everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin this morning with the mass shooting over the weekend at an outlet mall in allen, texas. a source telling cnn investigators now believe the attack that killed eight and wounded at least seven hours was connected to right-wing extremism. in addition to this audio, disturbing video of the initial moments of the saturday attack captured on this rear view cam. you can see the gunman get out of the vehicle, we ve frozen the image at the moment the shooting begins. we basically turned to watch. and as we were watching, the shooter goes right across he s not running, but he s in a deliberate assault-type move. and he either had an m-16 or an m-4, he was firing, and shot about four or five shots as he proceeded towards the hamburger place. i don t know who will he shot. a few moments later, we saw a police officer come across in front of us, like he was in pursuit of the indi
you see and you see the right-wing death squad. extremists have been known to wear that insignia at rallies. let s go to our senior correspondent that is following this tragedy. what can you tell us this morning? good morning, poppy. despite the details we ve been able to gather, investigators in allen, texas, have largely refused to answer any questions about this investigation. that as witnesses and survivors struggle to come to terms with the evil they witnessed here on saturday afternoon. they come to leave flowers and reflect. in front of a make shift memorial, honoring the shooting victims just outside the outlet mall in allen, texas. on saturday, a gunman opened fire killing at least eight and injuring seven others. it was the most terrifying moment of my life. the texas department of public safety identified him as maurice yoe garcia. police searched his home in dallas saturday night. neighbors tell cnn they saw police searching his parents home in dallas sat
everyone. it s a busy one. such a busy week. this is something the top headline that people in d.c. were talking about on friday. there was speculation about gary coc coc he could cohen. let s get start ond may 1st. breaking overnight, regulators seizing control of first republic bank and striking a deal to sell most assets to jpmorgan chase. this is the second largest bank failure in u.s. history. also this morning, zero leads as fbi agents in texas say they do not know where a mass shooting suspect is and right now have no leads. they re now offering an $80,000 reward for a man that killed five people and a 9-year-old boy. american citizens are getting help escaping out of sudan. also, the clock is ticking in hollywood f a new contract deal is not reached by midnight, the writer s gild of america will walk off the job. and steph curry scored 50 points, most ever in a game seven. warriors advancing to take on the lakers. cnn this morning starts right now. this
the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. we begin with breaking news on what s now the second biggest bank failure in u.s. history. most of first republic bank is now being bought by jpmorgan chase in a deal arranged by the federal deposit insurance corporation. the fdic. cnn s clare sebastian live in london for us. clare, this deal announced just a short time ago. all weekend, we ve been waiting for word what would happen to first republic. we knew it couldn t continue as a concern here. fdic would have to step in. and you went to bed thinkiing first republic is your bank, it s now jpmorgan chase, right? yeah, christine, all 84 branches of first republic will reopen this morning as branches of jpmorgan. this is different than silicon valley bank which was taken by regulators and stayed there for more than two weeks. this happenmuch more quickly over the weekend with that auction held on sunday. several banks bid it. it seems they reached that deal with
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