susan caruana waited six long years for this message from her grandson, alex batty. their first direct contact since he failed to return from a holiday in spain with his mother and grandfather. now back in the uk, alex and his grandma have been speaking to the sun newspaper, describing the last time they spoke over the phone in 2017 from a beach in spain. i said to him, you are coming home on saturday, aren t you? and then i heard in the background his mother telling him to put down the phone. all the phones had been switched off, all communications were cut. and ifelt so betrayed. and i was absolutely devastated. alex spent the next few years living a nomadic lifestyle in france and spain with his mother and grandfather. during the whole six years, susan told the sun, i never knew if they were dead or alive. with no school or formal education, alex said he resorted to books. i used to read harry potter, gosh, i ve probably read it about 20 times in complete order. i used
up in the air. will flying this memorial day be as bad as the last in the nation s airports? our look inside one airline s new high-tech solution an 11-year-old boy shot in his own home by police in mississippi. his family demanding accountability our exclusive town hall with pope francis what he told us about his health, the war in ukraine and much more. and beyond her music, tina turner helped save so many women who saw themselves in her struggle better than all the rest announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. wrapped in the language of politics in a process that in most years has gone by without fanfare, the warning signs of economic peril are growing louder tonight the financial well-being for individual americans and the prestige of the entire nation at stake as negotiators seek a compromise solution to raise the debt ceiling it s required for washington to pay its bills and avoid defaulting on loans. tonight the fir
significant turn in the investigation involving donald trump s handling of classified documents. the new york times reporting tonight that federal prosecutors have secured the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked at mar-a-lago, an insider whose identity is not known. the doj is looking at whether trump ordered boxes of sensitive materials out of a storage room, and this insider, according to the times, has provided a picture. now, keep in mind, this is coming after cnn s exclusive reporting yesterday that prosecutors are asking witnesses about the handling of surveillance footage at trump s resort. so let s begin with cnn s sara sidner, former bush counsel jameel jaffer, and former obama and biden adviser ashly alison. first, let s get straight to cnn s legal analyst elie honig. this is a significant development it seems. what does it mean when we say cooperation? and how significant is it that this person is on the inside? so abby, this is a big deal becau
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
chokehold after witnesses say that neely was out of control throwing garbage and threatening other writers. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg is investigating what happened after the city s medical examiner ruled the death as a homicide. police confirm that the homeless man had more than 40 prior arrests and reportedly had an active warrant out for felony assault. the marine, taken into custody after the incident, but was later let go without any charges at this time. lawmakers lashing out against the marine. a.o.c. calling hum a murderer. jamal describing it as a public execution. and another saying the death was a lynching. but the mayor eric adams thinks these comments are out of line. i don t think that s very responsible at the time where we re still investigating the situation. let s let the d.a. conduct his investigation with the law enforcement officials to really interfere with that is not the right thing to do. and i m going to be responsible and allow them to do their j