newsroom. i m jim acosta and washington and at any moment we re expecting a news briefing from law enforcement officials and dave ville, alabama, the sad sight of last night s horrifying mass shooting. we are hoping to learn more about a suspect or possible motive in that shooting rampage in this tiny alabama town. this is a look at a vigil that s about to get underway. at any moment. these are live pictures that you re looking at right now of this vigil that is about to take place in memory of the children. teenagers many of them who were lost in this mass shooting. here s what we know right now about this tragedy for people are confirmed dead, spokeswoman for one local hospital says 15 teenagers suffered gunshot wounds and were treated another hospital says it received multiple patients. the attack apparently happened at a sweet 16 birthday party in this community of 3000 people. one of those killed the older brother of the girl celebrating her 16th birthday. there you see
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right there. picture of him smiling. fill stadiums. dowdle was days away from graduating and going to jacksonville state university on a football scholarship. we re told by folks there in alabama, cnn s isabelle rose salas joins us live from day ville. is about. it is just heartbreaking when you look at the picture of that young man who was lost and we know that there are three others and we ll be seeing their pictures. i m sure and you know and do time there s a picture of him again. it s just absolutely heartbreaking, and it s happened again, this time in alabama. jim this community is shocked. it is a community of 3000 people. teeny tiny. a lot of these people go to church together. i can hear the church bells right now. going off. they eat together so many people we spoke with in this community know exactly who has passed in this building behind me, a dance venue that was being used for sweet 16th birthday party. where
officer fanone who was beaten by a trump fanatic is a republican as harry dunn that you had on said he voted for larry hogan. so this isn t about partisans. these are insurrectionists versus, you know, the rest of us americans. and they said they feel betrayed. they feel betrayed that accountability hasn t happened. and it really struck me how they focused on let s just focus on the truth. let s just focus on the truth. why is that so hard? what do you think, paul? actually barbara and i used to go to church together, mass together. as a faithful christian i believe christ was right when he said ye shall know the truth and the truth will set you free. that s one thing trump will never know is the truth because the truth can t set him free. the truth is he s lying to a lot of people and dangerous people.
along well, go to church together, work together, live together and that is part of the strength of these communities. we need to remember that so that we don t continue to fester division. secondly, we need leadership that rises to the moment and encourages people to appreciate each others differences, respect one another instead of fans the flames of hate and bigotry and division. and unfortunately as many have pointed out, we have a president whose political strategy has been based on dividing people. he started off his campaign that way in 2016 and it s not a coincidence just a few weeks after he announces re-election he s basking, indulging in the chants of send her back, and he s spoken of immigrants as invaders. this is the kind of language that these white supremacist terrorists are also parroting.