a rush to judgment. the special counsel jack smith urging the supreme court not to wait to decide a critical question concerning donald trump. is he entitled to immunity for crimes he may have committed as president? and growing influence. two months of war brought on by hamas s attack on israel hasn t hurt the terror group sway over gaza. in fact, maybe the opposite. and under fire again, harvard s president now facing questions over whether she committed plagiarism, this after avoiding calls for her to resign over her testimony on antisemitism. can she survive another controversy? following these major stories and many, more all coming in right here to cnn news central. the special counsel prosecuting donald trump wants to fast-track a key dispute in the case right to the supreme court. today, jack smith again urged justices to weigh in now on whether a former president can be prosecuted for alleged crimes committed while in office. it is an issue that has never been test
from san jacinto county in texas. a manhunt has expanded for a mass shooting suspect. houston fbi officials in just a last hour released new photos of francisco oropeza. priscilla thompson is joining us from cleveland, texas. welcome. this manhunt has been going since friday night. i know officials thought they had the suspect surrounded yesterday. what happened? yeah, authorities are saying that the suspect, quote, could be anywhere. what we know is that authorities were out on horseback. they had dogs tracking him. they also had a heat sensing drone up in the air. they felt they had this perimeter around him in this wooded area. ultimately, they held a press conference last night and announced that all they found there was the suspect s cell phone and some of his clothing. after that, the tracking dogs lost his scent. at that press conference, they talked about where the investigation goes from here. take a listen to some of what they had to say. he could be anywhere no
pinpointed the accused killer s location, in a wooded area less than two miles west of the bloody and horrific crime scene accused of shooting and kill five people including a 8-year-old boy. the killings were execution style and the victims were shot in the head. the shooting happened around 11:30 last night in the small texas town of cleveland about 45 miles north of houston. san jacinto county sheriff capers identified the suspect as 39-year-old francisco oropeza, he was firing an ar style rifle in his yard yesterday, or friday night. and they say a neighbor asked him to stop shooting that a baby was trying to sleep. and instead of putting down the weapon, he then killed four people in the house and the fifth person murdered was the 8-year-old boy. he later died at the hospital. the victims reportedly range in age from eight to 40 years old and they were all from honduras. the only thing i can tell you right now and in my this is still early in the investigation, one of
the rise, is it possible to reverse the growing support of lies and deceptions? and speaking of lies and deceptions, move over george santos, there is another gop fabulist in town. we are going to explain and our worst of the week s segment. i am ayman wilkie dean, let s get started. we begin this hour with breaking news on former president jimmy carter. carter will begin receiving hospice care at his georgia home following a series of hospital stays. the news was confirmed in the statement by the carter center saying he has decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family. carter s grandson, former georgia state senator jason carter tweeted out, i saw both my grandparents yesterday. they are at peace and as always their home is full of love. thank you at 98 years old, carter is both the longest-living and living president, as well as the post presidency era. after he defeated reagan in 1980, he worked tirelessly to provide advance democracy, human, rights an
hello. i m abby phillip in washington. right now, a desperate search for life, a race against time and an escalating death toll in turkey and syria. 41 hours have now passed since a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated the region. and experts say the critical rebuild to find people alive in this rubble is now closing. more than 6,300 people have died in this tragedy. and the scope of the destruction is must terrifying. take a look at these buildings. they among thousands that have collapsed but amid grave discoveries there is still hope that keeps crews growing. this little girl was rescued earlier today after being trapped for more than a day. cnn s nick paton walsh just filed this report from the region. reporter: in the town closest to the epicenter, two simultaneous rescue separations going on. in there, a 64-year-old woman, her son heard her voice, he says, this morning. and he thinks she s in fact still lying in the bed where she was when the earthquake st