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CNN 5 Things

12 PM ET: New border barriers, Ukraine civilians killed, weight loss drugs risks & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

As cities like Chicago and New York see a surge in people arriving, the Biden Administration will build more barriers at the US-Mexico border. Ukrainian officials say many civilians are among at least 51 people killed in a Russian attack. Not having a House Speaker could eventually affect every American. A new study suggests people taking popular weight loss injections may be at higher risk for serious digestive problems, as drug companies ramp up production. Plus, the Anti-Defamation League says it’ll advertise on X again. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello from CNN, I'm Taylor Galgano with the five things you need to know for Thursday, October 5th.

0:35.8

The Biden administration will build more border barriers, waiving 26 federal laws to do so.

0:41.6

That's according to a notice posted to the Federal Register today. That says that federal

0:43.3

to do so. That's according to a notice posted to the Federal Register today.

0:44.3

That says they're needed on the Rio Grande Valley at the US-Mexico border

0:47.9

because of quote high illegal entry. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Myorkas says there's a quote,

0:54.3

acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers. Federal data shows that between

0:58.9

October of 2022 and August this year, Border Patrol reported nearly 300,000 encounters in the Rio Grande

1:05.4

Valley sector.

1:06.8

The move comes as cities like Chicago and New York are being overwhelmed by the recent surge

1:10.6

in people arriving, with their mayors now publicly demanding stronger

1:14.0

federal action.

1:15.0

CNN's Polo Sandoval has more.

1:17.0

New York City has been grappling with this migrant crisis for about a year and a half now,

1:21.0

yet it was just last week, according to what I heard from the city yesterday,

1:24.8

that the city saw one of its highest number of asylum seekers

1:28.2

arrived here in the Big Apples, some 3,700 who arrived here just last week alone.

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