today with a deadly mass shooting in alabama. it happened last night in the small town of david ville. officials say four people were killed, and there were also quote a multitude of injuries. they say the incident was tied to a birthday party that coming from police and it happened downtown cnn s isabelle rose salas is following the latest developments, and she s joining me right now from dade ville. isabelle, what are you learning? hey friday, stolen, active and busy scene out here. you can see the yellow police tape blocking off essentially a block here leading into the venue right behind me. that brick building that is where the shooting occurred. it s a dance studio, and we re told by a witness. this was a sweet 16th birthday party. this is where the shooting occurred. we recently heard in the last couple of hours from the alabama law enforcement agency elia, who say that they have launched a death investigation. the shooting happening just after 10 30 saturday night her
the scene of some of the fiercest and most brutal fighting of the war. michael bursa q is a global affairs analysts and a senior fellow at the atlantic council has written an op ed for cnn about the battle for mahmoud and he s joining us right now. so good to see you. i wonder, you know, first, if you could give me your thoughts on, you know the contrast of russia releasing prisoners of war while continuing battles sure. good to be with you, fredericka. well these prisoner exchanges are very, very important in the business. we call them confidence building measures. it shows that deals can actually be struck. it also shows that the two sides are talking to each other. so hopefully that s a stepping stone to a larger of ceasefire and peace agreement. but yeah, the fighting is very, very intensive, mahmoud one of my sources in that i had called this the bloodiest battle in europe since world war two. we re seeing blood, blood drenched, killing fields. russia using the same tactics is use