good to be with you. i m katy tur. george santos is once again a free man. at least for now. after being arrested this morning, the gop congressman from long island was arraigned in a suffolk county courtroom and released on a $500,000 bond. santos pleaded not guilty, and he says he ll hold a news conference to address the charges we re watching and waiting for that, and we ll go there once it begins. federal prosecutors argue he is guilty. they say santos is a liar and a cheat and that they ve got the goods to prove it. in the 13 count indictment unsealed today, the feds charged him with wire fraud and money laundering, stealing public funds and lying to the house of representatives. all told, george santos could be facing many years in prison, not to mention the loss of his congressional seat eventually. the gop speaker of the house with his four-vote margin over the democrats needs santos on the floor. so kevin mccarthy told reporters today, let him have his day in court.
fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making false statements, just some of the charges against congressman george santos. after spending the day in federal custody, he just pleaded not guilty to 13 counts. so what will speaker mckcarthy do? a major test at the southern border. patrols encountered more than 10,000 migrants on tuesday alone as pandemic restrictions come to an end, our reporters are speaking live with those families desperate to get cross. plus president biden hitting the road to sell his debt ceiling message saying america is not a dead beat nation. new details on ongoing negotiations with republicans as we close in on a crucial default deadline. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. new york republican congressman george santos has pleaded not guilty to the 13 federal charges hes faces in court. prosecutors say his bond is set at $500,000, though his travel will be limite
eve ofci f surge of migrants. hundreds of national guard members deployed, some in riot gear. federal authorities warning migrants, if you haven t filed the proper paperwork before you arrive, he ll wait five years before applying again. matt rivers and maria ver villarreal. president trump ordered to pay 5 million to e. jean carroll, found liable for sexual assault and defamation. what e. jean carroll said to trump s attorney when he went to shake her hand. tonight a judge sentencing army sergeant daniel carey to 25 years in prison for shooting and killing a legally armed man who was also the military during a black lives matter protest in texas. tonight governor greg abbott already igniting outrage after vowing to pardon him even before the trial is over. in the middle east, hundreds of rockets fired from gaza toward israel. people running for cover. israel responding with air strikes. names longman is there. in the u.s., the coast guard searching for missing plane off the
our southern border is poised to become more open for trafficking and for drug business. imagine being on the front lines. our border patrol are truly heros out there risking their lives under near impossible circumstances. take a look at the streets of el paso, texas. 150,000 are waiting on the other side of the border to push across. so texas state troopers have done what they can on their own to prepare. they have laid razor wire across areas that are so porous that people can just come right through as they try to protect their state. they re keeping them from crossing the river at those points while we hear this, again, from dhs secretary mayorkas. watch. let me be clear, the lifting of the order does not mean our border is open. in fact, it is the contrary. martha: really? okay. lieutenant christopher olivarez from the texas department of public safety very much on the front lines of this. he s going to join us in just a moment with an update of what s going on wher
residents are urged to stay inside. our team is on the ground, crews mobilize before sunrise and senior meteorologist is here tracking ian in new york city. todd: phil keating, where we begin our coverage in st. petersburg, we got the latest update the hurricane has been downgraded to a tropical storm, what are you seeing right now? good morning, had u.s. coast guard helicopter land across the water at tampa general, now flying off, they have a real busy day doing search and rescue operations all day, still unknown whether they have numerous people that need to be rescued or whether the day will actually be better than they feared. here in tampa right now issue most people are still sleeping after a night of heavy pounding rain and wind, but for the most part, the bulk of the storm right now, not raining here issue mostly moved east by now, slamming around orlando and the east coast along i-95 corridor and the winds here, you can see, not too blustery, only maybe in the 2