20 dead. security forces are still trying to take control of the situation at this hour. also tonight, new data on long term covid and the increased risk of brain disorders. dr. leana wen is here to discuss. and actor gary busey in trouble with the law again. you re in the cnn newsroom. it is 2:00 a.m. in the capital of somalia and a terrorist attack is still playing out, more than 24 hours later. [ screaming ] harrowing images. at least 20 people are confirmed dead in the attack on the upscale hotel. dozens more injured. and an unknown number of people are being held hostage. [ sound of gunfire ] the al qaeda linked terrorist group al shabaab is claiming responsibility for the siege. cnn has not been able to verify that claim. police say the attackers and their hostages are now trapped in the middle two floors of the hotel. and they warn the death toll is likely to rise. a short time ago, this statement from the u.s. embassy there. the united states strongly condemns t
declared it a public health emergency earlier this month but critics argue they have not moved fast enough. yesterday the deputy a mmonkeyp defense coordinator defended their response. we know what we got in terms of this outbreak. it s acting differently than any mo monkeypox outbreak before. we need what needs to be implemented to control the outbreak and clear which populations we need to focus on. it s more about the right time as opposed to there being a delay. those comments came one day after the white house announced a new plan called for boosting vaccine supply making anti viral treatments more readily available and reaching out to at risk communities. that plan is being put into action this weekend in s charlotte. health care workers in north carolina will be administering free monkeypox vaccine at pride events across the city. charlotte is one of several receiving 50,000 vaccine doses from the national stockpile ahead of large public events. we want to get in
russians have got gun implacements and rocked implacements close to that nuclear facility. they ve got military vehicles inside, which is no great surprise, because they captured it on march 4th. and they have been, because we ve seen the evidence with our own eyes, firing rockets outside of that facility. on top of that, we ve got their claim that the ukrainians are shelling back. that has been undermind not only by our own analysis of satellite imagery, but i ve spoken in the last few hours to people who have been working and one who has been working in that plant, close to that plant, and this is something we hear repeatedly from witnesses, who repeats that the russians are firing mortars to make it look as though the ukrainians are involved in some kind of threat to their own nuclear power station. all of this is set against a backdrop of very serious combat along a long front and very keep concerns in the international community that the international community could be
people to be in charge of the government with elected representatives in charge of congress and the president. they want this permanent bureaucracy and a permanent bureaucracy of national archives and top breaches of fbi and the department of justice. donald trump refused to play along. that is why they been going after him six years. it s not just about donald trump either. it s about the democrats using law enforcement and the other tools of the administrative state to harass and persecute their opponents. jackie ibanez with the latest on the case, jackie. federal judge issuing a notice of preliminary intent over the event to appoint a third party attorney to review the documents seized from former president trump s mar-a-lago home. order of the justice department to provide and pursue a more detailed list of what was taken and that is due tomorrow. the hearing is scheduled for wednesday. this is a small victory from the trump team who has been pushing for the appointme
jose albadefended himself from being killed. this guy is jacked, he is strong and young. he was going to beat this guy to death, jose albahad the right to protect himself. marianne joined us live with the latest. take it from there. marianne: outraged bodega owners demand officials drop the charges after the man s girlfriend tried to buy a $3 bag of chips for her daughter. the upset woman summoned her boyfriend. the girlfriend brandished a knife, allegedly stabbing alba. da alvin bragg is refusing to comment on why the man was arrested and bond set at $250,000. alba s bond was reduced and he was able to return home. he has injuries on his upper arm and a gash on his shoulder, but asking simon s family for forgiveness, he also lost a son. i don t know in the moment how this happened, i m sad, i know what the pain is, i ask they please forgive me. da bragg is expected to meet with bedega owners today. eric adams says it is a clear case of self defense and albanever should