you re living in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. right now less than ten miles from the u.s. capitol former president donald trump is firing up his maga base at the conservative political action conference. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the next president of the united states. president donald j. trump. [ cheers ] i m proud to be an american where at least i know i m free that was the intro for the former president just moments ago. trump receiving a warm welcome at the annual c-pac gathering where his following has turned dominant, and the man who tried to overturn the 2020 election results appears to be the party s front-runner for 2024, according to recent polls. manip minutes ago there was a straw poll, take this with a grain of salt, he trumped the biggest rival, florida governor ron desantis, 62% to 20%. we have more now from the c-pac gathering. i guess this was not a big surprise that trump won the c-pac poll and not much surprise what
a co-host of 20/20. then in 1998 she launched the view which is of course still on the air. in a statement barbara walter s spokesperson confirmed the news anchor s death, quote, barbara walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by loved ones. she lived her life with no regrets. she was a trailblazer not only for fell mail journalists but all women. that s what the statement said. we have so much to talk about with barbara walters and how she impacted all of us journalists. joining me now is john miller. he coanchored 20/20 with barbara walters. sad news. she was 93. obviously she lived a life, but she anyone who is i d say 40 or above who s gone into journalism did it on the shoulders of barbara walters in some way. well, that s true. and i mean barbara walters didn t just break the glass ceiling. she broke through she caused the collapse of the glass building. and thee did it one step at a time through her career. remember she was on the today show a
this morning an alleged serial killer is off the street. the suspect s reign of terror in our community has come to an end. how police were able to track him down as they say he was on the hunt for his next victim. and new york city has seen a surge of migrants in recent months. how the city is handling the influx and how they re hoping the federal government can help. inflation burning through the profits of some small businesses. how bakeries are trying to stay afloat amid the rising costs of some key ingredients. and why the arctic has suddenly become one of the hottest pieces of real estate on the planet and why one senator is urging the u.s. to act fast. new day starts now . it is sunday, october 16th. thank you so much for waking up with us. boris, good to see you. great to see you. it is a new week and we re grateful that you re starting it with us. we begin this morning with relief for some neighbors in stockton, california, where police have ared soxed
62-year-old raul mesa jr. they say just before he was caught, he called police, a police info. line. listen to the homicide detective who ultimately took the call i answered the homicide main lane, and the caller stated my name is raul mesa, and you re looking for me. mesa then went on to detail his relationship with jesse fragat and the manner in which he murdered him including details that had not yet been released to the public. now austin police think mesa may have killed nearly a dozen others dating back to 1996. cnn national correspondent camilla bernall joins me now. he calls the police himself on may 24th, take us through what happened after that. reporter: well, two things happened, jim. they begin to investigate a number of killings, and they begin looking for him because they believe that now he s responsible for multiple killings in the austin area. now not only did he detail how