revelations about the gunman who killed eight people at a texas mall, including three young children. the neo-nazi sympathizer appearing to post hateful rants on a social media site and pictures of the mall where he carried out that attack. the victims include a 3-year-old boy and his parents, leaving his 6-year-old brother, the family s sole survivor. a mall security guard who is emotionally remembered by an eyewitness to the shooting. he always walked by our store and just he would wave to us. if we didn t wave back, he wouldn t go away. we had to wave at him. he was such a loving guy, such a caring guy. and in the other texas tragedy, the driver who slammed his car into a group of migrants now facing eight counts of manslaughter. it is a tense time along the border with the covid era restriction known as title 42 set to end on thursday. and in just the last 72 hours alone, there have been more than 26,000 illegal crossings. we have live reports from texas and mexico.
pacific. the stakes are high, expectations are high with the conversation with the debt ceiling. with just days to go until the end of title 42, we are on both sides of the southern border as more migrants arrive in the hopes of seeking asylum. we will also talk to a congresswoman about what she s seeing on the ground along border towns in texas. and then in new york, the civil rape trial against donald trump begins to deliberate any minute. we begin this hour with what is shaping up to be a big week for the biden administration. hours from now biden will sit down with the four top congressle leaders to figure out if there s a way to avoid a default. white house staff laid the groundwork for today s meeting. this is the first time it was reported by punchbowl news. the meeting comes as the administration braces for the end of title 42 on thursday evening. border communities have seen a large increase in the amount of men, women and children crossing the border with many m
let s do it. cnn news central starts now. he shared photos of guns, targets, ammunition boxes and a tactical vest. this morning the disturbing social media posts from the gunman who murdered eight people at a texas mall. a pivotal meeting today, an attempt to keep the debt ceiling from crashing down. president biden is sitting down with top congressional leaders from both parties, but can they hammer out a deal before the u.s. goes into a catastrophic default? king pinning terrorist, that is who israel said it was targeting in an overnight military strike in gaza. now at least 13 people are dead. these major stories and many more all coming in to cnn news central. we begin with today s high stakes meeting amid a resolving the debt ceiling standoff. if there is no deal it could lead to financial disaster. in just a few hours president biden will meet at the white house with these four congressional leaders, house speaker kevin mccarthy, senate majority leader
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campbell is there on the scene in allen, texas, for us. and josh, the disturbing revelations that we are seeing there on the ground that people are leaving for the victims. hey, my friend, great to be here with you, and this memorial is here to covering so many of the stories and this is what often occurs. you will see the community with the outpouring of support to honor those who were killed. and also, i want to give you new information about the suspect here. and they have centered on the suspect s social media, and the right wing extremist being here at play in the motivation. and we are seeing some of that for ourself, as our colleague paul murphy who is our colleague who studies russian social media says that is all on white power, and it appears he had actually done reconnaissance of the weeks ahead of the shooting. so he had done research here prior to the shooting including the busiest times of the day this mall was open. and also, what are you learning there abo