let's go now to cnn's rosa flores. she is there along the border with mexico. she's in hidalgo, texas. rosa. what impact is this executive action likely to have there at the border? >> while brianna reaction is coming in fast and furious. let me start with the top executive of b that go county here we're in this official saying that he's happy that this executive action is being issued today. and he says that he like many other officials on the border, had been asking for for some sort of reprieved, some sort of action by the administration that would deal with the immigration issue and also protect the cross-border trade, which a lot of these towns along the border depend on. and so he says that he's happy about that, but he says that this executive order is a band-aid. let me read to you a poor portion of his statement when he says, quote, but once again, we should note that the solution is but a mere band-aid in terms of solving this problem, comprehensive immigration reform remains the sole solution and congress remains the sole venue to achieve this reform,

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rosa flores. thank you for showing that they are in corpus christi hey, appreciate it. >> all right. let's get right to meteorologist elisa rafah. you've got a whole lot to watch today yeah, we are very busy. >> i wanted to point out why we're finding these effects so far away from the center of the storm. and because it's so disorganized and lop-sided, which is why it doesn't have a name. alberto yet the hurricane hunters need to find that at center of circulation and it's just tough to do that right now, doesn't mean though that you're not getting some of that heavy rain already on the coast there of corpus christi down towards brownsville. we've had some gossip job are 30 miles per hour, so far, storm surge already observed as we just saw, rosa flores is wiv shot where you've got the storms or directing he up to two to three feet along the coast from galveston. so as this thing continues to move inland, you can see where you have the tropical storm warnings going up into texas, the classic exam

are rosa flores. tnkou very much. i want to go to kevin liptak because there's also a political dimension to all of this. the president was looking to see those numbers come down because obviously that's going to be advantageous to them in a campaign cycle. but how is the white house responding right now? well, there are welcoming the number is that rose setting? these are the lowest numbers of the entire biden administration the last time the illegal border crossings were that low is in january 2021. so this is being welcomed at the white house, which is for solon, tried to neutralize this issue of immigration it has been a political challenge for president biden. those massive waves of migrants that we saw earlier in the administration really allowed republicans to seize on it and to claim that biden didn't have a way of controlling this border. and this is i think their way of doing that. it has not been universally popular as rose's said, the aclu is suing, but a lot of progressives, immigration advocates really r

cnn's rosa flores has more on how it's impacting farmers in texas district 71 and growing citrus. that's always been my passion. who says silver citrus growers and the rio grande valley of south texas takes us to a grove. he has an irrigated since january well, this grove is about 25-years-old to show us how his life's work could be imperil due to lack of water. >> as you can see, the leaves folding and the fruit how, how small it is, because we haven't been able to irrigate like we should the culprits he says are both natural and man-made. there's a years-long drought that has reservoirs along the rio grande at all time lows according to the texas water authorities and a dispute between the us and mexico over an 80-year-old water treaty that has silver and many texas farmers blaming mexico for their misfortunes if we had water from mexico, this war, there's grow would be here irrigating right now i'm in south texas under the 1944 treaty, mexico, which you see over my shoulder across the rio grande, owes the us about 390,000 olympic-sized swimming pools of water. so far this five-

proof, sara, of this tropical storm bearing down on texas right now, let's get right to seen as rosa flores who's in corpus christi and rosa, i've been spying on you, getting your shot ready. i think you're standing in history because i saw a parking meter or short time ago, but it looks pretty flooded you are absolutely right. >> we've found the one street in this area that does have some ponding. i want to show you around because corpus christi convey is just here to my left. you can see some of the waves crashing on the beach. >> we are live here in an area. >> this street that leads to the beach each that does have some flooding, some ponding. i can actually measure exactly how much water we have here. it's about eight inches earlier this morning. it was it's more like five, so we can see that there is some of that surge coming in. and according to the national weather service, this area supposed to get between one and three feet of surge. >> but if you keep on looking this dream you can see leads up to the interstate and it's partially flooded. i've taught to officials here, both city

cnn's rosa flores is in mcallen, texas. rosa, what are you hearing down there? >> well, the reaction is mixed. john, it's like most announcements involving the border. there's some individuals who support what the president is about to do, and others who don't. now, there's a group of mayors that have confirmed that they will be at the white house for this event. there very supportive of the president and that includes the brownsville mayor. brownsville is in south texas. now, that may or issued a statement saying in part, quote, president joe biden is expected to unveil an executive order that may notably impact migrants ability to seek asylumn camera, yet, they're waiting for the president to make this announcement. they want to make sure that they knew the details of this executive order. and ci upset about what is happening at the white house today, what is expected to happen. they believed that it's a little too little too late. they don't think that this is going to have the impact that it should have. and some of them are upset because they weren't invite

cnn's rosa flores because on the border in a hidalgo texas for us, rosa, what's the reaction there to this expected executive action by the president well, if the reaction is mixed, there are officials who say that the president is doing something to impact okay. >> to the issue at the border. and they are thankful that he's taking this action. there are mayors here from south texas that will be at the white house there we have confirmed that they are participating. they're going to be supporting the president. there, the white house as the president announces this new existence, sweeping executive order on the border. now, one of those mayors is the mayor of brownsville, texas, and he issued a statement saying, in part, quote, president joe biden is expected to unveil an executive order for that may notably impact migrants ability to seek asylum along the us southern border. now a lot of these officials are pretty vague. they are not commenting on camera because they're waiting for the specific details to be announced. and we're expecting that announcement later today. now, some offi

the woman has now been charged with attempted capital murder scene as rosa flores is with us with the latest rows of what are you learning? >> well, we're learning some of the disturbing details, john and some of those intense moments in which this mother was simply trying to save her children. let me take you through this this happened in euless, texas, which is between fort worth and dallas. and according to the euless police department, the suspect it has been identified as elizabeth wolf. she's 42-years-old and she has been charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child. now, according to care, a muslim mom was simply by the pool at her apartment complex with her two children, ages three three, and six. when reportedly wolf approached her started making racist remarks and threats. now, police were called, police eventually arrived on the scene and they talk to witnesses and police say that wolf was intoxicated and that she tried to drown this woman's three-year-old child. here's what police said, quote, the mother began helping her son when wolf grabbed her 3-year-old

it is heading into mexico as we speak, rosa flores. thank you so much. i appreciate all your reporting. on this this morning, john corpus christi is actually a bird watching destination. one of the most fabulous places to see certain migrations in case you didn't know happening. now, a new flash flood threat creating even more danger in new mexico as crews battle multiple wildfires we have new images that show the destruction. look at that, and while rain obviously can't help fighting a fire, it also can become just as life threatening in areas like this overnight, several people had to be rescued. as fast water rushed through the charred debris. you can see the muddy mess that's created there with me now is george ducker, communications coordinator for the new mexico state forestry division. george, thanks so much for being with us can you just give us a sense of the latest from the ground there? what's happening? >> what's happening this morning is that yes, we are getting precipitation. it looks like we're going to continue getting precipitation on an

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cnn's rosa flores is live in that border city and talk to us about what you're seeing there. >> yeah. let me set the scene for you. what do you see behind me is the international bridge between the value of texas and reynosa. it's important to note that this executive the border does not stop trade. commerce. you can see vehicles crossing into mexico. the impact of this executive order is happening queen ports of entry when migrants cross illegally into the united states. now under this executive order, if a migrant does not express fear that migrant can be very swiftly returned to mexico or to their home country. now we have video of this because we witnessed this earlier today. i want you to take a look at this and i wanted to take you through it. because you see a white bus that's a government bus. we see it on the us mexico border all the time. this is how us officials transport migrants between different processing centers. you see that bus drive into the port of entry and then you see agents escorting migrant rinse to mexico. now, we've seen this before under title 42, and that'

and cnn's rosa flores joins us now. rosa, this is a very disturbing incident. what can you tell us? >> well, we're learning more about the intense moments in which this mother tried to save her three-year-old daughter, but let me get you up to speed here because this occurred in euless, texas, it's a city that's between dallas and fort worth. and according to euless police department, they've identified the suspect as elizabeth wolf. she's a 42-year-old woman and she was charged with attempted capital murder and injury to a child. we have tried to find her attorney and we have not been successful now, according to care, a muslim mom and her two children were by the pool at an apartment complex. there were enjoying the de when all of a sudden wolf, this suspect is 42 year-old woman approach the mother and her children with threatening and racist remarks. the police responded to the scene. the interviewed witnesses and they say that wolf was was intoxicated and then tried to drown the three-year-old child. here's what police had to say in a news release the mother began helping her so

you just heard rosa flores there on the ground saying that it's already in effect. they're turning people away. so get left behind. mr. delgado, as you know, new laws and funding for enforcement are really up to congress. and there was this bipartisan bill introduced in february by republican senator james lankford, who had negotiated on it for months it would have built more border wall, would have hired more border patrol agents. it would have sped up deportation. president biden supported it here he was begging congress to pass it i'm calling on congress to pass his bill, gets to my desk immediately my republican friends oh, to the american people get this bill done. we need to act now okay. >> but former president trump excuse me, did not want to give biden wins. so trump insisted that the republicans turn again dence, basically their own bill. he effectively killed it. so how much responsibility does for president trump bear for this problem well, i mean, there's a problem falls under this administration because it started with this administration just with rhe

daily encounters reaches a certain threshold on average, that number 25 let's turn now to cnn's rosa flores, who is live along the border he's in hidalgo, texas. rosa, what impacts are you seeing there the easiest way for me to explain it imagine border security on a rocket ship. >> and this is the federal government using a lot of the processes that are already has barring asylum and expedites those processes, let me set the scene for you. what do you see behind me is the international bridge here and you go texas. this crossing goes into mexico and you can see that the ports of entry or not impacted. you can see the free flow of cars here. this does not impact trade or commerce. this impacts the elite eagle entry by migrants were entering between ports of entry. and here's what happened crosses the border if they do not express those agents, though, migrants are very swiftly returned. >> what does that look like? we have video of what it could look like. take a look because what you see here is a wide government boss that normally transports migrants. you see that bus go into the port of

but first let's go to cnn's rosa flores, who was live and corpus christi. rosa, you were there yesterday. we watched things happen and now we're seeing way more flooding than we did as this tropical storm. now the first name to the hurricane season is really battering or close to mexico, not so much where you are described the conditions though so that you're seeing well, sarah the headline for sure is that the water is higher this morning. >> take a look behind me. let me show you around this is a little neighborhood that's nestled here by the highway. you can see several rows of homes that are underwater. you can see the waterline there in the picket fence, but this is practically an island. if you look beyond these homes, you'll see that there's a gas station that's where all those lights are that gas station is on higher ground. so it's an island surrounded by streets that are all completely flooded. and let me show you where this water is coming from. because as you look as i'm walking, you'll see see that all of these streets around me are completely f

we have crews closely covering the fires and the tropics this hour we begin though with rosa flores. she is in corpus christi, texas. rosa now you are on the coast there. we see the winds whipping up the water and this storm isn't even right on top at this point of texas you're absolutely right. this term is hundreds of miles from where i'm standing and we're already getting some of the wins to other behind me because this is corpus christi bay. >> but you can see that the water is crashing onto the it's parking meters, so it looks more like the ocean. and as sarah mentioned, this is impacting the entire gulf coast of texas. a lot of the area along the gulf coast looking very similar to what you're looking at behind me, there is already ponding. there's already some coastal flooding officials here in corpus christi do not seem very concerned about this storm per say, again, because it's hundreds of miles away, but they say that they always prepare for the worst. they have assets strategically placed around the city to make sure that they can respond with high water vehicles and barric

let's begin now with rosa flores in texas. rose a walk us through what this new executive action mean well, briana and boris, would you see behind me is actually a watch party here in houston hosted by an immigrant advocacy organization and some of the families that are benefiting are sitting in the room behind me there waiting for the president's >> isn't all that means is that for example, a parent could be a us citizen. and the other parent might be undocumented and maybe some children are us citizens and others are undocumented. but as a whole, this family unit is in fear of deportation and family separation, and that is exactly what it's executive action by the president is going to do. it is going to protect these mixed status families from deportation and family separations. so how was this executive action gonna do that? >> let me explain because the individuals who qualify under this executive action are the undocumented spouses of us cities decisions and the undocumented children now, before this executive action, th

and now it could be coming to a head as drought grips mexico, cnn's rosa flores explained 71 and growrus. >> that's always been my passion. who says syllabus, citrus growers and the rio grande valley of south texas takes us to a grove. he has an irrigated since january well, this grove is about 25-years-old to show us how his life's work could be imperil due to lack of water. >> as you can see, the leaves folding and the fruit how, how small it is, because we haven't been able to irrigate like we should the culprits he says are both natural and man-made. there's a years-long drought that has reservoirs along the rio grande at all time lows according to texas water authorities and a dispute between the us and mexico over an 80-year-old water treaty that has silva and many texas farmers blaming mexico for their misfortunes we had water from mexico this is grow would be here gaining right now i'm in south texas under the 1944 treaty, mexico, which you see over my shoulder across the rio grande, owes the us about 390,000 olympic-sized swimming pools of water. so far this five-year cycle,

our broken immigration system and delivered to the american people and enduring solution cnn's rosa flores has all of the reporting around this. rosa, can you talk to me about what you're learning about these two men? i mentioned venezuelan nationals who have been in the united states illegally now charged with the murder of this young girl in houston let me start with her mother, kate, according to the houston police department, this mother is devastated because her 12-year-old was strangled and killed. >> and according to police, the mother is simply trying to figure out life without her daughter. now, according to the houston police department, through police work, police officers, investigators were able to trace video of the two suspects to the bayou where this 12-year-old girl was found dead and they were able to locate them. they've been arrested, as you mentioned, the name of these two individuals are johanne jose martinez rampell and franklin and pena. >> they are charged with capital murder now, they are from venezuela. these are two venezuelan nationals we have reached out to ic

and let's turn now to cnn's rosa flores, who is there along the border. she's in hidalgo, texas. rosa, what kind of reaction are you hearing? >> well, there's mixed reaction on the border. there are some individuals who say that this is a great. this is a tool that the president can use and there are other individuals who say it's too little too late. but what will be the actual impact on the border? briana, the easiest way for me to explain this is that this is border security on steroids. it's going to expedite a lot of the processes that in the past we've seen administration's take weeks six months, and even years for migrants to go through. so let me take you through what we expect would happen here on the border once this executive order is in effect. so for example, once that threshold that you talked about is met and a migrant crosses the border illegally, that myron would still go through processing, so they would still get their fingerprints. there were back to a background checks. a would be made to make sure that there's no national security threats. but if that migrant

80 million people at risk across the midwest and northeast, staying on all of this for us, cnn's rosa flores joins me live from corpus christi, texas and ed lavandera isn't lincoln county numeric mexico? rosa, to you first i mean it's pretty wild. rosa, that this storm made landfall in mexico. and yet you saw all of this flooding in parts of texas. what can you tell us? >> jim, the waters continue to rise. just look around me. you'll see in this hotel that the water has risen in the last hours. you can see those cars have several inches of rain and the building of courses on pilings, that's warmer construction in these areas because they are used to coastal waters rising, but take a look around all of the streets around us are completely inundated i can tell you about an hour and a half ago. i was i would have been standing on dry air water and look now, there's definitely multiple inches of rain then you can see that people have been trying to drive around in they have not been successful. this man in this red car is stuck now in the mud. where's this water coming from? and take a look back

we have seen is rosa flores, who is on the scene and corpus christi following all of this for us, give us a sense of what's happening there. we see, obviously your feet at least underwater there, rosa well, the water keeps rising. >> briana, we have changed our live locations three times. we have to keep on moving because the water is rising. let me show you where the water is coming from. first of all, this is corpus christi bay, but you can see that the bay has eaten the streets here, eaten the parking lot normally, this is a beautiful beach that people enjoy with their families. well, that is not happening today. and what we've been doing actually is moving up and up and up to higher ground. we were live probably about maybe like half a mile here to my left. but you can see that all of that is underwater. we also saw the texas a&m task force, one roll into this area. we have video of this. they rolled in. we talked to a few of the members. they told us that they were doing welfare checks. they were making sure that the people that live in this community, we're okay. i asked him if t

sienna, rosa flores has that story trump's 71 and grow in citrus. that's always been my passion. who says syllabus citrus growers and the rio grande valley of south tower next is takes us to a grove. >> he has an irrigated since january. >> well, this grove is about 25-years-old to show us how his life's work could be imperil due to lack of water. >> as you can see, the leaves folding and the fruit how small it is because we haven't been able to irrigate like we should the culprits he says are both natural and man-made. there's a years-long drought that has reservoirs along the rio grande at all time lows according to texas water authorities and a dispute between the us and mexico over an 80-year-old water treaty that has silva and many texas farmers blaming mexico for their misfortunes if we had water from mexico this is grow would be you're gaining right now i'm in south texas under the 19th 44 treaty, mexico, which you see over my shoulder across the rio grande, owes the the us about 390,000 olympic swimming pools of water. >> so far this five-year cycle, which ends october 20

let's begin our coverage with rosa flores.he is outfront tonight at the southern border president joe biden announcing his toughest immigration policy, an executive order barring asylum when daily migrant apprehensions at the us southern border hit a seven-day average of 2,500. >> a move that could result in the deportation of some migrants in a matter of days, even hours. >> they choose to come without permission and against the law, there'll be restricted from receiving asylum and staying in the united states. >> the measure clamps down on unlawful crossings between ports of entry. and we'll take effect at midnight since migrant apprehensions at the us southern border are now about 4,000 per day. biden appearing to take a page from former president donald trump's hardline immigration playbook trump tried implementing a similar policy in 2018, the aclu let the challenge that caused courts to strike down and says it plans to sue the biden administration two, we do not believe that any provision, whether it's 212 f for any othe

cnn's rosa flores is in corpus christi for us ed lavandera isn't capital in new mexico ed, let me goo you first. what's what's happening on your end of things well, jim, overnight and into this morning, there has been significant rainfall were told by a local firefighting official jill here, that that has really helped in terms of helping keep and prevent the spread of this massive wildfire. >> wildfires around the ria dosa, new mexico air korea, so that is some good news, however, that rainfall has come in such heavy bursts at times that it is triggered mudslides and the other foot flash flooding events throughout the canyon areas of where this fire is taking place. so it helps in one regard okay. causes other headaches and problems in another way. so that is what the fire crews are dealing with on the ground right here today. but the good news is, is that that rainfall is seeming to beginning the process of helping tamper this massive wildfire, which is burned more than 23,000 acres since monday afternoon. so that's enforced a more than 8,000 people to evacuate this area. and that

rainfall and that rain is now into parts of texas and mexico ironically, in the places that we saw, rosa floreso all these stories the past couple of weeks about the water wars between texas and mexico. now, we have flood watches in effect for that area and likely flood warnings. some of the areas in mexico northern mexico, makeup pick up ten inches of rain as is very slow moving storm, not going to be a hurricane, not going to gather any strength anymore, but it's just going to take that gulf moisture and make very heavy rainfall in places that needed obviously, south texas needs the rain desperately, just need to kind of spread it out a little bit. it looks like four to six inches and men the areas i think that's going to be really the rule it's just these purple areas here in parts of mexico that's greater than ten inches and 48 hours, that's a lot of rain in a place that's already parched. >> yeah. they need it. they don't need it. that quickly. that's part of the issue here. >> exactly. yeah. john. thank you so much. we really appreciate all the updates and coming up next, the supreme cour