we will watch the court, maggie vespa, thank you very much. that s going to do it for me. deadline white house starts right now. hello, everyone, it s 4:00 in new york. i m ali velshi in for nicolle wallace. just a few hours ago, attorneys for donald trump filed a brief defending their can client s place on the ballot in that critical 14th amendment case that s before the supreme court over whether his role in the january 6th insurrection bars him from running for office. oral arguments before the justices are on thursday. we are also hearing from special counsel jack smith, his prosecutors are mounting a defense of the classified documents probe in a filing to judge aileen cannon. we re going to have more on that in a little while as well. we begin with developments in the middle east where the threat of further air strikes looming across the region and a furry of diplomacy with one goal, preventing the war in gaza from widening even further. president biden and his
states and around the world. i m laila harat. president biden visits the border amid a surge of migrants trying to reach the united states. he s got the gavel but it could be a tough road ahead for newly minted house speaker kevin mccarthy as he attempts to wrangle fractious republican party. plus china bids a first farewell to zero covid as the country reopens its borders fare the first time in three years. we ll have a live report from one of the biggest crossings between hong kong and mainland china. in the coming hours, president joe biden is expected to visit the u.s. southern border for the first time since taking office. the white house says he ll meet with local officials in el paso, texas, to address border security concerns. the city is facing a surge in migration from latin america, and the president has been criticized for struggling to stem the tide. but mr. biden says his critics, primarily republicans, have demagogued the issue and that his administrati
united states and all around the world, i m paula newton. coming up this hour, u.s. president joe biden heads to the southern border to see for himself what the right and left are calling a crisis. hear from one activist about what she hopes he takes from this visit. now the dust is settling after a chaotic vote for house speaker, we will look at what comes next fororor the new lead and we are live in hong kong as china reopens to the world, even as it confronts a massive surge in covid cases. we speak to a doctor here in the united states about how this could impact the spread of the virus. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so in the coming hours president joe biden is expected to visit the u.s. southern border for the first time since taking office, and it comes as he faces mounting criticism for failing to stem a surge in migration. now, in the fiscal year 2022 the u.s. encountered more than 2 million migrants at the border,
you re live in the cnn newsroom i m jim acosta in washington. following breaking news out of brazil where at this hour a group of protesters have breached security barriers at the congressional building in that country and gained access to the building. the supporters of former president bolsonaro also broke into the federal supreme court building there and the country s presidential palace. neither house of congress is currently in session in brazil right now, but brazil s new president, we should also mention, he is not at the palace. cnn s rafael romo is following all of this. this is an unfolding situation. and people around the world already seeing comparisons between what s unfolding in brazil right now and what took place in this country on january 6th a couple of years ago. it looks eerily similar. reporter: i have to clarify, it was not only the congressional building but the presidential palace as well as the supreme court. it was thousands upon thousands of peo
this is no way for us to live, and it is not acceptable. police say they arrested 19-year-old ezekiel kelly after a high-speed chase. the memphis mayor says the suspect was previously charged with criminal attempted first-degree murder, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of aggravated assault in april of 2021. he was sentenced to three years, but only served 11 months in prison before being released in march. let s go to cnn s gary tuchman live in memphis, tennessee, with the latest. gary, what can you tell us? reporter: well, brianna, and john, it was a night that terrorized and paralyzed the people who live here in the city of memphis and the surrounding area. the 19-year-old ezekiel kelly is in this jail behind me in downtown memphis. we are actually standing on street doing live reports about another story we were here for, a teacher who was kidnapped on friday, her body was found monday, and we saw police cars racing up and down the street with lights and we reali