hello, everyone. thanks for joining us this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. a desperate man hunt is under way in texas, a gunman killing five people including an 8-year-old and police are racing to a house in cleveland, texas, overnight. on reports of an active shooter. at least three others were wounded in a brutal attack. and now the search is on for the suspect who took off before police arrived on the scene. cnn s ryan young is following this breaking story for us. so tell us what we know thus far, that is taking place in a house, does this mean that everyone knew each other, meaning the suspect and the victims? well, it appears they were neighbors. and in fact, they were talking to him across the street, he had a gun, and apparently, he s been firing in that yard, according to the sheriff, many times, and they asked him to stop shooting because it was disturbing the baby inside the home. and at some point apparently he became angry and then actually went inside the
with the people. right now on early start what president biden calls a defining moment for democracy. air raid sirens pierce the air as north korea tries and fails to test a missile. it all adds up to baseball history. here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. president biden about to head to mexico to campaign with the governor and other democrats. expected to strike the same fee. american democracy is under dire threat and laying the blame at the feet of his predecessor. you know, american democracy is under attack because the defeated president of the united states refuses to accept the results of the 2020 election. he refuses to accept the will of the people. cnn s jasmine wright live in washington. good morning, jasmine. so nice to see you. the president, president biden veering from the democrat s 11th hour focus on the economy. zeroing in on the threat for democracy. what s the thinking? reporter
was holed up frantically called 911. top police officials now admit it was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. have a listen. why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? you know the on scene commander considered a barricaded subject and that there was time and there were no children at risk. of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision. parents of the victims obviously outraged at these missteps with one father telling cnn he wonders if his daughter and others might have survived if authorities had actually acted more quickly. and we now know the names and the faces of all 21 lives cut short with funerals set to begin next week. the texas governor says police have a lot to answer for. cnn s ed lavandera picks up the story from here. i was misled. i am livid about what happened. reporter: explosive reaction from the texas governor to new information about law enforcement s response on the day of the uvalde shooti
but don t worry there are going to be good people who come back up and put those signs up after her. steve: i know i was thawing to somebody upstairs in the newsroom. i know there are people here in new york city. they are trying to keep the city clean. historically they just take down posters and stuff like that. but this is different. yeah. this is obviously very different. steve: not like a dog missing or call this person for chinese food or something like that people feel they can rip down posters of kidnapped people. a classmate of mine, her cousin kidnapped. see students and crazy lady tearing down these signs, it s insane. steve: and you have been with us talking about the atmosphere on campus in the green room you just told me that at hunter college, and here in the new york city area, a number of college female students have transferred out of their school to go to a specifically jewish university because it s safer there. yeah. that s right women s school