speed bump. on the republican side, new skepticism over next week s default deadline. and a day of raw grief and remembrance in uvalde, texas, where almost one year to the moment a gunman walked into robb elementary school and killed 19 students and two teachers, forever changing the community and the nation. we ll hear from one mother who lost her daughter, lexi, and is now demanding change. i m hoping that seeing her face, hearing her story encourages other moms and dads to join us in this fight. and we begin this hour with florida governor ron desantis set to jump into the presidential race in just about seven hours. nbc news was first to report he plans to launch it on twitter, during a talk with billionaire twitter owner elon musk on the social media platform. casey desantis, the governor s wife, released this teaser video. our best days lay ahead of us. but is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it, every si
see you. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. i hope you stay with us. tonight we begin with developments that i think really offer a kind of a contrast in this period of legal reckoning and accountability we have been talking about together because we were thinking about this for tonight s show. if you look at all of the prosecutors and all the investigators and all of the probes that donald trump has faced, including squaring off against big-time experienced investigators like prosecutor and former fbi director mueller, there were crimes found. there were issues that ensnared donald trump s aides. but even as the now-two-year probe of a public insurrection and attempt the coup has grinded on and on and not reached donald trump or most of his top aides, there are more clear signs and steps that show one prosecutor on a different fact pattern, a different case, has proven able to legally get farthest against donald trump and make precedent. i m talking about the new yor
i should get paid more for this. you get paid when you win. from xfinity. home of the 10g network. we moved out of the city so our little sophie could appreciate nature. but then he got us t-mobile home internet. i was just trying to improve our signal, so some of the trees had to go. i might ve taken it a step too far. (chainsaw revs) (tree crashes) (chainsaw continues) (daughter screams) let s pretend for a second that you didn t let down your entire family. what would that reality look like? well i guess i would ve gotten us xfinity. and we d have a better view. do you need mulch? what, we have a ton of mulch. . good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. we begin in allen, texas where at least eight people have been killed in yet another mass shooting in america. authorities say a gunman opened fire at an outlet mall just north of dallas as hundreds of people were shopping. footage from one witness s dash cam shows the moment the shooter got out of his car, star
investigators now believe the attack that killed eight and wounded at least seven others was connected to right-wing extremism. the guy just had his neck like this and blood just dripping down. we don t do something, it will happen again. it could happen anywhere. at any time. the border patrol and the fbi working to determine the identities of the eight people killed when a driver plowed into a crowd between 20 and 25 migrants were sitting on the curb waiting for a bus. driving that fast, people around there, there will be some sort of reckless, maybe criminal action. this is a huge consequence. in early june, there is a day we re unable to pay our bills. financial and economic chaos would ensue. president biden has determined that he doesn t want to negotiate on this. we have to avoid default, period. still stop. on the front lines in the east, russian forces are increasing their attacks on ukraine. a very public rift between russia s defense ministers
here, phil promises. stay with us, cnn news central starts now. new details this morning about the victims after at least eight people were murdered at a mall in texas. officials are focused on right wing extremism as a possible motive. right now an investigation is under way in brownsville, texas, after an suv slammed into a bus stop killing several people. ahead what we re learning about that driver. this is the week title 42 ends. cnn is at the border as the biden administration and the cities on the front lines prepare for an expected surge of migrants now. these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. this morning cnn has learned the name of at least two victims murdered at the mass shooting at the mall in allen, texas. family members say christian lacore was a sweet caring young man, he is on the left there. we re told the man on the right was an engineer living in mckinney, texas. they were two of at least eight people who were ki