republican congressman george santos who admitted to lying about parts of his background arrested. he is in federal custody this morning. we have the 13 count indictment and we ll break down the very serious charges he s facing. moments from now, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is set to give live remarks on operations at the southern border, one day before the health restrictions known as title 42 were set to be lifted. we re live on both sides of the border as the amount of people seeking asylum trying to seek asylum continues to build. and e. jean carroll speaking out one day after a federal jury found donald trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. we ll play for you what she had to say. in washington, a standoff between president biden and top republicans with just weeks to go before what could be a catastrophic default on the nation s debt. and we are following breaking news at this hour. right now, new york republican congressman george
13 federal charges against a sitting member of congress. george santos accused of wire fraud, money laundering, stealing public funds. so will republicans call on him to resign with every vote in the house critical? santos due to be arraigned at any moment. public pressure campaign. president biden hitting the road and hitting republicans over a fierce budget standoff. in minutes he s making the case for raising the debt ceiling once again without conditions, with potential economic consequences just weeks away. and heroes in action. newly released audio reveals the terrifying moments as officers search for the texas mall shooter. one officer telling the dispatcher i need everybody i got. chilling words as they ask for backup. we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. just minutes from now, new york congressman george santos is expected to appear in federal court. he was taken into custody this morning.
marianne williamson, who was to challenge joe biden for the nomination, will be joining us on the show. [cheers and applause]. sean: she s one of two democrats trying to unseat the cognitive mess known as your president. also curtis sliwa and terrance 2.0. this crowd has been drinking they re rowdy. they re going to respond to democrats who want to lock up a us marine for subduing a violently ill on a subway. no, ma am due process. guilty send them to jail if you re a republican or defending yourself. we ll get to the bottom of that. in a moment we hear from the house oversight committee chairman james comer. we broke that news last night, really important new details from a whistle blower accusing joe biden of taking bribes when he was the vice-president. now, first we have big breaking news tonight from john solomon. moments ago he obtained this e-mail. take a look at this right here dated october the 19th 2020 between form acting director of the cia mike morell and forme
George santos is defiant amid growing calls for him to resign over the many lies he told voters. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy standing by santos even as he acknowledges a lack of trust. Were tracking Severe Weather right now in the southeast including significant damage from a large and extremely dangerous tornado in alabama. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with this Special Counsel investigation thats about to get under way. Amid new revelations about classified documents found at President Bidens home and office. Lets go right to our chief White House Correspondent phil mattingly. The white house is attempting to defend its response as a new timeline is raising a lot of questions. Thats right, wolf. The white House Counsel saying they will fully cooperate with the new Special Counsel investigation and say they believe by the time the investigation is over it will be clear this was an inadver
of defense and their briefing expected to start any minute now. plus, texas governor greg abbott s plan to handle the impending crisis, promising to keep bussing migrants to democratic cities. we re following the latest developments here. let s bring in julia ainsley who is following this story closely now with the white house confirming the biden administration will be sending active duty troops to the southern border. what do we know from the administration? well, lindsey, we know this plan has hardened up quickly. they were weighing it over the weekend and just now, we know there s about to be an announcement. they ll be sending 1500 active duty troops in addition to the 2500 men and women from the national guard already stationed at the border. that will bring them to 4,000 which is still lower than the more than 5500 active duty troops the trump administration sent to the border. these troops will not be interacting with migrants one-on-one. they won t be arresting