grief and despair for one texas community after five people were shot and killed, including a 9-year-old boy. the accused killer is still on the run. hundreds of officers are searching now for this man, who had just been we learned deported four times after entering the u.s. illegally. what more we re learning about the manhunt. and a federal judge denies donald trump s motion in a civil battery and defamation trial. e. jean carroll, who is suing the former president, is back on the stand for cross-examination. we are live outside the courthouse. plus a cnn exclusive never before seen images of a 100-foot-long blimp captured in northwest china. experts describing it as a submarine of the skies. we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. a source tells cnn that the target of a massive manhunt this hour was deported at least four times from the united states. francisco oropesa, wanted for allegedly gunni
house? the administration sending troops to the border as southern states brace for a surge of migrants with the title era 42 policy set to expire. but one border town is inundated and declared an emergency. we ll take you there. a college town on high alert. authoritie manhunt after three stabbings in a week. this near the uc davis campus in california. those stabbings left two people dead. police are now pleading for the public s help in identifying a suspect. plus, now they are trying to write their own story. hollywood writers hitting the picket line today. we ll tell you what they re demanding and what it means for your favorite shows. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. and we start this hour at the u.s. southern border. the biden administration now confirming they are preparing to deploy an additional 1,500 troops as early as next week. the migrant crisis is expected to worsen as the trump-er
hello, i m abby phillip in washington. president biden is taking the fight to republicans in florida and that s a state that s been tilting more and more toward the gop. it s also home to two of biden s potential 2024 rivals, donald trump and ron desantis. not to mention, biden s latest foil, republican senator rick scott. it is scott s recent proposal to sunset federal programs that biden has been hammering all week and in a few minutes he ll try to keep the pressure on with remarks focused on bolstering social security and medicare. cnn s priscilla alvarez is there in tampa ahead of the speech. so, priscilla, i don t think many people expected that joe biden and rick scott would be the first big political matchup of the year but the white house is very much leaning into it. reporter: it is front and center, abby. not only that, this is the second stop that biden is making after the state of the union this week. as he mentioned, biden is driving his message home that he is
hi, everyone. thanks for tuning into this hour, where we bring you tomorrow s news tonight. we have our great lineup of reporters to share their scoops. here with me tonight are harry enten, priscilla alvarez, ryan young and the next year kvhp. it s great to have all you guys hear. before a federal grand jury that is investigating the aftermath of the 2020 election and the actions of former president donald trump. this is the first time in modern history of vice president has been compelled to testify about his former boss, the president of the united states. priscilla alvarez has been working the story. priscilla, before we get to this and i am interested in that five hours, that s a long time. he was poised to talk about the conversations that he had with former president donald trump, then the president, before january 6th. sources tell our colleagues, that, as you said, this went on for five hours. and it is notable for its investigation and also, alisyn camer
issues tonight, the first developments in the long running criminal investigation into his son. cnn has exclusive reporting that hunter biden s attorneys who you can see here met with justice officials today. prosecutors are still weighing to bring several tax charges and a false statement charges against the president s son. then there is the other big issue hovering over joe biden. that s his age. he will be 86 at the end of his term. we ll tell you what he s saying about that today that s different from what she s saying before. plus, the case about richard blossom. this man has been given three last meals before being granted reprieves. now he s scheduled to be executed again. will the supreme court step in? and sales of budlight dropped considerably since kid rock and others went ballistic on the beer, literally. we ll talk about the effort to expand their customer base backfired in a big way. but we start at the white house where tonight they are rolling out the red car