against someone who is engaged in wrongdoing hi chat, please this is what i mean. scott, the stakes are just much higher. the stage is much higher. it is. we are in very new territory as outlined. thank you guys very much for being with us. thanks to all of you for joining us as well. i m casey hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn news central starts right now we the r standing by for the beginning of jury selection in the case against hunter biden, the first child of a sitting president to face criminal trial. so what are the chances of the new plea deal in the next several hours? donald trump says, he s okay with going to jail if that s what it comes to after his criminal conviction and just as quickly warns if that happens, it would be a breaking point for his supporters and a state of emergency in place in atlanta after multiple water main breaks, cripple parts of the city, thousands of people without water. i m kate bolduan with john berman, sara sidner is out today. thi
a surge the last two years in 19 and 20 there was a surge, as well. this one might be worse. no, well, it could be. here is the deal. we re sending back people first of all, the idea that joe biden said come because i heard the other day that they re coming because i m a nice guy and i won t do you re saying this. yeah, here is the deal. they re not. do you have to say quite clearly don t come? yes, i can say quite clearly don t come and what we re in the process of getting set up, don t leave your town or city or community. more now from cnn phil mattingly who joins us. phil, does it seem like president biden is or the white house, do they grasp the severity of the situation on the boarder? i think white house officials do and you heard the president try to compare it to 2019 or 2020 and i think the reality is from his own homeland security secretary today they are seeing a surge they haven t seen in nearly two decades. it a significant problem. i think
good evening. we are tracking those shootings. we will bring you more information as it comes in. it is a busy night. we begin with this just in, president biden for the first time addressing the surge on the southern border and criticism his break on policy from the last administration is to blame. we spoke with abc news s george stephanopoulos. a lot of the migrants are coming in are saying they re coming in because you promised to make things better. it seems to be getting worse by the day. was it a mistake not to anticipate this surge? well, first of all, there was a surge the last two years in 19 and 20 there was a surge, as well. this one might be worse. no, well, it could be. here is the deal. we re sending back people first of all, the idea that joe biden said come because i heard the other day that they re coming because i m a nice guy and i won t do you re saying this. yeah, here is the deal. they re not. do you have to say quite clearly don t co
asian. news of the shooting sparked a new round of fear, a fresh round of fear across the country given the rise of anti-asian hate crimes since the start of the pandemic. the white house says president biden is monitoring the developments out of georgia. attorney general merrick garland and fbi director chris wray are set to brief the president on these developments throughout the day. let s start this hour in georgia with the latest from the shooting scene. ryan young is joining me right now. ryan, that police briefing just wrapped up. they did release quite a lot of information. reporter: kate, i m just surprised by how much information we ve gotten so far in this case. you can really see the coordination that was involved in bringing the suspect to justice in terms of being able to capture him yesterday. this entire area was put on alert after the shootings occurred. we are standing in atlanta. the original shooting happened in cherokee county which is about 47 minutes
Officials there on the ground, including akre mayor, who s calling the number of victims than this, not just shocking, but deeply concerning 25 people injured, one of them fatally after this massive birthday party turned into a drive by shooting. kate, here s what police have been able to piece together based on the evidence i didn t stay say that some 200 people were gathering in a neighborhood southeast have downtown akron celebrating a birthday when at one point a driver pulls up somewhat at least one goodman a board opens fire, spraying the crowd with bullet. bullets. when you see some pictures from the scene, it really is just quite disturbing when you see all the evidence markers that are littering the street, they re about a blocks worth of evidence that police have had to go through over the weekend. now, evidence is suggesting thus far that somebody in the crowd may have been able to return fire. but here s the thing, kate. no suspect, no motive, no vehicle description. so i w