LIVES. THIS IS SARAH RAINSFORD, BBC NEWS, CBS IN PRAGUE. >> ALONG THE SOUTHERN U.S. BORDER, OFFICIALS ARE GRAPPLING WITH HISTORICALLY HIGH LEVELS OF MIGRANT APPREHENSIONS. ACCORDING TO INTERNAL DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY DATA OBTAINED BY CBS NEWS, MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE ILLEGALLY CROSS THE SOUTHERN BORDER WEDNESDAY, ABOUT 4500 MORE THAN THE DAILY AVERAGE THIS YEAR, THROUGH THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE CROSSED MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS WELL. HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS WERE GATHERED IN THE MAKESHIFT STAGING AREA THURSDAY, AND WITH CONGRESS GONE FOR THE YEAR WITH NO BORDER DEAL, HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON WILL NEED PRESIDENT BIDEN TO TAKE EXECUTIVE ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE INFLUX OF MIGRANTS, THE WIDE OPEN BORDER HAS CAUSED UNSPEAKABLE HUMAN TRAGEDY FOR MIGRANTS, AND CERTAINLY FOR OUR OWN CITIZENS. FOR MORE ON THIS, ED O'KEEFE JOINS ME NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. ON THIS QUESTION OF EXECUTIVE ACTION THE PRESIDENT COULD TAKE, THE SPEAKER IS ASKING FOR, IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE SHELF AND WHAT IS THE WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE TO THAT? >> THE MORE I READ INTO THIS LEVEL LETTER, WITH THE SPEAKER IS ASKING THE PRESIDENT TO DO IS IN ESSENCE RIVERS EVERYTHING HE DONE, WHICH WAS TO REVERSE EVERYTHING THAT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAD DONE. THE SPEAKERS CALLING ON THEM TO RESTORE THINGS WITH THE REMAINING MEXICO POLICY OR FORCING THOSE TO STAY IN MEXICO, UNTIL THEY GET A HEARING. BUT ARE NOT SEEKING ASYLUM AND SEND THEM BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY. TO EFFECTIVELY SHUT THE BORDER OR SEAL IT OFF BY RESUMING CONSTRUCTION OF THE BORDER WALL. WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS THE SPEAKER IS LAYING AT THE MARKERS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, AND FOR THE SENATE, AS HE CONTINUES TO WORK ON THAT BIPARTISAN BORDER IMMIGRATION POLICY AGREEMENT THAT'S PART OF THAT FUNDING PACKAGE AND SAYING, THIS IS WHERE MY CONFERENCE IS AT. IF YOU CAN'T MEET THESE GENERAL PARAMETERS FOR YOUR EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, AND DON'T DO THEM, THEN YOU CANNOT EXPECT US TO APPROVE WHATEVER IT IS YOU MAY BE COOKING UP WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE. >> NEGOTIATION, PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE WITH MEXICO'S PRESIDENT THURSDAY, DISCUSSING THE SITUATION AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER. WHAT DID THEY AGREE ON AND TALK ABOUT? >> WHAT THEY AGREED ON IS THEY HAVE A BETTER MONITOR, TWO KEY CROSSINGS, YOU SAW IMAGES FROM EAGLE PASS A WHILE AGO, THEY ARE MAJOR TRUCKING ROUTES THAT ESSENTIALLY HAVE BEEN CLOSED, YOUR AFFECTING $200 MILLION WITH OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY EVERY DAY THAT THOSE PASSES ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE THAT ARE TRUCK CROSSING. BY INSTRUCTING THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY TO GO TO MEXICO IN THE COMING DAYS, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN, AND WITH WHOM THEY WILL MEET, THAT'S A SIGN OF HOW INTENSE THIS IS, TO SORT THIS OUT WITH THEM AND FIGURE OUT, NOT ONLY HOW TO MAINTAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, BUT SECURITY CONCERNS, AS WE'VE SEEN A GROWING NUMBER OF MIGRANTS FROM ACROSS LATIN AMERICA AND THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE COMING FROM AFRICA, FROM ASIA, AND FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND SECURITY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT REPUBLICANS ESPECIALLY IN THE SENATE SAY THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS SOME KIND OF FIXE
