that we have finalized by may 11th. thank you. just have a question for you, mr. secretary and a quick one for chief ortiz. we ve heard from mayors in the rio grande valley and across texas that they re not equipped to handle the number of migrants entering their streets. dhs just allocated $300 million to ngos and border communities. does the federal government have a real in standing up housing and medical care especially when hospitals and ngos and churches are at capacity and migrants are sleeping on the sidewalks and quickly to chief ortiz, can you explain geographically where troops will be located, which sectors are they staying? nicole, we are working very, very closely with city and local officials as i have expressed earlier. we re working with nonprofit organizations. this requires a community response. we are providing funding through our emergency food and shelter program. congress allocated $800 million to this program last year. we only had $150 million. we
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and defamation case brought by author e. jean carroll. court resumes this hour. and a man accused of a shooting rampage inside a medical center is about to appear in court. what we re learning about the suspect and what his mother is blaming today. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming up right here on cnn news central. this morning the white house is pushing back hard on russia s baseless accusation that the u.s. directed ukraine to carry out an alleged attack on the kremlin. moscow claims it was an attempt to assassinate president vladimir putin. the white house calls the allegation the u.s. was behind that ridiculous, and ukraine is also strongly denying any involvement in that attack. after making that claim with no evidence, russia ramped up its attacks on ukraine. at least 23 people were killed by russian shelling in the kherson region wednesday. and kyiv s military chief said the city was hit by the most intense air strikes so far thi
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another troubled bank. plus, presidential punch line. joe biden makes fun of his age at the white house correspondents dinner. icle call it being seasoned. oh, my god. tornado strikes. violent winds tear up south florida while more rain soaked the northeast. we ll have the forecast. strike fears. hollywood studios and writers face off ahead of tomorrow s deadline. what it could mean for your favorite shows. and later, the prince s pay ron age, with rehearsals under way for his official crowning as king on saturday. we ll take a look back at how charles has helped others get ahead. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from washington with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us on this sunday. we begin tonight with the intensifying manhunt in texas for the suspect accused of killing five of his neighbors, ages 8 to 31 years old. this afternoon the fbi announced rmatle francisco oropesa., -year-old the shooting happened in cleveland, texas, a