big help out. that's what today is deemed. the nationwide initiative to help more than 1,500 charities is part of the final day of coronation festivities in honor of newly crowned king charles iii and his deck aides of public service. >> william and kate along with their three children are helping to renovate scout hut outside of londy. prince louis was happy to roll up his sleeves in his first royal engagement. adorable images show him pushing a wheelbarrow, driving a digger with dad, hopefully making faces and hand motions like he's done so famously which i love. >> he is your favorite, huh? >> he is. >> and your spirit animal. >> he is our spirit animal or spirit child. >> are you going to come tomorrow? >> i don't know, am i allowed to? you dimed me out on my mispronounceation of a two time mvp. my buddies from home are going to kill me. >> trust me, i can't pronounce most things. we will see you tomorrow right

here, phil promises. stay with us, cnn "news central" starts now. new details this morning about the victims after at least eight people were murdered at a mall in texas. officials are focused on right wing extremism as a possible motive. right now an investigation is under way in brownsville, texas, after an suv slammed into a bus stop killing several people. ahead what we're learning about that driver. this is the week title 42 ends. cnn is at the border as the biden administration and the cities on the front lines prepare for an expected surge of migrants now. these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn "news central."

this morning cnn has learned the name of at least two victims murdered at the mass shooting at the mall in allen, texas. family members say christian lacore was a sweet caring young man, he is on the left there. we're told the man on the right was an engineer living in mckinney, texas. they were two of at least eight people who were killed. at least several others were wounded. officials say the victims ranged in age from 5 to 61 years old. we are also learning more about the suspected gunman this morning. police say he was dressed in tactical gear and armed with an ar-15 style rifle and that he had at least one other weapon on him. multiple others were found in his car. this morning authorities are looking for a potential motive. investigators say the suspect may have had ties to an extremist group. cnn's security correspondent josh campbell is on the scene in allen, texas. josh, give us a sense of what you're hearing this morning about the investigation. >> reporter: john, we're

learning more about the suspect as authorities try to get to that motive, why did this gunman come here to this outlet mall in north texas, open fire, creating just the latest mass shooting massacre here in the united states. a law enforcement source tells me that authorities have not yet zeroed in on a specific motive, but they are investigating whether there were potential ties to right wing extremism and that is because after this suspect was fatally shot by a law enforcement officer on his person in addition to an extra weapon, as well as extra spare rounds of ammunition, they found an insignia that read rwds which authorities believe stands for right wing death squad. that's the same type of insignia we've seen extremist group members wearing out in public during protests over the past few years, for example. i'm also told that authorities are pouring over a very extensive social media presence that this suspect had, including posts that authorities believe that he made pertaining to white supremacists as well as neo-nazi-type material.

so, again, that obviously very troubling. authorities because he's dead they can't interview him so they're having to gather all of this other evidence but at least now it appears, john, according to his digital footprint there could be potential right wing extremism at play here. >> i also understand you are hearing from witnesses who were at this awful scene on saturday. >> reporter: absolutely. when gunfire erupted here obviously this happened very quickly, we saw that video of the suspect opening fire on people as they were just walking past one of the shops here. that obviously causing chaos throughout this outlet mall center. take a listen here, our colleague ed lavandera spoke to a man who was in the path of the gunman as he was making his way inside. >> we basically turned and watched and as we were watching the shooter goes right across -- he is not running but he is in a deliberate assault-type move. he had an m-16 or mr carbine and

he was firing and shot about four or five shots as he proceeded toward the hamburger place. i don't know who he shot. a few moments later we saw a police officer come across in front of us like he was in pursuit of the individual. >> reporter: now, you're looking at a live look here, this is a makeshift memorial that has been set up here outside the outlet mall for those eight victims killed in this horrific shooting. as we continue to focus on the investigation and the motive, get into the background of this gunman, obviously our focus also first and foremost on the people who were killed and injured here. so many, john, continue to recover at this hour. >> that's right. we know the identities of two of the eight who were killed. seven more wounded. josh, keep us posted on what you learn throughout the morning. thank you very much. now to another city in texas, brownsville, texas, after an suv slammed into a crowd of people outside a homeless shelter that has been housing migrants. at least eight people there were killed and several more were

injured as police say they were waiting at a bus stop. the terrifying moment of impact was caught on surveillance. we're not going to show that exact moment. it is simply too awful. but at the top of the green that we're going to show you in just a bit you're going to see just how fast that suv was traveling before it struck the group. cnn's nick valencia is joining us now from the scene. nick, i understand that you have some new information that you've learned this morning. tell us. >> reporter: that's right, sara. i just got off the phone with the brownsville police department. they tell me at an upcoming press conference they expect to announce preliminary charges against the driver in that crash. they wouldn't share with me what the charges are, only to emphasize that they are preliminary and are subject to change based on their investigation and according to the brownsville police department they are looking at this crash one of three ways, one, that it could have been -- the driver could have been impaired or intoxicated, two is that there could have been some malfunction or the third a much

more sinister that this act could have been intentional. that's what we're hearing this morning from eyewitnesses. it was earlier this morning i spoke to a venezuelan national that was just across the street and saw his friends get run over by this range rover. he said there was no doubt in his mind this was intentional. he described to me a very chaotic scene saying that the driver in his eyes appeared to be impaired, got out of the car, started shouting obscenities at the group of migrants standing at the bus stop, shouting at them in spanish. he shared with me this exclusive video that you will only see here on cnn, this video shows the moments according to romero after the driver tried to run away from the accident scene. you can see a group of men trying to restrain him, physically assaulting him. i talked to the brownsville police department about this video this morning, they were made aware of it also this morning saying it's also part of their investigation and that they're looking at this with the district attorney to potentially bring charges against the men who are surrounding this driver

potentially bring assault charges. that is still not been decided just yet but it is part of their investigation. all of this of course, sara, occurring with just days left before title 42 expires, that trump era covid policy which has so many people anxious here as it sunsets, what it could mean for the migration flowing coming across the u.s./mexico border. >> thank you so much nick valencia there and with exclusive video showing the potential suspect in this case trying to be stopped by folks who were just there watching this happen. kate? and as nick mentioned, in just four days title 42 will expire. now, this is the trump era policy that allowed certain migrants to be quickly turned away at the border, set in during the pandemic. this also is meaning that the already overwhelmed border system along mexico is likely to get even worse. and very soon. at last check roughly 7,000 encounters with migrants have been happening each day at the southern border. we want to show you some cnn

drone video as you can see this, this is from ciudad juarez in mexico. you can see thousands more people camping out waiting to cross over to the united states. cnn's rosa flores is in the border city of el paso, texas, where thousands of migrants as we talked about last week, rosa, thousands of migrants are already sleeping on the streets. what are you seeing there this morning? >> reporter: you know, kate, since we last spoke the scene has changed a little bit, but for public safety reasons. take a look behind me, these barricades went up over the weekend. these went up before the incident and the big tragedy in brownsville, but it's for the very same reason. as you look around you will see there are hundreds of migrants just simply on this street, at last check according to city officials here in the city of el paso more than 2,000 migrants were sleeping in the streets of el paso. now, what we have seen is simply more resources that are being

brought out here to make sure that the individuals have a place to go to the bathroom, we've seen a lot of lines for food because they really have to be in line for everything out here. you will also see more blankets to protect themselves from the shade. now, about the flow, it's not stopping. the border patrol chief here from el paso tweeting dramatic images, take a look at this video, these are individuals that have turned themselves into border authorities and they still need to be processed. kate, that's a clear indication that the flow is not stopping and i can tell you i've been talking to communities from tijuana to brownsville and all along the u.s. southern border. what i'm hearing is that they're all seeing an influx of migrants. kate? >> and, rosa, the texas governor made an announcement this morning regarding the border. what is he saying? >> reporter: you know, he made an announcement regarding a

tactical team that he says that he is deploying. he says up to 10,000 national guard members and 1,200 texas dps troopers. he says they're going to concentrate on hot spots like el paso and the rio grande valley. take a listen. >> right now as we're speaking the texas national guard is loading blackhawk helicopters and c 130s, deploying especially-trained national guard members for the texas tactical border force. they will be deployed to hot spots along the border to intercept, to repel and to turn back migrants who are trying to enter texas illegally. >> reporter: and, kate, just to clarify what the governor is saying there, these tactical teams what they do and we've seen this on the border, they

deploy wire with changes the flow of the migration, but the migration, as you saw and as you see around me is not stopping. >> thank you so much. sara? this week lawmakers will vote on a sweeping immigration bill put together by house republicans. hr-2 also known as the secure border act would codify some of the immigration policies put in place by the trump administration. the vote is planned for thursday. the very same day that title 42 is set to end. here is a rundown of what's in it. it backs the remain in mexico policy, which requires migrants to stay in mexico while they wait for their immigration cases to be decided. it also calls to immediately resume construction of former president trump's border wall, which was put on pause on biden's very first day in office. it bans federal funds from being given to nonprofits like the one that you're seeing here that helps migrants who cross the border.

they, for example, provide shelter, food and clothing to those who are seeking asylum. and it adds money for personnel and improved border surveillance technology. and though the gop's immigration bill will likely pass the house it is expected to stall in as you know the democratically-controlled senate. cnn's lauren fox is on capitol hill for us this morning. lauren, title 42 expires thursday, that doesn't give congress a lot of time to get something done so that's on the agenda? >> reporter: you shouldn't expect that anything will get finished on capitol hill this week or in time for that thursday deadline. like sara pointed out, there really are two bills moving through congress right now, one of them that legislation from the republican controlled house of representatives. we expect that it will pass that gop-controlled house but it goes nowhere in the democratic-controlled senate. it would never have a chance of being signed by the president of

the united states. so right now the best hope that lawmakers have is sort of this bipartisan bill that was introduced last week and has been months in the making from independent senator kyrsten sinema and republican thom tillis of north carolina. now, that legislation isn't just a two-year extension of title 42, but it essentially does the same thing, it gives the biden administration expulsion authority to try and curb the surge of migrants coming across the border that's expected after thursday. now, this legislation also faces long odds, john, in part because there are some democrats who argue that this is an opportunity to have a fuller conversation about comprehensive immigration reform. they don't want a narrow fix, they want something that deals with the broader issue of immigration that lawmakers have been trying to deal with for the last several decades. it's almost been ten years come june since lawmakers passed that bipartisan immigration bill out

of the u.s. senate that never got a vote in the house. so some democrats holding out saying that this temporary fix is really just too small in terms of what is needed to try and deal with this broader issue. right now, john, it doesn't look like there's any hope on the horizon of dealing with this crisis that's imminent. john? >> all right. lauren fox on capitol hill, thank you so much. kate? still ahead for us, passenger payout. the white house is announcing plans to try to get airlines to pay you the next time your flight is canceled or delayed. plus, the controversy at churchill downs, seven horses died in the week leading up to saturday's kentucky derby, so what is going on here? we will bring you the new details that are coming in. and intense fighting overnight in ukraine. five people were injured in kyiv when -- and 35 russian attack drones were intercepted over the city. the latest on this wave and how ukraine is fighting back. ed... ♪ i'm falling in love with you over and over again ♪

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on our radar this morning, closing arguments are set to begin today in the civil battery and defamation lawsuit against former president donald trump. over the course of this trial e. jean carroll's team has put on 11 witnesses to testify. the former president did not put on a defense, did not show up to the trial and did not testify. the show went on last night for the mtv movie and tv awards but it definitely was not -- did not go on in the same way given the ongoing hollywood writers strike. to keep it on air the show was pretaped and without a host after drew barrymore and several other presenters pulled out in solidarity with the writers. this was also a common theme among the acceptance speeches last night. >> as a proud member of sag, i stand here before you tonight, you know, side-by-side with my sisters and brothers from the wga that are fighting right now, fighting for the rights of artists everywhere. >> standing in solidarity with the wga that is fighting very

hard for fair wages. >> i think as long as we respect each other we can cultivate a kinder, more exclusive and collaborative environment for everyone. >> and in more fallout str the strike "stranger things" has announced production of the final season is delayed. the department of education is reporting new data this morning on the biden administration's student debt relief effort. cnn is learning exclusively nearly 610,000 people have received some help since the public service forgiveness program was expanded back in october of 2021. this program wipes away loan payments for eligible government or nonprofit workers after ten years of payments. the department of education says just 7,000 borrowers were approved for relief under this program during the trump administration. the biden administration says another 6,000 will have their loans discharged soon and all

together they say will add up to $42 billion of federal student debt canceled. sara? airlines could be forced to pay up and put you up if your flight is delayed or canceled. this afternoon president biden will review what his administration is going to do. more than 1.3 million flights were delayed in 2022, that represents about 20% of all flights and more than 181,000 flights were canceled. that's about 3% of all flights. cnn's gabe cohen is live in washington with details on this. can you give us a sense of what these new rules will be that the administration is proposing now? >> reporter: sara, this new proposed rule would require airlines to compensate and cover expenses for customers that are facing a controllable cancellation or delay. controllable being the keyword

here. in other words, it's when it's the airlines' fault. those are expenses like meals, like hotels, rebooking and really this is just mandating what some airlines were already doing voluntarily, especially after that massive mess that was air travel last summer. you may remember back about a quarter of flights were delayed or canceled and at that point secretary pete buttigieg pressured airlines to improve their service. now several of them voluntarily guarantee some compensation when they cancel a flight, but now obviously the administration is taking steps to ramp up that pressure and that includes launching an expanded airline customer service dashboard which they're going to put at flightrights.gov their website showing which airlines will cover you cash, vouchers, frequent flier miles, which of them of course will cover costs for other things, other amenities like food and hotels. to be clear, this would not cover costs for issues that are caused by weather or by air traffic control.

it is only when the airline system is what fails. of course, share ration we know sometimes it's complicated like with southwest airlines meltdown last christmas, if you remember back it was weather that initially triggered that meltdown, but the airline later admitted of course the failures that followed were ultimately their fault. so we're going to have to see how the rule exactly works out, the language of it, but it is important to note compensation mandates like this already exist in some places like canada and the european union. sara? >> all right. so no longer voluntary for the airlines which means you will get it when you ask for it. thank you so much, gabe cohen. appreciate it. in the first real snapshot, if you will, of president biden's standing since his reelection announcement voters are saying he has real work to do and that's even among his own party. a new "washington post" abc news poll found that 58% of democrats and democratic-leaning independence that they want the party, their party to nominate someone else.

biden's overall approval rating remains under water as well, 36% approval according to the "washington post" abc news poll. that's the lowest for any american president at this point in their first term. that's dating back to harry truman. let's get to the white house, cnn's arlette saenz is standing by. lay out for us how biden stacks up first and foremost when it comes to the republican front runner right now, donald trump. >> reporter: well, kate, it's very early in the process but this poll does show some challenging figures for president biden as he's just under two weeks into his reelection campaign. one of the concerns that voters have expressed have to do with his mental sharpness. if you take a look at this poll, only 32% of voters said that the president who is 80 years old has the mental sharpness to serve effectively. compare that to former president donald trump where only 54% of voters said that the former president who is 76 years old has the mental sharpness to serve effectively. president biden has pushed back

against concerns about his age, he said that as he decided to run for reelection he took a hard look at his own age and ultimately decided to move forward with it. in a recent interview he said that his age gives him more experience and also, quote, a hell of a lot of wisdom. so that is one thing that the president will have to surmount as he moves forward in this reelection bid is those concerns about his age. but i also want to show you what this poll has to say about hypothetical general election matchups. if you take a look at president biden and donald trump, this shows that 38% of voters say they would definitely or probably vote for biden, while 44% say the same for trump. take a look at desantis, 37% say they definitely or probably would vote for biden compared to 42% for desantis. one thing to note in the poll is the questions are worded differently compared to other polls that are evaluating the possible general election matchups but it is still very early in the process, but these

figures have shown right there at least that the president is trailing his chief rivals on the republican side. we know that the president took aim at both of those men in that announcement video for his campaign. so these are just some of the challenges that the president will have to overcome in the coming months with the campaign 18 months away. >> absolutely. a snapshot in time it is. good to see you, arlette. thank you. john? new drama surrounding tiger woods. an ex is accusing him of sexual harassment. she also claims he threatened to get her fired from her job at a restaurant. and taking stock of the damage this morning after more than 200 storms wreaked havoc, destructive hail, hurricane-force winds, even a tornado touched down on a university campus. i got into debt in college, and no matter how much i paid, it followed me everywhere. so i consolidated it into a low-ratate personal loan from sofofi. get a personal loan with low low fixed rateses, and borrow up to $100k. sofi g get your money right.

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welcome back to cnn "news central." here is a look at a few of the top stories we're following for you this morning. we're learning more about the texas mall shooter who killed eight people and injured several others. police say he may be linked to far right white supremacist ideology. according to investigators he was wearing a patch with the insignia rwds which is known to stand for right wing death squad and is popular with neo-nazis and paramilitary groups. the shooter was killed by an off-duty police officer but not before he shot and killed eight and injured several others. in just four days the trump era policy that allowed certain migrants to be quickly turned away from the border will expire. title 42's expiration is

expected to worsen an already chaotic humanitarian crisis there. right now there are roughly 7,000 migrant encounters at the southern border each and every day. officials say tens of thousands of people are waiting to cross in. john? new questions this morning surrounding the health of the horses competing at america's most revered track. mage just won the 149th kentucky derby at churchill downs, capturing the first leg of the triple crown but the race was overshadowed by an unusually high number of horse deaths in the last few weeks including two horses that died in earlier races just on saturday. in total seven horses have now died at the racetrack since april 27th. cnn's nick watt covering this for us this morning. nick, for those of us who don't know a ton about horse racing seven deaths seems like a lot. what does churchill downs have to say about it? >> reporter: last week after four horses died churchill downs

called that total unacceptable and since then there have been three more deaths. now, is it unusual? well, the track says that this toll is unusual, but people who are fighting to end horse racing claiming that it is not safe for horses. they say that's par for the course. they claim that 28 horses died in total last year at churchill downs. now, after those first four deaths the track banned a trainer who trained two of those horses, but that's two out of seven dead so clearly that trainer is not the entire problem, if the problem at all. now, after these seven deaths churchill downs said despite our determination to continually improve upon the highest industry standards, there is more to be done and we will rigorously work to understand what caused these incidents. also adding it's important to note that there has been no discernible pattern detected in the injuries sustained. that's them saying it is not the

track that's the problem. now, the man who runs one of these organizations opposing horse racing called horse racing wrongs he said there is a pattern, the pattern is that when you racehorses some of them will die. he points out that two horses died on derby day. so his point s listen, if they can't even prevent horses dying on the biggest day of the year in the racing calendar, then they just can't prevent horses dying and this should stop. john? >> nick watt, thank you so much for that report. really casts a paul over the pretty hats and mint juleps. also new this morning tiger woods is being accused of sexual harassment by his former girlfriend erica herman. herman alleges that woods pursued a relationship with her while she worked for him as an employee at his jupiter, florida, restaurant and accuses him of deceiving her and forcing her to sign nondisclosure agreements. coy wire has more on this.

there's a lot in the court documents and in the fight. what else are you learning? >> reporter: this is the latest legal battle between tiger woods' ex-girlfriend erica herman. the lawsuit lace out to the lengths to which woods went to initiate the relationship and protect his privacy through a nondisclosure agreement. according to court documents herman claimed that woods became disgruntled with the sexual relationship, tricked her into the leaving the home, took her cash, pets and personal possessions and tried to strong arm her into signing a different nda. cnn has reached out to woods' representative for comment but has no heard back. herman brought two separate complaints, the first one filed last october alleging a trust owned by woods violated florida law by breaking an oral tenancy agreement that allowed her to continue living at his home. the damages are likely to be measured in excess of 30 million soond. as part of that suit a trusty of woods' trust asked the court to

arbitrate her complaints pursuant to the nda she signed in 2017 but this march she filed a lawsuit claiming that that initial 2017 nda is no longer enforceable in part because of the speak out act. as far as woods' situation on the course, kate, his future is in doubt. he withdrew from the masters last month and then underwent another ankle surgery which means he may not see him play competitively again this year as legal proceedings play out. >> and they definitely with going to. thank you, coy. sara? the coronation celebrations continue at windsor castle. royal fans were treated to a star-studded concert. see the new king? he's getting down there to who else but lionel richie all night long. we will show you how the youngest royals spent the day lending a helping hand. also an extreme fire fight to the north nearly 30,000

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forced to evacuate their homes in alberta, canada, because of wildfires. officials say more than 100 fires are still burning and the laird of alberta has called the situation there unprecedented. this morning a new wave of russian attacks across ukraine and the time something just one day before moscow holds lgts annual victory day parade to mark the defeat of nazi germany. one person was killed and three others were injured in missile strikes in the southern port city of odesa. in kyiv in the capital five people were wounded by fallen deborah after ukraine intercepted three dozen drones overnight. moscow's assault on bakhmut has intensified as ukraine struggles to maintain their presence in that city. cnn military analyst general wesley clark joins us now, he is also a former nato supreme allied commander. general, thank you so much for being with us. you look at the scope of the attacks here from kyiv to odesa

and then the continued assault on bakhmut and then you look at what the russians are using, they're using the shahed drones over kyiv, ukrainians shot down 35 of them they say. odesa, it's long-range bombers, the tu-22 with the x-22 long range missile right here. does the type of weaponry the russians are using tell you anything about what they're up to now? >> well, what they are trying to do is exhaust ukraine's air defense capacity by getting them to expend missiles against these drones and to some extent it works because you can't -- you can't withhold your missiles if that's what's required, especially against these high-performance missiles coming off aircraft. you have to shoot. so it is a logistics issue, a competition between both sides and the russians are directing these at civilian targets which is a war crime i have to point out. >> yeah, civilian targets, you

know, red cross facility hit in odesa, the main part of the city in kyiv. general, we're also learning from the russians that they have started to evacuate people in the zaporizhzhia region. there's the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which people know, we have that marked on the map but the larger region the russians control part of it, the ukrainians control part of it. the russians now removing people from the region they control. why? >> well, i would say that the principal reason for this is to get rid of partisan activity in advance of what they anticipate would be a ukrainian offensive. the only way to do that is to get all the people out and that's what they're trying to do. so they've set up zones you can't get into it unless you are a resident and if you are a resident you will be moved out. it's the russians' way of handling this. and really, john, the sooner this offensive kicks off the greater its likelihood for success all other things being equal, because the longer it delays the more preparations

like this russia will make. >> and, again, we talk about bakhmut in this part of the city the wagner military group now it's leader now claims they're staying there after he was suggesting last week they might leave. back to the offensive, this ukrainian offensive that everyone has been expecting to take place this swing. what do you read into the fact that it hasn't begun yet? >> well, they've been waiting to make sure the forces are really trained and ready. they've got the brigades almost ready but there's still a lot of new technology and a lot of new techniques to be worked. so we're asking a lot of the ukrainians to bring in new soldiers, new equipment, new leadership and roll the dice on something that's critical to the future of the country. so every additional day they do get stronger. also the weather is a factor. so there has been a lot of rain there, the fields are muddy, so you're more restricted to on-road traffic ability to get

through. this opens up the opportunity for greater delaying action by the russians. >> and this continued fighting in bakhmut, the ukrainians struggling to maintain the small presence they have there. does that have any strategic value to the spring counteroffensive that has yet to begin? >> oh, absolutely it does because if the russians were to break through they could push further in and require ukraine to divert its -- its counteroffensive force to block a russian penetration. look, this ukrainian defense of bakhmut has actually been very smart. what they're using is snipers, drones, artillery to be able to inflict maximum damage on russian assault forces. so just imagine each building is prepared, there are sniper positions, they know the back door exits, they have drones overhead, they watch the russians moving in they call in the artillery. when it gets too hot to handle

they withdraw and these positions are as best they can do concealed from the russians so the russians don't see them. so it's a game of hide and seek there in bakhmut with the ukrainians using minimum forces forward and the russians having to push mass infantry assaults to gain space. so the ukrainians are trading each block for russian casualties. that has a strategic impact overall given how many resources russia has devoted to it. so it's an effective move. >> general wesley clark, thank you as always for your help. sara? after a whirlwind weekend celebrating the coronation of king charles, royal family members have been out volunteering at community events this morning. that includes 5-year-old prince louis, the youngest child of the prince and princess of wales who took part in his first royal engagement today. cnn anchor and royal correspondent max foster joins

us now from london. max, this was quite a celebration this weekend. you have been posting all kinds of fabulous pictures of drones, making pictures in the sky and now they're out doing something helpful. this is a tradition, yes? >> reporter: it's a new tradition. it's a public holiday here in the united kingdom and charles wanted to use it to celebrate public service so he has asked everyone to go out and volunteer basically including his own family. louis is very fast becoming the star of this family right now. let's show you some images of louis on his first public engagement. there he is with a wheelbarrow, he actually gets into a digger, his father shows him how to use the digger. he nearly tips over the digger taking out the next in line to the throne. thankfully that didn't happen because there was someone there to sort of correct and adjust equipment that he was using. there he is in the digger. it actually tipped back dangerously far and he's on his father's lap there. but that's what today is about. last night was about the

concert, katy perry the big star of the show, also a british band and there was an emotional speech as well from the prince of wales, prince william, about his father. so that was the big celebration really last night. and then there was an appearance on u.s. tv as well, there you go, some of the big names there. it was a speck tk particular -- i have to say the stage there, sara, was spectacular because it was in front of windsor castle but a sign we don't normally see. this is actually their private garden, shows the scale of people's gardens these days. you can see the whole family dancing away having a good time. >> very cool looking at that. max foster, i really appreciate it. thank you for all of that. john? i can see the king dancing there. good thing the coronation came first. they went ahead with the event. a critical meeting tomorrow at the white house as a clock ticks to a possible u.s. default on june 1st. new reporting on what

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>> communities throughout the midwest are risking another severe risk of nearly 300 storm reports in last 24 hours. some of the most significant risk in indiana where a ef-1 tornado hit a college campus. meteorologist eric van dam is tracking this onement and where is the biggest right now, eric? >> well, kate, we have a threat between the crosshairs of st. louis, louisville and into the indianapolis region which is putting southern indiana where the university saw the tornado strike, and you were showing the damage images a moment ago, and that is a recap within the last 24 hours, but looking into today, we have the greatest threat of the areas in yellow

highlighted. and strong winds and we can't rule out the tornado from lo louisville to springfield. and the zooming in you can see highway connecting nashville and louisville you will see the gusts of 65 to paducah region for instance and we have the temperatures in place, and the warm and humid air mass, but look at what happens when we destabilize things, and a refiring of the thunderstorms, and that is the greatest risk, and highlighting potential for the large hail. the hashed area here between springfield and st. louis, we could see 2" diameter hailstones falling from the sky. >> thank you, derek. standby. sara? >> the police are looking into whether right wing extremism played a role of a deadly rampage in a texas mall as we

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