you are watching symone. president joe biden holding true to his words, the south declared union man spoke to labor groups and philadelphia today. for his first rally of the 2020 campaign is not on the campaign trail this weekend. but he still getting a lot of attention anyway, after being arraigned on a criminal indictments in a florida courtroom this week. some of the republicans vying for the nomination even saying they will pardon him if elected. what kind of strategy is that? plus, juneteenth, we are marking the third anniversary of the federal holiday with a special at the national museum of african american history and culture. i spoke to director kevin young, we unpacked the significant events, people, and places that led to june 19th, 1865 and what we now commemorate as a big federal holiday juneteenth. i m simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. another busy week to discuss. it started with the former president appearing in court for his second crimi
, we are getting word of the suspects of five killings in texas have not been captured. The fbi will hold the news very soon. The alleged killer was asked by neighbors to stop shooting before he turned the gun on them. A nineyearold boy and his mother or among those who were senses the kilt. The suspect is an undocumented immigrant who have been deported four times over the last decade, so we will get the News Conference to you as soon as it happens just a short time for now but that is where cnns at 11 there is in texas right now. It, what do we know about this arrest . We know that town of cut and shoot texas, which is about 10 to 11 miles north of where we are here in cleveland area texas, which is about an hours drive north of houston. In the four days that Francisco Oropeza has been on the run from Law Enforcement, he has not traveled a great distance. I think what we have seen over the last couple of days with patrols in the area, theres always this inclination, this thinking tha
you ll see them crawling on hands and knees, deserting an area. we re live on the ground tonight. plus, new pictures from the violent attack at congressman gerry connolly s office that sent two staffers to the hospital. congressman connolly is outfront. and the new york mayor publicly breaking with president biden as angry parents demand to know why school gymnasiums may be closed down to become the new home for migrants. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, every single russian rocket shot down by ukraine today. as some of putin s forces are on the run on the front lines. these are two major developments tonight in the great european war. first, russian president vladimir putin firing a total of 18 missiles at ukraine. take a look at that new video there. it s one of the interceptions. ukrainian officials say they shot down every single one of those missiles down. you see one of them right there. it s like lightning in the sky. it
more setbacks for russia as ukraine makes strides on the battlefield, possibly downing four russian jets, killing two russian commanders and gaining ground all as kyiv gdpeers up fr a counteroffensive. some service members stationed at north carolina s camp lejeune in the 70s and 80s were exposed to a chemical called tce and could lead to a massive lehigher risk of parkinson s disease. and aaa is warning of a blockbuster season. tens of millions on the roads and in the skies as well. we re following all of these stories all coming in here to cnn news central. we begin the hour with the war in ukraine. today ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy was in the united kingdom enlisting serious financial and military support from the british prime minister. he s been meeting with key nato leaders ahead of ukraine s counteroffensive. he says his country needs a little bit more time to prepare for that major assault. meantime back on the battlefield, russian troops are facin
according to a rent poll of new hampshire voters donald trump leads ron desantis in the granite stays, 39% to 18%. the governor that i mentioned to you, governor chris sununu has 17% of that projected vote if the election were to happen today. and he, of course, has to still get in if that s the plan. the new york times is reporting desantis told donors yesterday there are only three credible candidates for the 2024 race, president biden, former president trump, and him. but he and biden are the only ones who can feasibly win the general election. that s desantis talking. the republican field, as i said, is getting wider by the day. we expect to hear 2024 intentions from a number of big hitters. former vice president mike pence, south carolina senator tim scott is set to announce on monday. virginia governor glenn youngkin put out an interesting campaign ad that seems to reach to a broad national audience. and here is more. we can usher in a new era of american values. pr