hello and thanks for being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we re now into day four in the manhunt for a suspected mass killer. the search growing more urgent by the hour as false alarms turn up empty. and today new questions about the police response to the shooting. what a survivor of that attack is telling nbc news about the terror that unfolded and five desperate calls reportedly made to 911. plus, zero visibility, look at this. a sudden blinding dust storm engulfing a highway, causing a deadly chain reaction crash. also developing overnight, hollywood writers trying to write their own ending, now on strike for the first time in 15 years. the ripple effects you could see if this strike lasts weeks or even months. if this lasts a couple of months, we ll start to see the impact on the fall tv schedule and some movies will have to be pushed back. and june 1st, mark your calendar, that s how soon the country could default on its debt,
you re back live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with the manhunt that continues for this man. 38-year-old francisco oropeza has been the focus of a desperate manhunt since friday night. that s when neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle in the front yard because they were trying to get a baby to go to sleep. police say oropeza then entered their home and began shooting. an 8-year-old boy was among the five neighbors slaughtered, almost execution-style. that according to the sheriff in that area. cnn s ed lavendera is in cleveland, texas, for us. ed, i know you re on the scene of a vigil that just took place a short time ago for the little 8-year-old who was killed in all of this. and it s just, just underlines once again what we re dealing with in this country. just another awful tragedy stemming from mass gun violence. well, jim, even more troubling and disturbing, after just a short moment ago, we were able to speak with wilso
good morning good morning, everyone. let s get started. it is wednesday, april 26th. a debt ceiling plan vote today. it s no the clear if they have the votes, right? president biden says he is going to veto the bill. sounds like they don t. also today, the taliban killed a suspected isis mastermind who was behind that 2021 suicide bombing at the kabul airport. that is when they killed 13 u.s. service members. this is according to the white house. the pentagon says the u.s. was not involved in that operation. also, the woman who says president trump raped her could take the stand today in her battery and defamation lawsuit against him. court is going to get under way in the e. jean carroll case. and the former ( gorepublica governor of arkansas is running so far in the primary. and kim kardashian says she is willing to step away from the cameras and become an attorney full time. our wide-ranging conversation coming up. cnn this morning starts right now. i like how
biden is sending troops to the border. the lead starts right now. a border surge is expected as a key immigration policy is set to expire. now the biden administration is deploying even more american troops to the u.s.-mexico border. cnn is on the ground there as keyboarder towns declare states of emergency. plus, are we headed for default? warnings of a recession and major job losses, if congress and the white house cannot strike a debt deal soon. we ll lay it out for you how your money, how your job might be impacted. and he s known as the godfather of ai. i will speak with a man who left his job at google just so he could speak freely about what he calls the dangers of artificial intelligence. welcome the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with two looming crises potentially just days away, which could have serious consequences for united states. the first crisis has to do with your wallet and an ongoing fight between republicans and democrats over the national
send armed troops to the southern border. bracing for a mass inexflux of migrants, a new report from the border you ll see first on outfront. new details for the manhunt or the texas suspect who killed five people including a 9-year-old boy. the man s neighbor telling cnn where his clothes and cell phone were found. and putin as a hippie. desantis visiting disney, ronald reagan surrendering to the soviets. inside an ai operation that is meant to deceive. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erica hill in font for erin burnett. outfront, troops to the border. president biden deploying 1,500 armed troopses to the u.s./mexico border as the country braces for an influx of migrants. nearly 40,000 asylum seekers are waiting just across the border in mexico, waiting to enter the u.s. once the trump-era covid rule known as title 42 expires next week. that rule has been used more than times by border officials to quickly expel migrants from the u.s. biden s plan announced