protests, a crippling nationwide strike and warnings of civil war ? israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu delays the judicial overall plan that s dividing his country. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to the nashville school shooting and what we know about the woman who pulled the trigger that, according to police, cnn national correspondent dianne gallagher is working the story for us. she s on the scene, diane as we await an update momentarily from police. what do we know at this hour? wolf. we just got a notification from police on the identities of the six people who were killed this morning in the covenant school in nashville, tennessee. i want to read their names to you, um evelyn decals. halle scruggs, william kenny, all of them just nine years old cynthia peak 61. katherine coons, age 60 and mike hill age 61. according to police. all six of them were killed by a 2
kids in that school also had been taught and told what to do with an active shooter, and so they all know they all know what to do what to do. they all knew where to go. the teachers knew what to do and where to go. uh and it was i m proud of our metro police department today. knowing that they charged ford towards a dangerous situation to save the lives of the rest of those kids could have been so much worse as we keep hearing bob freeman, state representative in tennessee, thank you so much for joining us. we ll stay in close touch with you. we ll continue our breaking news coverage right after a quick break. from friends comingng over. mom s coming over. so many ways to save life ready, happy 35 by whole foods market meet norman
more information on this truly horrific shooting hard to believe here in the united states of america, this is going on way way too often. what stands out to you at least so far. part of the problem, wolf is there s no longer hard to believe. i mean, it happened so frequently that you know it s not a shock. it s not a surprise like it should be, and i fear that people are starting to kind of normalize this are coming to, uh, to accept it, and it certainly is unacceptable. so i mean, this is just one more tragedy that has taken place. i mean, 39 year old kids murdered. i mean, what could they possibly have done to deserve that? absolutely nothing. the police response was just like the training dictates you. you get there as quick as you can you make entry and you neutralize the suspect. that s exactly what they did. but the problem is that when the 911 call was made to shootings already started and so you re talking about weapons
. mhm, okay. thank you. so the scene is going to be processed throughout the night, probably into tomorrow. there is an extensive seen as you know, she entered the building. which is one structure the church in the schools are in one building. she entered on the lower floor. there were shots fired on the lower floor before she went to the upper level, and it was on the upper level, where she was confronted by police and killed so understand the scene processing will take place over at least two days. today and tomorrow. and we ll have more details for you, including the release of video. uh, perhaps tonight. but if not tonight, certainly tomorrow. thank you.