Screenshot via CBS/Snapstream After ignoring it on Thursday night, ABC and NBC finally covered on Friday morning the near-apocalyptic scenes out of the Spanish territory of Ceuta as tens of thousands of almost all young men from Africa (and who knows where else) sprint across and emerge from the sea, causing mass destruction in the downtown area.CBS, meanwhile, covered it both times, but Friday’s CBS Mornings expressed sympathy for the unvetted “migrants” and suggested they simply want a better life.It was after a report from Spain that featured co-host Vladimir Duthiers interjected to weigh in with some of his own thoughts.After acknowledging the Spanish Prime Minister has “[said] that they’re speeding up repatriation of the migrants who have entered Cueta, irregularly since yesterday,” he insisted “a country has the right and the obligation to control its borders,” but there has to be more consideration than border enforcement when such masses stream across claiming they’re in need. WATCH: 'CBS Mornings' co-hosts argue the thousands flooding into Spainish territory from Morocco are likely just wanting a better life and desperate for change....VLADIMIR DUTHIERS: So, we just got a statement from the Prime Minister of Spain, who says that they’re speeding up… pic.twitter.com/2BFLJdxVdD— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 31, 2026 “[B]ut when you watch thousands of people like you’re watching here on your screens willing to risk their death, willing to risk drowning just for the chance of a better life, it’s also worth asking, ‘What are they running for,’” Duthiers declared to the approval of co-host Nate Burleson and fill-in Natalie Morales.Morales backed Duthiers up: “And this is part of Spain – Cueta – this is like a 10-mile swim as well. So, you imagine the degree of danger involved. Look at these little kids on floaters out there. It’s horrific.”Duthiers implored viewers to take the positive humanitarian view, but ignored how they all seemed to only be of a certain age and demographic: “You have to think to yourself, no one wakes up and says, ‘Today I want to risk my life swimming to another country.’ People only do that when they feel the alternative is worse.”“Absolutely, in desperation,” Morales replied, to which Burleson added, “well said.”Reminder: Oliver Darcy, Jeremy Barr, and the rest of the liberal media reporting class want you to think CBS News is MAGA TV.Prior to this back-and-forth, Morales’s set-up was the only predictably pro-“migrants” framing as international reporter Aidian Stretch’s field report from mainland Spain was surprisingly straightforward.Stretch even stated the obvious that “[c]rossing the border does not mean free movement across Europe” and that Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni promised swift action (which she did by cutting Spain off from the rest of the European Union’s Schengen travel agreement) (click “expand”):MORALES: Well, the world’s latest immigration crisis is a long way from the U.S. Happening right now in North Africa, thousands of migrants hoping to get to Europe have swarmed over the border between Morocco and two tiny Spanish territories in just the past two days. At least 24 people have died, some of them swimming to get there. Aidan Stretch is at their intended destination, the southern coast of Spain.STRETCH: Good morning. Spain’s government has deployed its army as migrants have overwhelmed its border with Morocco in northern Africa. Over the last 48 hours, thousands of people, most of them Moroccans have made the dangerous swim around sea walls and climbed fences separating Morocco from the Spanish territories of Ceuta and Melilla. The two enclaves sit on Morocco’s northern coast, but are Spanish territory, making them the European Union’s only land borders with Africa. Local officials have blamed the surge on a recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling, which makes it harder to turn away migrants arriving from Morocco by sea. Crossing the border does not mean free movement across Europe. To get across the channels where we are now in mainland Spain, migrants would have to pass additional border controls. Still, the crossings have drawn scrutiny from conservative leaders across Europe, including Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni, who said she is prepared to take extraordinary measures to defend Italy’s borders and its citizens. This is not the first time that Spain has faced a crisis like this. In 2021, Moroccan authorities relaxed border enforcement following a diplomatic dispute with Spain, allowing 6,000 migrants to cross into Souta in a single day. Over at Disney-owned ABC’s Good Morning America, co-host and former Clinton official George Stephanopoulos was shellshocked reading a tease: “Shocking images. Chaos as thousands of people are seen swimming around border fences to claim asylum in Europe. Spain deploying its military. Why this is happening.”Yes, George. Those images do look bad! One has to wonder where this kind of shock was during the Biden border crisis.Cuing up a report from chief international correspondent James Longman, co-host Rebecca Jarvis called it “breaking news overnight” in the form of “[c]haos overseas as thousands of migrants surge into a Spanish enclave in north Africa” as “many” swam there, some losing their lives in the attempt.”Longman declared from London the “images are shocking” as they showed “[a]lmost 50,000…rush[ing] the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.”He also stated the obvious that “the situation is still not fully under control” at “the northern tip of Africa and the only land border with Europe.” Over on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America,’ they spent a minute and 13 seconds about the “[c]haos overseas as thousands of migrants surge into a Spanish enclave in north Africa” and “the situation is still not fully under control” as they “are doing this to claim asylum.”ABC wouldn’t… pic.twitter.com/fFn1LFRO25— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 31, 2026 Thus, he said, “these people are doing this to claim asylum and you can see thousands of people swimming around border fences or using boats, a number of them we know have drowned.”Notice how these elitist journalists always take these “migrants” at their word they want “asylum,” and thus possess only the purest of intentions.Longman at least pointed out the reason for this mob was likely due to a recent ruling by Spain’s highest court that, in his description, “those who reached the area by sea cannot be immediately returned without due process.”He concluded by explaining Morocco has sought to cause trouble on this Spanish territory and even refused to recognize it, leaving the implication the Africa nation seeks to cause trouble.NBC’s Today barely noticed it. Co-host Craig Melvin delivered a 28-second news brief in the second hour, passing along this “crisis” as a thing that’s happening with eye-popping video: Meanwhile, NBC’s Today barely noticed it.Co-host Craig Melvin delivered a 28-second news brief in the second hour, passing along this “crisis” as a thing that’s happening with eye-popping video:“Got some breaking news overseas right now. At least 34 migrants have died trying… pic.twitter.com/iDqAtGB6LP— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 31, 2026 Got some breaking news overseas right now. At least 34 migrants have died trying to reach the Spanish territory of Ceuta after tens of thousands breached the border in Morocco. The crisis boiling over for a second day with security forces clashing with migrants in the Moroccan side of that border. Estimates show some 60,000 people have crossed so far. The Spanish military has been called in to help.To see the relevant transcripts from July 31, click here (for ABC), here (for CBS), and here (for NBC).