just everybody started running and i pushed her down on the ground, we got down on the ground. and just chaos from there. you just kept hearing shots. like 8, 9, 10 shots. we had hundreds of people in munroe park. people scattered. this should not be happening anywhere. a child should be able to go to their graduation and walkion an accomplishment with their friends and families. other people were hurt as the crowd fled in all directions including a 9-year-old girl who was hit by a car. police arrested a 19-year-old who they think may have known one of the victims. he is expected to face two counts of second-degree murder. a big day today for former vice president mike pence. he is set to launch his 2024 campaign for the white house later today. at 1:00 p.m. he will give a speech and officially unveil his announcement video. and then tonight at 9:00, cnn will host a pence town hall at grand view university in des moines moderated by dana bash. and also north dakota
murder. lucas tomlinson is here with details. lucas: chaos in a matter of seconds, richmond police chief describe one suspect. another individual is in custody, 19 years old, we believe was involved in the shooting. in consultation with the attorney s office, we plan to seek charges for second degree murder times two for that individual, with more potential charges to follow. lucas: seeven people were shot and two killed at the graduation at virginia commonwealth university. at least 12 others were injured. witnesses describe the scene as utter chaos. 20 gunshots were heard. a witness described elderly people getting knocked to the ground. among the dead, a male student and a man who attended the graduation. it took place a mile from the state building. glenn youngkin says our hearts break, tonight we grieve for classmates, neighbors and the richmond community. multiple handguns were discovered at the scene. todd: tough story there. fox news alert, pope frances underg
we fought through the wilderness and threw open the doors of richmond slave jails, all to save the constitution and renew its promise of equality and freedom. we stormed the sands and scaled the cliffs of normandy. we drove tanks through the gates, we planted the stars and stripes on iwo jima and saved civilization. we marched on washington and won the right of suffrage for women. we marched over the edmund petttus build. we about built rockets to the moon. we built the largest economy, the greatest military in history, and we buried the soviet union beneath it. the american people are always there for one another. when neighbors are hurting, strangers load up their minivans and head that way. whether it was when the towers fell and people rushed across the country to search through the rubble or whether it was when the winds blew here in iowa and the floodwaters rose. so i ask you to remember who we are. if you are attempted to despair. we re americans. and there s nothing w
we are. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage now. on this wednesday, thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera. we have breaking news. in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump, just moments ago, nbc news cameras caught a top aid to trump awe arriving at the federal courthouse in miami. the same courthouse where we learned a grand jury will had hear testimony this week. the guy in the tie has been the right-hand man to trump in his post presidency. he runs a superpack and that sighting just after the bomb shell report from the new york times about testimony from former chief of staff mark meadows. we re live in miami and d.c. on what all of this could mean. and breaking news out of the vatican this morning. pope francis is expected to undergo surgery and remain hospitalized for several days. smoke from wildfires lead ing to had hazardous conditions across much of the country. dr. gupta is going
about the elderly alleged gunman. the medical debt crisis in america. more than 100 million americans are affected. what you can do to protect yourself. two men arrested after allegedly harassing a black teen and destroying the car he was driving. tonight, the new video. watergate 50 years later. cbs news looks back on the scandal that led to the downfall of a president. and on the road at a high school graduation that included cheers, diplomas, and plenty of tears. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to and thank you for joining us on this friday night. as we come on the air tonight, the state department is scrambling for information on three americans who have gone missing in the war in ukraine. their families are anxiously awaiting any news. all three served in the u.s. military and traveled into the war zone to help the ukrainians fight the russians. well, today, russian media showed vide