I m laura ingraham. You re looking live at the trump rally in pennsylvania where the former president is about to take the stage. The state was critical in 2016 to trump and now he s at a statistical tie according to the rcp polling average. Other polls have him up. We ll keep an eye and bring you new breaking news as it happens. First, we have some new details tonight about that wouldbe trump assassin, ryan routh. He s still behind bars after appearing in court earlier today. Now he showed up shackled with his hands and feet and at times he wore a smile. Things are not looking good for him. Seems like the doj has audio of what could be an apparent admission by routh. Now, he made a jail house call to a woman and apologized twice. His female friend told him he did the worst thick he could have possibly done. Things are not looking good for the secret service either. We re learning that routh may have cased the golf club and maralargo multiple times in the month ahead of the assassinati
but, first, trump, trump, trump. that s the focus of tonight s angle. laura: oh, some major depolling for liberals today. bloomberg morning consult poll showing that trump is leading biden handily in seven key swing states. and in four states that trump lost in 2020 he is now winning in 2024. wisconsin, where billionaires are spending huge for joe, trump is up by five. pennsylvania look out, he is up by 3. nevada, a state run by democrats, for democrats, trump trouncing biden by 8 points. ditto in georgia. trump s got north carolina by 10 points. and michigan by 5. in arizona, he is up by 3. well, turns out that overwhelming the country with millions of demanding, ungrateful and dangerous migrants isn t such a good campaign strategy after all. who would have thought that? now, remember when democrats used to cry about how he had to help all the poor migrants hiding in the shadows bring them out of the shadows and give them jobs. they aren t hiding anymore. instead brutally
we start this hour with a shocking incident at our southern border. look right there in that highlighted area. because a human smuggler is dropping a 4-year-old child over that very tall wall to american soil below. pete: this comes nearly two weeks after the expiration of title 42 and highlights the surgent need to stop those cartels and human smugglers. we have been watching, do you see the baby actually fall the 4-year-old. right there they say the child is okay. griff jenkins is live at the white house with the latest for us, griff? good morning, ainsley, pete and steve, these videos are far too common, yesterday the border patrol chief raúl ortiz tweeting that video out. it s hard to watch. it s heart breaking. you see the smuggler dropping the 4-year-old toddler near san diego. near the san ysidro port of entry. he drops. fortunately he was okay. border patrol agents and emsz quickly responded to begin rendering care and first aid to the child who fortunately was
house? the administration sending troops to the border as southern states brace for a surge of migrants with the title era 42 policy set to expire. but one border town is inundated and declared an emergency. we ll take you there. a college town on high alert. authoritie manhunt after three stabbings in a week. this near the uc davis campus in california. those stabbings left two people dead. police are now pleading for the public s help in identifying a suspect. plus, now they are trying to write their own story. hollywood writers hitting the picket line today. we ll tell you what they re demanding and what it means for your favorite shows. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. and we start this hour at the u.s. southern border. the biden administration now confirming they are preparing to deploy an additional 1,500 troops as early as next week. the migrant crisis is expected to worsen as the trump-er
kill a man when responding to the wrong house. the big melt. after a record season of snow, some western states brace for the water rush and disaster. and later, phantom bows out on broadway. the phantom of the opera is here after a record run, a musical theater institution ends sunday, and so does a love affair for stage workers and performers. i thought it would run forever, and i m sad about it. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. we begin tonight with new details on the leak of classified pentagon documents. the suspected leaker, a 21-year-old junior air national guardsman from massachusetts, remains jailed this weekend, his next court appearance wednesday. the pentagon describes the leak as a serious risk to national security, but president biden says he is, quote, not concerned about what was leaked but rather that it happened. he returned home to delaware earlier this morning after a trip to the republic