direct .com. good morning, everyone we do begin with breaking news this morning. alright you are looking at live pictures. there was breaking news out of louisville, kentucky . you see a huge police presence there. there are quote multiple casualties, according to police as they respond to an active aggressor officials, including the f are telling everyone to stay away from the area of 300 block of east main street. the mayor also urging the public to stay away from the area. we have now learned that this is a shooting that there are multiple people who are down, including a police officer. our cnn correspondent omar jimenez is following the developments as we watch them there live from our affiliate. w e. we are seeing a lot of police down there, and we re hearing that the governor may be on his way. what can you tell us? omar? that s right, sara. for starters, they are describing this as an active or as a shooting incident in downtown louisville. they had been describing it
and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. it really doesn t stop. and science fiction made reality as nasa plans to try to divert an asteroid by crashing a rocket into it. we start in the uk where the bank of england says it won t hesitate to take action to control inflation, after the pound slumped to an all time low against the dollar. take a look at this chart from this morning s asia trading. at one point sterling fell to $1.03 the lowest since 1971 though it s since recovered slightly. there s been speculation that the bank of england may announce an emergency hike in rates to control rising prices. for the moment, that hasn t happened. well there s lots to unpack. first to understand what s happening today we must go back to friday and to this annoucement in parliament. i can announce today that we will catch the basic rate of income tax to 19p, in april 2020 three, one year early. that means a tax cut for over 31 million people injust a few months time. t
here. reporter: well, this is the statement from buckingham palace on behalf of her majesty, the queen, which is in windsor castle where i am. the whole family is saddened to hear the full extent of the challenge it has been for meghan and harry. the issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning. while some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately. so there are issues in terms of the racism claims, but they are suggesting that the recollections of those conversations differ. they ve obviously spoken to the person in the family or on the aides side of what they thought happened, and it doesn t match up, effectively, with what harry has been telling oprah winfrey in the u.s. they also point out that harry, meghan and archie will always be much-loved members of the family. what i heard also as far as background speaking to royal sources. they said they should be given the chance to discuss issues raised priv
on the weapons used? no not at this. not at this point. i don t know whether it was a long gun or a pistol or multiple guns. but there was a law enforcement response which led to a shootout. in the news this morning. six victims we do not know their conditions. six people transported to the hospital, including a police officer. after this shooting that happened at a bank this morning in downtown louisville. has john miller just pointed out . we re looking at live pictures right now of the aftermath, which looks like obviously the windows, john there. just shot out well, or that could be the police breach to get inside the bank, which was locked when they got there. and again as you re looking at these shots you can see the situation does seem to be in control. it is now obviously, situation is over at this point. i mean, what they re dealing with is at the hospital trying to save people at the scene, trying to have a crime scene investigation now that the building has been cleared. alr