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
13 federal charges against a sitting member of congress. george santos accused of wire fraud, money laundering, stealing public funds. so will republicans call on him to resign with every vote in the house critical? santos due to be arraigned at any moment. public pressure campaign. president biden hitting the road and hitting republicans over a fierce budget standoff. in minutes he s making the case for raising the debt ceiling once again without conditions, with potential economic consequences just weeks away. and heroes in action. newly released audio reveals the terrifying moments as officers search for the texas mall shooter. one officer telling the dispatcher i need everybody i got. chilling words as they ask for backup. we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. just minutes from now, new york congressman george santos is expected to appear in federal court. he was taken into custody this morning.
about the identities of the suspect or the victims. what we do know though, eight people are dead and the suspect killed at a mall in dallas saturday. this after a gunman stepped out of his car and started randomly shooting. seven others were injured, three critically, a police officer who happened to be at the mall killed the suspect. here is what one witness said. the first week girl in the bushes was kneeling like she was praying. i don t want to be too graphic. i felt for a pulse, turned her head, she had no face. as soon i tried the second victim, he was gone, the third one, i started chest compressions on. he stood up, he just looked at me, he expired in front of me. i ll god. video taken by witnesses in the parking lot shows people fleeing in panic and running into traffic as shots rang out. and the latest eruption of an unprecedented string of mass killings here in the united states. president biden released a statement a short time ago, calling, again, for legi
hello, everyone, and good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. it s happened again. we are waking up to the tragic realities of gun violence in this country. eight people are dead, seven injured over a mass shooting at an outlet mall in allen, texas. some of the scenes we saw captured on video, we warn you they are hard to watch. . you can hear the rapid fire there and see shoppers and employees scrambling into storage areas, they hid when they heard the gunshots. witnesses say some people sheltered in place for up to two hours as law enforcement cleared the sprawling area. my mom and i were in johnson and murphy s shopping and heard about ten pops go off. i look at the customer next to me. i was like, was that gunshots? and he was like, no, it s probably just construction or something and heard 10, 15 more shots go off. so i ran to the front of the store. we are like, no, that s shooting. we see the guy. he is dressed in all blac
i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we re following two tragedies in texas, each centering on a flashpoint dividing our country, guns and immigration. first, the breaking news in brownsville, texas, where we expect to hear from police this morning after an suv crashed into a crowd outside a migrant shelter. the death toll rose to eight overnight. what we re learning about the driver and whether this incident was intentional. that horrific scene coming as thousands of migrants enter the u.s. with covid restrictions set to expire in two just two days. the mayor of el paso, who has already declared a state of emergency, will join us. new details in this weekend s mass shooting at a texas mall. what we re learning about the suspect who police say appears to be a neo-nazi sympathizer. he could have done that here. we don t know. why did he choose the mall in allen? it makes no sense at all to any of us. later, intensifying protests in manhattan. new yorkers shutting dow