patterson is a suspect. the man hunt underway right now. let s begin on the ground in atlanta with charles watson. hi, charles. good afternoon, gillian. at this point in this investigation, police are having folks here in the midtown area shelter in place. you can see here behind me there s heavy police presence out here. police are starting to condense this crime scene some and move it back closer to the building where the shooting is presumed to have happened. you mentioned just a few moments ago, police released the identity of a suspect, the man that police believe is behind the shooting that happened here in midtown this morning. he s identified as deon patterson. he is a 24-year-old man and police are asking folks to be on the lookout for patterson. urging the public not to approach him and call 911 instead because he is considered armed and dangerous. now, we just got an update from police a few moments ago. they said they were aware of a carjacking in the vicinity o
more serious treatment, to grady hospital or trauma treatment. civilians have been pushed back quite a ways and being here in downtown atlanta, a sense even of those not directly victimized by this, a sense of fear. this is wednesday, middle of the day, downtown atlanta, and now a huge police presence, shots fired, an hour later the shooter still at large. so, people are afraid and they are wondering what is happening in the heart of their city. john: and again, we asked the question of joe cardnellie do we know any specific area or danger posed by the person on the loose if he encountered someone, or are they just casting a net far and wide across the city as we see some pictures of you mentioned medical personnel exiting the building. some are wearing hair nets, may indicate they were involved in administering medical procedures at the time. again, this is an office building, it s not an actual hospital. northside hospital, the affiliated hospital is up at the intersectio
sandra: all new at 2:00, calling all officers. los angeles mayor karen bass is making good on her campaign promise. looking to recruit hundreds are month police officers in an effort to rebuild the city s reputation in the face of rising crime. john: she says it s long overdue, after the lapd lost nearly 1,000 officers, many pinning it on defund the police and soft on crime policies. sandra: welcome back, john, halfway there. john: halfway there, halfway to friday. the long slow slide into the weekend from here. john roberts in washington. the democratic mayor already warning some in her party may see her proposal as a betrayal, specifically those who have supported defunding the police. but others say safety should be everyone s priority. i remember, and i m old enough to remember where it did not matter if you were a democrat or republican, your safety was one that every party cared about. sandra: right to matt, covering the story closely. matt, there s a millio
unveils his debt limit plan and the white house accuses him of dangerous economic hostage taking. we have katie pavlich and robert wolf standing by. first to peter doocy on the north lawn. hi, peter. president biden and speaker mccarthy are not talking to each other. they re taking at each other. we ve been hearing for weeks at the white house that president biden s idea about the debt ceiling is simple. just raise it. republicans did it during trump. just do it again. as speaker mccarthy has a three-point plan that he announced minutes ago. i m proud to announce that we are introducing the limit save grow act of 2023. first, we limit government spending. our proposals also repeal biden s army of 87,000 irs agents. now, that will save taxpayers $70 billion finally. we will grow the economy so we are less dependent on china. white house officials are not commenting yet on a report that tax revenues on tax day this week were less than expected, which could bring the deb
great to have you here, jacqui. jacqui: i m jacqui heinrich in for john roberts, he s off today. a crime story terrifying people on the north side of chicago. just this morning, a spray of bullets ringing out at a frat house party to kick off homecoming weekend at southern university in baton rouge leaving nine people wounded. sandra: about this time yesterday in cleveland when a gunman stormed a barber shop and shot five people, one of the wounded still fighting for his life. jacqui: and families on bucket list vacations cannot get away from the crime targeted at their hotel on a disney world vacation. this morning to head out to go to disney and the truck was missing. i ve had iwatches, a lot of people said the same thing has happened to them. sandra: in the neighborhood known as wrigleyville in chicago, the closest thing to crime used to be rooftops giving fans a free view of the cubs action at wrigley field, but the neighborhood has been hijacked by a violent gr