good morning. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m victor blackwell. admiral walker. thank you so much for being with us this morning. it is sunday friday and we are excited. here are some stories that we are following for you as fighting intensifies in sudan, american diplomats and their families are now safely out of the country after an overnight operation. we re going to have the latest from our team of reporters. the race for president potential and current republican presidential candidates are in iowa. how would the latest supreme court ruling on abortion and the divide inside the party play. with evangelical and anti abortion voters, and overnight there was a new round of missile strikes in ukraine. it comes as a battle for bach mood intensifies. we re going to have the latest on that conflict major warning from airline experts tsunami of upcoming retirement could lead to more pilot shortages what could that mean for airline safety? american diplomats and th
made available to the white house and congress, the department reaching the same conclusion as the fbi, that covid probably escaped from a lab. keep in mind, this was repeatedly dismissed as a conspiracy theory over and over again, both by scientists and members of the media. that is not the only thing that s giving folks whiplash in recent weeks. a major study finding masks made no difference in stopping the spread, concluding natural immunity provided as much protection as being double vaccinated. and the talking heads all too quick to dismiss it. i m really sorry that the lab leak has become a distraction for so many people. frankly we still don t know. there s no evidence really to say. it s very strongly leading to this could not have been artificially manipulated. just weeks ago, dr. jonathan fauci disputed the conspiracy that it was made in a lab in china. escaped from the lab, sounds like something from a marvel movie or a science book. this coronavirus
studied active shooters from i believe 2008 to 2013 no sorry 2000 to 2013. i think you studied 160 of them. what can you glean from the facts we know at this hour about this one. boy i don t know. this is a tough panel you ve got tonight. so they re on fire. so i have to be careful what i say. but they you know what we what we ve learned so far. is that the that we have exactly what we see a lot of situations exactly what occurs in a lot of situations. you ve got an individual who has some real or perceived grievance and they formulate this plan and they buy the equipment. they need to execute it. they do the surveillance and purchase their ammunition and plot their way out so that they can leave their message and send a message for whatever that is, and we ll see what that is, but it will be pretty common what we see in a lot of times and very troubled person, right? who has, who wants to leave their mark and say something when maybe they don t feel like they had an opportun
stories. take a look. as i ve heard today to make the opening i never got to give, i was reminded of the hail tha the employees went through and continue to go through to this day. money is accountability. we got that today from fox we re not done yet we ve got some other people wh have accountability coming towards them dominion settled it defamation lawsuit against fox news with a last-minute deal yesterday afternoon. the network agreed to pay. it s a voting machine compan more than $787 million more moments before opening statements were set to get underway fox s lawyers did not talk t reporters yesterday, but the network put out a statement, running in part, and i hope can get through this, we acknowledge the courts rulings finding certain claims about dominion to be false this settlement reflects foxes continued commitment to th [inaudible we are hopeful - my professor, professor pearson, would always talk about the straight face test don t ever make an argument.
the shipping is free. 1 804 160972. that s 1 804 16097 to call now. good morning, everyone we do begin with breaking news this morning. protesters storming the headquarters of louis vi thanh dumpsters up in flames. we are live in paris with the latest rescues underway. a major airport closed and schools closed in parts of south florida , after what experts say is that one in 1000 year event historic downpours are causing catastrophic flash flooding there some areas some more than 20 inches of rain will take you to some of the hard hit areas. former president donald trump, facing a new legal battle. he s back in new york city this morning and being deposed today in a civil case against him and the trump organization. these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. all right. at this moment, hundreds of thousands of protesters are on the streets of paris. we just learned the police have stopped demonstrators as they reach the constitutional council