the lead starts right now. allen, texas, joining the ranks of columbine, aurora, parkland, new town, another town whose name is synonymous with a mass shooting. two young sisters were just identified as victims as we re learning more about the gunman s extremist background into which authorities are looking. and new video obtained exclutively by cnn. bystanders trying to hold down the man accused of plowing his range rovers into a group of migrants. plus, just in time for summer travel, the new proposed rule to give you a refund if you re bumped from your next flight. welcome to lead. i m jake tapper. another day. another deadly mass shooting in america. over the weekend a man gunned down several people at a mall in allen, texas. police are investigating whether a gunman killed by the cop at the scene was motivated by right wing extremism. this is not a monthly occurrence in the united states. it is not a weekly occurrence in the united states. this is now happening
president donald trump. alvin bragg s office attempting to punch back and has issued a top response to republicans demanding that he testify before congress and turn over documents related to his investigation into the former president. his spokesman telling fox news digital, we will not be intimidated by attempts to undermine the justice process. for will we let baseless accusations deter us from fairly applying the law. and every prosecution, we follow the law without fear or favor to uncomfortable the truth. our skilled and honest lawyers remain hard at work. fox news is learning that grand jury will hear from another witness tomorrow as part of the investigation into a hush money payment made to president trump s former attorney, michael cohen, to adult film star stormy daniels in 2016. so much to unpack here. for those of us that haven t been listing under a rock, the response by bragg s office that they consider this a commitment to justice as every one else around them
good morning, it saturday apri 1st. i am ali velshi, this week marked another inflection poin from the state of th democracy. donald, trump the rookie politician who somehow made it into the white house with zero political experience, only t be disgraced as the firs president to be impeached twic while in office. it is now the first current or former president to be criminally indicted in u.s history. nbc news has learned that hi indictment includes about 30 charges related to documen fraud, that s classified a misdemeanors and the associated press i reporting that according to it sources, trump is also facin at least one felony charge stemming from the manhatta district attorney, alvin bragg s investigation of the former presidents role in th hush money payments made to th former adult film actress, stormy daniels with whom he allegedly had a affair, donald trump denie that there wasn t a fair and any interview with the london-based times radio tha aired yesterday, daniel sa
one donald j. trump. the new york times is reporting that prosecutors in the manhattan district attorney s office are signaling that criminal charges for the former president are likely to come for his role in the hush money payments to porn star stormy daniels. the times reports the prosecutors offered mr. trump the chance to testify next week before the grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the potential case according to four people with knowledge of the matter. such offers almost always indicate an indictment is close. it would be unusual for the district attorney, alvin bragg, to notify a potential defendant without ultimately seeking charges against him. the manhattan district attorney s office has declined to comment. now, if those charges are made, it would be the first indictment of a former united states president and the first time that trump, who has faced numerous criminal investigations, would be charged with a crime. as you may remember, that $130,000
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world . i m rosemary church just ahead on cnn newsroom stream of expats leaving sudan as a ceasefire that never really held comes to an end. we will look at the conditions they re leaving behind. we re expecting this week to hear joe biden make it official. he plans to run for re election, but new polls show a large number of democratic voters are less than enthusiastic, and a civil rights group targets. one city it says is the victim of a takeover by the state details and how the governor is responding. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us smaller growing number of foreign nationals are being evacuated from sudan as fighting rages between rival military factions. the us has already pulled out dozens of embassy workers and their families, and now it s trying to help private citizens get out as well. officials say they won t coordinate extractio