states and all around the world . you re watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church just ahead new details about some of the victims from a mass shooting at a sweet 16 birthday party in alabama how some members of the community are remembering those who were lost. fighting in sudan enters a third day as the army and paramilitary groups struggle for power will look at the toll it s taking on civilians and g seven foreign ministers meet in japan two days after an explosive object was thrown at that country s prime minister will show you the dramatic video of the moment a bodyguard jumped into action. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. thanks for joining us with the new school week starts in just a few hours here in the united states. one community will be facing it with a sense of loss, both impossible to explain. and yet all too common day ville alabama is the latest city grappling with a mess shooting. police say four people were killed at a sweet
town sweet 16 party. fox defamation trial delayed just hours before opening statements . is this a sign a settlement could be near. and spacex boss elon musk, downplaying expectations with his company about to launch the most powerful rocket ever built. good monday morning to you welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with carnage at a sweet 16 birthday party in a small southern town. four people were killed, nine injured, some critically in this rampage saturday night. indeed ville alabama so far, authorities have not released details about a suspect or a motive. but overnight we did learn the name of one of those killed kiki smith, who was a student athlete athletic manager on the high school s track team. for more on another of the victims. a star athlete, let s go to cnn s isabel rizal is indeed ville. i spoke with michael taylor, who is the assistant football coach over a day ville high school. and he says th
morning. we re just talking. do you think they should settle? i was saying to pop in there like go. i didn t even have time to answer that. i mean, it s fast fox news, by the way in dominion. what do you think? fascinating. i think they have a lot to weigh in whether lives are going to a good start morning, everyone said. there s a lot lot to wait here. you know , i think there is a value and a trial and there s also risk in a trial. yeah we ll see. we ll see . we re going to update you on all of that. good morning, everyone, caitlin today it s just popping i so we re gonna get started with the five things to know for this monday, april 17 2023. we re going to start with the dominion trial that dominion trials start, though. in that box defamation trial abruptly delayed until tomorrow . the wall street journal is reporting its because fox is making a late effort to settle we ll get into that. also, protesters taking to the streets of kansas city after a 16 year old was shot a
phone interview gigolo who is better known as committee told me ruling sudan isn t his endgame. what do you personally want from this situation? general hamdan? do you want to lead the army? do you want to be the chief? i don t want to be the leader of the army. there s a framework agreement between all the sudanese stakeholders that should be adhered to. i don t want to lead anything. these are all propaganda they are making as part of the agreement. the rsf some 100,000 strong would merge with the army. but differences over how long that would take and who would end up with more power. aggravated tensions between the two factions, which have since erupted into open warfare. residential areas across sudan have become battlefields with anti aircraft weapons in the streets. and warplanes hovering overhead. scores of civilians have been killed. the army blames the rsf for the violence , pointing the finger back at al burhan. what is your message to
the forces of general mohammed hamdan dygalo, known as a rapid support forces, paramilitary group, or rsf, have been locked in battle with the sudanese army, led by general abdel fattah albarran. fighting comes as sudan tries to finalize a deal to return to civilian rule after two military coups in recent years. temporarily united , the army and the rsf in a phone interview gigolo who is better known as committee told me ruling sudan isn t his endgame. what do you personally want from this situation? general hampton? do you want to lead the army? do you want to be the chief? you don t want to be the leader of the army. there s a framework agreement between all the sudanese stakeholders that should be adhered to. i don t want to lead anything. these are all propaganda they are making as part of the agreement. the rsf some 100,000 strong would merge with the army. but differences over how long that would take and who would end up with more power aggravated tensions between the