i m laura coates, and this is cnn tonight. and, look we saw it on january 6th, when election lies exploded into violence at the united states capitol. well now, the latest outbreak of allegedly politically motivated violence is in new mexico. a republican who lost his race for the new mexico house who tweeted after his defeat that the election was rigged and he vowed to fight it until the day he dies. now, that person has been arrested on suspicion of orchestrating shootings at the homes of four democratic elected leaders. now, no one was hurt thankfully. but homes were damaged. shot came through my home, right where i had just hours before had been playing with my granddaughter. more on all of that in just a moment. and plus, we have sources telling cnn about a member of president biden s inner circle who has now been interviewed by federal investigators. we ll tell you who it is and what happened. as the biden ministration is now saying that tonight, it will continue to
and look, we saw it on january 6th, when election lies exploded into violence at the united states capitol. well, now, the latest outbreak of allegedly politically motivated violence is in new mexico. a republican who lost his race for the new mexico house who tweeted after his defeat that the election was rigged and he vowed to fight it until the day he dies. now, that person has been arrested on suspicion of orchestrating shootings at the homes of four democratic elected leaders. now, no one was hurt, thankfully. but homes were damaged. shots came through my home, right where i had just hours before had been playing with my granddaughter. more on all of that in just a moment. and plus, we have sources telling cnn about a member of president biden s inner circle who has now been interviewed by federal investigators. we ll tell you who it is and what happened. as the biden administration is now saying that tonight, it will continue to cooperate fully with the doj probe of
taking calipari up on his invitation and catching a home game. love that story. i love it. cnn s coverage continues right now. good morning. i m erica hill. we begin with news just in to cnn. the u.s. economy growing in the third quarter and beating expectations. the gdp, a key indicator of economic activity, rising by an annualized rate of .6%, the first period of positive growth this year following two back-to-back quarters of decline. cnn chief business correspondent christine romans with us now. this is a little better than expectations. we were expecting to see a little bump here put it in context for us. this is american consumers, they weren t buying as many couches and tvs. they were dining out, going on trips. you saw how people were spending their money changed a little bit. it was a bounceback from the doldrums of the first half of the year. the big question is it the bump before the slump? the fed has been raising interest rates very, very aggressively. co
on friday? as fighting rages in eastern ukraine, hundreds of thousands of ukrainian civilians are being urged to evacuate from the region to escape russia s brutal advance. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and arnold the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. disturbing new details of the deadly july fourth parade shooting in illinois. some coming from the gunman himself who has confessed to the mass killing and now we re learning it could have been only the beginning of his rampage. cnn security correspondent, josh campbell, is on the scene for us. reporter: the highland park gunman s first appearance in court wednesday. the shooter held without bond and charged with seven counts of first degree murder for shooting into a crowd of paradegoers on july fourth. the prosecutor naming each one of the victims and police saying the suspect admitted to the shootings. he went into details about what he had done. admitted to what he h
these witnesses begin talking. goodness. an 11-year-old girl. as a small circle of senate negotiators, democrats and republicans continue to work on the possibility of gun legislation. cnn has learned that a larger group in the senate are expected to meet in the next hour to discuss an emerging proposed package, following an emotional plea by actor and uvalde texas native matthew mcconaughey from the white house podium yesterday. can both sides rise above? can both sides see beyond the political problem at hand and admit that we have a life preservation problem on our hands? we ve got a chance right now to reach for and to grasp a higher ground above our political affiliations. the chance to make a choice that does more than protect your party, a chance to make a choice that protects our country, now and for the next generation. my next guest was elected to the senate as a pro-gun democrat in 2007. he voted to allow guns on amtrak trains in 2009 and everything changed