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There to remind The World why all right. Thank you so much for joining me today. Im fredricka whitfield, the Cnn Newsroom continues with Jessica Dean right now youre in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jessica Dean dean in New York and 24 hours after a gunman fired at people driving on a kentucky interstate police are still searching the woods to find the man they say pulled the trigger, injuring five people theyre searching for this man, Joseph Couch calling him armed and dangerous, and Shooting Occurring Along I75 and a thickly forested area in Laurel County thats near london, kentucky we are expecting to hear from the Sheriffs Department with more details on this. Cnns Gloria Pazmino is following the story and has been since it broke yesterday. Gloria, what more can you tell us now . Yeah. Jessica, weve learned a lot since it first started developing late Last Night when you and i were still a year, we were wondering just how long this was going to take. And now Law Enforcement is still racing against the clock. The suspect remains at large, and now they are working against a son. They know that nighttime will come soon, and that is going to be a very difficult for them. They are searching in an extremely wooded, dense area in rural kentucky where this happened outside of the city of london. Now, a Joseph Couch is the main suspect behind Last Night. Last nights incident, police say that he opened fire from an exit, firing towards the Interstate Highway as people were driving along fine if people sustained gunshot wounds, all of them are recovering and there were no fatalities, but police believe that this man is armed and extremely dangerous and other key piece of information. Jessica police have also recovered the vehicle that is how they were able to Connect The Dots back to Julia Plus of couch, his vehicle was found not far from the area where they believed he opened fire from. They also found a Gang Case inside his vehicle as i said, they believe he is armed and dangerous. And they are asking the community to stay vigilant, to be aware of there there are surroundings as this search continues and take a listen to the Laurel County Sheriffs Office just describing what a monumental task that officers have at hand considering the kind of terrain theyre working with . The area its all remote if he planned this its so remote that is probably one of the most remote exits along now 75. It so wooded. Theres no theres one bit theres no residences. He couldnt have picked a an area that is any more remote and difficult for us to try to locate him and thats what we wanna do. We want to safely we dont want our guys to get hurt. We dont want any more of the public to be heard. And we want to take him into custody safely, and its and its the big task the public Information Officer ending that Press Conference as saying, we want to get him tonight, but no promises and jessica, we have just learned in the most recent update that Law Enforcement will suspend the search as soon as it gets dark Day Or Tonight and that is again because it is nearly impossible to surge in this wooded area, would be going now into a third day of this person remaining at large. Law enforcement officers did say that they are open to the possibility that Joseph Couch, mate have fled to some other place and that he is in fact no longer in this coordinate, an area where they have been searching. So they are asking the public to remain vigilant. They have been chasing down tips that people have been calling in. But for now, it looks like we might be going into another evening where this person remains a large and of course that is a concern for the public safety of that community. Jessica. All right. Gloria pazmino with the latest there. Thank you very much. And Last Night, after the shooting took place, i spoke to christina to noto, an eyewitness who says there are now Bullet Holes in her car sounded like Like A Rock smashed through the Back Window and my ear was ringing, my right ear and it happened on the Passenger Side of my vehicle and i was in the drivers side. So theres just a very loud and i know what a Tire Blowout sounds like. It didnt sound like that it was much louder we both looked at Each Other and said, is that was that a gunshot . But we know were driving and it seemed like impossible that that would be a gunshot earlier today when we were still in New York, i actually got pulled over and that a Speeding Ticket which held us up a little bit, but in retrospect, i feel like you know, divine intervention, right . Like held us up to maybe miss the actual bullet hitting us directly such an incredible story, glad that theyre okay, were going to be following this story. Well have more ahead for you. Meantime, were just two days away from the first president ial debate between Vice President Kamala Harris the former President Donald Trump. It wont be The First Time these two candidates meet facetoface as they hope to move the needle in their direction with the remaining undecided voters. It will be crucial as new polling shows the race in a dead heat with the New York times and Siena College poll showing no clear leader at this point in the race. And a new cnn poll, a poll showing harris at 49 to trumps 47 . But again, no clear leader there. And its much of the same when you look at polling coming from key swing states, a trio of new polls from Cbs News and yougov shows Harris And Trump in a deadlock in michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. Very critical Battleground States with no clear leader in any of those states. Right now, Vice President harris is in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, huddling with a small team of advisers. As she prepares for her first big test as the democratic nominee, were going to check in now with cnns Eva Mckend who has been traveling with the Harris Campaign and has been there in pittsburgh all week again eva, what more are you learning about her mentality as she prepares for this big moment and also tell us more about what shes been doing, what shes taking breaks. I know shes trying to get outside today too. She shore is jassy, dont get is perhaps no surprise that a former prosecutor has earned a reputation for intensely preparing for these big moments that No Doubt takes the form of poring over briefing books, anticipating what the former president might say anticipating what those Debate Mind how readers might ask her, and likely also firming up responses to her evolution on a whole host of Policy Matters what i can tell you that theyre not doing jess is putting too much stock in these polls . Yes, she is performing better than President Biden but a spokesperson for the campaign today, tweeting out Brian Fallon that from the onset of this contest, they have not really, they i have always viewed themselves rather as the underdog and they will continue to hold that posture, posture in the 50 plus days until the and of this race. So we havent seen very much of the Vice President. We could see her again pop out soon. That is because she has been intensely preparing behind closed doors. She did go out yesterday to a spice shop, which was very much on brand for the Vice President , being that she talks about her love of cooking and had some tender moments with some voters that she really needed here in this battleground state. But we havent seen much of herbicides that yes. Alright, Eva Mckend and with the Vice President there in pittsburgh, as we get ever closer to this debate. Thank you so much for that reporting in Dc Congress back in session tomorrow, theyre going to have to work quickly to keep the government funded. They have 13 days in session to figure it out sources close to republican speaker Mike Johnson say hes planning to attach a controversial Voting Bill to the funding resumes pollution, the Save Act aims at preventing noncitizens from voting in federal elections. Its noteworthy thats already illegal. Joining us now, democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi congressman great to have you. Thanks so much for being here with us. Lets start first with this funding situation. Government funding always a delicate dance there on capitol hill. How do you see the State Of Play for this particular round . Well, i think every year we come down to this showdown in september, where the republicans start off with these Poison Pill riders on their suggestion for government funding, it turns out that not even their own caucus usually is in favor of their leaderships proposals those and up dying and then we, democrats end up having to work to save the day. And we in a bipartisan Manner End up funding the government it do you think at this point its most likely that this ends with another continuing resolution thats essentially a stop stop Gap Measure probably, yes. I think that were going to end up again, democrats are your hand up providing the bulk of the votes, the majority of the votes for a continuing resolution. I hope that we can do this at least in an orderly fashion as quickly as possible, because we cant have a government shutdown. It hurts too many americans who have nothing to do with these partisan fights here that the republicans have launched but i think thats whats going to end up happening a continuing resolution. I think we should do it sooner rather than later you all go back into session now after, after the Summer Recess this is always kind of a funny time because we are in an Election Year and its usually short session times a couple of weeks here and there and then its back out to campaigning without Question Politics finds its way to The Hill. Its hard to get Anything Cipd in this period do you say i know its a shock to everyone, isnt it but im curious how you think republicans in the house had really tried to really make the case against President Biden. Now, since then, he has stepped aside. Now, my colleague annie greer, writing about how House Republicans are planning to focus on the Vice President Kamala Harris. But again, how do you expect this to play out over the next several weeks because it is kind of this very particular time up there on The Hill yeah i think that theyre. Going to launch different investigations into Kamala Harris and tim waltz. I think theyre not going to go anywhere. I think theyre going to be like the Impeachment Inquiry on the oversight committee, which has become a wild goose chase. That is basically died at this point and i think again, it goes back to this issue of what do the american people want . They want us to focus on their problems. They want us to focus on their Kitchen Table discussions about how do they educate their kids, how do they Access Highquality Health care . How do they get a job that allows them to stay . Or enter the middleclass the less that the republicans focus on those topics, the more out of touch they are with the priorities of the american people and so now the attention turns to democrats, i know would love to flip the house in november. Republicans of course, would certainly like to hang on to it. What do you think now that weve had the Vice President at the top of the ticket for a little bit now, and were getting into this last stretch of campaigning how do you see that affecting democrats chances of taking the house in november i think theyre going to take the house look. I think that Kamala Harris being at the top of the ticket is energizing voters. Certainly energizing democrats. I was in Michigan Yesterday Campaigning for her and i got to tell you the energy is just off the charts for democrats. And i think that thats similar momentum that energy is going to carry leader Hakeem Jeffries into the speakership. And i cant wait to see that because finally well have a house that does the Peoples Business instead of partisan business, which is whats happening right now. And of course, a lot of eyes on this debate thats coming up in a couple of days. What are you expecting from tuesday and do you actually think that this will move the needle one way or the other . Well, i think its going to be mustsee tv as you can tell a lot of people tuned in last time. And i think a lot more well even tune in this time because of what happened last time. And i think Kamala Harris is going to demonstrate why shes going to be the next president. I think shes going to have excellent command of the issues shes going to be able to draw contrasts with Donald Trump. And quite frankly, i think Donald Trump, based on his comments, as of right now, seems to be very distracted and focused on issues. Again, not having to do with what people are really caring about, which is how do they take care of their own families as opposed to relitigating his grievances. Right . Congressman raja krishnamoorthi. Thank you so much. We appreciate your time thank you, jessica still ahead. Were staying on top of this Breaking News that we first brought you Last Night, a manhunt underway in kentucky as Authorities Search for the man they suspect opened fire on people driving on it Interstate 75. Were gonna have the latest on the challenges police are facing as they search that heavily wooded area plus new details about the apalachee high School Shooting in Georgia He Heart Dropping Text Message, the Suspects Mother received that made her pick up the phone and call his school and one of the top Wide Receivers in the nfl pulled over by police, ended up on the ground with his hands behind his back. What we know about the officer Who Cuffed Tyreek Hill, youre in the Cnn Newsroom . 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