former police officer killed exchanging gunfire with the shooter. survivors of the attack describe a terrifying rush to escape. my daughter was crouched down to the front end for the entire shooting. i got all the way to the back door and the back door was stuck but morris, my co-worker, who told us to run to the back, he s also the one who was able to get the door open for us to get out of the building. we were afraid, we didn t know if someone was on the other side of the door. she was in panic mode and she did not move because she did not want to be noticed she was there. buffalo s mayor called for the city to pull together to overcome the trauma of the attack. we re heart broken. many people with tears in their eyes, families that have lost loved ones. i m telling the community to grieve but let s stay strong, let s stay together and let s get through this as a community. police have identified the suspect and 18-year-old peyton gendron. authorities are combing th
terror attack in america on americans. ten americans killed, their ages ranging from 32 to 86. in fact, six of the victims were older than 60. the evidence clearly suggests they were murdered because they were shopping and black. this morning we re getting new perspective on the victims and we will speak to a number of people who knew and loved them. police say the white 18-year-old suspect traveled three hours from a different county. there are new details about how he planned the massacre and for how long. and a previous incident when he was on the radar of law enforcement, making a chilling comment last spring. tomorrow we just learned that president biden will visit buffalo and meet with victims families. we re also learning new details about a deadly shooting in southern california. four people were having lunch inside a church after services when a gunman entered and opened fire, killing one person and critically wounding four others. the taiwanese congregation was t
america are hurting because of inflation. donald trump loved west virginia and west virginia loves donald trump. there is a passenger flying a plane that is not a pilot and the pilot is incapacitated. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is wednesday, may 11th, 4:00 a.m. in washington, 11:00 a.m. in ukraine. more help could be on the way soon to ukraine to fight off russia s brutal invasion. u.s. house lawmakers have approved an aid package worth about $40 billion in addition to the nearly $14 billion already provided to ukraine earlier this year. if the senate approves, u.s. president joe biden is expected to sign it into law. meanwhile in eastern ukraine the mayor reports missile strikes on two areas of the city of of. but russia is not succeeding on many fronts. ukrainian forces claim that they destroyed a russian tank near kharkiv. the u.s. director of national intelligence says that russian failures could lead to a dangerous new phase of t
president donald trump for his endorsement and support of my campaign. when donald trump puts his mind to something, you better watch out. donald trump loves west virginia and west virginia loves donald trump. now, nebraska showed trump a little less love. cnn projects khashoggi farmger jim pillen will beat trump s preferred for governor charles herbster, who was accused of sexual misconduct by eight women which he denied. trump said he is a fine man who has been badly maligned. the senate votes today on a bill that would codify into law a woman s right to seek an abortion, following the leak of that draft supreme court opinion of course overturning roe v. wade. the bill would need 60 votes to pass, so it really has no chance in this 50/50 senate, but democratic majority leader chuck schumer says today s vote will put every member of the senate on the record. meantime republican leader mitch mcconnell clarified or at least tried to clarify that comment about a federal abo
domestic priority on the same day that gas prices hit a new record high. plus, a mixed night for trump-backed candidates in yesterday s primaries. with a win in west virginia, but a loss in nebraska. we ll discuss what this says about the former president s hold on the republican party. and the latest on the war in ukraine. u.s. officials say that vladimir putin is in it for the long haul. thinking he ll be able to wear down western support. we ll hear from the nation s top spy chief. good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 11th. i m jonathan lemire. russia claims its forces have made significant gains in eastern ukraine, three weeks after moscow launched renewed offensive there. the russian defense ministry yesterday said its troops have advanced to the border between donetsk and luhansk the two russian-speaking provinces together known as the donbas. the ministry said it now controls more of the region than it did before the war started on f