childhood says at the top of the homepage, two girls and a boy reportedly all nine were murdered there today by 28 year old former student who also murdered three adults before being killed by police. the children were evelyn dick house . william kinney, halle scruggs and how his dad is senior pastor of covenant presbyterian church , which runs the school to the adults murdered cynthia peak and mike hill were both 61. mike hill s friend posted this photo of him online said mr hill was the last employee hired when he ran the school and church kitchen said he was the kind of person who would sacrifice for others. katherine coons was also murdered. she was 60, head of the covenant school. her daughter is also a teacher. there. police say her killer who they say was transgender, was carrying a handgun into assault style rifles. president biden today called on congress to do what it showed no willingness to do since the federal ban on such weapons expired in 2004. so i call on con
nashville police have released security footage from monday s deadly school shooting that left six people dead, including three children, plus new information about the officers who took down the killer. we re live in television this hour where protests have stopped for now, after israel s prime minister halted his judicial reform plans , but the controversy is far from over. plus cnn is on the ground in mississippi, where a string of deadly tornadoes has devastated the entire community. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin this hour with the shocking video of what s become an all too familiar scene here in the united states, a school shooting in nashville, tennessee . that s left three young children and three adults dead. police have released video, which they say shows a former student at the covenant school of arriving monday morning in a honda fit. they have identified the shooter as 28 year old audrey hale. a few minutes later , you c
for the pledge what america stands for is under threat and it s really serious we see it in this preposterous prosecution of donald trump in new york, what does it say in the pledge liberty and justice for all, even ex-president you may hate or as it says on the front of the supreme court equal justice under law. is even for presidential candidates you may be desperate to stop, of course no one is above the law but no one is below it either. all week you ve been hearing the details about why this case is trumped up and ludicrous we don t need to spend time on that tonight only the most demented and cultish trump partisan would take any of the seriously unfortunately most of the media seem to be demented and trump hating partisans these days. there you go the important point is this, the privacy over the rule of law in america is one of the things that america has most been admired for its one of the things i most admire america for from afar, now democrats are going to throw
watch this. we made it just in time. it was right on top of us. this is devastating. i have so many family members, friends, memories that has been destroyed. this is a whole community that has lost everything. so, it is just very sad here. it s going to take a long time for people to heal to get back on their feeds. alexandria hoff from washington with the latest. this is horrible for these people. you can hear her break in their voice and the center of the community blown away essentially. ashley, todd, the white house said things like temporary housing loans for uninsured property will become available for the residents of mississippi county pummeled by the storm. homeland secretary alejandro mayorkas took a tour of small delta community which residency it is nothing but a hollowed show. flower shop, beauty shop, barber, law offices down the street all gone. an auto parts store, a local restaurant that has been there for i don t know how many years, since i w
i ve seen more devastation than i ve seen in my lifetime. i m on the ground in the middle of it, it looked like a war zone. i never felt so good about the cooperation of the federal, state and local government. ashley: alexandria hoff live from washington with the latest, good morning. alexandria: good morning. the people of mississippi are not the type to wait on help, people came from across the state to lend trucks, equipment and medical expertise. where assistance will be is temporary housing and loans for unsured properties. alejandro mayorkas took a tour of the small delta community where residents say every marker of existence is gone. flower shop, beauty shop, barber, law offices just down the street are all gone. there was an auto parts store, local restaurant that has been there for i don t know how many years, since i was a child. service stations, tire shop, just gone. alexandria: 26 lost their lives in mississippi and alabama, one death was reported.