Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a wednesday night. We begin with the horror that played out at yet another Movie Theater, this time near nashville, tennessee. A gunman, walking into a Movie Theater, wearing a surgical mask. Attacking moviegoers with a pepper spray. When police arrived, the gunfire. You can hear the gun battle that broke out there, s. W. A. T. Teams storming the theater. The gunman was killed, and several moviegoers injured. At least one with a hatchet wound. The gunman, with two backpacks, one of which has been detonated. Coming just two weeks after the other Movie Theater shooting in louisiana. And we begin tonight with steve osunsami. [ gun shots ] reporter tonight, shots fired and people running for their lives at a Movie Theater in tennessee. Around 1 13 p. M. The first calls came in describing a man armed with a gun and a hatchet. It was a lot of shots. They was coming from the side of the theater. Reporter witnesses say the suspect was 29 years old
Horror and one mans twisted path to causing it. There are other facts that matter even more. The hardest facts of all, that Jillian Johnson will never get to live the long life she had in front of her and neither with mayci breaux 21 years old. A student. Her boyfriend badly injured. Johnson was just 33 and had more than just a knack for business and music. Her friend who you will hear from in this hour describes how how special she was. She could hold up a mirror, he says and show you this is why you are beautiful. Our thoughts are with him and with everyone who is missing a friend mourning a loved one or Family Member sitting at a hospital bedside right now or simply coming to terms with it all. So even as we bring you the latest on what happened and who did it well not be saying the killers name. We begin with our ryan nobles. Reporter a moment of horror inside a louisiana Movie Theater. Standing up. Running straight down. You could see it like the light from the end of his gun. Alm
If somebody is a law abiding citizen who is going about their business and working in a job and obeying the traffic signs and doing all the other things good citizens are supposed to do, and not harming anybody, the idea that they are going to be treated differently or abused because of who they love is wrong. Meantime president Uhuru Kenyatta offered a reply to president obamas remarks. Emselves do not accept. This is why i say for kenyans today the issue of gay rights is really a nonissue. We want to focus on other areas that are day to day living for our people. Cnns jim accosta is with the president. Jim, the president made the remarks because a reporter asked him a question as it pertained to Sexual Orientation and fwa right gay rights. Was this an awkward moment for the president knowing the history of kenya as far as how it treats gay people . I dont know if it was an awkward moment but it was a moment where you saw big timpbs differences between president obama and president ke
What will the be the first chance for so many people who have waited so long for answers. This piece of debris found across the indian ocean is conclusively a part from the wing of mh 3750. This confirmation, however tragic and painful, will at least bring certainty to the families and loved ones of the 239 people on board. They have our deepest sympathy and prayers. Officials in france where the part is being tested theyre not going as far as the malaysia Prime Minister did right there, nor are american or chinese officials, nor is the boeing company, not yet. Which may help explain why tonights news is being held with some cautious and skept schism. Mind the Prime Minister putting this issue to rest to bring closure to the families. But to use language saying con cluzively confirmed, that really does contradict with the french prosecutor said. The single piece of evidence that they have clearly, so far, they havent found the proof that they need to say definitively comes from mh370.
Investigators in france have just called a News Conference which, by the way, is set to begin any minute now and well take there you live momentarily that we expect will officially confirm that the debris is in fact part of the planes wing and the very first discovery in this mysterious disappearance. Just to go back for a moment. This plane part in question washed up on this island. This is off the coast. You have africa off the coast of africa madagascar and a tiny island off of madagascar is reunion island. It was quickly confirmed as a flaperon belonging to a boeing 777, the very same model aircraft that was flight 370. That plane that vanished without a trace nearly 17 months ago now with 239 people on board. Cnns simon mosten is standing by live outside of the press conference in france and we have cnns will ripley in beijing on the angle, of course of all of these families who must be absolutely devastated Erin Mclaughlin is on reunion island where the debris was first found, ma