I am Reverend Al Sharpton in new york, continuing or breaking News Coverage out of trenton, new jersey this afternoon. Trenton police have confirmed they are dealing with a barricaded and potentially armed individual at this hour. A little earlier, s. W. A. T. Team members were seen rescuing people from this residence on Phillips Avenue in trenton. The people you see exiting were believed to have been held hostage by the alleged suspect. Authorities have identified the Shooting Suspect as 26yearold andre gordon. He has ties to the trenton area. He is alleged to have killed three people this morning, in neighboring falls township, pennsylvania. Authorities say it was his stepmother, his 13yearold sister, and the mother of gordons two children. The Bucks County District Attorneys Office held a Press Conference earlier regarding this mornings shootings. Lets take a listen. Forcibly broke into the residence, after which he shot and killed his 52yearold stepmother, karen gordon, and his 13y
i m anderson cooper. you may have heard the u.s. surgeon general issued a warning that social media carries what he called a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescence. it s something all of us who are parents are worried about. because of a law passed in the mid-1990s, social media companies are shielded from almost all responsibility for the content their users post, no matter how untrue or harmful it may be. but now with billions of people online, the question is, have things spiraled out of control? we spoke with three families who are taking on some of the biggest social media companies in an uphill legal battle in an effort to change the way the internet works. some of the topics in the next hour including eating disorders and suicide and can be disturbing to watch. good morning. are you getting on, mom? yeah, let s get on. reporter: a tour bus through washington in spring is typically full of kids. oh, my. reporter
human behind the humor. thanks for joining us for the whole story. i m anderson cooper. you may have heard the u.s. surgeon general issued a warning that social media carries what he called a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescence. it s something all of us who are parents are worried about. because of a law passed in the mid-1990s, social media companies are shielded from almost all responsibility for the content their users post, no matter how untrue or harmful it may be. but now with billions of people online, the question is, have things spiraled out of control? especially when it comes to kids. we spoke with three families who are taking on some of the biggest social media companies in an uphill legal battle in an effort to change the way the internet works. we want to mention some of the topics in the next hour including eating disorders and suicide and can be disturbing to watch. good morning. are you getting on, mo
heartbreak goes so much deeper. at least 25 people are now confirmed dead in mississippi. another person was killed in alabama for perspective in all of this, consider this fact more people have been killed by tornadoes and the past 24 hours than in all of last year in the united states last hour, i spoke with mississippi democratic congressman bennie thompson, whose district includes some of the worst damage from the storm. here s what he had to say. it was devastation beyond imagination. uh first of all, we had no lights in the entire community. uh people were absolutely stunned at what had just occurred. and so as the night wore on, it was clear. that this was something, uh, that people have never seen before. congressman thompson also told us that tomorrow the head of homeland security alejandro mayorkas, will visit the area along with the fema administrator. cnn s nick valencia, is in rolling fork mississippi. nick ah, good to see you back on the air. i know that devasta
abortion rights. what about the fight against deadly fentanyl overdoses and seattle residents pushing back for a homeless mega-plex, why many residents and business insiders feel under siege and illegally pushing crypto-currency is getting kim kardashian. chad pergram will explain later in the show. gas prices posing big political problems for democrats while white house threatens new restrictions. kevin corke has more. kevin: president biden, you will recall, was quick to claim responsibility for falling gas prices after a summer of paying at the pump. many states are seeing soaring prices, the white house is saying, we re not to blame. is the president responsible for gas prices going up? so it is a lot more nuance than that, there has been pandemic and putin s war and putin s war has increased gas prices at the pump. kevin: triple a s national average sits just north of 380 a galleon, californians are getting pum belled averaging $6.40 a gallon. rising a dollar jus