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
people, including a 9-year-old. they say a tip led to his arrest. also happening today, the fed is expected to raise interest rates again. the big question, though, is whether the fed chair, jay powell, signals that a pause is to come. also, the biden administration now signing off on sending 1,500 troops to the southern border ahead of an expected surge in migrants. and the u.s. announced a new immigration deal with mexico aimed at deterring border crossings. and new and promising data just released on an alzheimer s treatment. details about the drug the company says significantly slows cognitive and functional decline. and the new york times reports that said, quote, it s not how white men fight. new information on how that text may have contributed to his firing. cnn this morning starts right now. we do begin with the texas massacre suspect accused of gunning down five of his neighbors. he is now under arrest after a huge manhunt. the fbi says it received a tip
me. i m fredricka whitfield. armed and dangerous. that s how police in texas are describing a suspect in a horrific mass shooting. 38-year-old francisco orapeza has not been seen since friday night s attack in cleveland, texas. investigators say he opened fire on his neighbors when they asked him to stop shooting his rifle outside so that their baby could sleep. five people were killed, including an 8-year-old. cnn s ed lavendera is there in cleveland, texas. ed, where does this manhunt stand right now? reporter: we haven t gotten any updates from law enforcement. the fbi has taken over this investigation and obviously multiple numbers of agencies, law enforcement agencies here in the state of texas continue ing the search for 32-year-old francisco oropeza. there have been several pictures put out of him, as they are urging the public to call in if they have any sightings of him. at this point, it s not clear where he might be if he s in this area or has been able to get fa
somewhere. how several states slated to receive that soil are pushing back. also this morning, the fallout keeps growing for the creator of dilbert. more newspapers dropped the comic strip after the cartoonist went on a racist tirade. all that in just moments. we begin with a destructive winter storm on the move. two houses. the storm unleashing multiple tornadoes in oklahoma and kansas. one of those tornadoes tore through norman. shredded homes and injured at least 12 people. hurricane-force winds whipped up massive blinding dust storms in texas. this is a scene in lubbock. the storm buried parts of southern california under more than six feet of snow. take a look at these snow totals near los angeles and san diego. more than 90 inches of snow recorded at mountain high, a winter resort about an hour and a half outside of l.a. warmer parts of southern california were battered by heavy rain and flooding. a helicopter crew had to rescue this driver from a jeep caught in
cities and towns, this after severe storms ripped across oklahoma and parts of the central u.s. this morning, more than 50,000 without power in the region. at least nine tornadoes touching down in oklahoma and kansas. wind gusts equivalent to a category 3 hurricane about 120 miles an hour battering texas. ahead, the latest on the storm s and what s to come. plus, at least two people are dead, three others wounded after a drone attack in ukraine. this as the u.s. is now warning that china will face penalties if beijing provides russia with drones and ammunition, as u.s. intelligence indicates, to aid russia s ongoing invasion of ukraine. we do begin this hour with the latest on those severe storms and tornadoes. cnn s senior national correspondent, ed lavendera is in norman, oklahoma. cnn meteorologist chad myers standing by with the latest forecast. we want to begin with you, ed. some pictures there, just alarming. tell us what you re seeing on the ground. reporter: wel