Well get the very latest on the escalating conflict with a live report from near the gaza border in just a moment. Meanwhile, some republican president ial candidates are already spreading misinformation about the attack, blaming a deal between the Biden Administration and iran. Plus, well bring you a look at how the chaos in the house with republicans scrambling to find a new speaker could impact military and Security Assistance for israel. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. Im Jonathan Lemire. Alongside u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. Were in for joe, mika and willie on this holiday monday. With us on this busy monday, we have president emeritus of the council on foreign relations, Richard Haass, and columnist and Associate Editor for the washington post, David Ignatius. Katty, an extraordinary weekend, a tragic weekend, now we deal with the unfolding story on this monday morning. Yes. Lucky we have richard and david with us this morning, john, to get us th
To thank the police and Emergency Services. She has described the attack as devastating. It is an absolutely barbaric attack that has taken place to cut off young lives in this way, and it is absolutely devastating. Police are said to know the identity of the Suicide Bomber and they say theyve arrested a 23 year old man in south manchester. We will have the details of the terrible events in the city for you. In other news, the actor sir roger moore, best known for playing james bond, has died at the age of 89. Its five oclock. Were in manchester, where the the worst Terror Attack Britain has seen in 12 years took place last night at the end of a pop concert at the Manchester Arena. 22 people are known to have died and 59 people were injured, some of them very seriously, when a Suicide Bomber detonated a device as people were leaving the concert. Many of those whod come to see Ariana Grande in concert were young people. Among those who were killed was an eight Year Old Girl, saffie rose
Vegas casinos. Places tens of thousands of Dollars Worth of bets in recent weeks. But why he did this, they simply have no clue. They know he has been acquiring weapons over the past several months. He has bought at gun stores in nevada, possibly outside the state as well. That part of nevada he is from, mesquite, is right on the border. So he could go to other states to try to buy weapons and have them sent back to the gun dealers in nevada 20 do it legally. But The Big Question here is how did he acquire automatic weapons. Youve heard the sounds on the videos of these rapid shots. Machine guns are illegal in the u. S. But its possible to buy conventional semiautomatic weapons, meaning they fire every time you pull the trigger, but just one round and convert them. But that Conversion Process can make the weapons illegal. So the authorities are trying to figure out how he managed to get
his hands on these automatic weapons. He had some of those in the room. He had Sniper Rifles with sc
He was able to fire thousands of shots, dozens of volleys, thats what they are saying, he had highpowered weapons to do that. The s. W. A. T. Team didnt actually enter the room for 72 minutes but they are saying after nine or 11 minutes, the gunfire stopped. It was deemed nothing more than a barricade, thats why the eight s. W. A. T. Team waited so long. The understanding is after that nine to 11 minutes, the gunman turned the weapon on himself. He had three cameras in the room, weve been talking about this all day long. What we didnt know his two of the cameras were outside in the hall including one that that was actually hooked up to way service car from the hotel. The third camera was inside the hotel room but it was on the peephole looking down the hallway. There are a port saying this guy tried to film himself not true. All he was concerned about where the Police Officers and the teams coming down that hallway. He wanted to be notified of
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G w. This is a line from berlin clashes in central paris as yellow vest protesters reclaim the spotlight after the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral. Police have made scores of arrests as protesters battle officers and set fires in the french capital its a twenty third street yellow vests demonstration. On the scene. Also coming out Northern Ireland Police Arrest two suspects in the murder of journalist. She was killed while reporting on
a riot in london to free on the eve of the twenty First Anniversary of the signing of the good friday peace deal. Americans are marking the twentieth anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre two students killed twelve of their classmates and a teacher in the worst School Shooting in the u. S. Up to date. Thanks for joining us we start in paris where yellow vests protesters have taken to the streets once again to protest Wealth Inequality this time and made heightened security following the fire in Notre Dame Cathedral several days ago the protests