this morning a fresh look at the southern border. this was el paso, and you can see it right there. wow. i mean, relatively sparse, really sparse, very calm. this is what the white house had hoped for. especially when there were scenes like this just one week ago. migrants lining up before the expiration of title 42, and the homeland security alejandro mayorkas warns that it is too early to know if the migrant surge has peaked. and that is after wrangling maneuvers of the governor of texas sending a busload of migrants to the vice president of the united states. so we have teams at the border and the white house. we begin at the white house as arlette seanez is there, and what are you hearing from the people in the building behind you, arlette, of what they are seeing? president biden is saying that the situation at the border is going better than expected after he, himself, had predicted a chaotic few days of the lifting of title 42. now, the biden administration has been
they say he was trying to aid his escape by hiding his identity and trying to blend into the crowd. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re following breaking news, new information just moments ago released about the suspect in the shooting attack on the fourth of july parade in highland park, illinois. tonight, a seventh victim has died. and we re learning more about the accused gunman s planning for the deadly attack. cnn security correspondent josh campbell is on the scene for us in highland park. update our viewers, josh. what are you learning? reporter: wolf, after each one of these tragedies one key question is whether it could have been prevented. whether a suspect had potential contact with law enforcement that may have prevented what actually transpired. we learned a moment ago from authorities hold ago press conference is that the
dangerous conditions while parts of europe setting scorching new records. in london where we are bracing for a record heat wave. on monday and tuesday, it is expected to be hotter here than in jamaica. > vicome. the number of cases in the u.s. surging once again. she had a true belief that she was equal to everyone else. and later, the extraordinary woman who is still breaking barriers, standing tall amid american giants. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening, everyone. jericka is off tonight. i m errol barnett. thanks for joining us this sunday. a newly released report reveals details about how a lone gunman was able to kill 21 people, mostly children, after walking into a texas elementary school almost two months ago. the extensive document chronicles leadership failures across multiple agencies, poor decision-making amid the chaos and the history of ignoring early clues about the troubled gunman. we re in uvalde
gunman. cnn s senior investigative correspondent, drew griffin, has details. the sheriff s office reveals two incident involving the suspect. the first in april of 2019. a suicide attempt handled by mental health professionals. the secondo cured in september of 2019. a family member reported he was going to kill efveryone and he had a collection of knives. the police responded to his residence. they removed 16 knives, a dagger and sword from his home. at that time, there was no probably cause to arrest. there were no complaints that were signed by any of the victims. police say the suspected shooter preplanned his attack and get away for several weeks leaving his high powered rifle behind, dressing as a woman, and slipping away with the retreating crowds. it was that rifle purchased legally and traced back to him that helped police identify the suspect, track down his mother s car and make this arrest. at this point, we have not developed a motive from him. while po
amazing spouse back at home. i never meant to hurt anybody. i never meant to put in jeopardy the russian population. i never meant to break any laws here. i made an honest mistake and i hope that it doesn t end my life here. i know everybody keeps talking about political pawn and politics, but i hope that that is far from this courtroom. i want to say again that i had no intent on breaking any russian laws. i had no intent. i did not conspire or plan to commit this crime. i hope they can take into account all the documents, all the character lists everybody sent in on my behalf. i want to apologize to my teammates and the organization for any damage that i may have done to them. i never intended on hurting them. this is my second home and all i want to do is just win championships and make them proud. cnn senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is outside the courthouse near moscow. fred, visibly emotional, griner, apologizing to the court, taking responsibility fo