now falling. i m fredricka whitfield. cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta right now. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin tonight with the sad reality that it has happened again. another mass shooting in america, this one in a tiny alabama town, with teenagers making up most of the victims. here s what we know. at this hour. four people are confirmed dead and dead. ville alabama spokesman for a local hospital, says 15 teenagers suffered gunshot wounds and were treated another hospital says it received multiple patients he attack was tied to a sweet 16 birthday party in this community of 3000 people. let s go live now to date ville and cnn s isabelle rose salas. isabel. what s the latest that we re learning there? hey gemma. good evening to you. we are learning that one of the four victims who was killed right behind me at this dance studio that was a venue. we re told by witnesses. first sweet 16 birthday party. that victim has been ident
o er the ramparts we watched were so gal atlantaly the gallantly streaming. and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. o, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave will: good morning and well to fox & friends on this saturday morning in the middle of madness in march. historic upset yesterday. only the second timest the ever happened that a 16-seed took down a 1 in the ncaa tournament. fairleague kick cannenson busted every bracket in america save one. the one bracket that was busted before that upset was that of president joe biden who picked the university of arizona to win it all, and just the day before yesterday number 2 seed arizona lost in their opening game as well. so there you have it. the day after st. patrick s day and already half of america s bracket is busted. will cain, rachel campos duffy and joey jones if for in f
bring to big cities. cb cotton is live in new york city with more, cb? hi jon good evening nice to see you. newly released data from the nypd certainly shows an increase in one type of criminal offense, retail theft. the staffs are belike nearly one third of those committing retail theft or repeat offenders. this comes as house judiciary committee prepares for to field hearing tomorrow. focusing more violent crime. six confirmed witnesses for the harried members of the gop led committee said their testimony will highlight how the policies of manhattan d.a. alvin bragg have contributed to rampant violent crime. the das office though says the hearing is not a real effort to address public safety. but rather a political stunt. the hearing comes as another round of criticism against bragg from republicans who feel bragg s priority prosecuting content being tough on crime. less than two weeks ago trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related
casting ballots for one of nine people running for mayor, but it could be weeks before we find out who wins. growing fears in east palestine, ohio. the head of the epa is there now taking questions directly from residents who say they will caught in a political fight. the gang of eight getting its first briefing on classified documents. found at the properties of joe biden, donald trump and mike pence. what they will and won t be able to find out. and a rare live report from inside russian occupied crimea. a critical area russia annexed back in 2014. ukraine s president says the war will not end until his country gets it back. our nbc reporters are across the globe following all of the latest developments. we start with nbc s chief international correspondent, keir simmons, in crimea. you re the first western journalist to enter since the invasion. talk to us about what you re seeing and finds out. reporter: there s a lot of talk about crimea, that russia and ukraine will
pete: this is not just a race,st the an event. st the an extravaganza. that s the apopka high school band performing life here at the daytona the national speedway i ahead of the daytona 500 tomorrow on fox. thanks for joining us here on fox & friends weekend, pete hegseth, will cain, rachel campos duffy and a very cool graphic that makes us look awesome, because we re at an amazing event, the great american race. it s great on the back here with the both of you. rachel:st the been an incredible couple das i days here. the food that the mche mothers are doing pat: thankfully, we haven t seen any of it yet. will: it ll be the 75th running pete: 75th or year of nascar, 65th will: thank you for that correction. i m a little off. i have a bud canty that just said, are you headed to bible study? [laughter] or maybe a parent-teacher conference? [laughter] with my sweater on, he also said you might be headed to bushwood country club. [laughter] pete: okay. rachel: di