reelection campaign and just days plus the supreme court on the clock with a ruling do on abortion pills before midnight tonight, and alec baldwin off the hook as prosecutors dropped the charges in his movie set shooting, but that doesn t mean the case is over. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. happy friday. we did it, everybody we are here. i m omar jimenez in for christine romans. just because it s friday, though, doesn t mean the news has taken the day off. so let s get to it. we begin with president biden said to make a 2024 election bid official he s been hinting at it for a while. but now four sources are telling cnn that he will formally announced his bid for a second term with a campaign style video as soon as next tuesday. the timing could still change pending on foreseen events, which is typical in that job. but one senior democratic official telling cnn, it is no longer helpful or necessary to avoid stating the obvious that he s runn
their own city overnight. a russian warplane targets the wrong side of the border, damaging buildings and leaving a 130 ft crater in its wake what the russian defense ministry is now saying and in court today, three men charged in connection with a white nationalist rally in charlottesville will appear before a judge and cnn is live outside the court. new this morning, deeply disturbing details about the kentucky bank shooter from notes he himself wrote police now piecing together his motive for the massacre were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news, central. new overnight. a large blast rocked a russian city near the ukrainian border, and they did it to themselves. you can see it right here as one of russia s own planes targets its own city firing into that city, russia state news agency says a russian jet dropped the bomb during a mid air emergency over the city of belgorod. you can see that city is over the border from
the russian defense ministry is now saying these stories and more on cnn news, central. alright we ve learned that louisville bank shooter left behind too lengthy notes, and they seem to reveal why he opened fire on his co workers earlier this month, enforcement sources said one note was found in the gunman s home, the other found on him at the scene on april 10th. the shooter killed five people and injured several others, including a rookie police officer who was shot in the head. he still remains in the hospital. police then killed the shooter. the notes revealed that part of his goal was to show how easy it is in america for someone with mental illness to get ahold of an assault weapon. after the shooting, the gunman s family acknowledged he struggled with depression, but he was able to legally purchase an ar 15 style rifle just seven days before the attack. kentucky is known to have some of the least restrictive gun laws in the country perspective, gun buyers only need to
from dublin. hi, peter. dana, we have been told today on the record by a white house official here in dublin the president biden is having the time of his life. that is not something you usually hear about the work trip. and a few minutes ago president biden down played the significance of these document getting leaked. president biden: there is a full blown investigation going on with the intelligence community and justice department and they are getting close. how concerned are you about this leak? i m not concerned about the leak i m not concerned that it happened but nothing contemporaneous that i m aware of that is of consequence. the accused leaker is a man in his 20s who works on a military base and uses the moniker o.g. online according to the washington post , which talked to an unnamed member of a chatroom where classified materials were shared weeks before the pentagon realized it was out there. a chatroom that counts as members some foreign nationals
try amber wave risk free for 60 days for a limited time you ll get $50 off and a free gift when you buy amber wave. i m lauren fox on capitol hill. and this is cnn. mm hmm. really disturbing details about the kentucky bank shooter who killed five coworkers notes. he wrote himself that police found are now helping investigators piece together. why he did it. and ready to run president joe biden expected to formally announced his bid for second term as soon as next week. what we re learning about his plans and how his son hunter biden s legal issues factor into his next campaign. they bombed their own city overnight. a russian warplane targets the wrong side of the border, damaging buildings and leaving this huge 130 ft crater in its wake. what