doors with senate investigators right now. in the meantime, tractor trailer driver james bradley will be in court. he is accused of driving a truck with 100 people crammed inside. nine of them have been confirmed dead, dozens recovering in the hospital. some of them may suffer permanent brain damage because of the conditions they were trafficked in. ed has more. what else have you learned? we are waiting that court appearance here in downtown san antonio. james bradley, of clear water, florida, set to face criminal charges today, making that initial court appearance. really, the investigators focused on trying to piece together this human smuggling operation. who else was involved? where are they coming from. nine people dead, as you mentioned. 30 treated for heat exhaustion. 20 of those in critical condition. we are waiting on more updates
million new jobs to be in the op-ed nancy pelosi in the washington post. a big deal for the american people using medicare to get drug prices down. prescription we never hear about that. no. it may be the only a big part of their their progressive agenda is to get drug prices down. they say that s the biggest thing people feel. right now opposing trump appears to be number one for democrats. a man asks a walmart employee for water and helps uncover a deadly human smuggling operation. the incredible, sad story come from san antonio, texas, next.
cnn s ed laugvendera has this story for us. homeland security investigators and immigration customs enforcement agents say that driver of the truck was 60-year-old james bradley. from clear water, florida. he is the centerpiece of this investigation as investigators try to figure out what they describe as human smuggling operation and the key it that is to figure out who else was involved. where this truck came from. and where it was going. the acting i.c.e. director said at some point in the journey there could have been more than a hundred people in the back of the trailer truck. when it was discovered here just after midnight, someone from the truck approached a walmart employee asking for water. that is what led the employee to make the discovery and call police here fto the scene. eight people dead. ninth died in the hospital sunday. death toll numbers could change. there were nearly 20 people in critical condition throughout
holiday. the industry has hundreds of billions in cash stashed overseas. it s sitting there a lot of money in bank accounts. the companies don t want to pay to the advertised tax rate to bring it back to the united states. question is mr. president, if they get that tax holiday, how do you make sure they spend the money on workers and factories and not just on enriching wall street investors? that s what i d like to find tweet away, mr. president. we eagerly await the answer in 140 characters. not easy to do. put some strings on that money. ahead, a man who asked for help from a walmart employee ended up leading police to a deadly human smuggling operation.
number of illegal immigration numbers coming across the u.s. southern border. this kind of way of moving undocumented migrants is very common. obviously, this one taking a horrific turn. nine people dead, 30 others being treated in the hospital. nearly 20 of those in critical condition. the driver of the truck has been identified as 60-year-old james bradley of clearwater, florida. he is expected here in downtown san antonio, expected to face criminal federal charges at some point this morning. that continues. that investigation really centers around him, alisyn, as people here, investigators try to figure out exactly who he was working with and who else was involved in this human smuggling operation. absolutely. it will be fascinating to hear what he has to say in court today. 17 hikers trapped in arizona now safe. take a look at the rescue effort. you can see one man there being air lifted to safety.