hello, everyone. th thank you so much for joining me. we begin in texas when a gunman opened fire into a crowd at an outlet mall in texas just north of dallas. some of what you re about to see is disturbing. a witness dash cam capturing the moment the gunman got out of his car and he immediately began firing and ambushing unsuspecting people walking by. we re pausing the video as people began walking by. others began shooting as the attack unfolded. you hear multiple rapid gunshot. you see people running for their lives and a photo obtained by cnn appears to show the gunman after he was shot by a responding officer. he can see an a.k.-15 rifle. he appears to have extra magazines strapped to his chest. ed lavandera is on the scene in allen, texas. i understand you have learned new details, even though a law enforcement agent said they re not going to have a press conference today? reporter: it s a stunning announcement. we ve reached out to get clarity as to when there mig
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
investigation. after three years, millions of dollars, special counsel john durham finally releases his report into whether the fbi had a legitimate reason to investigate trump in 2016. so what did he conclude? plus, a congressman s staffer and intern on her first day both attacked today by a man with a metal baseball bat. details we re just getting in from police. the florida culture wars continue. this time a fifth grade teacher says she s being investigated for showing her class a 2022 animated disney movie rated pg-13. the alleged offender is ethan, an animated gay teen character. welcome to the lead. we start with breaking news. the year s long investigation is over. john durham, the special counsel investigating whether there was any misconduct by the fbi in the trump-russia investigation just released his findings. for years donald trump and his supporters pinned their hopes on the investigation by the former u.s. attorney for connecticut. john durham named spe
all-too familiar fratragedy is e again playing out, this time at an outlet mall, leaving eight de dead, seven injured outside of dallas, texas. a dash cam capturing the horrific moments the gunman got out of his car, ambushing unsuspecting people walking by. other witnesses were recording as the attack unfolded. a chaotic scene. those were multiple rapid gunshots that you heard. and you can see people running for their lives. a photo obtained by cnn appears to show the gunman after he was shot by a responding officer and you can see an a.r.-15 style rifle nearby. he is clad in black body armor and appears to have several extra magazines strapped to his chest. ed lavandera is there in allen, texas. i understand you have just learned new information about the suspected gunman. what are you learning? reporter: hi, fredricka. a senior law enforcement source confirms to our josh campbell that the suspect in this case has been identified as 33-year-old mauricio garcia, who lives
investigators now believe the attack that killed eight and wounded at least seven others was connected to right-wing extremism. the guy just had his neck like this and blood just dripping down. we don t do something, it will happen again. it could happen anywhere. at any time. the border patrol and the fbi working to determine the identities of the eight people killed when a driver plowed into a crowd between 20 and 25 migrants were sitting on the curb waiting for a bus. driving that fast, people around there, there will be some sort of reckless, maybe criminal action. this is a huge consequence. in early june, there is a day we re unable to pay our bills. financial and economic chaos would ensue. president biden has determined that he doesn t want to negotiate on this. we have to avoid default, period. still stop. on the front lines in the east, russian forces are increasing their attacks on ukraine. a very public rift between russia s defense ministers