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paula reid in for jim acosta. you re in the cnn newsroom we begin this hour with a potential new milestone in russia s war in ukraine. ukraine has announced that it has used a u.s. made patriot air defense system like this to bring down a russian hypersonic missile. if true, it would be the first time ukraine was able to intercept a missile that travels at ten times the speed of sound. cnn s sam kiley joins us from kyiv with the latest. sam, how significant is this? reporter: i think it s very significant indeed, for two reasons. first of all, it s kind of proving the need for highly sophisticated weapons such as the patriot missile that the ukrainians have been asking for effectively since 2014 when they were first invaded by the russians. but then on a technological level, paula, this is a very significant development because patriot was never designed for hypersonic missiles because they didn t exist when patriot was designed. this is a missile that can travel up ....
now they dispute this. nowhere in their actual proposal are their exclusive protection for veterans. but they say i m it s unusual language we used with presidents these days, they say i m lying when i say that. the truth is, why do so many veterans groups, why have they spoken out in opposition is the republican proposal. they are not all democrats, they know what s going to happen. folks, that s a game republicans are playing. any time you single out the impact of their overall cuts they tell you no, no, no, it s not true, but they are wrong. they want to protect something, they would have written it down and say we are protecting it. you can t cut this program. you can t cut it. so you can see it. here is another example. under the republican plan, nationwide, 100,000 teachers and support staff would lose their jobs at the very time we are attempting to overcome the incredible deficiencies that occurred as a consequence of what happened with the pandemic. so many k ....
of migrant crossings days before covid era policy ends. we are live at the border. plus, rocket systems sabotaged. sources telling cnn that russia is using electronic jammers to throw off rocket systems in ukraine in some cases causing rockets to miss their targets. how the pentagon is responding. the labor market is on fire but april surprise jobs report is complicating the fed s inflation fight. so what will the central bank do next? following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central . we begin as we often do at the u.s.-mexico border. alejandra mayorkas there for a second day now. red cross volunteers also on the ground helping out with the growing number of migrants all crossing into texas. even before title 42, as it s known, ends. that trump-era policy allowed the government to quickly turn away asylum seekers due to covid-19. that expires on thursday. border towns are bracing for an immediate surge, really ....
the world. i m paula newton. ahead here on cnn newsroom, another mass shooting in america, this time in texas where at least eight people are dead after a gunman opened fire in a shopping mall. a new weapon enters the battlefield in ukraine. the country saying it used an american made patriot system to take down a russian missile flying ten times the speed of sound. plus a celebration that, yes, for a king. charles iii crowned in a ceremony full of pomp and pageantry. we ll have the highlights and break down the celebration yet to come. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. and we do begin in texas where eight people have been killed in the latest mass shooting in america. authorities say a gunman opened fire at an outlet mall near dallas on saturday. and it happened as dozens of people you could imagine they were just out shopping for the day. one witness filmed the horrifying scenes from the rampage, which we warn you, ma ....
immigration restrictions expire. the white house is taking unprecedented measures as federal and local officials are preparing for the worst. also this hour, high-stakes debt limit negotiations between president biden and congressional leaders have been called off for tomorrow. we re going to tell you what we re learning about the postponement as the country is another day closer to a potential default. and new republican reaction to donald trump s controversial positions and brazen lies at cnn s town hall in new hampshire. the state s governor, a republican, chris sununu, weighs in as a prominent trump critic and potential 2024 rival. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. the countdown is on at the southern border. the trump-era immigration policy known as title 42 ends in less than six hours. we have correspondents on both sides of the border. rosa flores in texas. david culver ....