share 4,000 generations what america has done for me, she can do for you. this can t be another presidential campaign. we don t have time for that. we need a president who persuades not just our friends and our base, we need a president the persuades. we have to do that with common sense. and conservative principles, but we have to have a compassion for people. we have to have a compassion for people who don t agree with us. we have to believe that our ideas are so strong and so powerful and so persuasive that we can actually take it to the highest points in the world and to be successful. but we also have to be able to take it all the way down to places that today are hopeless. and prove that who we are works for all americans. i am living proof that god and a good family in the united states of america can do all things if we believe. will you believe it with me? [cheers and applause] will you join the team of the greatest nation on god s green earth? [cheers and applause]
to get into the u.s. yesterday alone. we are live in washington and in mexico. also should teams undergo training before they get a social media account? a group of psy pushing just that. these stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. a lot of developing news right before our very eyes. happening now, republican congressman george santos is in federal custody. he is facing a 13-count indictment. the charges include wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and making false statements to the house of representatives. prosecutors allege that santos solicited campaign funds under false pretenses and then they say he used the money for personal expenses. let s get more information about what this indictment includes and more information as we continue to pore over it and let s get law enforcement correspondent mike morales. mark, tell us what you re finding. well, john, we are finally learning the details from this wide-ranging investigatio
investigation and the response to lawmakers in just a moment. plus, president joe biden defends his division to send troupes to the southern border as the covid restrictions are set to end this week and the polls are sinking. and now on the wrong side of a potential rematch with donald trump in 2024. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we begin this morning with a second deadliest mass shooting in the united states this year. eight people were killed and several others injured on saturday when a gunman opened fire at an outlet mall in allen, texas, which is a suburb of dallas. we want to warn viewers that some of the footage you re about to see is disturbing. dash cam video, which police confirm is authentic, shows the moment the alleged gunman got out of his car and began firing. police have identified him as a 33-year-old suspected neo-nazi sympathizer. he was wearing
city subway. witnesses say the man was threatening fellow passengers. donors raised $2 million to defend daniel penny charged with manslaughter putting neely in a fatal choke hold. i m dana perino. bill: laura stack was a very impressive woman. our best to her and her cause. i m bill hemmer. good morning. 41,000 people from all walks of life contributing to daniel penny s legal defense fund donors praising him as a hero and denouncing alvin] for bringing the charges against the decorated marine who stepped in to protect others. penny s lawyer thanking the public for their generosity and defending penny s action. he didn t go to the subway seeking to harm anyway or attack anyone. he was putting himself in harm s way for the benefit of others. dana: laura engel is live in the newsroom today. hi, laura. supporters of daniel penny showed up over the weekend helping to raise $2 million for his defense fund. it happened in the last few minutes. as the 24-year-old continues
this, i don t know what the gunman s problem was, his motive, but it country mental health that killed these people. it was an automatic rifle with bullets. i m a gun owner, i have guns. former police officer, army officer, but these ar-15s, they have to get off the streets or this is going to keep happening. condolences and prayers won t bring these people back. we need action at the federal and state level for better gun control. i m saying that as somebody who loves guns. what texas is doing in a big-time way, we are working to address that anger and violence by going to its root cause, which is addressing the mental health problems behind it. we know that texas had been lagging in addressing mental health for years, and that s why, over the past three sessions, we ve added almost $25 billion to address mental health. we re in the waning days of a session right now where we will be adding even more funding. yeah. it s just really, right now, there are law enforceme