republicans are branding his surprise appearance as a p.r. stunt. peter doocy asked the white house about this moments ago. the last time he was on the hill he said the president was certainly familiar with what his son was going to say. i did say that, and what i m saying today. president biden does not help him with his business deals but does help him skirt congressional subpoenas. that is not even true. that is a jump tha incredibly john: this hour has seven days, and that s an old canadian television show, and that s the way it feels this afternoon. sandra: sandra smith in new york, america reports hour two. any moment now the house oversight hearing, wow, did it have some fireworks. it is expected to resume as the committee considers a resolution on whether to move forward with contempt proceedings for hunter, adding another headache for the president s son as he is expected to appear in a los angeles courtroom on tax charges tomorrow. john: let s go
shoo shootings. near a shelter for migrants sunday, and the day before, eight people were killed in a mass shooting at an outlet mall on the other side of the state. investigators are looking at whether the gunman was motivated by far-right extremism. an image of the shooter s body shows him wearing all black tactical gear and he had a patch on his clothing with the letters, rwds, which police believe stands for right wing death squad. he also apparently had a lot of neo-nazi and white supremacist social media posts. we re now hearing from a survivor who hid inside a bathroom closet with 12 other people. the gunshots, just, it sounded like a war zone. if it was horrifying and it felt like you were in a dream. like, just shock, but we were in a bathroom closet. and we were just in the closet trying not to be heard, crying, praying, people were trying to call 911. we couldn t dial out. i just remembered thinking, oh, god, he s coming in here next. and when i was crouching d
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 ki
letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now hi, ari. hi, noicolle thanks so much i m ari melber tonight we have a very big show, including an eye on that manhattan d.a. probe that may be closing in on president trump, and tonight in this life segment i will be including a major trump legal figure as my guest you re not going to hear that anywhere else right now because he s here sitting with me. the context is mr. michael cohen is heading back to testify again before this criminal grand jury tomorrow that s investigating trump. we know other trump aides, associates and allies have been there under oath that includes conway, hicks and others you see on the screen, which is an indication they are gathering evidence, that something is really happening. this is not about leaks, this is not about conjecture everyone from people in new york legal circles following this to trump s own lawyers see it as e
determine who controls the house and the senate. if the gop takes back congress, this country could look and feel very different. that has been part of the conversation people are having about what is at stake. right? absolutely, we do not have to guess. republicans have basically told us what they plan to do if they win back the house and take the senate. so, i think this is a good opportunity for dueling panels to hear what our panel think about all of those and predict. so, i will go first. how much time on the clock today? let s do four minutes. i put up four minutes. there we go. i want to bring in cnn political commentator scott jennings, and special correspondent for vanity fair. thank you so much for being here guys. basically what we have heard scott, from republicans like matt yeas, and even congress and nancy is that there will be impeachment hearings. that is what republicans want. one of the saying that republicans want to do if they win back the house. w