Thats all for tonight. Good night. We begin with a story that is hard to believe. Nearly one month to the day after the horrific shootings in connecticut, we expose a number of people who claim the shootings were staged. There always experience theorist who is come up without rageuous claims and normally we wouldnt dignify them with air time. They are sickening to those who are crying and consoling and burying family members and trying to figure out how to restart their lives if thats possible. Normally we wouldnt mention the theories. At least one of the people who is pedalling at least one version say tenured professor at Florida Atlantic university that gets taxpayer money. His name is james tracy. This is what he looks like. James tracy is his name. He claims the shooting did not happen as report and may not have happened at all. Heres what he wrote on his blog. One is left to inquire whether the sandy hook shooting ever took place. At least in the way Law Enforcement authorities a
Guest to the state of the union . Every single one can. Ted nugent will be the guest tonight of republican congressman steve stockton, on outspoken proponent of gun rights and former congresswoman gabrielle giffords, she will be in attendance, her husband mark kelly and as the with parents of hadiya pendleton. And tony bennett will be there at the invitation of nancy pelosi. Bennett is an outspoken proponent of gun control. Im brook baldwin, thank you so much for being with me here, lets go to wolf blitzer in washington. Hey, wolf. Happening now, a stricken ship plagued by raw sewage, some 4,000 passengers and crew describe conditions on the carnival try turn to be disgusting. And north koreas young leader defies the world with an underground nuclear test and now the world is responding. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. A picture of nightmare at sea. These passengers on the carnival triumph arent on deck to soak up the sun, theyre trying to escape the unbearable stench of
Attorney general declined to comment. An mit grad student thought it would be neat to show where every Single Person lives in the u. S. On a map. He created this unbelievable picture. Each one of these dots represents one person. 341 million dots. The map allows you to zoom into the local level to see where everybody lives. Wow. Dangerous, i think. Thats it for me. Cnn newsroom continues with don lemon. Hey, don. You just heard the militarys aboutface, but you are about to see how women are training to face every soldiers worst nightmare. Rolling. The story keeps changing as the twists get more bizarre. Who is sat fault in the manti teo saga . Chilling new details about a teens alleged plot targeting walmart and now his uncle said even your owner reporter got several facts wrong. Intimate new pictures of jfk and his famous family. Welcome. Im don lemon. Game on. The battle over gun control is kicking into high gear. Dianne feinstein stood near this wall of guns flanked by Police Office
Important questions that are not yet answered. Is he alone . Is this person acting alone some is this person the suspected bomber or someone connected to it . We are following all of this as we follow the progress of that van and the developments in this case. Keeping our eyes on the white house as well as President Trump is expected to speak any moment. Thank you so much for joining me. I will hand it off to john king with inside politics. We will continue our coverage. Thank you and welcome to inside politics. As kate noted, we will continue to following the dramatic Breaking News this hour. The Justice Department confirms federal authorities have arrested a man in South Florida in connection to the explosive packages sent across the country. That arrest a bit earlier today and now a dozen packages in total sent to political operatives and opponents of the president and cnn. A News Conference led by the
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In testing to safely reopen the country. A former director of the centers for Disease Control tells cnn that the u. S. Still needs 10 to 20 times the tests to control the coronavirus. Despite that, some states are beginning to loosen restrictions. Florida opened beaches friday. And texas is planning a rolling reopening of businesses as soon as next week. This new model used by the white house shows only four states may be ready to reopen by may fourth, vermont, west virginia, montana and hawaii. While dozens of others may have to wait until june or even july. Cnns team of correspondents are on the scene in cities across the country. Lets begin at the white house with kristen holmes. Vice president mike pence said the u. S. Does have enough tests for what he calls a phase one reopening, but many governors say that simply isnt the case. Reporter thats right. And its not just democratic governors, its also republican governors who are wary. They do not want to reopen their economy, withou