so it's expected that when these drugs get full fda approval, there will be a change in that medicare. >> when could that be? >> lily will file this drug this quarter, and it could probably take maybe 10 months to a year for the fda to potentially approve it. the first drug may get full approval in july. so we could see that medicare decision change. >> side effects? >> so side effects are really important here. this is not a benign drug to take. the most common things are things like brain swelling and these microhemorrhages or small pleads in the brain. you can see that's a fairly sizable number of people who had those, but some of that was asymptomatic. what you really worry about is when those are severe, and that was seen in just less than 2% of patients in this study and two patients died related to that side effect in the trial. >> thank you, meg. welcome. >> thank you. >> we'll be seeing a lot of you. >> thank you so much. >> "cnn this morning" continues right now.

the suspect of a massacre of nine people in texas including a 9-year-old boy have been captured. >> we have this man in custody. we have caught hiding in a closet underneath some laundry. >> the fbi says a tip from the public came in at 5:15 p.m. at 6:30 p.m., they had actually apprehended him. >> the united states military poised to send 1,500 active duty additional troops to the border with mexico. >> military personnel will not directly participate in law enforcement activities. >> this additional support really underscores just how concerned the administration is about a potential major migrant surge. >> in this text, he said he found himself briefly rooting for a mob of trump supporters to kill a person. >> according to "the new york times," carlson wrote, quote, jumping a guy like that is dishonorable, obviously, it is not how white men fight. >> then somewhere deep in my brain an alarm went off. this isn't good for me oop.i'm becoming something i don't want to be. it's too bad tucker doesn't realize these things before he

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se series. we'll see how it continues to dev develop. welcome to cnn this morning. we're tracking headlines out of texas, where the texas massacre suspect who is accused of gunning down five of miss neighbors is now under arrest following a massive manhunt. we are expecting a news conference soon from the sheriff with updates. we'll bring that to you live when it happens. but to fill you in, the fbi says it received a tip that the suspect was holed up in a house only miles away from the murder scene, not in mexico like some had suspected he may be. we were told he actually found hiding under a pile of laundry inside a closet. this is the video of francisco oropeza being led out of the home in handcuffs where he was then placed inside a truck. >> we want to thank the person who had the courage and braver to call in the suspect's location. we always said, it's not a matter of if, but a matter of when the suspect will be caught. and we're extremely glad that today is the "when." >> on friday, investigators say that oropeza stormed into his neighbor's house with an ar-15

and murdered five people, including a nine-year-old boy, daniel guzman, after the family had complained about him shooting his gun outside while the baby was shooting. the other victims, 25-year-old sonia guzman and her son, daniel, 21-year-old diana alvarado, 31-year-old julia rivera, and 18-year-old jose zarz. the manhunt lasted four days and stretched all the way down to the mexico border. this map shows how close the suspect's hiding place was to the original shooting. >> the texas massacre suspect has been captured, but across the country, more suspected criminals are on the loose. in california, police are searching for a suspect after a string of three stabbing attacks in less than a week near the uc davis campus. in mississippi, one of four inmates still on the run after escaping from heinz county jail on april the 23rd. two of the escapees were found dead, one of the others were

captured. in virginia, police are searching for two inmates who escaped from the piedmont regional jail over the weekend. one of them is charged with the murder of a sheriff's deputy. his sister,e eadrianna has been arrested after spending $2500 on a car to help with the escape. on all of this, let's bring in cnn law enforcement and intelligence analyst, sean miller. all of these, we'll talk about the string, but talk about how we went from yesterday morning, authorities in texas saying they had no leads then finding oropeza under a pile of laundry a few miles away holed up in a house? >> well, it's a process and we've talked about it on this show and some of our other broadcasts, a fugitive investigation is made out of three concentric soicircles, wh you have a fugitive on the run. the inner circle is family, the second circle is friends, criminal associates, the third circle is the general public. in this case, the fbi, the u.s. marshals, the sheriff's people,

they fanned out to every relative, every family member, every friend and made it clear, if you see him, if he calls you, if he comes here, you know, you have to engage with us, for his safety, for your safety. what they try to do is cut off those routes. they did the same with friends and associates. and the public, because of the nature of the crime, was also very engaged. >> they were very engaged. and we are waiting to get a news conference. we first heard from them last night, after he had been captured. we're in and out waiting to see what the updates are here. i want to talk about what's happening with uc davis. this is a very scary situation. you think that it's just essentially a formality that they have stopped short of publicly saying this person is a serial killer. >> that's right. the pattern, the tight circle of geography, where the crimes are, the connections between the victims in terms of victimology, not that they knew each other were connected that way, but similarities, the m.o., the weapon, everything suggests these cases are connected. what the police are doing is

simply saying, until we have that dna match, maybe blood from the suspect on one of the victims or the other way around, we can't say for certain. but they're handling it as if they're connected. >> i mean, they have, i believe, stopped all in-person classes after dusk, basically. >> well, what you have here is a night stalker. and when you see those crimes so close together, you really have to operate on the assumption that he's engaging in what profilers call hunting behavior. that he goes out every night looking for victims in a situation where he thinks he can commit the crime and get away. you know, the first victim was a well-known homeless man and advocate, who was committed to sleeping outdoors in that park and engaging with people. the second victim was a 20-year-old student, but walking at night on a bike path with his long hair and beard could have been mistaken by the offender as a homeless person. the third victim was a homeless woman in a tent. so you're seeing a possible

pattern of someone stalking homeless people. we saw that in the stockton serial killer earlier this year. we saw that in the new york washington case the year before. it's just a question of making that match and then getting this person, who seems to be disorganized as an offender. >> you also see a pattern on how these attacks are unfolding, not just the time and the victims, but also how they're essentially blitzing these victims. >> he's a blitz attacker. he takes them by surprise. and what you see is overkill. numerous stab wounds, far more than it takes to get the victim under control or kill them. so what you glean from that is, you've got an attacker who's driven possibly by mental illness, paranoia, but definitely by anger. and that spells a likelihood that is he is going to keep going until he's stopped. >> john miller, thank you very much. sad, very disturbing.

>> keep us updated on what you learn. >> roger that. overnight, the white house announced that the u.s. and mexico have agreed on additional measures to address the border crisis, past the lifting of title 42. that happens at the end of next week. of course, that is the trump-era policy that allows officials to expel migrants, citing the covid-19 pandemic. the united states and mexico have agreed that the u.s. will continue to provide a pathway for eligible migrants to try to enter the country from cuba, nicaragua, and venezuela under its humanitarian parole process and also agreed that mexico will still continue to take back migrants from its four nations on humanitarian grounds past may 11th, which is the lifting of title 42. this comes as the administration says they're also preparing to send 1,500 troops, active-duty troops to the southern border for 90 days to join the 2,400 national guard troops already there. that shows you what they're preparing for. currently, there are about 7,000 encounters between migrants and border patrol agents every day along the southern border. that number is expected to rise

dramatically in the weeks ahead. and right now, a bus of migrants from texas chartered by greg abbott, the governor of texas, are about to arrive in new york city. two more buss are expected to arrive throughout the morning. >> joining us now for his perspective on this is former secretary of homeland security, and the former defense department general counsel, jeh johnson. thank you so much for being here. having your perspective on this is critical to this. this decision by the pentagon yesterday, to send 1,500 u.s. troops to the border in anticipation of next week, with title 42 being lifted, is that going to help in your view? >> it will certainly contribute to our border security. we've done this in the past. the huge limitation on sending active duty military to the border is the concept of aposse cometitis in the law. so these members of the military

will be there in support of the border patrol and customs. the larger solution to this, which the administration announced a few days ago, are regional processing centers, which i think is a very good idea. create for people who are desperate to leave their circumstances a lawful safe pathway to a place like the united states or canada, versus the wrong way, entering our country illegally. it will be important that these regional processing centers be supported, be resourced to create this alternative pathway for people to come here. >> back in 2018, when the caravan that we all talked about around the midterms with republicans really used ahead of the actual election day then, trump decided to send 5,000 troops to the southern border to help with that. you said at the time, you thought that it would be limited at best how much they would be able to really help with what

was -- with what was happening at the border. so has that changed here? is it actually going to help in a significant way, or do you think sending these u.s. forces to the border will still be limited, at best, in how it can help? >> it will be limited, because the limits on what they can actually do. >> because they're not doing law enforcement or anything like that? >> they're not engaging directly with law enforcement. they're not engaging directly in interdicting migrants and sending them back. they are there in support. it does help in certain limited ways, but the larger solution to the larger problem is addressing the problem at the source in central america, in haiti, in venezuela, in nicaragua, and creatinge ing lawful safe pathw for people who are desperate to leave their circumstances. >> what about the images that this creates. because senator bob menendez, he's a democrat and ally of this administration, he said they're militarizing the border by sending these u.s. forces there. he says, there's already a humanitarian crisis, but

deploying military personnel only signals that migrants are a threat that require our nation's troops. >> what's going on in our southern border right now is a very series, significant problem with no easy solutions. we need to put a lot of resources on our southern border to address this problem. the u.s. military in my judgment has a limited role to play, becabut they can support dhs on the southern border. as i said before, this is a big problem. it's bigger than when i was in office. >> much bigger. >> and you've got to address it at the source. you simply have to address it at the source. these people are desperate for a better life, even if it means only staying here for a few years while their asylum claim is pending. the other imperative we face right now, which in my judgment is a problem equal if not greater in magnitude is the

smuggling of fentanyl into this country. flowing north from mexico. our national government has to address that problem, as well. >> how? what do you do for something like that? >> more drug interdiction at the ports. more support at the ports. more customs. drug smuggling, typically occurs at ports, not over land borders. and people are dying because of the fentanyl crisis in this country. and so, while we're focused on people coming across our land borders, we need to also be focused on the significant fentanyl problem. >> i think that's -- >> which is costing lives on a daily basis. >> it's a rare issue that gets bipartisan support because of how many -- it is not democrat or a republican issue. everyone understands fentanyl is a crisis. the other aspect of this is what we're seeing, is mayors and governors who were having issues with migrants who were being sent to their cities. you've seen governor greg abbott saying in recent days, the texas governor, that they're going to

be sending migrants to chicago, basically saying border cities and border towns have to deal with the pressure of this way more than other cities. democratic mayor eric adams here in new york, we saw -- as of right now, we have these live pictures at the port authority here in new york where migrants are arriving. and he said yesterday, it's the irresponsibility of the republican party in washington for refusing to do real immigration reform. but he also said, it's the irresponsibility of the white house for not addressing the problem either. do you agree? >> i agree that it is unfair to expect communities along the border in the southwest to absorb this problem all by themselves. but, what should not happen is that governor abbott or governor desantis get to decide how to relocate migrants in the interior of this country. there should be a nationally coordinated effort to ask states, ask municipalities to absorb this issue, to take on

and resettle migrants that cross our southern border. and coordinate it across the country. don't leave it to governor abbott or ron desantis to decide where they should go. >> one of the criticisms we heard from lori lightfoot, who was on the show the other day, there was no coordination, there were still issues of whether or not they were absolving too much of it. you ran dhs. you were in that same position right now, and may 12th came around next week with the lifting of title 42, what would you be doing differently than what is happening right now? >> well, i'm not in the job. >> but if you were. it's a much bigger problem than when i was in the job. i would be constantly sending the message over and over again that there's a right way and a wrong way to come here. the wrong way is to cross our southern border illegally. if you come here, we will send you back. address the safe, lawful ways to come here, so that you give people an avenue to come here safely, in a controlled way, but continually send the message,

come here unlawfully, we will send you back. i even, when i was in office, went to central america, held a press conference at the airport, welcoming migrants back from the united states, who were deported back to their home countries, so that the local press and people there could see that we were actually sending people back. the administration needs to, in my judgment, continually send that message. they've been doing a lot of this, but in washington, you have to receipt yourself 50 times before anybody listens. >> do you think mayorkas should be doing that more and louder? >> he seems to be doing it now constantly and it's an important message to send. we can send people back, we should send people back consistent with our laws and our values. >> jeh johnson, perfect person to speak about this morning, thank you. we hope you'll come back as we continue to cover this. >> thank you. -- the federal reserve set to announce a high-stakes interest rate decision right after the third u.s. bank failure in just two months. congress are expecting the

central bank to approve a final quarter-point increase and will be looking for a signal about a along-awaited pause, maybe. our chief business correspondent christine romans is with us now. do you think that's what happens? >> i think that's what's most likely to happen. they're on this big inflation flight, and they have been on this big crew said. this is what it looks like, a year of interest rate hikes. i think you'll see another 25 basis points here. that will be the tenth in a row. this is what has made the fed funds. we've gone from zero percent, essentially free money to near 5% for the fed funds target. and that's rippling throughout the economy. and it's this balancing act that now the fed has. it started as an inflation crew said, but now we're starting to see the job market show signs of cooling off. inflation is cooling, but still too high. you've got a debt limit fight, poppy, and then all of these bank failures. just look at the size of these bank failures. we looked at this yesterday, you and i together. these are these three big bank failures we've seen, brought on by stress revealed in the system

from all of those higher interest rates. compare that with the bad old days of 2008. and then, you know, this is like the scariest screen i have for you here. we have a debt ceiling fight, which is a self-inflicted problem on top of all of this other garbage that the fed is dealing with. and not very many days. that looks like nine days to figure out a problem that could send the world into a financial crisis. >> bring two parties that are at a complete impasse together to stave off an economic calamity. no big deal. >> and that's completely separate from the inflation problem and all these other things that the fed is having to deal. there are some who are saying, should we be raising interest rates again? and that was a great interview. and also, look at all of these hikes, poppy. this hasn't all been felt in the system yet. so all of this has not rippled through yet. so that's why some people are saying, how about we hike and pause, hike and hold, or maybe just wait and see. >> right. thank you, christine. we'll see what can get done. kaitlan? >> also this morning, we are now

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welcome back to "cnn this morning." we are waiting for a press conference to begin in cold spring, texas, in just a few minutes there. the chief deputy sheriff will speak about the suspect they've arrested in the murder of five family members, including an 8-year-old. >> and as we wait on that update, we have new reporting overnight as we are learning what tucker carlson had texted that became so worrisome to executives at fox news and the board there, that reportedly contributed to his firing. "the new york times" first reporting on this message last night. it was sent on january 7th, 2021, just hours after what had

happened at the capitol that day. carlson is talking about a video that he saw of trump supporters beating up the person that he described as an antifa kid. it was redacted in the dominion lawsuit court filings, but these reporters got ahold of it. here's what part of "the times" says is behind that wbig black box of text nah you see there. it was three against one, at least. jumping a guy like that is dishonorable, honestly. it's not how white men fight. but suddenly i found myself rooting for the man against the mob, hoping they'd hit him harder, kill him. i really wanted them to hurt the kid. and somewhere deep in my brain, an alarm went off. this isn't good for me. i'm becoming something i don't want to be. "the times" was able to release that text on conditions of people who spoke with the conditions of being anonymous. fox has declined to comment and so has carlson. joining us is tim rutenberg who contributed to breaking this story for "the new york times." people after the abrupt departure of carlson from fox

news, a little over a week ago, there were major questions of what was it that led to this. your reporting is that this was a big part of it, because they saw it the day after they were supposed to go to trial for that dominion lawsuit. >> a lot went into that firing. i think we'll still learn about more that was supposed to go into that fire, but this was a moment where members of the fox board and some senior executives, apparently, start focussing on this at the 11th hour, while they're in settlement talks. this is a settlement, you might remember, that ends up being almost $1 billion. so here's tucker carlson, not a huge part of the actual lawsuit, but his texts are taking over. they're really becoming an issue in the institute. >> jim, stand by. let me get to this press conference in cold spring, texas. let's listen into the chief deputy sheriff of san jacinto cou county. >> i'm not going to say the guy's name. you guys know his name. he's in this jail right here. i don't think he deserves the

glory for what he's done. >> can you give us any updates on interviews with the people who were at the house where he was arrested? are they arrested? any othes? >> there has been several arrests. but i can't go into the deta wa when [ inaudible ]? >> there was -- no, nothing -- nothing major. i mean, just a little simple flurry of resistance, but they had a k-9 dog, from what i understand, and there's no injuries of any kind. >> can you tell us, personal connection? >> um, the house is connected.

>> the sister's house? >> i'm not going to say anything about that right now, because the investigation is still -- we're still going. >> you said there were several arrests. two, three, four? >> i'm not going to go into that right now, because others are hinging on what's going on right now. so it's in progress. >> are more arrests suspected? >> possibly. yes, it's been more than one. >> as oropeza said anything or have you found the weapon that he used? >> as of now, we may have the weapon, but we have to wait for ballistics. so i can't confirm. >> and have you spoken -- has he said anything? >> we have spoken with him, yes. >> yes, yes. >> all that will happen this morning is his bond will be set

and that will be done in jail by a judge. >> is it 5 million now? >> yes, it will be 5 million. yes. >> have the other people that have been arrested, have they been booked into the jail already as well? >> some have. >> how many people are you getting? >> i can't go into the -- it's fluid right now. i can't go into that. no it's, not more than five, no. >> and they were inside the house at the time of the arrest? >> no. one was close, but -- >> -- the entire time the last four days? >> no, he wasn't. >> when was he -- i can't say at the moment. i don't want to give you anything that's not a true, accurate statement, okay? we think we know how he got

there, but we have to, you know, we have to prove that out. >> not going to go into his sacramento route that we think it is, until we can prove what it is. >> was -- no, it wasn't. >> did you -- is there any indication that he was about to leave this particular house and get on the move again? >> not when he was caught. i believe he thought he was in a safe spot. >> has his wife said anything. is she assisting in the investigation? >> i can't talk about his wife right now. >> can you talk about -- >> what -- >> how did that person know? >> if you guys were out there this whole time, there was a flurry of activity on highway 105 when we had about 30

vehicles and a helicopter go out there. we did confirm that was him on foot, running, but we lost track of him. >> that was not a -- >> that was not a false alarm. that was him. >> when was that? on monday? >> i don't even know what day it is right now, so -- >> that was monday. >> by the landfill? near the landfill? >> when the schools got locked down, it was that event. it's all like one long day to me, so i don't remember. >> not really. we deduced that pretty early on. just once we go the federal help with the electronic equipment and the phone analysis, then we could tell that he wasn't --

people that he was contacting were in the area and never left. >> was he using his cell phone? what phone was he using? >> he did have a cell phone. >> so he must have picked that up after -- >> he had another cell phone, yes. >> so like a burner? >> i don't know yet. >> is his wife one of the people arrested? >> i can't go into that right now. >> is he in this jail right now? >> he's in this jail right now, probably having a hot breakfast, and we're out here talking about i it. [ inaudible question ] >> calm. >> has he confessed? >> i can't go into that. >> you're hearing there from the chief deputy sheriff in cold spring, texas. that is on the arrest of the suspected person who killed five of his neighbors in texas. for more on this, i want to bring cnn law enforcement intelligence analyst, john miller. john, we're hearing from him

there. of course, he was saying, of course this person was found if a closet, in a pile of laundry, not too far from where this shooting occurred. he said, i believe he thought he was in a safe space. he was also using a burner ques phone. he said there have been several other arrests, declined to say how many, more than one, and could be more arrests to come. >> so what we're looking at here is when he fled the house, you know, towards the woods, they find clothing. they find his phone and then somehow, he makes the leap from those woods to, you know, within ten miles away to the home of a relative. they're looking at, okay, the house he was in, there was nobody on the planet earth who didn't know that the police were looking for him. so that's a potential harboring a fugitive charge. then there's, how did he get to that house? did he call a friend? did somebody give him a ride? did he go anywhere else?

so anybody who touched his travels or movement after that shooting, who knew they were assisting a fugitive is in the mix for someone who could be charged. one other thing that's notable, they get this tip that he's in this house at 5:15. they hit the house by 6:30. in the fugitive hunt to execute a dynamic entry on a house, that is lightning speed. that means that the quality of that tip had to be more than an anonymous call saying check this address. it had to be highly specific. the caller had to have specific information, not just that he was there, but how the caller knew he was there. so, right now, we're in kind of a period of trying to sort out, is that call from a family member? that's a possibility, saying he's in this house and, you know, that's creating a danger for the family. is it from an associate who passed through that house and, you know, was told not to say

anything. but it was going to be highly specific. >> what was the most telling thing you just heard from the deputy sheriff? >> i think the deputy sheriff told a story that confirms what we always thought about this guy, which is, it was a spontaneous and terrible crime that came without a plan. a terrible and spontaneous crime that came without a plan. when we talk about those concentric circles, family first, friends and associates, and then the public, it played out the way we thought it would play out. >> and they have been speaking to the suspect. what kind of cameras are they asking him? >> they're asking him questions about the crime. and at some point, an attorney is going to attach when he goes before a court. and they're not going to have the ability to ask him, but they would ask him about the crime first and who helped him to escape second. it would be interesting to see

how forthcoming he is about either. >> thank you very, very much for your expert analysis. we learned a lot about that press conference. what we were talking about before that news broke, tucker carlson's beyond disturbing text message revealed. up next, we'll continue our conversation with one of the "new york times" journalist who is broke that story. when you have chronic kidney disisease. there are e places you'd like to be. like here. and here. and here. t so much here. if you've been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease farxiga reduces the risk of kidy failure whh can lead to dialysis. farxiga can cause serious side fects including dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections in women and men, and low blood sugar. ketoacidosis is a serious side effect that may lead to death. a rare life-threatening bacterial infection in the skin of the perineum could occur.

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back to that reporting overnight that we were talking about on a text message that tucker carlson sent that may have contributed to his firing from fox news. back with us now, writer at large from "the new york times," jim rutenberg, who helped break this story. we were talking about, you know, there's no -- you can't just say, yes, this is ultimately what led to it, but also the way this came out and how executives found out about this and we're seeing this message right before they were set to go to trial. what is the impacted that had n they learned about this. >> as we understand it, the trial was supposed to start on a monday. going into that weekend, the

board had asked to see some of the redacted messages. there were negotiations about a potential settlement. the jury is coming together. so the board starts going through the messages, finds this one message that they find very troubling. some senior executives, we're told, hadn't been focused on this message. and it's not what you want to see when you're going into trial. a jury is being impanelled, and you're negotiating what's going to be a potentially very high number to get out of this. so you don't have to put something like this in front of a jury. >> but for this text message being revealed to the board and fox executives the night before the trial was supposed to begin, would there have been a trial? >> i still -- they were definitely working toward a settlement. and we were told that over the weekend, lachlan murdoch, one of the leaders of the company had told his lawyers, let's start moving up the number to get out of this. that trial was going to be potentially disastrous on so many levels. but here again you see, when it comes to tucker carlson, the

issue here is that he's playing an outsized role in terms of problems in the case for them, when he's really not part of the case. that represents the problem with tucker carlson to management at this point, among other things. >> and the question still remains why they did not settle sooner. all of this damaging information came out as a part of good reporting. abby grossman is the former fox news producer who is now suing the network and she was on with anderson last night. she was talking about essentially the way things worked. and when it came to the fight that we all watched play out so dramatically in washington over kevin mccarthy and his bid to become house speaker, she said, this is what they talked about the scenes. >> they believe that they could broker who was house speaker. he wanted to do that live on air, but kevin mccarthy said "no." >> what do you mean, he wanted to do that live on air? >> his plan was to have kevin mccarthy come on the show, so fast forward to january 5th, they start asking me to book mccarthy on the show that night.

i had worked with him a lot when i was at sunday morning futures and had a relationship with his team. that afternoon, justin came in and he said, here's the plan. tucker's going to first have kevin on, hear him beg and grovel, then we'll bring in matt gaetz, and matt gaetz will then kind of set his terms, then tucker will set his terms that mccarthy has to agree to -- >> tucker carlson had terms? >> yeah, had terms. and we'll make this whole thing happen on air and save the republican party. fortunately for mccarthy's sake, he said "no". >> speaks to the level of influence. >> that's why this is in a way so shocking. look at that level of political influence that tucker carlson had. he was a power in a part of the party that's the tail wagging the dog right now. and so to suddenly be cut is really amazing, but that shows also this simymbiosis that coul happen with the fox prime-time

and people in power, particularly republicans, we see it with the white house and here we see it again. >> yeah, jim, again, as kaitlan said, this came because of good reporting, to your and your team, kudos. >> thanks for having me. >> thanks for joining us. new overnight, the fbi have arrested a man in florida who is accused of setting off an explosive during the january 6th riots. daniel ball is accused of entering the capitol building before he joined up with other rioters to attack officers in the lower terrace tunnel. it's at that tunnel's entrance where he allegedly threw an explosive device at the officers. you can see in the pictures here, the red circle, the device then flashed and exploded multiple times. one of the explosions, so loud it caused both the protesters and the officers to flinch in unison. officers who were in the tunnel described it as a bomb or a grenade, not really sure. many saying it was the most memorable parts of that chaotic day. ball did continue to throw objects into the tunnel. here you can see him throwing what appears to be the leg of a chair at the officers in that tunnel. he's accused of passing an

approximate 6-foot-long pole to another rioter, who ended up s to tossing it at officers like it was a spear. he is the only january 6th defendant charged with setting off an explosive device during that attack, distinguishing him many others that have been arrested. president zelenskyy is holding a surprise visit with finland. it comes only a month after poland joined nato and part of its premise was trying to fend off nato. more russian attacks on residential areas in ukraine with no apparent military targets nearby. our chief international security correspondent nick paton walsh is live on the ground in zaporizhzhia. nick, good morning. what are you seeing? >> reporter: yeah, poppy, we heard the bangs after the air

raid sirens 1:30 this morning reverberating around this city of zaporizhzhia. here's one of the apparent anti-aircraft rockets seen to be being used. residents here said that may have contributed to nobody being killed or injured here. they managed to get themselves in a bathtub in this house, and the 7 and 9-year-old children in a neighboring house into some kind of shelter. but across ukraine, it's not been such a good story at all. in kherson, recently libertied from russia, at least three killed in a strike on a supermarket there, in mid-morning. a small piece of good news behind me. incredible work by volunteers, that literally since we've been here the last three or four hours, they've rebuilt the roof of the neighboring house, salvaged the bricks from the rubble here for rebuilding. a real sense of extraordinary community and also, too, of civilians in ukraine every night, increasingly terrified, frankly, by russia's inaccurate, possibly deliberate callous

disregard for human life. at the same time, ukraine hitting targets inside russia's borders. they're not saying it publicly, but it's pretty clear the acts of sabotage on railways, on fuel depots, probably have kyiv behind them. and this a real sense of escalation behind both sides now. we've been seeing the signals potentially of a counteroffensive getting underway over the last weeks, but now these night-by-night strikes, each side on the other trying to weaken the infrastructure, the ability to resupply, suggesting possibly that we may be into a new phase in this war, certainly. and in the east, areas where russia felt safe. pressure in bakhmut, pressure in other areas. a curfew all the way to the far west of areas held by russia in kherson, citizens being told to stay indoors from the evening of may the 5th, for nearly three whole days. that's under the premise of ukrainian law enforcement operation. but it's just raising the sense

right now that we are potentially going to see as this hot weather removes the bad weather promise issue that certainly ukrainian officials have been saying in rare comments have slowed any moves by them down. this hot weather may bring a very, very stark change in tempo here. poppy? >> that's a very good point. nick pay tton walsh, we apprecie your reporting in zaporizhzhia. we're seeing a surge of migrants at the border. and the manhunt in texas is over as law enforcement has captured the gunman accused of killing five people, including a 9-year-old. moments ago, the sheriff said multiple arrests have been made. more may be coming. we'll provide you with the new details ahead.

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potential white house run. several bills suggest he is changing the rules in his favor. one passed would allow him to run for president without ezblieng from his job as governor. another bill would conceal information about his travel, who he met with at the governor's mansion, which i should note he says is a safety precaution when it comes to the travel. ner bill would allow state political committees like the ones desantis has, $85 million or so, for his future political donations to then report fundraising less frequently than they have previously. joining us for perspective on this is the self-proclaimed florida man pulitzer prize-winning "new york times" best-selling author columnist dave barry. swamp story hwas released yesterday. i do wonder what you make of this because it's not every day people in washington are paying attention to the florida legislature, but especially when this right to run bill that they are passing where he can stay as governor if he did run for

president is something everyone's talking about. >> do you think he will stay as governor even if he got elected president? just be both? i just want to say, we get a lot of criticism to governor desantis, he is, and i speak as a floridian, takeling the biggest threat to the american way of life, disney. >> mickey mouse is your big concern, not climate, now the erosion -- >> donald duck is not wearing pants. that doesn't bother you? >> president biden said he had jokes but he didn't hneed them because mickey mouse beat desantis up, right? >> everybody likes to make fun of florida. we are used to that. maybe we have a corrupt, incompetent government but we are paying very little taxes for it. here in new york you have a corrupt -- you are paying a

fortune. we are getting a better deal. >> it doesn't bother you as a nor'easter resident to see the governor using -- it is reason controlled but even republicans in the state legislature said it's clear we are doing a lot of this to set him up for a presidential run. i don't think it's unusual for a politician to use his office for something like this. what do you think of it as citizen? >> i think we lost the guy. there was a time, that time was the beginning of covid, when floridians really liked what he was doing because he was trying to keep the state open, keep the schools open. quicker to do that than a lot of other states. i can't speak for the whole state, but i think everybody's kind of tire ever the culture war and if he is going to run for president, let him run for president on his own time, his own dime, not so much, you know -- and i speak for everyone when i say this. i don't speak for anyone. >> you speak for dave barry. >> for me.

>> by the way, the back of the great is so great. every comment here is by steve martin. >> wait, there is one from karl -- you know, you asked your friends for blurb and they say nice things. they never say, eh, i didn't like that. the first is by karl and it's a real blurb. and i asked steve martin and he is busy doing a show. the read the last one. >> i haven't read itiate but i l yet /* -- yet but i love it. >> what do people get wrong about florida? >> i think people think it's one state and we were talking about this. it is not. i live in miami. i moved there? 1986 from the united states. miami is not like the rest of, you know, the united states or even like the rest of florida. key west is nothing like miami. fort lauderdale is nothing like miami. boca raton is basically long

island, you know. and then you go north in the state and suddenly you are in georgia and alabama. >> kaitlin -- >> people make fun of florida. we in florida go, yeah, you know, like people say, what an idiot state you live in. we go, sure, we agree with that. we don't mean us. we mean the other floridians. >> you have the crew laughing, which is a very, very -- they have not been drinking. but i will -- they are still laughing. i want to ask you this. i am fascinated by the fact that businesses are moving to florida in droves. favorable tax policy. there is more they like under governor desantis, even businesses that don't agree with some of his social stances or culture cultu cull wars, even as he is fighting disney. do you think that will change? >> people want to come there? >> big businesses are fleeing there and it gives desantis and flor more power. >> it comes down to taxes. and they are honestly not

concerned about all the other stuff. >> florida taxes have been favorable for a long time. something else is going on now. >> yeah, i don't know. maybe because everyone else is doing it. >> could we talk about florida man? >> okay. >> before you get into this, i want to read a few headlines. these are some headlines out of florida recently and they are really. florida man robs store just as superman -- excuse me, spider-man. >> let's get it right. >> florida man cited after authorities found an illegally poached gator foot in his dashboard. florida man arrested after wife hit with flying chicken wings. he was arrested breaking into homes. i am from alabama and we have our fair share of headlines. what do you make of this evolution -- >> that was all the same man. no. >> those sinkholes even in that -- in those headlines. >> this is true. we have lots -- lots of this. but let's be honest.

there are 21 million residents of the state of florida. is it fair to judge all 21 million of us just because of the actions of about 19 million of us? the other thing, i want to say a lot of these people are not from florida. you know, they call them florida -- >> are they from alabama? >> alabama. >> hey. >> where are you from? >> minnesota. >> they are from -- >> we call them snowbirds. they leave minnesota in the winter and come to you. >> our favorite sport in florida is senting texts to people in minnesota when it's winter. "swamp story" it will hilarious, you will be laughing like four paragraphs in. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. and "cnn this morning" continues right now.

>> good morning. we are glad you are with us. it is the top of the hour. an incredibly close call, a police officer, that's what you saw in virginia, nearly crushed by an out-of-control car during a traffic stop. we will tell you who was driving. also the manhunt in texas over this morning as we just got an update and details from the sheriff's office after the arrest of the suspected gunman accused of murdering five of his neighbors. and brand-new reporting about a major crackdown on the chinese version of facebook and instagram accounts that were pretending to be news outlets in the united states and europe. this hour of "cnn this morning" starts right now. we watched the press conference here live. several arrests have been made, several, multiple, in connection to the capture of the texas massacre suspect. he was being walked out

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