but so many questions remain about sanon's alleged involvement. tonight, the flags here still at half staff, even as people start to venture out of their homes again. and while it seems that life is getting back to some bit of no there are concerns about safety. a notorious gang leader calling on his followers to take to the streets violently in protest. but the prime minister here urging people to stay calm. he is also pleading with the u.s. to send troops to help keep order. president biden so far not willing to do that. >> the people of haiti deserve peace and security and haiti's political leaders need to come together for the good of their country. >> and marcus, president biden sending the fbi and dhs officials to haiti to assess the situation. you're learning they're now reporting back to the white house? >> reporter: david, the state department says it has been in close consultation with haitian officials and that right now, their focus is on helping to investigate the attack. also, they are aware of a third american who has been detained.

citizens, and sanon. the haitian government says the assassins posed as u.s.g enforcement agents the dea says they were not acting on behalf of the agency but it confirms another one of the suspects was at times a confidential informant. as tensions escalate in haiti, three politicians are jockeying for power and have met with senior fbi and homeland security agents on the ground tomorrow, the president's chief of security will be questioned to determine how the gunmen got in. gabe gutierrez, nbc news >>> in cuba, state-run media reports one man has been killed and several protesters and security officials injured during anti-government demonstrations as support for the uprising grows here in the u.s. we get more on that from morgan radford. >> reporter: a third day of protests in miami. >> a change is coming and it is time for a change. >> reporter: some demonstrators blocking traffic. many cuban americans, worried about family back home. >> this is now a life-or-death situation. >> reporter: where cubans on the island are grapplinwith dire food shortages, ri

and the initial mission was given to the assailants was to protect sanon. according to haitian officials, 26 colombians were also involved in the attack. 18 have been arrested, three were killed, and five are still on the run >>> meanwhile, in surfside the death toll continues to grow 90 people are now confirmed dead and 31 are unaccounted for some of the international rescue teams have already started departing. yesterday the mayor of miami honored the israeli team with medals and a key to the city they were given a hero's farewell by members of the community and victims' families. so far more than 14 million pounds of concrete have been hauled away from the site, but officials say that teams investigating the collapse will sift through nearly 40 million pounds of debris to determine what caused the disaster >>> western wildfires continue to rage as extreme heat blankets the region, with temperatures reaching 130 degrees in death valley and in arizona two firefighters were killed in a plane crash officials say the accident happened while they were conducti

haitian professor michele plancher said sanon told him last month that he was on a mission to replace, that moise would be resigning soon. but a former associate of sanon said that he would never get involved in an assassination plot. >> i don't believe he has anything to do with it. he would seem to be a gentlemen with a good heart and very good intention for his country. >> reporter: well, after years of a lack of government transparency, many people here in port-au-prince say they arere skeptical of the police's version of events. one haitian official in thents. one haitian official in the pr prime minister's inner circle told me today that the f.b.i..i. remains on the ground remains on the ground here helping with the investigation, norah. >> o'donnell: all right, the mystery continues, mola lenghi. thank you. well, tonight, new evidence that america's economic rebound comes with a hefty price. consumer prices were 5.4% higher last month than a year ago. that's actually the biggest increase in 13 years. one eye-popping number? used car and truck prices shot up 10.5% just in june.

sanone says he doesn't know anything about the assassination.d since the first day. sanone appears to split his time between south florida and haiti and has been involved for years in medical charity work. he's also been a long time critic of the haitian government saying this in a youtube video from 2011. >> where is the leadership from haiti? nowhere to be found. you know why? because they're corrupt. >> reporter: allegedly not the only american playing a role. two more americans, seen here, have been detain in the haiti as suspects and cnn is also reporting that several other suspects in the assassination have direct ties to u.s. law enforcement as informants. the dea confirmed at least one of them worked for them in the past as an informant. >> dea operations. >> everybody back up, stand down! >> the night of the operation, you can hear a suspect shout he was working for the dea, though u.s. officials repeatedly said that was a lie. the u.s. doesn't just have connections to the crime, but its aftermath. haitians have been showing up at the u

christian emmanuel sanon, that he arrived in haiti last month with political objectives. one of three haitian americans rested in the attack along with eating colombians. his reported they were hired by miami-based company cq security which is run by a venezuelan man who is known to be anti-president maduro, a venezuela. as as united nations and the united states to send troops to help secure key infrastructure. the u.s. so far has declined but has sent an interagency team from the united -- homeland security as well as the fbi. colombia said their head of intelligence because the massive number of those involved it is believed with the assessed nation to my former colombian military were colombian. for more, we're joined by alexandria ocasio-cortez. she represents over 650,000 people across parts of the bronx and queens, one of the most diverse districts in the united states. we want to talk about the mayoral election here in new york. we want to talk about infrastructure in the green new deal. i this latest news in haiti and the call for u.s. or u.n. troops from some se

and that sanon told them he was on a mission to replace moise, and that moise would be resigning soon. pl ive voen et questing patience in the investigation. the question is how much patience as fear and instability continue to rise here. do you feel safe here? >> no. no. i don't think anyone feels safe. >> reporter: calinda builds clean burning stoves for haitians who are living in poverty. she says she has no plans to leave despite the political chaos. >> there is a lot of people here that regardless who is holding the political power are willing to work for their country and make changes happen. i think that's what's important to highlight. >> reporter: you want to be here and you want to be part of the change? >> exactly. >> reporter: well, here in haiti's capital, the u.s. government making its presence known. a dozen marines were sent in to beef up security here at the u.s. embassy as the investigation into the assassination continues. >> that was mola lenghi in come here! i've got big news! now, nurtec odt can not only stop a migraine it can prevent a migraine as well. nurtec i

sanon has spoken out against haiti's leaders in the past. >> where is the leadership of haiti? >> reporter: but exactly how is this doctor and pastor who once filed for bankruptcy became the central figure in the plot is unsheer. sanon is alleged to have hired the 26 colombians through a florida based security firm run by venezuela. months of the colombians alleged to have been involved have been awristed as well as two haitian americans who claim they were hired as translators. how the assassins breeched three security checkpoints is unknown and none of the president's guards were wounded in the attack raising the idea the attackers had inside help. bheenl haiti is on i think. >> security ask bad. you don't feel safe. yeah. >> they were killed. so if they can kill the president, then, of course, they can kill anybody else, you're saying. exactly. that's the reason epts with to leave here. >> reporter: where do you want to go. >> u.s.a. u.s.a. >> reporter: well, u.s. officials including the f.b.i. met with haitian authorities sunday to discuss the investigation. meanwhile, toda

sanon is alleged to have hired the 26 colombians involved in the attack through c.t.u. security, a florida based security firm run by a venezuelan. most of the colombians alleged to have been involved have been arrested, as have two haitian americans who claim they were hired as translators. but just how the assassins breached three security checkpoints is still unknown, and none of the president's guards were wounded in the attack raising the possibility the attackers had inside help. ti is dge.hant >> joe biden! joe biden! >> reporter: today, haitians chanting, "joe biden" gathered outside the u.s. embassy clamoring to leave the country. >> security's bad. you don't feel safe. >> yeah. yeah the president has all the security, they were still-- they were still killed. >> reporter: so if they can kill the president, then, of course, they can kill anybody else, you're saying. >> exactly. that's the reason we want to leave here. >> reporter: where do you want to go. >> u.s.a.. u.s.a.. >> reporter: well, u.s. officials including the f.b.i. met with haitian authorities sund

>> woodruff: police chief leon charles said sanon had arrived in haiti in june.a search of sanon's home, officers found weapons, bullets, and a hat with an emblem from the u.s. drug enforcement administration. >> this is a d.e.a. operation, stand down! >> woodruff: video shot at the scene of the crime appeared to show someone purporting to be a d.e.a. agent. charles said sanon was in police custody. >> ( translated ): he arrived in haiti on a private airplane to fulfill political objectives, according to the information we he has contacted a company specializing in security to recruit some bandits. >> woodruff: haitian authorities have arrested 23 colombians and two haitian-americans they say carried out the attack. colombia's police chief said a florida-based security company, c.t.u., bought 19 plane tickets for the colombian assailants, many of whom were retired soldiers. the tickets were from bogota, colombia, to santo domingo in the dominican republic. from there, the assailants allegedly crossed over the border into haiti. meanwhile, the power struggle conti

because they're corrupt. >> reporter: now, that is sanon.en other haitians officially added to the suspect list. that brings the total number of suspects in this case to 39. >> matt, thank you. continue to bring great reporting around this. thank you very much. >>> still ahead for us. america's infrastructure is crumbling and america's mayors have a message for president biden. two mayors from two different parties who are meeting with the president today join us next. ind over 145 years ago and me...the world's best, and possibly only, schmelier. philadelphia. schmear perfection. ♪ maybe i didn't love you ♪ ( ♪ ) ♪ quite as often as i could have ♪ we're delivering for the earth. by investing in more electric vehicles, reusable packaging, and carbon capture research. making earth our priority. i thought i'd seen it all. ( ♪ ) listerine® cleans virtually 100%. helping to prevent gum disease and bad breath. never settle for 25%. always go for 100. bring out the bold™ we're carvana, the company who invented car vending machines and buying a car

christian emmanuel sanon allegedly used a u.s. security firm to hire colombian nationals under the guise that they be his security guards but the mission allegedly changed and he is plotting to become haiti's president himself. abc's marcus moore is port-au-prince. >> reporter: the fbi and department of homeland security are sending agents to haiti to help investigate the assassination of jovenel moise. authorities have arrested 20 people including two americans. according to the acting prime minister, 28 foreign mercenaries carried out the attack, 19 of them are from colombia. >> my only ultimate goal is to get justice to president moise. since wednesday's attack the city of port-au-prince has wrestled with returning to normal, but normal has long been deerate en like is o haveecomineasingly common. thcotrs econo a s shorta has been imidst of gas shortage and in scenes like this, people lining up for fuel because the opportunity to get gas is spontaneous this. father two of says you have to fight to find gas. helen john was on th

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sanon told him he office a mission to replace moise and he would be resigning soon.ience as fear and instability continue to rise here. do you feel safe here? >> no. no. i don't think anyone feels safe. >> reporter: kalinda magloire builds clean-burning stoves for haitians living in poverty. she told us she has no plans to leave despite the political chaos. >> there's a lot of people here that regardless of who is holding the political power are willing to work for their country and make changes happen. i think that's important to highlight. >> reporter: you want to be here, and you want to be part of the change.o cf1 o >> exactly. >> reporter: here in haiti's capital, the u.s. government making its presence known. a dozen marines were sent in to beef up security here at the u.s. embassy as the investigation into the assassination continues. anthony? >> mola languagy in haiti for us. -- mola lenghi in haiti for us. thanks. >>> next, when subway® opened they changed the fast food game. but sometimes you gotta refresh ...to be fresh. welcome to the eat fresh refresh. r

christian sanone, as a key player in the plot.ho lives in miami, but he's currently behind bars in port-au-prince. we tried to see him in jail. >> stop filming. >> reporter: in the end, no visitors allowed. sanome has long been a critic of the haitian government, recording this video in 2011. >> where is the leadership of haiti? nowhere to be found. you know why? because they're corrupt. >> reporter: haiti's chief of police says a sanome wanted to take over the government, ariving in haiti in a private jet in june, accusing him of contracting with a venezuelan security company to enlist the services of some of the 18 colombian men now under arrest. also under arrest, three americans, including a man who occasionally worked as an informant for the u.s. drug enforcement agency. >> we've got haiti, colombia, venezuela, and the united states all implicated. yes, this is an international event. >> reporter: authorities raided sanome's home in port-au-prince and say they found guns, ammunition, and shooting targets. yet questions remain

that suspect was identified as christian emmanuel sanon he is the third person with ties to the u.s. to be arrested in this case. according to haitian officials, 26 colombians were also involved in the assassination 18 have been arrested. three were killed. and five are sill on the run >>> president biden is setting his sights on gun violence today he will meet with the attorney general, law enforcement and elected officials about how to cut down on gun crime nbc's tracie potts joins us with more and trace jie, this is shaping up to be a major issue in the midterms >> reporter: a big political issue but also an issue now especially in big cities around the country. the biden demonstration says homicides are up 30% and they're also seeing an increase in gun crimes, particularly in those large cities today the president is sitting down with the attorney general and local leaders from around the country. law enforcement, elected offi officials. to talk about the biden administration's strategy that was rolled out last month that includes community interventions but also cracking down on

sanon was arrested here. those that knew him well told the press they believe he was duped by the real masterminds of this assassination. >> mola lenghi reporting from haiti. ahead, how england soccer fans are uniting to support three players who were racially abused online. first, it is 7:19. time to check your local kwo >>> ahead, what happened when a paratrooooper crash landedd int thee kitchenen off a califororn home. you're watatching "cbsbs this morning.g." eded $21,000 in cash h back which i i used fofor new equiuipment, to e expand prododuction. what's in n your wallelet? (vo) sensitive to cat allergens? join the thousands who've discovered a difference to e expand prododuction. with pro plan liveclear. the only cat food to reduce allergens an average of 47%. save today at proplanliveclear.com. for baththroom odorsrs that lir try fefebreze smalall spaces. just preress firmly and d it continunuously elimims odors inin the air a and on softft su. fofor 45 days.s. ♪ ♪ oh, son ofof a poppyseseed! ah, ther

and when police raided his home a few days ago, sanon's home here in port-au-prince, they found lotsthings that led them to back up their assertion. interestingly, they didn't say what he has been charged with, if he has a lawyer yet. there's a lot of questions. this is a pretty big update here. >> no question. we know you'll follow those questions. matt rivers on the ground in haiti for us. >>> richard branson successfully reached the edge of space on board the virgin galactic. what will it mean for the rest of us and space tourism who don't have a couple million sit ing around? you love rich, delicious ice cream. but your stomach doesn't. that disagreement ends right now. lactaid ice cream is the creamy, real ice cream you love that will never mess with your stomach. lactaid ice cream. i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor and switched to fewer medicines with dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their cu

police believe sanon who identifies himself as a doctor flew into haiti last month. in a 2011 youtube video he calls the leaders of haiti corrupt. he's the third haitian with u.s. ties to be arrested. >>> back here in the u.s., in texas the state legislature is set to vote this week on two restrictive voting bills. the legislation moved forward yesterday after a heated debate. critics say the measures unfairly harm black voters. mireya villarreal has more from austin. >> reporter: democratic house representative erin zwiener believes the push for tighter voting restrictions is based on fear. why do you think this has become such a big deal during this session? >> texans are still struggling in the wake of covid. we have severe learning disruptions for our students and not a good plan to correct that. and we have trouble even keeping the lights on. so i think they are deathly afraid that texans are about to figure out that they have better options and are doing everything they can to cling on to power. >> reporter: bills filed by republican senate senators would inclu

but the people involved in those meetings say christian sanone never planned a violent overthrow. >>ght up with two cnn heroes who run nonprofits in haiti to get their view of this violent turn of events. >> people are in a state of shock, and particularly a very much shock. no matter how much you can criticize the former president, there is nothing that requires such barbaric action of violently taking his life. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i would love to think that it could be a turning point when people -- about how the system works and the reason behind such a horrible act . >> this kind of behavior is not enough to change my vision to contribute to a positive development of this nation. it reinforces the reasons of what i'm doing to do everything i can to have the most impact towards the people who need it most. >> to learn more about how they're helping the haitian people, go to cnnheroes.com. and while you're there, you can nominate someone you know who should be a cnn hero. >> it is such a mysterious story still what happened in the assassination there in haiti. >> matt

sanon, i spoke to this morning with a doctor who knows him well.ically a con artist to be kind. we checked his record. he owes hundreds of thousands of dollars. he has no money whatsoever. he was in haiti trying to hustle people and making claims that he has no ability to back up and so i take this really with so much skepticism. i understand that we rely on government information to do our job. i don't trust the information that the government is providing to us. they just don't add up. the cast of characters that they are parading around, accused of being the suspects is simply lack credibility. and we need more proof. these claims are outrageous. i don't know how to talk about this. how to explain this. they just don't add up. simply put. >> let's speak about the united states. the u.s. said that they're sending fbi and dhs agents to port-au-prince to assist with the investigation. is that help welcome from the haitian perspective when you speak to ordinary haitian there's perhaps who are skeptical of the haitian government's police and their ab

but in terms of tomorrow's news, we're gonna be watching charles emmanuel sanon for president biden'sfrom president biden that was already going to be urgent and fraught. even before, more than 50 texas democratic legislators fled the state of texas tonight to try to save voting rights in their state. those texas democrats that we spoke to at the start of this hour, they're gonna be on capitol hill pleading for federal help starting early tomorrow. the president will be speaking on voting rights at three. it should be a big news day tomorrow. i will see you here again tomorrow night. but now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening lawrence. >> rachel, our first guest tonight will be representative gina hinojosa. who, on this program last week, gave us a little bit of a hint.

but in terms of tomorrow's news, we're gonna be watching charles emmanuel sanon for president biden's big speech on voting rights. tomorrow afternoon around 3 pm eastern time. this is a message from president biden that was already going to be urgent and fraught. even before, more than 50 texas democratic legislators fled the state of texas tonight to try to save voting rights in their state. those texas democrats that we spoke to at the start of this hour, they're gonna be on capitol hill pleading for federal help starting early tomorrow. the president will be speaking on voting rights at three. it should be a big news day tomorrow. i will see you here again tomorrow night. but now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening lawrence. >> rachel, our first guest tonight will be representative gina hinojosa. who, on this program last week, gave us a little bit of a hint. i asked her if they had any other secret moves up their sleeve for this session and she kind of said yes. we do. but i'm not gonna tell you. and so i think now we know with that move turned out to

his name is christian emanuel sanone.is a central figure in this assassination. working with a venezuelan security firm that operates out of south florida, he was playing a part according to haitian authorities in not only recruiting these 26 alleged colombian mercenaries and two haitian-americans. he actually helped organize those men here on the island in the weeks and days and months leading up to this assassination. we know that authorities raided sinone's house. they found boxes of ammunition, targets for shooting practice, things like holsters for pistols and rifles. however, this is not where this ends at all. there still is a ton of questions that remain. we don't know what sinone is charged with. we haven't been able to get in touch with him. we don't know if there is legal representation. there are a lot of people on this island who think this investigation certainly doesn't end with him. in fact, it might just begin to pull more and more strings here in haiti. >> all right, matt rivers, thank you so much. >>> h

another man who was arrested is a haitian doctor, christian sanon, who lives in miami and the policehief here in haiti says that he wanted to take over the government and allegedly enlisted the services of 19 of the colombian men under arrest now and this assassination has left haiti in a state of unrest. the prime minister telling people to stay calm and he's also urged the u.s. to send troops here, but so far the biden administration, president biden has not committed to that, instead he's speaking out saying that the people here in haiti deserve peace and security. george. >> marcus moore, thanks. >>> we're going to get the latest now on the billionaire space race. the faa approved plans for jeff bezos' launch for july 20th and gio benitez is on the scene in el paso, about 120 miles from the remote area where the launchpad is waiting. good morning, gio. >> reporter: good morning. that launch is just seven days away now and as you said, the faa approval just came in. it's now cleared the way for bezos to launch into space. overnight, the faa approving jeff bezos' company blue origi