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
welcome to bbc news. straight back to new york where donald trump will be in court in the next few hours, to face criminal charges. that has never happened before and as you d expect, huge focus on the former president. these are live pictures from manhattan, outside the courthouse. there s a heavy security presence, as you d imagine. the charges relate to hush money paid to a porn star just before the 2016 election to keep quiet about an affair. donald trump is currently holed up at trump tower with his legal team in the hours before going to manhattan and the courthouse. we will learn the charges themselves when the indictment is unsealed. in terms of what we re likely to see thejudge has ruled, that the media will be allowed to take still pictures in the courtroom just before the hearing gets under way but tv cameras will only be allowed in the corridors outside. let s get the latest from our correspondent gary o donoghue who is live from outside the court in manhatt
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tensions with china. nbc news was first to report the suspected chinese surveillance balloon hovering over the northern united states around montana for the past few days. china is now responding claiming it is a civilian airship used for weather research that was blown off course. but how credible is that claim? minutes ago we learned secretary of state antony blinken is postponing his trip to china for what was supposed to be a highly anticipated meeting with china s leader next week. the pentagon is set to hold a briefing in the next hour. we know the department of defense is tracking the balloon closely, even at one point discussing shooting it down. we even have air traffic audio from wednesday about a, quote, special mission. we just got alerted from salt lake tmu we re on a ground stop right now until further notice for a special mission going on over the livingston area. we don t know exactly when we can have our next departure. it is landing with a thud on capito