clothing. it was the minister. the man of the cloth, inspiring from the pulpit. burying the faithful periods he officiated over my son. counseling over the troubled. he was so good at understanding how to comfort other people. what if the minister is expected to be not a man of god at all? the minister role? the minister role. he was hiding behind that hat. a stranger in robes, caring got the devils business. i believe he prayed on vulnerable people. laying on hands where he said it. he would right into their bedroom. just who was he? reverend shermer was a small- town methodist preacher in eastern pennsylvania. he was our friend, our confident. just an all-around, good guy. he had seen the fresh young pastor going to an accomplished pastor. all the things he held my friends with the years. he watched his friend raise his family. they sang together many, many times. it seemed like the all-american couple. my mom and dad were people who
good morning. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. april 16th. i m victor blackwell. camera walker. thank you. so much for spending a part of your sunday with us. and if you do catch me sniffling a little bit. the pollen has, like really been getting to me and not for you coming from new york and resettling. no good. well, here is what we are watching for you this morning. congress returns from recess this week with a laundry list of to do items among them coming up with a plan to fund the government look at the other major priorities for both parties. in the coming days. at least 56 people are dead in sudan. there were explosions throughout the night clashes between the military and armed groups are escalating will tell you what we know about how this started and the global response i want to give up but not family . i don t give up if you give up. what about your keys, but force out as pandemic era programs expire more and more people who have fallen beh
take the leaf off. she s gonna drop this on my own. right. he s not supposed to eat the leaf. alright, watching all new eva longoria searching for mexico tonight at nine p.m. on cnn. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me on fredricka whitfield and we re learning new details about a deadly mass shooting in alabama . at least four people were killed and 15 teenagers shot and wounded at a sweet 16 party. the shooting happened last night in the small town of dade ville. cnn s isabelle rose. alice is following the latest developments and joins me now from dave, ill. isabel, are you learning anything more? hey, fred. yeah, we are learning new details here. one of the four victims that have been killed from the shooting right behind me at this dance studio venue what has been described as a sweet 16 party birthday party has been identified as filled dowdell. mrs. per the dj who attended this event was in charge of the music here. also according to the pastor, and n
mid-terms. cross-country winter storm having a major impact bringing blissard conditions to the upper midwest and significant icing through the great lakes as it heads to the northeast. more than half a million customers losing power so far. transportation secretary pete buttigieg finally visiting east palestine, ohio nearly three weeks after the train wreck there. the ntsb will release its initial findings today and we ll have more on those stories throughout the hour. but first republicans getting a close-up look at president biden s border crisis. the house judiciary committee is holding a field hearing today in yuma, arizona to find out how illegal immigration is affecting the local community there. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. you were just there in yuma. bill: we were down there. i m bill hemmer. good morning. they were getting read at the for this at the time. i was told at least some members of the democratic party or staff would a
months. the city pushed to the brink, and some new yorkers are not happy about it. it s a story you ll see first outfront. and an american citizen sentenced to 16 years in a saudi prison for tweets he sent while he was in the united states. the man s son is my guest. let s go out front. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront front, putin s top commander speaking out saying russia and ukraine are one, upping the ante hours ahead of a major meeting between putin and his national security council. all eyes on what putin will do. this as his top commander in an interview said that, quote, difficult decisions are ahead, seeming to signal that he may pull back from the crucial ukrainian city of kherson. tonight we have new video, it shows ukrainian forces pushing deeper into the russian-controlled area of kherson. so they re in that armored vehicle moving relatively quickly there. that is in the kherson region. you hear the sound of constant gunfire. you see that man