joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news just a short time ago, the president s brother, james biden, finished up more than eight hours of testimony before the house oversight committee investigating what some republicans on the committee of alleged is criminal conduct by the biden family, though that meant committee chairman james comer was tied up for much of that time. the chairman has spent the remainder of the day dodging reporter s questions about the news which broke last night, about their star witness in their case. his name is alexander smirnoff he was charged last week with lying to the fbi when he claimed to have knowledge of corruption by president biden and his son hunter, involving ukraine then last night court documents reveal that he said he got the bogus smear material from russian intelligence now we should say at the outset that he is only an alleged liar, not a proven liar in his claims about ties to russian intelligence are just that claims what i
girl missing since leaving home to catch a school bus last thursday in east texas. chief correspondent jonathan hunt has got the late latest for us this evening jonathan, unfortunately bad news. 24 hours after he still hoped audrey cunningham would still be found live it fell to lyons to deliver the late breaking news. i announced audrey s body was located at the trinity river at the u.s. highway 59. my heartaches with this news and i express with my deepest sympathies and condolences to everyone who knew, who cared for and loved audrey. police have been questioning 42-year-old don steven macdougall as a person of interest in audrey s disappearance. macdougall has a long criminal record and lives in a camper van behind the home where audrey lived with her father. about an hour north of houston. police say macdougall admitted he left the property with audrey to take her school bus stop just before 7:00 a.m. last thursday. something he apparently had done on several previ
tonight. the news continues right here on cnn welcome to the lead i m jake tapper in this hour and immediate chilling effect in alabama after a ruling by the state supreme court equating frozen embryos to children. the term quote, wrath of god, uses to justify the decision coming up. the ivf treatment now on hold in that state as clinic thanks. and patients in the state consider their legal liability plus the shocking headline today in the new york times that would grab the world s attention. that headline reads, quote us warns allies. russia could put a nuclear weapon into orbit amid this year we re going to start this hour with breaking news sources telling cnn that the white house is considering new executive action on the southern border. let s get straight to cnn s priscilla alvarez at the white house. priscilla, this executive action would target asylum for migrants. tell us more. that s right, jake, the idea here is to limit asylum at the us mexico border f
handmade france. so if you ve go keepsake app, we would love a chance to frame it for you. i m pete muntean at reagan national airport. this is cnn bringing, in big money president biden s campaign just released how much they have epr last month and how much they now have on hand. and they re happy to bragg this morning. and new developments this morning in the disappearance of an 11 year-old girl in texas. police are now questioning a family friend with a long criminal history. and a ruling from alabama supreme court on frozen embryos. now raising fears among fertility experts and reproductive health after this and topples how the decision could have a huge impact on idf clinics in the state. i m sara sider with kate baldwin and fredricka whitfield. john berman is on assignment this is cnn news central if money talks, president biden s campaign has a lot to talk about right now this morning the campaign is touting a historic amount of cash on hand after a big jan