Still unknown what this case could reveal about his political connections, and they include a british royal, a former president and the current one, President Trump, who once called epstein, quote, a terrific guy. We have Team Coverage this morning. Our anchor and National Correspondent erica hill is with me in new york and we are live outside of the courthouse. Shimon, you helped break the news this weekend. The arrest happened on saturday. It was planned for today. They wanted this guy behind bars and now we are seeing all of the charges. Yeah, and they are horrific. When you think about so many of these victims, whats alleged here, you cant imagine what they were going through at the time. And when you read this indictment, i think one of the things that really stands out to me, you have the charges, you have all of the different elements in terms of what the prosecutors are going to do to prove this case. The thing is the age of some of these victims, as young as 14, and that epste
Floating the idea of tieing gun reform to immigration bill but backs off talk of gun reform when he goes before cameras at the white house after so many deaths will washington act this time . And climate of fear. In a rare public statement, provoked by the mass shooting. President obama calls on americans to reject, and im quoting now, language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments. He doesnt name names. But will President Trump see it as a personal attack . Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following multiple breaking developments in the investigations of the Mass Shootings in el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio. As well as the political fallout right here in washington. The combined death toll now, 31. Nine in dayton, 22 in el paso. Where two victims died in the hospital today. El paso police tell cnn the suspect has been cold in his interactions with
The president s instinct is to expand background checks but what will his action be. He has talked about it before. Will he now as he heads to Summer Vacation today . And this morning, a controversial picture of the first lady holding a baby who lost her parents in the el paso shooting. The president with a thumbs up. And discusses continue about gun control legislation. Advocates say every single day matters. Look at this breaking news overnight. Reality playing out in missouri. Police this morning and other folks want to know why a man walked into a walmart heavily armed wearing fatigues all while recording himself on a cell phone responding police to respond to an active shooter. No shots fired the panic however, reeled what more do we know about this. Bottom line, these were scarey moments. This man walks into a walmart. No shots fired. No one injured. Police were responding to what they thought was a potential active shooter this time at another walmart in springfield, missouri. Y
Been saved. While the fire spread to one of two famous bell tower, they have been spared. Around 500 firefighters battled the blaze for hours and prevented it from spreading to the northern belfry. One firefighter suffered serious injuries and there are no fatalities. Most of the roof of 12th and 13th century gothic cathedral has been destroyed and a spire collapsed after being ungulfed in flames. The exact cause is currently unknown, but french media is quoting the paris fire brigade as saying it is, quote, potentially linked to a major renovation project on the churchs spire and its 250 tons of lead. What a disaster. I mean, just watching this yesterday was about as heart breaking as it gets. It really was. You know, when we watched the twin towers fall, the tragedy was felt not on the United States but across the world and it was a body blow. Human loss. A body blow and a great human loss for the worlds at the time lone super power. But john meacham yesterday watching this and heari