Of these mass shootings, but to improve the odds that they dont happen as frequently. Stacey this is the second mass shooting in less than a week. 57yearold robert dear is accused of opening fire friday in colorado springs. Stick with us for the latest on this story. We will be bringing you updates in this newscast. Also stay informed with kcci online and our mobile app. Steve shocking details this afternoon in the disturbing murders of a des moines couple. Police arrested suspect Michael Wanchanic last night after a 4hour standoff in the middle of a rural highway. Kccis kim st. Onge is live in des moines with new documents in the case. Kim steve, some of the details in this criminal complaint are pretty disturbing. It revealed that wanchanic allegedly took the gun from his stepmothers room, then shot several times while they were asleep in their room inside this home here in the 3900 block of center street. Their five week old baby was in heathers arms when she was killed. Just over 2
Live along the border. You have been on the front lines there. What type of military activity are you seeing . Hi, randi. A lot of military activity going on here between the border area between gaza and israel. We just had Armored Vehicles come through here and moving in closer to the border. Of course, a lot of people believe that israelis must launch a ground offensive into gaza quite soon and we are seeing a lot of troops really near the border of our area and the israelis have also called in tens of thousands of reservists and reporting for duty right now. When you go along the border area you see units that are hiding behind tree lines and they are, obviously, very wary of getting shot at from gaza. You see a lot of tanks emasing there and Armored Vehicles and armored bulldozers, as well. The other thing you get a really firsthand view here in this area is, of course, the air strikes that are going on. We have warplanes overhead basically constantly and plumes of smoke come up ov
All right, wolf, thank you very much. Israeli troops are amassing on the border, waiting for the world to shoulder their weapons and cross into gaza. For people in both gaza and israel, this war is well under way. That is what this war sounds like in israel. Wailing sirens warning an hamas ha rocket is only seconds away. This is video from the Israeli Defense force, a missile hitting a home of a hamas leader. Theyre proof that the exploesers are stored in buildings. Spearheading talks aimed at ending the violence. Its impossible to know how this will play out. Just remember that four years ago, the last time israel invaded gaza, 13 israelis were killed while 1400 palestinians died. Ben wedeman joins me. Does it look like were about to witness a ground war here . Well, it certainly looks like preparations are being made for it. We have seen a lot of heavy armor going by on the road right next to us, tanks, armors personnel carriers all evening long. Theres a lot of soldiers in the area,
Unemployment rate. But if you look closer, theres a disturbing trend in the latest job numbers. Plus, president obamas top strategist as youve never seen him before. And during this hour, a member of the cnn team is ready to up the ante and reach for his own shaving cream. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Lets get right to the breaking news. The United States Supreme Court has agreed to decide a pair of cases that could determine the future of gay marriage throughout the entire United States. At issue is the federal government defense of marriage act that defines marriage as only the union between a man and woman and californias proposition 8 which banned gay marriage was overturned by an appeals court. Cnns crime and justice correspondent joe johns has been following both cases for us. Joe, explain the impact of todays decision. Well, it is big impact. As you know, this is one of those cases that people talk about over the water cooler. Lets sta
Im Suzanne Malveaux in the cnn newsroom. He wants longtime senator john kerry to replace Hillary Clinton. The formal announcement coming in the next hour at about 1 30 or so eastern. Well have that live. We asked americans how they feel about john kerry as secretary of state, but first, kerrys nomination hardly a surprise. People close to him already calling him mr. Secretary. Heres a little bit about him from kate bolduan. Thank you very much, mr. Secretary. Reporter his Senate Colleagues have joked about his ambition, what many regarded as the worstkept secret in washington, even in recent Senate Hearings john kerry sound like he was looking ahead to the future job and the anticipated battled over the state Department Budget with with congress. That must change and in the next session of the congress i hope it will. Reporter he wasnt the president s first choice. U. N. Ambassador susan rice took herself out of the running after republican backlash. It was unjustified to give the scen