Im George Howell, the cnn newsroom starts now. Were following the breaking news out of Virginia Beach, virginia, that is where a disgruntled city worker went on a shooting spree killing multiple people inside of a municipal building. Police got to the scene quickly, but not before the gunman killed at least 12 people, serious lly wounding four others. Police killed the gunman after cornering him with a shootout with the officers. One officer was shot but saved by his bulletproof vest. Police recovered a rifle and semi automatic handgun that was equipped with extended magazines and silencer. A Police Scanner captured the moment that officers closed in on the gunman. Listen. Clear the air. We have the suspect behind a barricaded door. Stay off the radio. We need a key card access right now to the second story north end of the building. I have one of the coworkers that has the key. Coming for the key card. Coming down the stairwell with multiple alive. We have him on the other side, 504,
The standoff between iran and the u. S. Keeps escalating. This after tehran announced sunday its enriching uranium past levels allowed by the 2015 nuclear deal. Now, it says it could breach even more of the agreement in about two months. The move looks aimed to trying to get European Countries help iran evade u. S. Sanctions. Now, the showdown started after u. S. President Donald Trumps decision to withdraw from that nuclear deal. He had this warning on sunday. Iran better be careful. Because you enrich for one reason, and i wont tell you what that reason is, but its no good. They better be careful. Cnns Fred Pleitgen now is tracking this story. He joins us now live from moscow. And youve spent many times youve been many times to iran and spoken recent weeks with the iranian leadership. Kind of give us some insight into whats behind this most recent decision. Yeah, i mean, i think you put it absolutely correctly, paula. The iranians are trying to put pressure on the European Countries
Im Natalie Allen, newsroom starts right now. Iran is now offering a new explanation about why it seized a british flagged oil tanker in the strait of horm muuz. Iran claims it was involved in an accident with an iranian fishing boat so the iranian navy captured the tanker. An Iranian News Agency says the ship is in port and all 22 are to remain on board during the investigation. Advising all uk ships to avoid the strait of hormuz. It says it did stop a second ship briefly but it was released. The ships owner confirms it is no longer in iranian waters, the foreign secretary tweeted this, yesterdays action in gulf shows worrying signs that iran may be choosing a dangerous path of illegal behavior at the gibraltar legal detention of oil bound for veeria. As i said yesterday, our reaction will be considered but robust. We have been trying to find a way to resolve grace 1 issue but will ensure the safety of our shipping. All of this coming after gibraltar said an iranian shipping tanker sei
More than 34,000 people on the coast of South Carolina are without power right now. There is flooding in downtown charleston. A county official who we just spoke to feels the worst is yet to come. Were seeing some flooding downtown in the city itself. And then in some of the outlying areas that normally flood. We, again, were surrounded by several bodies of water down here, so its not unusual to have flooding. Were hoping that this thing will hurry up and get out of here, but the next high tide is what were really worried about at 1 00 p. M. When the storm could be right near us. Emergency officials are warning against traveling on the bridges and the National Hurricane center warns of a lifethreatening storm surge, dangerous winds and flash floods. And we have full coverage of this. Cnns Patrick Oppmann has an exclusive report from freeport coming up. Our paula newton is on the island of abaco and our derek van dam is standing by in charleston, South Carolina. But first we want to go
Cnn newsroom starts right now. At 5 00 a. M. Here on the u. S. East coast, we start with an eye to the bahamas, the same islands that were hit so hard by Hurricane Dorian, theyre bracing for another storm. Heres a look. This time, its Tropical Storm humberto, newly formed in the atlantic, its expected to move closer to the northwest islands, bringing more rain, more winds. This is an area already recovering from a deadly hurricane. Thousands of people have been left homeless. Hundreds of people are still missing. Well have more on whats happening. First, our. Meteorologist derek van dam is here to tell us more. George, that is our biggest concern, is that the storm could stall the relief efforts in the northern bahamas, even though a Tropical Storm, it is the last thing residents and tourists visiting that country want to see right now, especially considering what happened two weeks ago. We have humberto as of 11 00 p. M. Last night, according to the National Hurricane center. Welcome