what drove him to kill? we are learning new disturbing detail about the texas mall shooter, but do they tell us anything about a motive? anything to explain this? we are live in allen, texas. how to the passengers. president biden just proposed a new rule for airlines. if they cancel a flight for a reason that is avoidable, they are on the hook for any expenses, but what about the bad weather? we will tell you how this works.

and plus, preparing for the surge. title 42 is going to end this week, and leaders are warning of the chaos that could follow. we will look at what is being done a ed hd of the phone shall influx. we are following these major developing stories and more coming into cnn "news central." devastation once again, and now a desperate search for answers, some answers in texas after 33-year-old gunman attacked innocent people saturday at a mall. he killed eight, wounded at least seven, and today, we are learning more about the perpetrator. he was armed with a ar-15 and carried several magazines is and wore a patch linked to right wing extremism, and now we know that he lasted three months in the army before he was

terminated due to mental health concerns. cnn's josh campbell goinging to join us from allen, texas. you have new details about two of the victims? >> that is right, jim. this is obviously never gets easy talking about these massacres. we are now learning that two of the victims were young children. they were sisters, and we are talking about a second grader and fourth grader at this mall part of the eight that were gunned down by the shooter as he comes here. a second grader and fourth grader. we see it time and time again. you obviously ask when it is going to end, but two young lives cut short. i want to step aside and show you what the community is doing here. they are coming out here and showing an outpouring of support. we have seen this makeshift remoirl set up, and people bringing the crosses and flowers and community members hugging and bracing each other, and

leaving behind momentos and this is an all-too familiar site in america as community after community is rocked by gun violence, and this is allen, texas, the latest being left grieving. >> yes, i have seen the memorials too many times and of course, they go away and the pain of the families who lost young children like that, they won't go away, and second and fourth grade, jesus. you broke the news that he did serve a brief time in the military. tell us about that and why he left. >> yeah, so we are learning more about that suspect's past that he was for a brief time in the united states military, and that is according to a law enforcement source confirmed by our colleagues oren liebermann and sasha bertrand that he did serve three months before he was ultimately terminated from the military over the regulation

they are citing is mental health reasons from a law enforcement source that it was because of mental health issues. the reason that is important because of the suspect's background, every time the shootings happen, there is a question, is there anything the background that could have stopped someone like this from assembling an arsenal of weapon, and we are told by law enforcement that he did that. in massacre, he used an ar-15-style weapon that we have seen used so many time. in the vehicle, he had several magazines is and extra ammunition on his person, and a brave officer who sprung into action and took him down or this would have been so much worse. we have looked at the motive and they have not zeroed in on a motive, but it points the right wing extremism, and two reasons. when he was shot and killed, he had the emblem on his chest that

we have seen in extremists and protesters around the country as well as social media as well, jim. >> it could have been worse, but with weapon ps like this firing at speeds like that with magazines like this, he can kill a lot of people in a short period of time, and that is familiar as well. josh campbell in allen, texas. s shimon prokupiez has been following this bill that has been to be loosening and not tightening the gun laws. >> this came to be because of the families in uvalde, and the gunman buying his ar-15 there days after he turned 18. the families really just have come together to try and get some sort of safety measure, something done in the name of the family members, the kids that they lost.

so they have been pushing the house committee members to try and get legislation to the floor that would make it illegal for anyone under 21 to purchase ar-15 rifles in the state of texas. jim, it is an uphill battle, and it does not have the support of the majority of the republicans or the governor. but the family members waited 13 hours to testify before this committee, and finally today in a surprise, and no one was really expecting this, and perhaps the events of over the weekend and this shooting in texas, and maybe this is what finally pushed them to do, this and two republicans actually on the committee voted in favor of this, and so now it has to go to house floor, and again, it is an uphill battle to pass this, but it is going to the calendar and

so now we will wait to see what the full committee and the full house does in texas. the state senator there, roland gutierrez who has been fighting for this, and he is a state senator for uvalde and he said, finally their voices are being heard and the voices are making a difference, and sod something, a small measure here, but certainly the next steps here are going to be a uphill battle for the families and the legislators. >> thank you, shimon prokupiez. over to you, boris. from the extreme angle of the patch that he was wear, the rwds stands for right wing death squad according to the southern poverty law center which is groups like the proud boys have been wearing on their tactical

vest. keep in mind, this is coming from a staggering jump in terror-related investigations. the government accountability says that the number of investigations has grown 357% over the last decade. i want to bring in national security expert juliet kayyen and tell us about that insignia. >> well, the fact that he had it means that he is a proponent of that wing. let me explain, because it is complic complicated. the rwds is a death squad, and they are of course violent, and cases or at least reporting of the members of the military being planning events and using rwds being an affiliation of the group, and there is a group to

go after the dnc of this loosely defined growth and not as strong as the proud boys or the oath kee keepers, but they exist, and so the proud boys and the oath keepers, they embrace this idea of which is called the full rwds which is just violence to kill those who don't believe who they are and now a defunct cyber deposed that adopted the insignia and it is a legacy, and a lot of the talk of the race and ethnicity and in this case, given the shooter, it has ties to latin american and south american dictatorship. they really like the south american dictatorship, and his disappearance of a known

affiliate. and so this group exists not for political discourse, but to kill. that is why this should be viewed as a politically motivated crime. >> juliette, i wanted to dig into that last part, because so far, cnn "news central" has not used the name, but it is mauricio garcia, and it does not sound like a white supremist. >> right, it is very complicated aspect, because we would assume that everybody is white in some caucasian aspect, but people who ares a span ik and so his pan sick a race and not -- and so hispanic is not a race.

so this is like podcasters like nick fuentes. and so there can be anti-black racism, and other ways in which they will more identify with the white community against say the african-american community or even other hispanics. so we should not think that because someone has a certain last name, they cannot possibly be a right wing. it is not true. the leadership, the podcasters, and what i call the hate stew, it is not all white in this country. >> juliette kayyem, we have to leave the conversation there, and thank you for sharing the perspective with us. boris, at least eight people are dead and seven more people injured when a suv plowed into people at a busstop. george alvarez is the driver of

that vehicle, and he is facing eight charges of manslaughter and the crash was caught on video, and we won't show you all of the video, because it is disturbing. you can see at the top of the screen, the suv and how fast it was speeding before it struck the crowd. nick valencia is there in brownsville and you have obtained some more information? >> yes, this video was shot by ceasar who is a venezuelan national. he says that some of the people killed are his friends. he was standing here on the corner when he saw the man driving through the intersection making his way through the bus stop where the men were sitting down on the corner, and plowing directly into them. the video is exclusive to cnn and shows the aftermath of the

crash, he was trying to flee, but those men there are trying to subdue alvarez and keep him from running away. i heard the brownsville police department say that they were trying to catch him, because alvarez is caught with eight counts of manslaughter and ten counts of aggravated assault. the police have not ruled out whether or not this is intentional and as also whether or not he was impaired or intoxicated and they are saying that it could be a horrible accident, and the car malfunctioned. what is underscoring the anxiety here in the community and leading people to believe it is intentional is that the incident happened days before title 42 is set to expire, and many here in the community who are really worried what this is going to mean to the migration pattern

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and now, it could rise to some 10,000 migrants a day when it is lifted. the republican-led house is to vote on a wide-ranging border package, but the trouble is that there is not enough votes on the other side. priscilla alvarez is live from the white house. what exactly is in the immigration bill? anything in it that might at some point get bipartisan support or largely a political move? >> well, some parts of it may have a bipartisan support, but it is not going to be signed by the white house which has already threatened a veto threat. it has some trump programs like the remain in mexico program like the migrants stay in mexico while they undergo to court hearings, and also, funding for the border wall, and building

the border barrier and funding for the personnel. the white house has issued a veto threat on this, and while we accept challenges at the border, this is going to make things at the border worse and not better. this is to address the surge when 42 expires. and now we are hearing that lawmakers are making calls to the cities ramping up to the surge. already, the lawmakers are saying that they are seeing the surge going up with more than 400 in custody, these numbers

are to go up. >> priscilla, what are some of the changes that would make it harder for some folks to get the asylum petitions returned, and to have them returned with mexico house members are proposing, and what the administration is doing? >> that is a criticism of the democrats that they are leaning on trump era policy, and sending nonmexican nationals back to mexico after striking an agreement with that policy in this bill that would codify it, but president biden said he would not sign it. so all of this is showing the politics at the moment on both ends of the aisle. >> yes, in in spite of it, there are some things to move the ball

forward. bria brianna. there is an economic cliff that we do not want to go in if a deal is not reached. and now, the senate is vowing to block the nation's $34.4 trillion debt if the house does not make a deal. and for the majority leader kevin mccarthy's position, they are calling for cuts, but the white house risks. janet yellen is saying that the time is nearing. and so, set the stage with what is at taking this risk?

>> well, brianna, it is hard to say, because it has never happened before, but the investors are forced to game out the unthinkable. the white house published an analysis of what would happen to the economy under a near default, short default, protracted default. the economy would lose jobs under all three, and protracted default would lose millions of jobs, and the gdp would plunge, and the stock market would be cut in half. and this has treasuries that are often seen as a cornerstone as financial safety. if you take that away, that could really spark some problems

with consumer confidence. some of the things that could happen that could declare the debt ceiling unconstitutional, but the treasury department would declare that unkons tulgsal. this is what janet yellen had to say this weekend. >> there is no way to protect our financial system that would prevent us from paying our bills. there is not a bill that would prevent the president from is issuing enough money to pay our

debt. this would be a constitutional crisis. >> reporter: so there are four weeks away, and it is not a lot of time to get a deal done. >> not a lot of time, and boris, that is 24 days, and that is not a lot of time at all. >> right. a top republican can in t-- republican in the house is coming up to talk about this. and we will look at some wildfires out of control. hair stylistst and cheerleader. so adding a “student” title might feel overwhelming. what if a school could be there for all of you? career, family, finances and mental health. it's coming along.

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classified briefing and after being provided a written summary of the contents of the dissent channel cable as well as the department's testimony to pursue, this and the written materials that we have provided have sufficiently met the mark when it comes to the committee's legitimate oversight request. >> my colleague jake tapper is joining me to take a closer look, but that is the administration saying that we have given them the information that they need so they can oversee. >> that is not how it works and the house foreign affairs committee can decide what they want. there is nothing untorrid to wanting this dissent cable, and the formation is they they did

not want but there is a simple solution to that to redact it so that the solutions can come out. whatever the position is on the afghanistan war and whether the u.s. should be there and president biden and the like, through there are lessons that needs to be learned, because 13 americans lost their life, and this is a dissent job, and mccaul is not a firebrand, he is just doing his job. >> and there is a political exposure, and that is something they are trying to avoid oversight. >> right, nobody wants to have oversight, and that is why they want congress controlled by the same body. but this is a legitimate

authority of theirs, and it is a real thing. >> later today, you are going to texas to speak to a texas lawmaker, and a key one, when it is coming to advancing gun bill, and it is surprising that it did move through the legislature. >> and you might know, but the national law is to be 21, but when it comes to semiautomatic, in florida after parkland they raised it to 21 under a republican governor and legislature, and now something interesting going on in texas. take a listen to state republican candidate jarvis johnson calling out his republican candidates. >> you are blowing me off because i don't have an "r" by my name. it is time to legislate, and

children have died in this state, and you are sitting here joking and playing and thinking that this is a joke. this is not a joke. >> i believe that is before the shooting in allen, texas, because there have been so many shooting in texas, but out of committee, and that is not a passage, but out of committee, there was a vote to raise the age for the purchase of the semiautomatic weapon of 18 to 21. >> it is a small victory, and not a complete victory yet foll following shooting in uvalde. >> there are two republicans on the committee who voted to raise the age. it does show that this is these non-stop shootings are taking a toll on the american people even conservative republicans in texas. >> the death toll is so much

higher with the ar-15 style weapons. thank you, jake. we will see you on "the lead" at the top of the hour. boris. >> iran used the cover of humanitarian aid shipments to smuggle in weapons into syria, and that is what an official told cnn. the aid convoys were to be taking aid shipments into syria after an earthquake. what are the sources telling you about these shipments? >> yes, boris. there was intelligence february created by the u.s. that suggested that iran was actually using the convoys that were supposed to be sending humanitarian aid into iran and proxy groups in syria likely to carry out attacks on american personnel there.

there are about 900 american troops currently stationed in syria there as part of the anti-isis coalition there. and what was confirmed by an israeli defense official, the iranians wanted to ship rifles and ammunition to the proxy forces under the guise of the humanitarian aid that was pouring into syria after the time of the devastating earthquake that left 50,000 people dead in syria and so then the group worked with the quods force to get these weapons in, and this is what was used to stem the forces and in fact, the chairman of the armed chiefs of staff mark milley said that they

were going to try to push the region into instability by forcing the terrorists into proxy or extreme forces, and so they were trying to use the proxy forces back into syria to sort of house this equipment, and have other strategic forces to get this equipment and weaponry into syria, and it does remain an ongoing concern for the allies and the u.s. >> yes, thank you, natasha ber bertrand at the pentagon. and now, it seem s s that russia is pulling deep into the archives pulling out era world war ii tanks. and this is s all thanks to a bottle of wine.

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now, to the headlines we are following to this hour, in canada, more than 100 wildfires in alberta have forced nearly 30,000 people out of their homes. the firefighters have said that this much activity is not normal, but bone dry conditions and high winds and scorching temperatures are fueling the fires. also a new revelation in the lawsuit filed by the family of gabby petito and her boyfriend brian landry, after a letter

revealed that she would bake a cake with a shiv in it, but they say that it should not be turned over when petito went missing. and this is a glass that went missing and saved a woman who had been missing for five days in the bush. the only thing that the woman had to drink was the bottle of wine that she bought for her mother. she said she normally does not drink alcohol, but she is now being treated for dehydration. jim? >> and now, the head of the wagner group says he will stay in the battle now because russia

pulling the cold storage tanks out of mothballs and putting them back into service. >> and they would fly over the tank in 90 degrees and straight into the turret which is well less defended. >> reporter: this scenario has played out several times with ukraine using western weapons the devastating effect. russia to one estimate has lost up to half of the operational fleet in this war. now, the western officials is saying that russia is dusting off much older models to use. >> it is a world war ii weapon. >> reporter: this is now housed at the imperial war museum outside of cambridge, and this is a storage that is showing the

t-55 at that same facility. video that first surfaced in march is also showing a trainload on the move reportedly somewhere in russia, and the treasure of ministry has not confirmed deployment, but well connected bloggers in russia have shown the t-55 tanks in ukraine. >> there are some basic mechanical parts are interchangeable, and so vast stockpiles of these. >> reporter: the t-55 was a central piece of the cold world arsenal and helping to crush democratic uprisings in eastern europe and prague and then the springs 20 years later. but by the time they used nem the gulf war. >> we took out all told 55 tanks. >> reporter: they were outclassed by the a-1 abrams. and then earlier tanks are now

being supplied to ukraines. >> faced with the western weapons, the russians must expect heavy casualties if they expect to move forward using that type of system. >> reporter: experts say behind the propaganda, they cannot build weapons quick enough, and they are targeting the access to higher target parts, and it is making them harder to manufacturer older equipment, and there are tanks with thousands of them sitting in storage provide an alternative. and a leopard or two or a challenger? >> this is going to lose every time. but in a wooded or the closer built environments, this is adequate. >> reporter: it is also simpler to maintain and easier the train on which is an advantage for the mobilized troops. >> you dig a pit, and then you

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we've all been there, right? you check the weather. you pack your sandals and your floaties. you make sure your luggage isn't too heavy. you get to the airport early and then, boom, the airline cancels your flight and suddenly you're on the hook to pay for changes. well, today the biden administration is trying to change that. they have a new proposal that would force airlines to compensate passengers and cover expenses like meals and hotels in cases where the airline caused the cancellation or delay. this does not apply when weather gets in the way of your travel plans. cnn's jeremy diamond has been tracking all of this for us. jeremy, help us wrap our heads around this plan that biden presented today. >> reporter: well, boris, you sound pretty happy about it. i know you've probably dealt with delays at the airport or cancellations. >> who hasn't. >> reporter: as we all do traveling for our jobs, right, but this new rule that president biden is proposing is going to do what many airlines already do but also require them to actually do so and perhaps add a

little extra compensation than what is currently happening. look, this new rule-making process is just getting started announced by the president, but it's going to require that these airlines compensate passengers with meals, with hotels, with rebooking and potentially as well with cash or mileage to compensate travelers for delays or cancellations that are within the airline's control, and that part is important to note because as you said, weather, for example, would not be getting you those kinds of rights. let's listen to the president talking about this issue just today. >> i know how from us trade many of you are, the service that you get from your u.s. airlines, especially after you, the american taxpayer, stepped up in 2020 in the last administration in the early days of the pandemic to provide nearly $50 billion in assistance to keep the airline industry and its employees afloat. i get it. that's why our top priority has been to get american air

travelers a better deal. >> reporter: and boris, like i said, the majority of airlines already do compensate passengers with meals or hotel rooms, for example, when their flights get delayed or cancelled, but no airline currently guarantees cash compensation when an airline is responsible for that delay or cancellation, and while this rule-making process is just getting started, it appears that that could be part of the deal that the travelers are getting with these new rules. bories? >> who is going to say no to cash. thanks so much, jeremy diamond, from the white house. >> jim, over to you. >> not this guy, boris. after a coronation weekend royal family members are out volunteering. how the youngest royals lent a helping hand. that's next. make your dream car...a reality.

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the coronation celebrations continue across the british commonwealth. buck begun releasing this today, the official portrait of king charles iii looking fresh off his coronation on saturday. pretty good, right? >> a little bit of a throwback. >> like 300 years. >> looking very much like his mom. the newly crowned king sending a message taking everyone who attended the event saying, quote, to know that we have your support and encouragement and to witness your kindness expressed in so many different ways has been the greatest possible coronation gift. today also marking the first official royal engagement for one of the youngest members of the royal family. check this out. prince louis just 5 years old seen helping out his dad prince william doing some heavy lifting as part of the big helpout event. prince louis and his siblings prince george and princess

charlotte also did some renovations for a local scout group along with their mom, the princess of wales. you've got to start them early and develop that work ethic. i remember the way my parents drove me as a child working at a warehouse making minimum wage. >> i didn't have a backhoe in the backyard. >> i'm going to say i think louis' contribution is the entertainment as always. so he's helping out there, but he's always just so funny. >> you're saying that that was not like genuine hard laborer that was going on there? >> no, i love his antics. in fact, i tuned in just for his antics. what's louis going to do this time i said? >> they are cute kids. i had some jealousy of the backhoe. just putting that out there. it is a pretty sweet toy. >> that is awesome and that does it for "cnn news central." "the lead" starts right now. many. the gunman behind the texas mall massacre had been removed from the u.s. military because of mental heal