you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. tensions are running high in texas as an accused killer has now been on the run for more than 40 hours. the fbi has joined the manhunt for 38-year-old francisco oropesa. he has been a fugitive since friday night. that s when neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle in his front yard because they were trying to get a baby to go to sleep. but police say oropesa then entered their home and began shooting. an 8-year-old boy was among the five neighbors gunned down almost execution-style in the words of the local sheriff. a short time ago, that sheriff spoke to the press. five people died in my county, and that is where my heart is, in my county, protecting my people to the best of our ability. we have over 150 policemen here yesterday looking for this suspect. today it s well over 200, and more officers from other agencies are coming in to help us find this suspect. cnn s ed lavandera is in cleveland, texas
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phoenix before it could take off. what other passengers witnessed. some trying to stop the fight. all of this as the acting head of the faa is grilled on capitol hill today over the disturbing number of airline related incidents. and gio benitez asks him, what s going on? we re tracking two major winter storms tonight. more than a dozen states on alert from california to wisconsin for heavy snow, flooding, rain, and high winds. the stm reaching the northeast by friday s commute. and rob marciano timing it out. the tragic new details tonight in the kidnapping of four americans in mexico. two of them shot and killed. the mother of one of the survivors on how the gunmen opened fire on that minivan. one of the survivors witnessing the two victims being shot and dying. matt rivers in mexico. tough questions on the hill tonight about the origins of covid-19 and will americans ever get an answer? what the former cdc director from the trump administration said today, and dr. fa
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