hello, everyone, thanks so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield in atlanta. in wisconsin a deadly shooting left a former judge dead and sources tell cnn the gunman was planning to target several other high-ranking government officials. former juneau county circuit court judge john roemer was gunned down in his home friday. police say the shooter then shot himself. sources say the gunman was also planning attacks on wisconsin governor tony evers and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. we have details now. what more are investigators sharing. reporter: sources tell cnn the suspect had a list of targets, a long list of targets. officials say this was somehow related to the justice system. was it one case, several cases? that is simply not clear. what i can tell you this began friday morning when someone ran out of judge roemer s home, called 911 and told police someone had broken inside and shot two rounds inside that home. when police tried to negotiate with the s
hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. we re watching several new developments across the middle east as israel pushes forward with its war against hamas. we re seeing more airstrikes across gaza today, with israeli forces closing in on gaza city. one explosion hit a u.n. run school. that is serving as a shelter for thousands of palestinian refugees. the hamas run ministry of health says the blast killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more. meanwhile, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken met with arab foreign ministers today in jordan for a high-stakes summit, but while the arab officials called for an immediate cease-fire in gaza, blinken says now is not the time. is our view that a cease- fire now would simply leave hamas in place. able to regroup and repeat what it did on october 7th. and you don t have to take my word for it. just a few days ago, the senior hamas official said that it was their intent to do october 7th again and again and agai
The bullet damaged his internal organs and he lost a lot of blood which sent him into shock. Doctors say hes now showing signs of improvement after his latest surgery. Ryan noebls joining us. Reporter this is an Important Development in the case, friday when we were briefed they told us not to expect any updates, that they were going to remain quiet, so the time they took the time out to immediate the media today showedshows you how strong hes gotten. Let me read you this statement by the doctors. Congressman Steve Scalise is in serious condition now. Remember he was in Critical Condition before. He ends went another surgery today but continues to show signs of improvement. He is more responsive and is speaking with his loved ones. He greatly appreciation the outboring of thoughts and prayers. I want to point out another Important Development in that note and that is that hes been able to have conversations with his family. That was something we specifically asked about in the press co
Eight people were in the room including a russianamerican lobbyist. It was a former soviet military officer. Cnns Boris Sanchez is covering all of this near bedminster, new jersey. Boris, do we expect any response from the president . The white house . In any capacity on the latest development about the trump tower meeting . It looks like we lost Boris Sanchez, well try to reconnect with him. Meantime were learning more about the people who were in the secret meeting at trump tower. One of the newly discovered attendees in that room, a russian american lobbyist as i mention who had one senator has accused of being a soviet counterintelligence member. Cnns National Security correspondent jim sciutto has the story. The june 2016 meeting at trump tower with donald trump junior, Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort included more people beyond the russian lawyer, natalia veselnitskaya. A source familiar with the circumstances tells cnn. Russian american lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin told several Med
Concern flynn has for his son . We were told flynn had expressed concern about the potential legal exposure of his son, Michael Flynn jr. Like his father is under scrutiny. Flynns concern as you mentioned, potentially a factor to decisions coming forward about how to respond to muellers ongoing investigation, also the business dealings of key Trump Campaign advisers. Im told as well flynns wife lauri shares the concern about their sons possible exposure. Do you know what muellers team is looking at when talking about legal exposure . Ive spoke to two witnesses who have been interviewed by the special counsel, they tell us investigations regarding flynn and his and his sons business, including income from work overseas, you remember the foreign registration act, that requires those who do business that act as agents for Foreign Countries or governments, they have to disclose those relationships as well as any financial compensation for work. Flynn junior, to be clear was in his fathers