congressman allred of texas. amazing. announcing it s his first day, he is running for senate in texas against senator cruz. there is a thing, i don t really understand about this candidacy, so it s gonna be my first question, and that is, what s not to like about ted cruz? [laughter] what? does he rub some people the wrong way? ted cruz? apparently. so i don t know, lawrence. i m eager to see what allred has to. say. i should not have tipped my first question like that. have a great show. thank you. john douglass was the tucker carlson of 19th century london. he was, in every way, a terrible person. when his father died, he inherited his father s absurd title of marquis of queensbury at age 14. tucker carlson s upbringing is the 20th century american version of lauren queensbury s upbringing. they were both born rich enough to never have to work day in their lives. they were both students who never achieved any high academic distinction. like many of the
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
president biden is taking the fight to desantis s turf. we have kneel decrass tyson joining me for some wild tech breakthroughs. i m excited to see what he s going to explain about them. our top story right now is president biden s victory lap. joe biden finding his message from the state of the union is landing and he s turning the tables on that safety net fight. basically going to the trump/desantis home turf of florida to double down. now we all know taylor swift ironically suggested once she was a nightmare dressed like a day dream. well, today biden told republicans why he s going to be their nightmare, period. i know that a lot of republicans, your dream is to cut social security/medicare. let me say this, if that s your dream, i m your nightmare because there it is. call it some bad blood between the parties there. biden drawing a little bit of applause and some laughter for what has become, if you re monitoring this,s almost a celebratory mood among some demo
valencia. thanks so much. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me on fredricka whitfield. a new legal battle is taking shape after the u. s supreme court issues a last minute order to protect a common abortion drug court deciding last night to freeze a lower court s ruling that place restrictions on the drug press town, the pill is the predominant method for ending pregnancies in the u. s. but now that decision sets up the most consequential abortion related dispute since the overturning of roe v. wade another appeals court is scheduled to take up the case, meaning it could be weeks or months before a final decision is made. cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue has more. fredricka the biden administration is relieved lower courts had put significant restrictions on this key abortion drug. the government and manufacturers had raced to the supreme court, asking the justices to put those rulings on hold. while the appeals process plays out, which co
fiona dealt a devastating blow to puerto rico. most of puerto rico without power this morning. it could be days before it is restored. many people there also have no running water. at least two deaths have been reported from the hurricane which dumped up to 30 inches of rain. emergency crews have rescued well over a thousand people including this woman who had to be carried to safety. many more may still be trapped in the flood waters. parts of the island, puerto rico we re talking about, are still struggling to recover from maria that made landfall five years ago today. let s go to layla santiago. what can you tell us? brianna, john, it has been continuing to rain this morning. these are the outer bands of fiona. we are in the northeastern part of the island, san juan. where a small portion of customers have actually had their power restored, but in the interior, in the southern part where we spent most of our time it s a different story. they are waking up without pow