up maps of the school showing entry points and gained entry to the school by shooting through a side door. listen. all units, be advised we are under a mass casualty alert. the school shooting off the midtown off the veteranton hill multiple victims down. private christian school in nashville upscale green hills community. entered and began lob i can t area they immediately headed in that direction. when the officers got to the second level, they saw a shooter, a female. who was firing. the officers engaged her. she was fatally shot by responding police officers. police have identified the attacker as audrey hail a 28-year-old nacialg resident who is transgender and identifies as a woman. police say at some point she had attended the school which serves students in preschool through sixth grade. police identified the victims as custodian mike hill. substitute teacher cynthia peak and catherine coons who is interested on covenant s website as the head of school. three
tonight on the reidout we just learned about another shooting in tennessee. a school shooting. and i am truly without words. and our children deserve better. first lady and teacher dr. jill biden responding to the latest horrific acts of mass violence as politicians in states like tennessee worry more about drag shows and banning books than about actually protecting our children. also tonight, public protests in israel and elsewhere against the rising wave of authoritarianism. while here in the u.s., there s a shocking lack of urgency in repudiating the conspiratorial and violent rhetoric from our home-grown autocrat in waiting, donald trump. meanwhile, trump continues to lash out at the manhattan d.a. and the manhattan grand jury hears from a key player in trump s hush money scheme. bebut we begin with a tragedy that is unique to america. another school massacre. this time in nashville, tennessee. where a 28-year-old woman shot and killed three students and t
hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york and we begin today as we have done so many times, too many times, on this show with a crisis that is uniquely ours, uniquely american. today our country witnessed the 129th mass shooting of this year alone, this one, like so many these days, took place at a school. three young students and three staff members were killed today. they were killed at covenant school a private school in nashville, tennessee, after a shooter walked in and opened fire. after law enforcement engaged with the suspect, the shooter was killed, according to law enforcement. the shooter was a 28-year-old woman. at this hour not much more is known about a potential motive but it is worth noting at the top here how rare this particular specific situation is involving the shooter. according secret service there were only five female shooters out of 173 attacks from 2016 to 2020. in washington, d.c., president joe biden has been made aware of the shooting called it s
democratic lawmaker fo peacefully protesting gu violence on the state hous floor. today, after the vote, pearson made it clear this is not over you cannot expel hope [applause] you can t expel [inaudible [applause] you can t expel our voice! you can t expel our fight! [inaudible so let s get back to work yeah! - yeah! on monday, nashvill officials returned state representative justin jones to his seat republicans also removed him for protesting gun violence on the house floor. meanwhile, we are awaiting a ruling from a federal appeal court on a texas judge s decision to halt fda approva of an abortion pill. the court rule could come at any time, the washington pos reporting that the biden white house is preparing for a major legal and political battle t ensure access to abortio medications. but state officials are alread taking action, some going as far as stockpiling abortio pills. we decided last week to obtain three or four years supply of this product they
heading back to the state house, saying today you cannot expe hope what happens now that the eyes of the nation are on nashville then, fox news sanctioned in the dominion defamation case a breakdown of what went down, with jury selection set to start tomorrow and my one-on-one with energ secretary jennifer granholm on the administration s push fo clean, green energy, as th 11th hour gets underway on thi wednesday night good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. in a vote that took less tha one single minute, local memphis officials reappointe ousted tennessee lawmake justin pearson to his seat the decision comes just days after republicans expelled the democratic lawmaker fo peacefully protesting gu violence on the state hous floor. today, after the vote, pearson made it clear this is not over you cannot expel hope [applause] you can t expel [inaudible [applause] you can t expel our voice! you can t expel our fight! [inaudible [inaudible so let s get back to work!