fox news top of the hour, three big stories topping the news. china s military carrying out massive blockade drills around taiwan today. china announced three days of drills on saturday after taiwan s president met in california with house speaker kevin mccarthy. protests expected in tennessee today where the state legislature is back in session for the first time since it voted to expel two democrats for their role in a chaotic gun control protest. a at the detention of erin gershkovitch. more on those stories throughout the hour. first. someone got shot. dana: the army sergeant convicted in the death of a black lives protestors in 2020 says it is self-defense but facing a possible sentence of life in prison. texas governor abbott is calling for the state to grant a pardon. that is developing now. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: i know you had a good weekend. excellent. great easter weekend, thank you. i m bill hemmer
that s. wellcare medicare. done well. natasha chan in los angeles, and this is cnn. new details just in on the shooting rampage in louisville live stream by the killer. this is we re getting new information about the wounded police officer fighting for his life and back on the job. a tennessee lawmaker expelled from the statehouse sworn back into office just days after being ousted what he now says he refuses to give up. a last ditch effort to keep abortion medication pills on the shelf after a federal judge s ruling in texas the justice department is stepping in the clock is ticking down to a friday deadline when those pills made no longer be available to women nationwide. following these major developing stories, and many more all coming in right here to see in a new central. i witnessed people being murdered a manager with old national bank in louisville, describing the moment she watched a gunman on video begins shooting her coworkers during a virtual meeting. this mornin
and many more all coming in right here to see in a new central. i witnessed people being murdered a manager with old national bank in louisville, describing the moment she watched a gunman on video begins shooting her coworkers during a virtual meeting. this morning. at least five people are dead. several others remain hospitalized after a 25 year old opened fire inside a bank conference room. this was the nation s 146th, mass shooting this year. we are now learning new details about the gunman, including that he recently found out he was going to be fired and that he streamed video of the shooting live on the internet overnight. cnn also learned more about the victims, including a 26 year old rookie officer who was hospitalized after being shot in the head. we re gonna have much more on that in just a