Two mosques. Cnn International Correspondent Alexander Field is in christchurch and spoke to some of those who lived through that horrific shooting. Reporter in the massacre in christchurch, where seven muslims were killed, amid kahn narrowly saved his own life. He missed me. And i ran back to the mosque and tell everyone to go to the ground because there is someone with the gun that will shoot everyone. Then everyone went to the ground and then he started shooting through the windows. Inside, he found a friend pleading. I knew he was shot in the right arm. So i went there, and held him, he was asking for some water, i said calm down, the police are here and stuff, just because, and the gunman came through the window again and shot him when i was holding him, in the head, and he was dead. Kahn came to new deeld 12 years ago seeking safety, a refugee from kabul, afghanistan. His afghan uncle, among those killed in the gunfire on new zealands darkest day, at a second mosque, just minutes
Wall and what he did, he told me no, no, and i ran back in and next thick he shoot the guy. Blood is spitting on me, splashing on me. An im thinking oh, my god, it will happen to me now. And here is what we know about the man accused of carrying out the attack. 28yearold Brenton Harrison tarrant has been charged with murder and police say more charges are coming. He made his First Court Appearance today where he appeared to flash a hand gesture associated with White Supremacy. And right now authorities are combing through an 87 page manifesto filled with antimuslim and antiimmigrant rhetoric that the shooter posted just minutes before the attention. New zealands Prime Minister said the gunman had planned to continue the shooting spree beyond the two mosques. Alexandra field is in christchurch. Where is the investigation now . Reporter well, frederica, certainly authorities named Brenton Tarrant as their suspect in the shooting, they say they are not actively looking for others who may
This is cnn tonight, im don lemon. Its already saturday, saturday night in new zealand. A city stunned. The Prime Minister is saying the nation is united in grief. Thats after a gunman killed at least 49 people, targeting innocent worshippers gathered for friday prayers at two mosques. Targeting innocent men, women and children simply because theyre muslim. The suspect is a 28yearold man, an Australian Citizen with no criminal history in either new zealand or australia. So he was apparently not on anybodys radar for his extremist antiimmigrant White Nationalist views. In the age of social media the gunman live streamed his acts hoping for a worldwide audience. We will not broadcast that video. He posted a long manifesto online shortly before. Its hate filled so we wont quote from it excessively. Cnns alex marqhar has it for you. Reporter its a diatribe filled with hate, anger and vows of revenge. 87 needily formatted pages posted on social media in the minutes before the attack under t
This is the end of my presidency. Im [ bleep ]. 2020 candidate cory booker on the trump showdown with congress over the Mueller Report. And my exclusive interview with beto orourke on his first big policy announcement. That means mobilizing 5 trillion. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Six months to the day after the massacre at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh and six weeks after the massacre at mosques in christchurch, new zealand, it has happened again. A white supremacist opening fire at another place of worship on saturday, this time a synagogue in california. Killing one woman and injuring three others with the goal of killing many more. The suspect citing the earlier attacks as inspiration. We are witnessing a horrific outbreak and escalation of White Christian supremacist violence, violence directed explicitly at jews and muslims and perpetrated by suspects with a shared vision of eliminationist, ethic and religious purity. It is
Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Welcome back. Im dave briggs. Monday, march 18, it is 4 00 a. M. In the east, 9 00 p. M. In christchurch new zealand. File this under words you never imagined youd hear defenin def of the president of the United States. The president is not a white supremacist. Im not sure how many times we have to say that. That was acting chief of staff mick mulvaney. The white house forced to address the president s response to the shooting friday in new zealand. A terror attack at two mosques that left 50 dead. Do you think White Nationalism is arising threat around the world . I dont really. I think that it is a small group of people that have very, very serious problems. The president seemingly unconcerned despite the gunmans manifesto filled with antiimmigrant, antimuslim. The 87 page diatribe claiming he was inspired by trump and white nationali nationalists. It was not the first time the president hesitated to be critical after an attack. You also h