find any work? >> reporter: back along the southern border, a new reality without title 42 is about to begin. and today customs and border protection -- or actually i.c.e., immigration and customs enforcement -- announced they would begin to send some deported migrants all the way back to southern mexico instead of just letting them across to the other side of the border. and the agency said that yesterday it deported thousands to cuba, colombia, honduras, and guatemala. nor