now is those that are in the hospital, those families that have lost loved ones and support our brave men and women of law enforcement community that ran towards the danger and ran towards the fire. dana: kentucky s attorney general talking to us a short time ago about yesterday s deadly bank shooter in louisville. five people killed by an employee who entered the bank with a rifle. eight others injured including three police officers who ran into the bank to confront the gunman. one of those officers is still in critical condition after getting shot in the head. we pray for his well-being. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. good morning. bill: i m bill hemmer. louisville police rushing into the bank three minutes after the shooting began swiftly ending the carnage inside old national bank in downtown louisville. officials say 25-year-old connor sturgeon opened fire off his co-workers. he live streamed the attack on social media until officers
louisville p.d. i listened to the auto transmissions on the way down there. professional cops in the midst of a crisis who kept their cool. you could hear them directing resources to try to get the officer who was in the line of fire and trying to figure out how to get swat shields between that officer and the killer. they did an amazing job. people are alive today because of their reaction. that s training. that s the one thing until we figure out the problem, we have to make sure we re training our cops. bill: we rely on you a lot. thank you for coming by today and we ll see what more we get. sorry we talk about these issues, and not others. dana: two weeks after russia arrested a wall street journal reporter the state department has officially designated him as wrongfully detained. this moves evan gershkovitch case to a special state department office that will work to negotiate his release. rich edson is live in washington with more. what s our leverage?