, heart pounding body cam. footage of those critical and terrifying minutes. officers rushing toward the gunfire, and now the killer s family is speaking up about what they call his mental health challenges. officials say the smoke pouring into the skies over indiana is definitely toxic. we are live on the scene of this huge recycling plant fire. thousands have been told to evacuate these stories and more all coming in to cnn news, central. there is an emergency unfolding in eastern indiana. happening now toxic smoke billowing into the air over the city of richmond, this as fire crews are making progress. they have contained the fire to the plant itself, but they are still battling that plant at the fire still very much burning, as it has been for the last day. 2000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, and officials say it could be days before the danger clears. omar jimenez is live for us on the scene, omar you ve been there now for some time described the situa
there says it started yesterday in a semi trailer on the site and quickly spread to a building filled with plastics. health officials are urging residents now to evacuate. um these are very fine particles. and if they re breathe, then can cause all kinds of respiratory problems burning in the eyes tightening of the chairs, it could aggravate asthma. ah cause bronchitis and all kinds of things. so we are stressing to the public to honor the evacuation zone. cnn s sanjay gupta is standing by to break down all the possible health risks from this fire. but first , let s go and check in with cnn s omar jimenez, who was on the ground there in richmond, indiana. omar what is the latest about the status of this cleanup effort? yeah i mean, i mean, you can see the fire a little bit behind your the smoke. i should say it s a lot better than it was. but it s still does pose that risk. as the indiana state fire marshal has described with fumes that are def definitely toxic, so it s a lot
from louisville, where a vigil to honor the victims is getting underway. how do you know you have an active shooter on this site? just lost. you watched it on teams meeting. we re having a coordinating the suspect? yes tonight we re hearing dramatic. 911 calls from monday s mass shooting in louisville that killed five bank employees. including one call from the mother of the gunman compared you couldn t have a gun and he s heading toward the old national at the louisville main street. old national that his mother, i m so sorry. i m getting details secondhand. i m learning now. oh my lord. okay and what exactly is going on with him? what he s saying he s doing? i don t know. i m getting this information from from never heard anyone really good kids. his roommate called me. burned please. he is not violent. never done anything. okay and you don t believe he owns guns. i know he wasn t own any guns. in another call, you can hear a woman inside the bank talking to a 911 operator.
happening now more chilling 911 calls made during the louisville bank shooting just released the recorder recordings capturing the terror as gunshots rang out in a sobbing witness told the dispatcher. i see somebody on the floor. also tonight, supporters are celebrating the reappointment of a second tennessee state lawmaker who was expelled. we ll get reaction from his colleagues to other democrats, who defied republicans by leading a pro gun reform protests on the statehouse floor. and a gruesome new development in russia s war against ukraine. videos posted online purportedly show beheaded ukrainian soldiers, i ll ask the ukrainian prime minister about that, and much more when he joins me for an exclusive interview. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the anguish calls to 911 that were made during the deadly shooting rampage in the louisville bank. cnn s shimon prokupe
velocity wind, it just explodes and it blew the roof off. communities across the south and midwest are cleaning up after powerful storms ripped through at least seven states catastrophic damage, and our team is standing by live in arkansas ahead of females arrival in the state. ahead of his court appearance tuesday. the concerns they have about where a potential trial could be held. an outpouring of love and support in tennessee as two more victims of the nashville school shooting laid to rest yesterday . we have a look at the tributes pouring in power play how disney invoked the royal family took quietly take back power from florida governor ron desantis handpicked board. we start with the threat of severe weather. it s not over yet for the people hit hard by friday s devastating storm is part of the central us embracing for more extreme weather early into this week, and the death toll is rising overnight. it s now stands at 22 , dozens more injured and the destruction we re