ukraine. cnn s kaitlan collins is live in madrid, for us, she ha more. what have we heard from the president so far, kaitlan? reporter: yeah, this is first stop he s making after arriving here in madrid. obviously going to the meetings with the king of spain. he was greeted earlier with the president, greeted earlier by the king. kate, he s got the formal dinners tonight. tomorrow is when they re going to expand into the bigger meetings with the other world leaders gathered here for the nato summit. one of the bigger aspects that is looming over it and that the white house has just confirmed that president biden and the turkish president erdogan will come face-to-face on the sideline of these meetings. that is something that people are watching closely because so far nato has been the only country standing in the way of sweden and finland able to join nato. that is a move they made very quickly after russia invaded ukraine. it s remarkable steps that happened in a much faster time li
get out of the truck. remember, we are in texas where there s sweltering heat here. and the temperatures have been going up to the triple digits. now, authorities here have been calling this a tragic incident. take a listen to what the mayor of san antonio said this morning. this is probably the worst tragedy in terms of migrant migration that i know at least in recent history. and the people that are responsible for subjecting other people to these conditions should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. reporter: now, three people are in custody, according to authorities. so it s unclear what exactly their connection is to the incident. but it, kate, now a federal investigation. it s good to see you, priscilla, thank you very much for bringing that to us. still ahead for us, investigators are on the scene of another deadly scene. a deadly amtrak train derailment in missouri. we re going to take you there for a live report, next.
what s happening? reporter: well, the sentencing hearing is taking place here in downtown manhattan. maxwell is conceivably in court along with up to eight victims. it s really truly the first time they are altogether in that courtroom. there will be victim impact statements that are probably happening at this point. there may be argument with both seeds. maxwell will be able to beg for mercy with the judge if she wants to. they are asking for 30 to 55 years. the u.s. department of probation is asking for 20 years. max maxwell is asking for 4 to 5 years. the u.s. attorney s office is saying these heinous crimes with these victims, she was the one that got them for epstein. she molded them. she made normalcy of relations with epstein. she bought them presents. she gave them money. they have an operation. they had a playbook.
likely what he s saying there with spain s prime minister. ukraine s president is now calling an attack on a crowded shopping mall an act of terror. at least 18 people have been killed, more than two dozen others are missing. translator: in peaceful setting, an ordinary shopping mall with ordinary citizens inside. only totally insane terrorists who should have no place on earth can strike missiles at such an object. now, cnn s salma abdelaziz has the very latest from ukraine. kate, search and rescue operations are still under way to try to pull survivors out of the ruins of that mall, if there are any survivors left. now, what we understood happened and this is according to president zelenskyy, is yesterday afternoon, a thousand people were packed in that mall, going on about their ordinary lives. i have to note here this is a city nowhere near the front lines. nowhere near the battleground.
efforts to overturn the 2020 election. let s get starts. kristen holmes is live. a lot of secrecy, kristen and this hearing and this witness and what we could learn today. reporter: kate, that s right, we re told in part that secrecy is actually about concerns about hutchinson s access to the testimony. given the proximity to trump s chief of staff mark meadows also proximity to events and sources described hutchinson as always by meadows side. and given the urgency at which the committee brought this hearing it just goes to show you how explosive they believe that this testimony may be. reporter: her testimony had rattled capitol hill. are you aware of any other reporter: once awe top aide to former white house chief of staff mark meadows, cassidy