One of the russian president s biggest critics gunned down steps away from the president ial palace. We have the details on that. A man called the most wanted criminal in mexico caught without a single shot fired. Finally, the dress that broke the internet. How could this dress be different colors for different people . Welcome our viewers in the United States and roontd the world. Im george howell. This is cnn newsroom. We start the show this hour in russia. The Fatal Shooting of an opposition figure there is prompting speculation from his supporters that he may have been targeted by the kremlin. Officials say Boris Nemtsov was walking across a bridge from the kremlin when a car pulled up and someone opened fire. Flowers mark the spot where he fell dead. Russian president Vladmir Putin condemned his killing and ordered a full investigation into who may be responsible. Fred reporter gunned down in the heart of russias capital. Investigators work the crime scene where Boris Nemtsovs bod
The Fatal Shooting of an Opposition Leader in russia is prompting speculation from supporters he may have been targeted by the kremlin. Officials say Boris Nemtsov was walking with a female friend across a bridge that can be seen from the kremlin when a car pulled up and someone opened fire. He was shot several times. Russian president Vladimir Putin quickly condemned the killing and ordered an investigation. A manhunt is underway. Our Senior International correspondent fred plight begineitgenpleitgen looks at who may be behind this. Reporter gunned down in the heart was russias capital. Investigators worked the crime scene where Boris Nemtsovs body lay on one of the main bridges across the river. Nemtsov could one of russias most prominent Opposition Leaders, was struck in the back by several bullets. Happened next to the kremlin walls, in the vicinity of st. Basils cathedral. According to authorities, nemtsov was walking with a friend when a car stopped, and the assailant immediately
Elections. At stake today, control of the senate. Republicans have their best chance of winning back the majority since they lost it in 2006. Democrats hold a majority and could lose control of the chamber if they drop six seats. The other big story for today, a true test of the tea party. Mainstream gop fighting back and launching a strong counteroffensive. Our Political Team is covering all the angles. Lets start with dana bash covering todays headline mashup in kentucky, its an exciting one, dana. Reporter right, because Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republican leader, is fighting a twofront war. Today is primary day, as you said. He is expected to beat out and best his republican challenger, the one from the right, and his focus has already been on the real challenge he thinks he has, which is november. His democratic opponent. And the way he is describing it and laying it out for voters here is very interesting, because its along the lines of what you just laid out. The whole battle for
To put those photos online. I dropped my phone and i was screaming. I was on the phone with my mom and we were both crying. I really i couldnt explain the emotion i was going through. It was terrifying, absolutely terrifying. It is a story youll see first on cnn. Cnn justice reporter evan perez breaking down the developments. Sean hennry, the former assistant director of the fbi will break down the investigation. Hes also the president of crowd strike services, a company devoted to fighting cybercrime. Evan, tell us about this crackdown. Who is responsible . The fbi and police in over a dozen countries have been working on this case for a couple years now, and they basically in the last few days have done a roundup, over 100 arrests have been done. Hundreds of searches have been done in europe, canada and the United States. Wheel hear more about this later today, the Justice Department, the u. S. Attorney here in manhattan is going to announce charges against some of these individuals.
New details what hell say and what he wont as obstruction questions loom over the president. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Its wednesday, june 7th, 2017. Just a bit of news to get to. One day away for testimony from james comey and suddenly the undercard is part of the main event. At this mornings hearing a lineup of well intel communities allstars if you will. You got director of National Intelligence dan coats, acting fbi direct, nsa director mike rogers and Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein, all set to testify. Overnight coats at the center of breaking news. President trump asked coats if he could intervene with james comey to back off his investigation of former National Security adviser michael flynn. Unnamed officials tell the post it came after a briefing on march 22nd two days after comey said whether the Trump Campaign colluded with russia. Coats decided complying with the president s request to intervene would be inappropriate