nominate your hero. thank you for being with us this week. thank you for the mother s day flowers. happy mother s day to chelsea. thanks for spending the week with us. thanks for having me. it was a blast. everyone, have a great weekend. see you monday. a stern warning from the white house. they say the crisis at the southern border is going to get worse after the pandemic era title 42 expired overnight. we re live in brownsville, texas. a military veteran accused of choking a homeless man to death on a new york city subway. he just turned himself in to face charges. the tragedy spotlighting what safety and security means. brand new video, ukrainian troops on the attack in bakhmut. all this coming in to cnn news central. this morning, title 42 is over. homeland security officials are warning the critical situation at the southern border may get worse. the surge has been happening for days now. you re looking at video from arizona as migrants stood in lon
breakdown. plus, live on the campaign trail where the economy is on the minds of voters in four states holding primaries today. some of these elections the latest tests of the power of the trump endorsement. a lot to get to. we start with that breaking news from capitol hill. mitch mcconnell making some of his first comments on that bipartisan deal on gun reform. our team there as the republican leader gave his blessing to the framework, right, the framework of the deal in the last hour. watch. for myself, i am comfortable with the framework. and if the legislation ends up reflecting what the framework indicates, i ll be supportive. so listen, that is good news for the democrats who need at least ten republicans to vote for the bill. with the senators working on this, hoping to get language, our congressional correspondent joining us, get this thing passed as soon as possible. a lot of people are waiting to to hear what mcconnell said. here is a bit more of what he said
The from the heart of the washington Swamp On Capitol Hill where in mere moments we will be joined by the 56th Speaker Of The House of representatives mike johnson for his very first tv interview since becoming speaker. Now the louisiana native now is third in line to be president. He has vowed to secure our southern border, decentralize our federal government, reform the weaponized and politicized doj and fbi and bring the Republican Caucus together with a thin majority and, predictably, this was not hard to predict, the left has launched a fullscale attack on the new speaker led, of course, by did dnc calling him a Maga Extremist and much more. And advising him not to get comfortable in his new position. Now coming up, were going to ask him how he plans to deal with his political adversaries, what are his top agenda items, how will he keep this caucus together . Plus well check in on israels looming Ground Invasion in gaza, a short incursion last night, the first of what we expect to
president donald trump. let s listen to the speaker. i made the point introductio of him that is back fantastically on the democrat party in the activists who were trying to use our judicial system to exact political vendettas up gets the primary opponent that they have for their control the country. what we have seen is outrageous. we ve also seen the polling and fundraising and everything else going in the direction of the target. president trump has it set fundraising records. he raised a $53 million in the first 24 hours after the verdic and the terrible bug astrayal i manhattan. i think it shows people understand what s happening. we also set fundraising records and continue to use use announced he s raised over $400 million as of the verdict came down in much more to come. because people see it s a threa to our republic. they see it s a threat to our system of justice. they want to push back. and in many ways president trump s become a symbol of that. pushing back ag
just declared unconstitutional a set of rules that banned people 18 to 21 years old from buying handguns. the judge citing the second amendment protections, writing, because the statutes and regulations in question are not consistent with our nation s history and tradition they therefore cannot stand. that s from the judge. in addition, 18 to 20-year-olds can buy a handgun in virginia but only through private and unregulated dealers. supporters of this ruling from the judge say the decision makes handgun sales safer and more regulated. critics argue this move now makes it easier for younger people to get their hands on guns. joining me is jennifer massy, a cnn contributor and a writer for the trace. jennifer, this ruling from this