crisis from hurting themselves or others, let s come together and make sure that not another family experiences that this loss that not another community is ripped apart and it s very fabric by this type of savage and senseless violence. you mentioned universal background checks. we know most action on gun reform is likely to happen at the state level more likely to happen at state level than it does at the federal level. just give us a sense since being there in washington, and i know you ve reached out to your constituents and we re calling them as recently as last week. asked about their concerns, gun violence was right up there. since you ve been in washington . are you more or less hopeful that this country can and will in fact address gun violence? uh i m always going to be helpful. hopeful i spent 10 years in the state senate in the minority is a democrat and kentucky and worked every day with my colleagues from all over the state and across the aisle to try to make th
vowing to forcefully protect u. s citizens as his administration cast blame on iran and seeks to punish its proxies. also tonight, former white house chief of staff mark meadows is under orders to testify along with other top x trump aides. in the january 6th criminal investigation. it s another win for the special counsel after forcing trump s lawyer to face a grand jury today, and north korea threatens to unleash a giant radioactive tsunami as it claims to test a nuclear capable underwater drone. kim jong un ramping up his dangerous taunts. as we re learning more about human rights abuses on his watch , welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world is on assignment. i m alex marquardt york in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news and let s get right to that breaking news out of syria, u. s forces targeted with rocket fire tonight by suspected iranian backed fighters. this comes after a deadly drone attack on americans and retaliatory airs
in washington, and we begin today with another deadly mass shooting this one at a bank in louisville, kentucky. police say four people are now dead and eight wounded. they say the shooter is also dead. and in a video recorded near the bank, you can hear the shots being fired as police begin arriving on the scene. the gunman began firing just as the bank was getting ready to open, and police say they believe he was a former employee. two officers were wounded in the exchange of gunfire, and one of them remains in critical condition. right now , a witness says that he spoke to an employee who was sheltering inside of the bank. she s at the bank at this building. their protocol is to get into the vault. me and her have had that conversation several times. hit the panic button. go to the vault. don t fight. don t do anything. lock yourself up hard and let it go. kentucky s governor, andy bashir arrived at the scene this morning, and he revealed that two of the people that were ki
was preparing to open. four people are dead, nine more were wounded and transported to a nearby hospital officials say that police exchanged gunfire when they confronted the shooter. two officers were hurt in the gunfight. the shooter died at the scene, and it s unclear if he was shot by police or by himself. witnesses described chaotic moments. people were running for cover. some inside the bank, even hiding themselves in a vault for safety, and investigators say the gunman was working alone and may have been a former employee or some connection with that bag . president biden and attorney general merrick garland have both been briefed. can tuck ee governor andy bashir revealing that two of those killed today were close. friends were expecting another update in a press briefing in the next hour . cnn s shimon prokupecz is here with more on what we re learning about the circumstances, all the events that took place and the shooter. what do we do? that s the big question the s
we will have a live report from southern israel. new rocket strikes near a nuclear power plant, raising fears of a disaster in europe. we re live in ukraine, with the details. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. good to have you with us, the u.s. is on track to make its biggest investment to combat the climate crisis in history, after the democrat passed sweeping climate and tax bill officially known as the inflation reduction act, vice president kamala harris cast the deciding vote to break a 5050 tie. the are 50, the knees are 50, the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative and the bill as amended these past. not a single republican senator voted for the measure, they of course have a much different view of the bill. here is senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. american families are crying out for relief, the democrats decided to spend hundreds of billions of dollars of the people s money on a bi