Of becoming all but unstoppable very soon. So tonight, the pressure on senators ted cruz and marco rubio, simply could not be any higher. Time running out for them to try to stop donald trump, and soon so will the delegate math. As for the backdrop, well, donald trump calling mitt romney the partys 2012 nominee a dope, his words, for questioning Donald Trumps taxes. Youve got mexicos former president , vicente fox, saying his country will not pay for any effing wall, and those are his words, as well. Youve got rubio and cruz, slamming trump in the news, which we broke first here on cnn, that the Rubio Campaign is preparing, perhaps, for a contested convention to stop either trump or cruz. It would be an understatement to say that there is a lot in play tonight and a lot at stake for the candidates on the stage tonight. Right now, lets get our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta, who is down on the debate stage for jim, what are you hearing from the campaigns, what kind of strat
Agents. The man reportedly had a gun, he was report lid told numerous times that he should drop the gun. He did not do so and a secret Service Officer shot him in the che chest. The man was taken to a local hospital where he was reportedly listed in critical condition. The white house was locked down. The Vice President was at the white house at the time. He was locked down safely. President obama was not at the white house at the time this happened. The important part is that nobody else other than this gunman was injured. With dont know who the gunman is. We do not know what a motive might have been or any other descriptive circumstances under what happened, but we do know the lockdown at the white house around this incident was lifted around 4 00 p. M. Eastern time today. If we learn anything more this evening, well let you know more as we learn more. The other major story were keeping an eye on is, of course, egyptair flight 804. Some wreckage believed to have come from that plane
The man was taken to a local hospital where he was reportedly listed in critical condition. The white house was locked down. The Vice President was at the white house at the time. He was locked down safely. President obama was not at the white house at the time this happened. The important part is that nobody else other than this gunman was injured. With dont know who the gunman is. We do not know what a motive might have been or any other descriptive circumstances under what happened, but we do know the lockdown at the white house around this incident was lifted around 4 00 p. M. Eastern time today. If we learn anything more this evening, well let you know more as we learn more. The other major story were keeping an eye on is, of course, egyptair flight 804. Some wreckage believed to have come from that plane has been found. And theres some late breaking news tonight, necessarily about the cause of the plane crash but it may be major crew as to what was going on on board that aircraft
The next battle. Cutting taxes which could prove more challenging. That after failing to deliver on the president s promise to repeal and replace obamacare despite republicans having control of the house and senate. If you analyze what went wrong with aca, if he repeats them in tax reform, theyll get nowhere. Reporter this as the finger pointing intensifies. What happened is washington won. The house moved too fast. 18 days is not enough time for a major landmark legislation. Reporter President Trump shifting the blame from democrats to the conservatives who stood in the way of the bill. Tweeting they saved planned parenthood and obamacare. As chief of staff Reince Priebus is leaving the door open to compromise. If democrats come on board with a plan down the road, we welcome that. They have to reach out across the aisle and democrats have to say we will work with you to improve and fix the plan for people. Reporter meanwhile, a long time member of the Freedom Caucus ted poe is resigni
Were arrested inside that philadelphia starbucks. In the era of me too, gun law reform rallies, teacher protests, what are the strength and limitations of activism right now . Well get to all those stories. But let us take one more look and stay on top of this breaking news in philadelphia that andrea was following this. This Emergency Landing at Philadelphia International airport late this morning. Live pictures here right now. This is the southwest plane on the runway. This was a plane that was bound for dallas. It was it became violently depressurized when a piece of the jets engine flew into and broke a window. A passengers father told our nbc station in philadelphia a short time ago that a female passenger was partially sucked out of the plane before passengers managed to pull her back in. A ground stoppage has just been announced there in philadelphia. That means no planes are going into or leaving Philadelphia International. Were also being told, courtesy of one of our aviation