is. welcome to you. i m yasmin vossoughian in for christian sing live at msnbc headquarters. today authorities in a pair of texas towns are grappling with a ton of unanswered questions as they investigate the deaths of 16 people, half guild in a hail of gunfire in the city of allen, the other half killed when a vehicle drove into a crowd in brownsville. we got an update on the second incident near the border. we ll bring you that in just a moment. meanwhile, the attack at a mall in a dallas suburb underscoring this chilling reality, that we re seeing more americans every single day who have had to live through a mass shooting. in a minute i ll speak to one man whose decision to go shopping on a saturday afternoon nearly cost him his life. with a potentially historic default looming 3 1/2 weeks ag way, the president and kevin mccarthy brace for a meeting at the white house. what is the president s new plan to pressure republicans into cutting a deal? we ll get into that.
Kevin mccarthy says Congress Must also investigate. We have Fox Team Coverage tonight. David spunt at the Justice Department with the timeline of Attorney General garlands involvement. We begin with White House Correspondent peter doocy and what he asked the president this morning. Good evening, peter. Peter good evening, bret. White house officials arent saying tonight whether President Biden would sit for an interview with the Special Counsel who revealed today a third discovery of classified documents this time at President Bidens house. Thats what we talked to him about today. Classified material, next to your corvette . What were you thinking . Let me by the way my corvette is in a locked garage, okay . Its not like they are sitting out in the street. Peter so the material was in a locked garage. Yes, as well as my corvette. Pete the Attorney General isnt convinced appointing Special Counsel robert herr to investigate. On december 20th, President Bidens personal counsel informed m
this is not who you thought it was, was it, because she was already so deeply ingrained that the fact he was latino was supposed to be a big deal. he had an ss tattoo on his arm and a swastika on his chest. this guy was not stopped for impersonating in fact he found a bigger community online. that s ben collins describing the online presence for the man who shot and killed eight people saturday in allen, texas. we ll have more on what else we re learning about him and the victims in just a moment. meanwhile in washington president biden will meet with house speaker kevin mccarthy today to discuss the debt ceiling, their first sit down on the issue since february. we ll go through what is expected today come out of this afternoon s talks. and also ahead an update on donald trump s civil rape trial as the case goes to the jury for deliberations later this morning. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 9th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for sta
attends i .com that s tens i .com. eva longoria searching for mexico tonight at nine on cnn. you live in the cnn newsroom i m jim acosta in washington. details are slowly trickling out. of david, alabama, side of last night s mass shooting. a news briefing last hour provided us with some new information. four people are confirmed dead enforcement caution, though that s 28 people were injured. some critically, at least 15 teenagers were shot, we re told , and several, as i just said a few moments ago. they are in critical condition. the attack took place at 1/16 birthday party. in this community of 3000 people, the heartbreak of this small town on full display this evening at a vigil that just got underway within the last hour. you re looking at some pictures that are just recently come into us here at cnn, and we now know one of the people killed the older brother of the girl celebrating her birthday, phil staviyski dowdell. there he is right there, smiling. he was days away
now falling. i m fredricka whitfield. cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta right now. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin tonight with the sad reality that it has happened again. another mass shooting in america, this one in a tiny alabama town, with teenagers making up most of the victims. here s what we know. at this hour. four people are confirmed dead and dead. ville alabama spokesman for a local hospital, says 15 teenagers suffered gunshot wounds and were treated another hospital says it received multiple patients he attack was tied to a sweet 16 birthday party in this community of 3000 people. let s go live now to date ville and cnn s isabelle rose salas. isabel. what s the latest that we re learning there? hey gemma. good evening to you. we are learning that one of the four victims who was killed right behind me at this dance studio that was a venue. we re told by witnesses. first sweet 16 birthday party. that victim has been ident