house? the administration sending troops to the border as southern states brace for a surge of migrants with the title era 42 policy set to expire. but one border town is inundated and declared an emergency. we ll take you there. a college town on high alert. authoritie manhunt after three stabbings in a week. this near the uc davis campus in california. those stabbings left two people dead. police are now pleading for the public s help in identifying a suspect. plus, now they are trying to write their own story. hollywood writers hitting the picket line today. we ll tell you what they re demanding and what it means for your favorite shows. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. and we start this hour at the u.s. southern border. the biden administration now confirming they are preparing to deploy an additional 1,500 troops as early as next week. the migrant crisis is expected to worsen as the trump-er
welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. joe biden maiks his argument. he enters the 2024 campaign. his video makes clear he expects to stair down trump in a rematch. the president s election now mirrors his message back then. when i ran for president four years ago, i said we re in a battle for the soul of america. and we still are. plus nikki haley tries to change the conversation about abortion her message calls for more compassion. where she delivered that speech highlights the states that decides the electoral map. and today donald trump on trial. jury selection conducts off on whether the former president defamed a writer who awe accuses had him of rape. the president s four more years bet. this morning joe biden making formal another run at the oval office. the method, 6:00 a.m. video release. flashes of violence from one of the darkest days. that announcement video calls back to his 2020 campaign launched
well, the stage is now set for a potential presidential rematch. president biden has officially launched his re-election bid. he says the battle for the nation s soul as he s described it is not over, and he s ready to take on so-called maga extremists. and a new threat in war torn sudan. one of the warring factions seizing a laboratory in khartoum. samples of polio, measles, and cho cholera potentially exposed. and officials are warning a germ bomb could be released on the already devastated capital city. and parts of the midwest could see the worst flooding in 20 years here in the coming days. earlier than expected snow melt is pushing the mississippi river closer to cresting in parts of iowa, minnesota, and wisconsin. what this means for some of the major crops that americans depend on from those areas. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. four years to the day after he launched his 2020 president
be 86 when he leaves the white house. the lead starts right now. it s official joe biden is running for re-election. releasing a campaign video that s a study in contrast as republicans release their own video using ai. then one state is trying to restrict hormone therapy and surgery for transgender minor and adults but the you state s secretary of state said this goes too far. two different songs by two different artists created decades apart. darling i will be loving you till we re 70 let s get it on there s talk of a smoking gun in the marvin gaye versus ed sheeran trial. who will strike a cord with the jury? good morning i m breaking news bianna golodryga in for jake tapper. president biden visited union workers to tout his administration s record. telling the crowd our economic plan is working we now have to finish the job. and tonight vice president kamala harris is expected to make the case for an election at an abortion rights rally where sources say s
robert f. kennedy jr. robert, thank you so much for being here. president biden has a bust of your father in the oval office. when you see that, what do you think? i m honored by it. you know, i have a lot of admiration for president biden for the service that he s given to our country. i ve known him. he s been my friend, my close family friend for 40 years. you know, there s nothing personal about this campaign. i am not going to run a mean spirited campaign or a personal campaign against president biden. he and i just differ really dramatically on the issues like the war, like censorship, like the control of wall street and the big corporations of our federal government and the pharmaceutical companies, and also the use of fear as a governing tool. i think our country is headed in a bad direction. that s why i m running, but not because i have a lack of personal affection for president biden. is he too old to have a second term? you know, i don t think age should be