ayman wilkie dean and new york, we are continuing to follow the tragedy out of allen, texas this hour. police reports are at an outlet mall just north of dallas. and moments ago, local officials made a very brief statement saying a police officer and an unrelated call at that mall heard shots ring out at about 3:36 pm local time. officials are confirming there are casualties, they have not yet released the exact numbers on those dead, or injured. police also say they s believe the suspect has acted alone. they re saying they plan to hold another press conference in about two hours from now. as you can imagine, lots of questions. we are going to bring you more updates the money they come into our newsroom. a short time ago, governor greg abbott issued his statement writing in part, quote, our hearts are with the people of allen, texas. tonight, during this unspeakable tragedy. we are going to, as we mentioned, bring you all the information that we get as it happens. joining
trump, she s considering picking a fight with the ex president. then, santos circus george santos facing 13 new federal charges the indications of the republicans might finally drop him. plus, the definitive clarence thomas timeline. we take you back almost 20 years to get to the bottom of his serious ethical lapses. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. donald trump might soon be facing e. jean carroll in court yet again. this week the twice impeached and now indicted ex president was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. a new york jury awarded e. jean carroll $5 million in damages that after she said that trump sexually abused her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. and the jury found that trump defamed carroll by saying that her accusations were a hoax and a con job. now, when trump was astonishingly given a public platform to discuss the verdict the very next year, well, he immediately fell back into his old ways. i never met this woman. i n
humanitarian crisis at our southern border with mexico. as the u.s. struggles to meet the reality of the greatest complexities of global migration. this new reality demands a reimagined nation of our immigration system, a system that is of past decades. border agents stopped more than 6200 undocumented migrants at our southern border on friday. it was the first day since the u.s. entered the trump era border restrictions known as title 42. a number of crossings downed shortly compared to earlier in the week. behind each numbers a person trying to find their way to a better life. this week, our colleague jose diaz found a family fleeing their country, venezuela. three generations, a grandmother with her daughter, and granddaughter leaving everything behind because of their nations unstable government. they have dreams with a better future earning an education, building a new life here in the united states. and beyond her southern border, there are millions of families across
country and what this means for crucial health care. that is not the only the president visiting cellmate today to punctuate the ongoing battle over voting rights. one of democratized joins us, plus new details in the exclusive nbc news reporting of migrant minors working in dangerous conditions. the department of homeland security is now expanding its investigation. and later, congress poised to investigate george santos for ethics violations, congresswoman leading the charge to hold him accountable. is here to talk about. it this is american voices. we begin this hour with the escalating fight over reproductive freedom, shaped by the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. the antiabortion movement now chomping at the bit to further restrict abortion access, even in cases where reproductive rights are protected by law. any day now, federal judges with a long history of antiabortion beliefs could rule on a lawsuit that aims to block access to abortion medicatio
no better example of that and this week s conservative political action conference, cpac, once a platform for leading conservative thinkers, now a extremism. cpac attendees are doubling down on trumpism ahead of the 2024 race for president. this afternoon, trump got to the cpac florida governor ron desantis trailing with just 20% of the vote. results fueled by cpac s growing devotion to the former president. a columnist for the washington post writes, quote, year by year, cpac has become less and less of a wonky conservative movement networking event and more and more of a circus. the guest list features fewer and fewer policy experts debating the correct path for conservatives and more and more telegenic faces who usually populate the fox news green room. one after another, at cpac, serving up red meat. the tone is now indistinguishable from one of trump s campaign rallies. in a set of talk for a economic solutions to help american lives, cpac mainly focus on a politics