everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin this morning with the mass shooting over the weekend at an outlet mall in allen, texas. a source telling cnn investigators now believe the attack that killed eight and wounded at least seven hours was connected to right-wing extremism. in addition to this audio, disturbing video of the initial moments of the saturday attack captured on this rear view cam. you can see the gunman get out of the vehicle, we ve frozen the image at the moment the shooting begins. we basically turned to watch. and as we were watching, the shooter goes right across he s not running, but he s in a deliberate assault-type move. and he either had an m-16 or an m-4, he was firing, and shot about four or five shots as he proceeded towards the hamburger place. i don t know who will he shot. a few moments later, we saw a police officer come across in front of us, like he was in pursuit of the indi
expanded its blast radius over the weekend to a premium outlet mall in texas where that state s republican leaders are today striking a pose of complete impotence in the face of both deadly forces, the 199th shooting took place in allen, texas, a suburb of dallas, texas, eight people were murdered including a 5-year-old boy. six others were injured. unimaginable. unthinkable carnage unfolded as a man armed with an ar-15 style rifle opened fire. here s how one eyewitness who rushed to the mall when his son said shots had been fired outside the store where he works described the scene. the first girl i walked up to was crouched down covering her head in the bushes so i felt for a pulse, pulled her head to the side and she had no face. and so when i rolled the mother over, he came out and asked him are you okay, he said, my mom is hurt. my mom is hurt so whether than traumatize him anymore, i sat him down, he was covered from head to toe like somebody poured blood on him. th
i went to the first person i found crouching in the bushes, looked like she was praying. and felt for her pulse. there was no pulse, so i pulled her head up to look at her face. and there wasn t a face. just brain matter. so i went to the next guy. he was already staring straight ahead. his eyes were fixed can dilated. felt for a pulse. no pulse. mass murder has become a regular occurrence in red states like texas. as republicans keep trying to gaslight us about how the guns somehow have nothing to do with it. plus, new information on the eight victims including three children. also tonight, the new more conservative cnn has decided to give a mega phone to donald trump at the same time that he s being investigated for fomenting an insurrection among other alleged crimes. plus, the blowback from parts of the british commonwealth, especially in the caribbean, following this weekend s lavish and an acronistic coronation. we begin tonight with a question. is it safe t
mode comb of honest, of truth, he doesn t tell you where the money went, the 3.8 million. he doesn t tell you how gloria died, and oh, by the way, everybody is saying let s exhume gloria. reporter: alex murdaugh is serving two life sentences for the murder of his wife and son, and facing a hundred other charges related to financial crimes. his attorneys have said they filed a notice to appeal, and they plan to do so in coming months. back to you. nbc s catie beck with that reporting. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports , let s get right to it. hey, everybody. at this hour, texas governor greg abbott unveil ago new plan to send military muscle to the southern border just days before the title 42 policy is set to expire. what the situation looks like right now on the u.s./mexico border ahead of the expected surge. and the driver behind the fatal crash that killed eight people just outside a migrant shelter in brownsville has been charg
e. jean carroll. we re getting new reaction to the jury s verdict and the order for trump to pay $5 million in damages. cnn has learned that federal criminal charges have been filed against republican congressman george santos amid investigations into his astonishing pattern of lies and fabrications. stand by for details on our exclusive reporting. and president biden and congressional leaders just wrapped up critical talks at the white house, and there is no sign of any breakthrough on raising the nation s debt limit as the clock ticks forward a potentially very very dangerous default. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight in new york with the bomb shell verdict in e. jean carroll s civil case against donald trump. the former president found liable for sexually abusing carroll and defaming her. cnn s jean ka satellite and radar genjean casaras is joig us. gi