short time ago, tropical storm brett forming in the atlantic. gin ginger zee tracking it all. new reports of letters, targeting lawmakers in kansas, now more than 100 letters found. federal law enforcement sources tell abc news postal inspectors intercepted letters addressed to former president trump and supreme court justice clarence thomas. the high stakes meeting in beijing, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken face to face with chinese president xi. the meeting was confirmed only one hour before it began. matt rivers in beijing. the war in ukraine, new images of grueling trench warfare between ukrainian and russian fighters. ukraine now claims to have driven russian forces out of eight villages since the start of its latest counter in pannell, ukraine. here at home, images of dare rescues, the houseboat going under with several people trapped inside. other boaters jumping to the rescue. the popular musician, bibi rexae hit in the face by a cell phone. what the s
me. i m fredricka whitfield. armed and dangerous. that s how police in texas are describing a suspect in a horrific mass shooting. 38-year-old francisco orapeza has not been seen since friday night s attack in cleveland, texas. investigators say he opened fire on his neighbors when they asked him to stop shooting his rifle outside so that their baby could sleep. five people were killed, including an 8-year-old. cnn s ed lavendera is there in cleveland, texas. ed, where does this manhunt stand right now? reporter: we haven t gotten any updates from law enforcement. the fbi has taken over this investigation and obviously multiple numbers of agencies, law enforcement agencies here in the state of texas continue ing the search for 32-year-old francisco oropeza. there have been several pictures put out of him, as they are urging the public to call in if they have any sightings of him. at this point, it s not clear where he might be if he s in this area or has been able to get fa
a massive man hunt, 250 law enforcement officers, a dozen agencies, and zero leads. zero leads! there s a desperate search underway for the man accused of kim five of his neighbors in texas, including a 9-year-old child. bank takeover. j.p. morgan is snapping up first republic after the second largest bank failure in u.s. history. how safe is the banking system? could any of this push us closer to a recession? donald trump asks for a mistrial, the judge says no. the former president accusing of judge of making unfair and prejudicial rulings in the ongoing case brought by e. jean carroll. we are following these major developing stores and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central . we begin this afternoon for a man dehunt. this man is still on the run, and officials say they have zero leads. francisco orposeca is accused of a bloody scene of a neighbor s home. they say he gunned down five members of the same family, including this mother and her 9-year-ol
remarks later today. we ll look at what this means for russia s invasion. overnight reports of tornado ripping through parts of texas and louisiana as the severe weather moves to the northeast leaving behind a trail of destruction. and new questions about the security of our nation s secrets after a classified documents were discovered at former vice president mike pence s private home in indiana. in monterey park, california, the community now mourning the 11 innocent lives lost at the ballroom dance studio. vice president harris is now expected to meet with grieving family this is afternoon. a suspect in another shooting in half-moon bay is set to appear in court today. we ll ask california congressman about what can be done to stop gun violence. we begin with major developments in the war in ukraine. in about two hours, president biden is expected to deliver remarks on ukraine as nbc news was the first to report the administration is preparing to send tanks to uk
homes of top current and former leaders. some blame the official, some blame the entire system. we ll dig into what is broken and how it might be fixed. and our exclusive reporting this hour on congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. could the conservative fire brand find her way on to the presidential ticket? she certainly thinks so. more on that in a moment. but we do start this hour with the major escalation in the support for ukraine and what it could mean for the war with russia. in just the last hour, president biden said the united states will send 31 abrams tanks to the battlefield along with providing supplies and training needed to operate them it s a complex piece of machinery ask it comes a after weeks of debate over whether the tanks would be effective and it s happening this the face of repeated warnings from moscow that the move would be seen as a dangerous provocation. putin expected europe and the united states to weaken our resolve. he want anded our sup