meeting with a group of mayors today. it may be bumpy. they are angry over his border crisis. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the meeting is actually an annual event but this year, as i said, it will be different. so-called sanctuary city leaders want federal help to deal with all the illegal immigrants crossing their cities, sanctuary cities, millions of dollars. because you have to feed and shelter and provide medical care and that s what they promised. but it is not free. they say it s only a tiny fraction, of course, of what has overwhelmed border communities in border states. and they manage to do it all and they need help, too. but these are sanctuary cities. it s an election year and they blue and expect the president to capitulate. denver s mayor, mike johnston, will attend. the main public hospital in his city is getting crushed by illegal who need care. $10 million of unpaid services. americans have to wait in line to get the same care the i
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a major dam destroyed in ukraine. there are mass evacuations and plenty of blame as russia and ukraine point fingers at the oh. trouble for trump as one lane of the special counsel investigation nears its end. jack smith attended a meeting with the legal team and a bizarre plot twist. cnn learned it led to a flood of suspicion from prosecutors. and chris christie makes his 2024 entrance. the former governor is also a trump friend turned trump critic who sees himself as the best republican hope of derailing the former the president s comeback bid. we begin with a major development in ukraine. a major dam was destroyed overnight. the collapse of the dam on the river prompting evacuations and fears of large-scale devastation. new video shows the surging waters leading to massive flooding and fears now of a potential environmental di disaster. you can see water creepin
i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. did kevin mccarthy calm a swirling debt deal drama? the speaker saying the agreement to pull the united states back from a crippling default is on track to pass. i don t want to be on the the wrong side of history. every single one of those members who vote no will miss the opportunity to vote for the largest cut in american history. plus ron desantis shows two sides to himself in iowa with the voters, the florida governor keeps donald trump s name out of his speech with reporters, though, he says it s time to give the former president the gold watch. move opt to the next generation. and today, new special counsel threats. jack smith now reportedly looking into the firing of the cybersecurity chief who called the 2020 election secure and why a mar-a-lago employee wanted to know the ins and outs of how the compound s security cameras work. up first for us, kevin mccarthy climbs out of the quick sand. ther
with ten hours left of a pandemic-era immigration policy border officials are seeing more than 10,000 encounters with migrants every day. so what happens tonight at midnight? homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas just addressed that. and the debt ceiling standoff intensifies as the white house takes the inflation reduction act off the negotiating table. what s next and which states could get hit hardest if the u.s. defaults. and another reason to get the snoring partners to a doctor. a study shows sleep apnea is linked to damage in the brain. we are following these major developing stories and more coming in right here to cnn news central. just moments ago the secretary of homeland security hardened his message to migrants saying, quote, the u.s. border is not open. his comments come hours before the end of title 42, that s the public health rule that the u.s. used nearly 3 million times to immediately expel undocumented people under pandemic restrictions. co
parents appreciated we have much more news and newark new central starts right now. lay about to start part laying out its case against hunter biden in federal court this morning. opening statements are about to start, any expect called to the stand including three romantic and i will not be intimidated. that s part of the message that attorney general merrick garland is about to send a republican lawmakers the ag fighting back in a new way today against the continued attacks against him. and attacks is department is out to get donald trump and the perfect example of why bring your kid to work day is a risky endeavour. dad says, smile for the cameras and the child hits it out of the park. i m kate bolduan with john bourbon, sarah sliders out today. this is cnn news central very shortly hunter biden will arrive at a delaware courthouse for opening statements in his federal gun trial. there are new details this morning about how prosecutors plan to use very personal testimo