haiti, trapped americans begging to get out as we await an update from the state department. so begins a thursday afternoon. sandra: a developing situation at this hour. i m sandra smith in new york. this is america reports . we are following it for you. violent gangs are attempting to seize control of haiti led by a brutal war lord known as barbecue. john: barbecue, a former police officer, got the nickname from his penchant to eliminate his opponents by burning them to death. believed to be responsible for a massacre in 2018 that killed at least 71 people and burned some 400 homes. he is now calling for a bloody revolution. sandra: haiti s top political leaders are rejecting the latest regional plan for a transitional government. gillian turner has an update live at the state department for us. gillian: we do know there are americans stuck inside haiti who want to escape as the country is teetering on the brink of collapse. officials here at the state department do
his neighbors asked him to keep the noise down because his baby was aslept and he snapped. he went into that home and shot five people. the killings are execution style. the youngest victim was only eight years old. bill: suspect identified as francisco oropesa, he is in the country illegally. he has been deported five times. bill: f.b.i. is asking for help. a large tattoo on his left forearm. bureau offering $80,000 in reward money. as of now they have 0 leads. they found his phone in a brushy area where they thought he was cornered. the phone is recovered it is difficult to ping the individual. bill: we have over 200 law enforcement personnel trying to bring this subject into custody so we can bring justice to those five victims and to insure that community is safe. we cannot continue down this path until we get him apprehended and arrested. he could be anywhere now. we located the device that we were looking for, found it abandoned. there was some articles of c
38% in july last year. 49% say they disapprove coinciding with his official campaign announcement that came this week without frills or fanfare. no launch event in wilmington. the new york times says this. president biden formally moved from a campaign in waiting to a campaign of waiting. critics say voters, though, do want a change. listen. this is a guy who has tried to coerce the country on everything from transgender issues to climate issues to the border. and this is a guy who frankly has run a pretty incompetent administration which is why most americans think america is in decline and most americans think that we need a different approach. gillian: rich edson is at 1600 pennsylvania avenue this morning. hi, rich. good morning. republicans jumping into the race. a number of polls show voters are generally uninterested in a 2020 rematch. defendants are defending the president s decision to run again saying he is their best chance to hang onto the white house. p
failure of silicon valley bank, there s still no explanation, zero for the grieving families of the victims of the covenant school massacre. six innocent lives were claimed that day including three 9-year-old students and three adult staff members. and while tennessee lawmakers have been calling for more details on the shooter s motivations, those calls have mostly fallen on deaf ears. among those pressing for answers, governor bill lee yesterday tweeted this. the covenant shooting was a tragedy beyond comprehension and tennesseans need clarity. he s exactly right. now, nashville police say they re moving to release the shooter s long awaited manifesto but they haven t shared a timeline for the release and it s unclear if the authorities will censor or redact any of those details. along with that manifesto, nashville police found many other items in their investigation. among them are this photos marked psych and medical, 20 journals, seven cell phones, five laptops, five y
operation good. thank you for joining us. dana: important story there. a dramatic and highly dangerous chase along the southern border. a large group of migrants bailing out of a truck followed by a high speed chase as migrants surge across both borders north and south in record numbers. you won t believe the story coming up. welcome in a new hour of america s newsroom. bill hemmer is off today. sandra is joining me. i m dana perino. sandra: we ll chat about last night s game. nice to start the week with you. officers along both borders are facing deadly danger and happening on a daily basis as president biden s border policies a tract people from the world. you see what s happening along the southern border and how easy it is and how those individuals that are coming across our borders illegally are rewarded being released into the country and provided with all the resources to live in the country. we ll continue to see the numbers increase not just at the southern b