michael smerconish in philadelphia. it s hard not to jump to conclusions about the tennessee state house. the r word it needs to be reserved for clear and convincing cases of prejudice, discrimination or antagonism. against the person or people based on their membership in a racial or ethnic group. after all, there is an appropriate permanence to labeling conduct as racist. but from the outside looking in, this sure does seem to be such a case. three tennessee state legislators who engaged in roughly the same behavior were meted out disparate treatment. just days after 39 year olds and three adults were murdered in a mass shooting at the covenant school in nashville. these legislators led what was described as a disorderly gun reform chant that interrupted house proceedings. there seems to be no debate as to whether they broke the rules. justin jones of nashville, justin pearson of memphis and gloria johnson of knoxville the only difference between the behavior of the three i
. former president donald j. trump has beenrand jury investig hush money payments to adult film star stormy daniels. it is the first time in american history that a current or former president is facing criminal charges, and cnn is now learning that trump is expected to be arraigned. early next week. now the grand jury has been hearing evidence and witness testimony related to $130,000 that trump s former fixer, michael cohen, paid stormy daniels before the 2016 election. that money was paid in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair she had with trump now source telling cnn and this is really important information. we re just getting that trump was completely caught off guard that right now he s in florida at a mar-a-lago that he had been caught off guard and that he thought that this was sort of. maybe maybe over. maybe bragg had gotten cold feet, so he suddenly released a statement after this news broke, saying, quote. this is this is in part. it s a longer statem
attends i .com that s tens i .com. eva longoria searching for mexico tonight at nine on cnn. you live in the cnn newsroom i m jim acosta in washington. details are slowly trickling out. of david, alabama, side of last night s mass shooting. a news briefing last hour provided us with some new information. four people are confirmed dead enforcement caution, though that s 28 people were injured. some critically, at least 15 teenagers were shot, we re told , and several, as i just said a few moments ago. they are in critical condition. the attack took place at 1/16 birthday party. in this community of 3000 people, the heartbreak of this small town on full display this evening at a vigil that just got underway within the last hour. you re looking at some pictures that are just recently come into us here at cnn, and we now know one of the people killed the older brother of the girl celebrating her birthday, phil staviyski dowdell. there he is right there, smiling. he was days away
leaders rare and public back and forth over controversial judicial reform plans. good morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin this morning in kentucky, where two blackhawk helicopters crashed overnight. officials say they went down and trigg county, which is just north of the kentucky tennessee state border. the crew was flying a routine training mission at the time. the army has just confirmed several casualties. we don t have an exact number yet. this photo from wk dz radio shows flames from the crash. here s what one witness who lives about a half a mile away from the crash site saw and heard. two helicopters came over pretty low and all of a sudden, soon as i got older house, something loud banging everything shut down just all of a sudden, so we joined the truck came over here. that s what we ve found two helicopters so still waiting for more information from the army about how many people were on board ea
started and the response from the u. s and other countries. hundreds of atlanta area inmates are being moved as a jail deals with an outbreak of infectious illnesses. the measures being taken to address the problems plus how one man s family says those conditions contributed to his death. boston marathon s tomorrow with this year s race marking 10 years since the deadly bombing. we re joined by a survivor who s turned that trauma into a cause to help others. we re starting in washington. the debt ceiling deadline just one of the major issues facing congress when members return this week, president biden house speaker kevin mccarthy, they are locked in a standoff over raising the debt limit, and biden s message to mccarthy is show me your budget, mccarthy is holding a conference call with house republicans today ahead of a speech tomorrow at the new york stock exchange. cnn reporter elena train has more on the week ahead for mccarthy and congress. good morning, victor and amra