visited the church occasionally and is believed to have act aid loan. among the horrified community members, former u.s. senator doug jones who says this attack should serve as a wakeup call for lawmakers. here he is. birmingham community area is known as the city of churches. there s a church everywhere. we have such affinity for our faith and houses of worship, regardless of your religion, something happens there, you expect that to be the safest place you can be. goes to show that no community is immune from this kind of gun violence that we see playing out across the country. no one is immune. but in the weeks following the mass shootings in buffalo and uvalde, there s still no gun reform deal in washington. senate negotiators are stuck on how to structure federal funding for state red flag laws and how to close the so-called boyfriend loophole that refers to the fact that laws ban the purchase of guns by people convicted of domestic violence against
arthel: time now for a look at some stories we re following this hour. a third person has now died from an attack at a church near birmingham, alabama. the jefferson county district attorney says robert smith was charged with capital murder yesterday. police say he stormed the church on thursday night during a pot luck dinner and started shooting. a former pastor says one churchgoer hit the suspected gunman with a chair and held him until police arrived the mayor of philadelphia identifying the firefighter killed this morn morning as lieutenant sean williamson. five ohs were others were pulled from the rubble and are expected to survive. and bitcoin fell 10% today, dropping below $20,000, the lowest since december of 2020. this all comes days after two major cryptocurrency projects collapsed.
these are much more constructive pieces of advice. . michelle, wonderful. thank you for joining us this morning. . thank you. i appreciate that. so ahead we re going to speak with a member of white house couple of economic advisers. what the biden administration is doing to address high gas prices and this rising inflation. get the two of them together. they can figure it out they can solve all the world s problems. so two people killed in a shooting at a church near birmingham, alabama. there is a suspect in custody. we will go live to the scene. is a bipartisan gun deal in jeopardy? a top negotiator is frustrated with the lack of progress. plus . that will do it. it s overment the golden state warriors return to a familiar place on top of the nba world. so the golden stpaeupt warriors are the champions. they are the best team in the world. . does that hurt to say? they have 10 fewer nba titles than the boston celtics. today is what matters.
this morning two people are dead after a gunman opened fire at a church near birmingham, alabama. officials say the suspect is now in custody. nadia romero is live in alabama. what s the latest? what are you learning? reporter: well, good morning, john. we know the place of worship behind me, this church, is now a crime scene. there was a church meeting that happened last evening and a man came inside, a gunman, and killed two people, sending a third person to the hospital where that person remains this morning. we also heard from former u.s. senator doug jones, who says he lives not far from here. we can see this is a nice tree-lined neighborhood just outside birmingham, alabama. the former senator says this is not far from where he lives, where his children went to