right. it s the top of the hour in the cnn newsroom. i m fredricka whitfield in new york and we are moments away from an update on today s deadly mass shooting in louisville, kentucky. a gunman opening fire at a downtown bank, killing at least four people and wounding nine others. police responded quickly getting into a gunfight with the shooter. two officers were injured in the exchange, with one now in critical condition. the shooter is dead and police are still trying to piece together how he was killed and why the former bank employee may have gone on this shooting spree. officials are expecting to hold a briefing at any moment. of course, we ll take that to you, but before it begins, let s go first to cnn s shimon prokupecz. so shimon, what do we know about how all of this unfolded right so sometimes around 8 30 this morning after a 30 before the bank was open. the shooting took place police saying that they were there within three minutes. just think about that for the
raising interest rates five times this year to combat inflation. and even with this new report, economists say people should still be bracing for the possibility of a recession in tough times ahead. so let s get to the new report and what it means and what is it doesn t. matt egan is here. and what does this good news say about what is next? well, kate, not that much. this is a rearview mirror number. it is a snapshot in time. we know the economy got knocked down in the first half of the year, but it got back on its feet this summer. gdp rising 2.6%. that is solid. consumer spends slowed but it is still positive. i think that this should silence the argument that the u.s. economy is already in recession. right. gdp is positive, the jobs market keeps chugging along. new numbers show that initial jobless claims which is a proxy for layoffs, they remain low. at pre-covid levels. how you could have a recession if you don t have playoffs. this is so confusing. because the ec
a-plus. still got it. (whistle blows) your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. top of the hour on cnn newsroom, i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. there was a gut wrenching admission from texas officials about the police response to the massacre of 19 children and two teachers in uvalde. in the benefit of hindsight, where i m sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. there s no excuse for that, again, i wasn t there. i m just telling you from what we know, we believe there should have been an entry, as soon as you can. when there s an active shooter, the rules change. it s no longer, okay, it s no longer a barricade, we don t have time. and by the way, texas embraces active shooter training, active shooter certification, and that doctrine requires officers, we don t care what agency you re from, you don t have to have a leader on the scene. every officer lines up, stacks up
classroom, barricade himself inside that classroom and that s when just he started shooting children and the teachers that we talked about, two teachers were killed inside that classroom. is it a 911 call or what is the call? they received the call was it a 911 call? it was a call, called into the police department regarding a crashed vehicle. a 911 call? a 911 call. they received that call. that was the initial call. that s when law enforcement responded to the scene. was there a chase? were they chasing him? no. there was reports of that, that s not confirmed. there was no chase involved whatsoever. the initial call as i mentioned was that the vehicle crashed near the school, and that there was an individual armed with a weapon going inside skthe schoo. there was no chase with law enforcement. is it your belief he was driving to the school, the school was a target? we re trying to determine that, we re working with fbi to look back and see if there
Here. We also know that there are other officers standing by at the rest to move in much for watching, Erin Burnett Outfront starts right in front. Next Breaking News, the deal to silence Stormy Daniels perform our attorney explaining in vivid detail how he believed trump was behind the payment to keep daniels quiet. I was in the courtroom and ill tell you what i saw today, sitting about 25 feet away from trump, plus Breaking News, New York Citys mayor just announcing the chaos on columbias campus needs to end. Now, there is a heavy Police Presence lining up outside the campus. Were going to take you there ive are reporters there on the scene and trump telling a reporter theres a quote, enemy from within, more threatening than china or russia. And says people like a dictator reporter who spoke to trump is my guess. Lets go out front and good evening. Im erin burnett and we want to begin with some Breaking News on the campus. Columbia university right here in new york, there is a heavy