right. it s the top of the hour in the cnn newsroom. i m fredricka whitfield in new york and we are moments away from an update on today s deadly mass shooting in louisville, kentucky. a gunman opening fire at a downtown bank, killing at least four people and wounding nine others. police responded quickly getting into a gunfight with the shooter. two officers were injured in the exchange, with one now in critical condition. the shooter is dead and police are still trying to piece together how he was killed and why the former bank employee may have gone on this shooting spree. officials are expecting to hold a briefing at any moment. of course, we ll take that to you, but before it begins, let s go first to cnn s shimon prokupecz. so shimon, what do we know about how all of this unfolded right so sometimes around 8 30 this morning after a 30 before the bank was open. the shooting took place police saying that they were there within three minutes. just think about that for the
we start this hour of cnn news center with a touch of drama. the donald trump s civil fraud trial today in new york. his expert witness going after a lawyer for the new york attorney general. telling him, quote, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. some fireworks here. trump attending these proceedings to take a. a lot of attention on these. he is expected to take the stand next week as the final defense witness. cnn s kara scannell live for us outside of the court. tell us, kara, who is this expert witness for the defense? why did he get so upset? reporter: boris, breonna, this is an expert witness, the final expert witness that the trump team called on his defense. and accounting professor from new york university. professor eli bartov. he was asked questions, he had been testifying all morning on this. the lawyer for the attorney generals office subjected to one of the lines of questioning saying the accounting professor is not a banker, so he is not qualified to answe
In Washington, DC last weekend, an anti-Israel crowd attacked a park ranger by throwing bottles at him as he tried to protect a statue that they were vandalizing. Other masked protesters chanted, "Hezbollah, Hezbollah, kill another Zionist now." That's what happened according to videos shared on social media posts by members of the US Congress,