are reviewing a 180-page manifesto authored by the suspect and posted online. he describes himself as a fascist, and antisemite who picked up these beliefs from the internet, including this racist conspiracy theory that claims whites are being culturally replaced by non-white groups and immigrants. he turned those words into action police say unleashing terror on workers, shoppers going about their weekend. witnesses describe a horrifying scene. the suspect fired while live streaming the attack. the store security guard tried to stop the shooter and lost his life. the fire chief showed up at the scene to find out his mother did not make it out of the store alive. victor, this is just a horrendous crime. it is just heartbreaking to see what s happened there in buffalo. this alleged gunman traveled hours to carry out this attack. what else are we learning? reporter: heartbreaking indeed, jim. there are a lot of broking hearts here. the music you hear in the background is gosp
200 events across all 50 states. rallies are in response to a leaked u.s. supreme court draft opinion revealing a majority of justices poised to strike down roe v. wade. if overturned, constitutional protections for abortion rights would be likely eliminated in 26 states. we have reporters covering this in several key cities today. cnn s shimon prokupecz is live in the nation s capital. paulo sandoval is covering the event in new york and nadia romero. and the rally began just near the washington monument. there on the mall. later protesters will be marching to the u.s. supreme court. tell us what you re seeing right now? reporter: yeah, so that is the expectation that at around 2:00 the thousands of people expected here, their permitted for about 17,000 people. at around 2:00 they are expected to march to the supreme court. but right now what is going to take place here this morning, starting here shortly, are speakers. speakers are going to take the stage and we re seeing
before headed to the steps of the supreme court. the supreme court s initial ruling could be released in weeks. a new reality awaits if the opinion doesn t change. there are 13 states with trigger states that would indicate near total ban on abortion. and 23 states have laws that would create major limits. shimon prokupecz is in washington and polo sandoval is new york for us right now. shimon, what are the activists telling you? what are you hearing so far? reporter: most of them out here just saying that they want to keep fighting despite this leaked draft opinion. they re not giving up hope. they think that things can change and they can perhaps prevent the supreme court from issuing a final ruling that would obviously overturn roe. that is certainly on the top of minds of many of the people here. concern being that this ruling, should it stand, should this draft become the actual decision of the court, it would affect underserved communities, poor communities mostly and
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Its saturday, october 28th. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Thank you for being with us. Police say the man who is accused of shooting 18 people is dead. What the police are looking into now. Israel says its warplanes hit 150 targets. Were live in the region with more on the escalating war and the concerns that the humanitarian crisis is going to get worse. And on the hostages that hamas still holds in gaza, what the white house is saying about the efforts to free them just ahead on cnn this morning. So after nearly two days, an intense manhunt for a mass shooter is now over. Im very happy to say the threat is over. Youre going to see people pull together. Theyll come together as a family and taking care of each other. Last night police found 40yearold robert cards body about ten miles from where Authorities Say he killed 18 people on wednesday. They believe he died of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. While his death brings some
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