a rush to judgment. the special counsel jack smith urging the supreme court not to wait to decide a critical question concerning donald trump. is he entitled to immunity for crimes he may have committed as president? and growing influence. two months of war brought on by hamas s attack on israel hasn t hurt the terror group sway over gaza. in fact, maybe the opposite. and under fire again, harvard s president now facing questions over whether she committed plagiarism, this after avoiding calls for her to resign over her testimony on antisemitism. can she survive another controversy? following these major stories and many, more all coming in right here to cnn news central. the special counsel prosecuting donald trump wants to fast-track a key dispute in the case right to the supreme court. today, jack smith again urged justices to weigh in now on whether a former president can be prosecuted for alleged crimes committed while in office. it is an issue that has never been test
the house. zeldin says he doesn t know the identity of those shot but that they are being treated for their wounds. the search for the shooters is ongoing. back to you. see three let s bring in lee zeldin now, new york gubernatorial candidate and congressman from county. what another 12 hours you have had. put us come if you can, congressman, with you and your wife. you re in the bronx at a columbus day parade, and how do you find out about a shooting half a block from your house? we got a phone call from our daughter, mikayla. we hear other daughter, arianna, in the background crying. she speaking to 911. they were the 911 colors. mikayla is freaking out that we are not able to hear everything because of the wi-fi connection. they were locked inside of a bathroom. they were at the kitchen table doing homework, and all of the sudden they are hearing multiple gunshots. they then hear screaming. they run upstairs and lock themselves in the bathroom. one of my daughters calle
now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, may 17th. i m john berman. brianna is off this morning. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins with me in new york. we have live pictures of the white house this morning, very shortly president biden about to depart for buffalo, to meet with the families of those killed in the racist mass shooting there. moments ago, officials told us the president will condemn, quote, the terrorism motivated by a hateful and perverse ideology that tears at the soul of our nation. and he will call on americans to give hate no safe harbor and to reject the lies of racial animus that radicalize and divide us. he will also call for federal legislation to try to keep guns from the mentally ill. this morning we re getting new details about the suspected shooter. cell phone video taken by an eyewitness at the moment he was taken into custody by police, new evidence shows he spent several month
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