press secretary did about just why this this 21 year old air national guardsman was allowed, apparently to have access to such classified material and what pentagon press secretary writer told reporters that essentially the military and trust highly classified information to people of all ages, including very young service members, essentially depends on what your job is and what you need to do that job. he gave the example of course of very young service members at leading people into combat. he said that basically it doesn t matter what your age is. it is just the job that you need to do. and so the pentagon did say, however, that they are taking steps to mitigate any potential leaks like this in the future. they are limiting the amount of information, for example, that they are disseminating widely across the u. s government. we have been told that people who were receiving these kinds of highly classified documents over the last several months have simply stopped receivin
again in a $250 million civil lawsuit threatening the fate of his business empire. did the former president answer the new york attorney general s questions, and the u. s. supreme court is being asked to intervene in the legal fight over abortion medication. the u. s. justice department seeking emergency action after a new appeals court ruling keeps the pills on the market for now, but with restrictions welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight. the fbi s dramatic arrest of an air national guardsman now the lead suspect in connection with the damaging leak of classified pentagon documents. cnn s oren liebermann is over at the pentagon for us with all the new details. tonight a 21 year old member of the massachusetts air national guard is in custody arrested in connection to the massive leak of classified documents online, the fbi swooping in on titan, massachusetts, a tactical t
killed in a crowd surge in yemen s capital what witnesses say caused that deadly crush and the supreme court buying time moving the deadline to decide on abortion pills to tomorrow at the stroke of midnight? good morning. good thursday morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. at least two people are dead this morning after severe storms tore across three states overnight. 97 oh, my gosh, this is incredible. one back up a little bit more. we re fine. where we re at the tornado is getting stronger. wow at least 14 tornadoes reported across the heartland seven in oklahoma, four in iowa, three in kansas with buildings ripped apart like this hardware store near oklahoma city, officials say. based on the level of damage you see here, it s possible more deaths and injuries will be reported in mclean county, oklahoma. officials say they have reports of people trapped inside shelters. they say first responders have been hampered
harrowing first look at what happened on monday when police officers arrived on the scene, along with the first images of the 25 year old gunman who was an employee of that bank before he was shot and killed by law enforcement officers. louisville police released about nine minutes of the footage tonight, showing multiple angles as brave officers responded to these urgent 911 calls. what you re about to see. next is what happened when those officers arrived on the scene. go, go, go, go, go! stop! stop writing. back up, back up, back up! back up. god don t have an angle. i got him down. i think he s down. you re doing after off now. you can do the stairs down, get the officer. it s truly incredible to see that footage and all these officers were being fired upon. you can see they continue to move forward to take down the shooter. we re told that the gunman purchased that a r 15 style rifle a week ago legally from a dealership in louisville , and now the debate over guns in ame
and has forced thousands of people to evacuate. cnn is live on the ground. we also have this for you. louisville police releasing intense body cam video of officers confronting the mass shooter at the bank on monday. the police chief says their actions saved lives. we re going to bring you the video next take a look live. look at president biden, speaking now in northern ireland on a historic visit will take you there lives. but first we ll go to that massive fire in indiana. where about 2000 people are being forced from their homes right now. is this virus continuing to rage? cnn s omar jimenez is live on the ground in richmond, indiana. omar i know you just got there. i see that you re wearing a mask. what is it like? on the grill there. and what are you hearing from? officials? yeah caitlin, this huge plume of smoke as you were driving into richmond, indiana here coming off the highway for miles. you really couldn t miss it. at this point. we do know that has been burning