closed captioning brought to you by flexible family of products will swift here this is flex superglue gets like super glue and the entire flexible family of products at flex seal products .com. moments ago, a vigil for the three adults and 39 year olds who were murdered at the covenant school two days ago ended in nashville. a city still in mourning. tonight was a moment for people to gather to console and to remember. first lady jill biden was in nashville tonight. earlier she placed flowers at the memorial for the six who were killed three children, all nine years old ali scruggs, the daughter of covenant presbyterian churches, senior pastor evelyn dick house and william kidney and the adults the head of the school. katherine coons. age 80. excuse me, 60 mike hill, who s 61, the school custodian. and cynthia peak, who was also 61, a substitute teacher. a city councilman now says he believes that koons may have died trying to protect the children. he says a witness told him
30th 2023 we have breaking news. an american reporter has been arrested in russia accused by russia of espionage. evan gersh covic works with the wall street journal and russia s main security agency now says in a statement. they claim he was collecting information about the country s military industrial complex overnight to u. s. army helicopters have crashed and kentucky police and military teams are on the scene. details still coming in also this prayers for pope francis days ahead of holy week. we re live in rome with the very latest on the health scare that has him in the hospital. also did a little disney magic calls some of governor ron desantis his power to go away the legal trick that puts the governor s new handpicked board that is overseeing disney, potentially in a bind some of the biggest names in tech, signing a letter hoping to slow progress and artificial intelligence. elon musk is joining dozens of tech leaders and calling the fast moving breakthroughs in a i
wall street journal, was detained in a small town just east of moscow. the wall street journal strongly defending their reporter. the kremlin says he was quote caught red handed, but refuses to provide any more details. its track record on this sort of thing. does not inspire confidence ahead. we will have the latest from russia plus overnight, the army says. several people have now been killed this after two blackhawk helicopters crashed near fort campbell will be on the ground there in kentucky. also right now homes are evacuated in raymond, minnesota, after a train carrying ethanol derailed early this morning. we ve got new details for you on that. we re also keeping an eye on the vatican as pope francis is in the hospital undergoing treatment for a respiratory infection ahead. we ll have an update on his condition. but we begin this morning with that alarming headline out of russia . american journalist herskovitz is right now in russian custody after the wall street jour
good morning. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. april 16th. i m victor blackwell. camera walker. thank you. so much for spending a part of your sunday with us. and if you do catch me sniffling a little bit. the pollen has, like really been getting to me and not for you coming from new york and resettling. no good. well, here is what we are watching for you this morning. congress returns from recess this week with a laundry list of to do items among them coming up with a plan to fund the government look at the other major priorities for both parties. in the coming days. at least 56 people are dead in sudan. there were explosions throughout the night clashes between the military and armed groups are escalating will tell you what we know about how this started and the global response i want to give up but not family . i don t give up if you give up. what about your keys, but force out as pandemic era programs expire more and more people who have fallen beh
. vice president kamala harris is in nashville, tennessee, throwing her support behind to tennessee democrats ousted from the statehouse for protesting gun violence, will have details on her meeting and the vice president s message. also tonight. israel reeling from an apparent terror attack, killing at least one person and wounding six, tele viv, there are new fears right now that the conflict could escalate and spread. cnn is on the ground in the middle east as violence in the region heats up, and justice clarence thomas firing back, claiming his luxurious vacations with a conservative mega donor. personal hospitality. but even some republican judges aren t buying his explanation. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight in tennessee, where vice president kamala harris is meeting with two democratic lawmakers who were expelled from