went to the nursery looking for his 2-year-old stepson. he could not find him. he ended up opening fire, as well as stabbing children, stabbing people at this nursery. authorities tell cnn he then drove home, he took his own life. he then killed his 2-year-old stepson as well as his wife. we re still learning more details about the motive, this person. again, he is a former police officer who had been dismissed from the police officer, john. what an awful story. what an awful story. thinking about those families. 22 young children killed. keep us posted, thank you very much. we have new developments in recovery efforts in florida. the death toll after hurricane ian keeps climbing. at least 125 people now dead. but floridans are fighting back. the pine island bridge has now been made passable in a week. vehicles driving across now, including food trucks and emergency vehicles. president biden met with florida governor ron desantis. the two men set aside politics to foc
oath keepers to stay on the outside and stay fully armed and prepared to go in armed if they have to. if it kicks off, you rock and roll. that was oath keepers founder stuart rhodes. you hear that audio, why have prosecutors introduced that? what do they think it proves? this audio is damming according to the doj s case here, these are conversations between the group that sound like they re specifically planning violence in response to political transfer of power and that s obviously the crux of the government s case in this trial. but i think on the defense side, there are obviously going to be some holes that can be poked in that audio and that s going to be the question here, whether the prosecutors can reach that proof beyond a reasonable doubt when there are questions about the vagueness of some of the comments in there. we ll talk about the defense in a second. there s also sound of them talking about weapons. listen. pepper spray is legal, tasers are legal, and
coy, nice to see you. thanks for joining me. i m christine romans. new day starts right now. new evidence, new testimony. i m john berman with brianna keilar. that is the promise from the house january 6th committee as it holds its last public forum before the midterm elections. it comes as there s new reporting in a separate investigation. the mar-a-lago documents case. cnn is told donald trump directed an employee to move boxes at mar-a-lago after he received a sup pena for classified documents. and we re told, the committee is going to hammer home that trump remains a clear and present danger to the united states. sarah murray has more. we re expecting this to be their closing argument. reporter: that s right. while we are not expecting to see live witnesses at the hearing, we believe we ll see new video as well as new emails from the secret service. the house select committee investigating january 6th preparing its closing arguments ahead of the midterms. ther
through michigan. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. u.s. president will soon wrap up the second day of his first trip to asia as commander in chief. it comes after joe biden held talks with his south korean counterpart and reaffirm a alliance. both nations committed to a goal of denuclearization on the korea peninsula. here he is. translator: a sustainable piece of peninsula by a principaled and consistent policy toward north korea. in lock step with the biden administration i commit to safeguard peace on the korean peninsula and encourage north korea to come forward for dialogue and engage in cooperation. we as leaders of the two countries reiterated our common goal of the complete denuclearization of the dprk. there s no compromise for security under this shared belief we concurred that strong deterrence against north korea is paramount. still concerns that they may still conduct a missile test. the war in ukraine was also a critical topic at those bil
receive around the clock security as the department of homeland security warns of murder threats escalating. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is thursday, may 19th. and shortly, the 18-year-old suspect in the racist attack on a buffalo supermarket is due to appear in court after pleading not guilty to first degree murder. we re also learning this morning that a 911 dispatcher has been placed on administrative leave for what officials describe as a, quote, completely inappropriate response to a whispering caller during the mass shooting that left ten people dead. we re hearing stories from those who survived the massacre, including one hero who risked his life to save co-workers and customers. he spoke with cnn s shimon prokupecz. shimon joins us live from buffalo. it is an incredibly moving story, shimon. reporter: it is. what a remarkable man, jerome bridges, he works at the store, describing to us and really just great detail, a