dozens of shots fired as people scrambled for cover. they started shooting at us and the bullet went between me and my friend tony. we could hear the bullets bouncing off the concrete behind us. it started when the suspect described as a 51-year-old maple valley man stopped his car in traffic and started confronting people with an assault rifle. eventually opening fire. when we were about alongside the elementary school, we got shot at nine times. police swarmed the city crowded with shoppers and people enjoying the warm day. he fired randomly for about half a mile. at one point, a sheriff s department sniper took to the air to take him out with reports of him shooting an at police. he was moving toward the high school where a little league football game was going on. he said do not come to the game now. there s a shooting. outside the high school. police told us they have the suspect pinned down. parents texted their kids hiding, hoping to escape the gunman.
issaquah today. dozens of shots fired as people scrambled for cover. they started shooting at us and the bullet went between me and my friend tony. we could hear the bullets bouncing off the concrete behind us. it started when the suspect described as a 51-year-old maple valley man stopped his car in traffic and started confronting people with an assault rifle. eventually opening fire. when we were about alongside the elementary school, we got shot at nine times. police swarmed the city crowded with shoppers and people enjoying the warm day. he fired randomly for about half a mile. at one point, a sheriff s department sniper took to the air to take him out with reports of him shooting an at police. he was moving toward the high school where a little league football game was going on. he said do not come to the game now. outside the high school. police told us they have the suspect pinned down. parents texted their kids hiding, hoping to escape the gunman. i
on this sunday. from the cnn center, welcome to your cnn sunday morning. 6:00 a.m. in atlanta. 5:00 a.m. in st. louis. 3:00 a.m. in berkeley. as always, a special good morning to our service men and women watching on the american forces network. thank you for being here, and thank you for what you do. i m t.j. holmes. let s start with politics and with the president. he s headed out west today to washington state, has a couple of re-election fundraisers on his schedule. also has a social madia town hall on monday, he ll be talking about jobs, of course. last night he had this message during a speech to the congressional black caucus. i m going to press on for jobs. i m going to press on for equality. i m going to press on for the sake of our children. i m going press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. i don t have time to feel sorry for myself. i don t have time to complain. i m going to press on. i expect all of you to march with me and p
about jobs and also trying to raise a little money. jobs were the emphasis last night at a speech to the congressional black caucus. some in the congressional black caucus have been critical of the president saying he hasn t focused enough on african-american issues including african-american unemployment which right now is at 16.7%. listen to the president telling the crowd he expects them to be with him. i m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. i don t have time to feel sorry for myself. i don t have time to complain. i m going to press on. i expect all of you to march with me and press on. let me bring in athena jones this morning from washington. good morning to you. the president last night, some in that room had been critical of him. did he tell them what they wanted to hear last night and what was the reaction afterwards? well, you know, it was a fiery speech and he really riled up the crowd all the way through. he wa
for the first time a majority of americans, 53%. feel that president obama is greatly or o moderamoderately t for the economy. more people still blame former president george bush but president obama won t be running against george bush next year. with me, obama s 2008 presidential campaign advisor and now senior white house advisor. thank you, david, for joining us. before we get to the politics of it, which is fascinating to all of us, let s get to the president s jobs bill. would he be open to breaking up this bill for the parts that you know you could get agreement on? well, the president has been very clear as he s traveled across the country and in the speech to congress that he thinks this the american jobs act would have a pro found impact on our economy right now. it would put a lot more people back to work, put more money in the pockets of workers, put construction workers, teachers, veterans, back to work, help small businesses all across the country. this is w