good morning, everyone and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday. april 9th. i m amarillo walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for spending part of your easter sunday with us. i don t i don t really remember the easter speeches from childhood. i just know i gave a lot of them. did you used to speeches? i remember that some of that may be in a break. all right. here s what we re watching this morning a weekend of religious celebrations, but also escalating tensions in the middle east. the israeli military has carried out retaliatory attacks in syria, and we re live in jerusalem, with the latest on that happening now. pope francis delivering his easter message after presiding over mass at the vatican, his message to the world is coming up. the department of justice is investigating after trove of apparent u. s intelligence documents were posted on social media. what the documents show and the potential implications for the u. s and its allies. we got a chance. and oklaho
delayed until tomorrow settlement would avoid weeks of further embarrassment for fox, including testimony by its highest profile stars and executives. there s something about being on the eve of trial that can really sober up both parties. it s a reality. another mass shooting this time at an alabama sweet 16 birthday party. it appears that someone just started firing from within, and then he just saw the bodies of teenagers dropping do exactly what we need to do to ensure justice brought to those families. these children had very great features. they just wanted to have fun. the blame game continues in sudan over who exactly is responsible for this fresh round of violence. the majority of fighting is happening in the capital of cartoon as the country s army and paramilitary groups fight for control. people in sudan want democracy. sudan needs to return to that path. kansas city community protests after 16 year old ralph yaro was shot. this is not something that has been dism
good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, april 16th. i had to be reminded of that just a few minutes ago. i m aymara walker. i m victor blackwell. she was talking about yesterday on sunday. and i m thinking we do the weekend. so clearly yesterday wasn t sunday . i thought today was monday is with us. all right. thanks for spending good morning with us. here s what we re watching for you. at least 56 people are dead. excuse me in sudan. there were explosions repping night clashes between the military and armed group or escalating will tell you what we know about how this started and what the rest of the world is doing. in response, congress returns from recess this week with a laundry list of to do items among them coming up at the plan to fund the government look at other major priorities for both parties in the coming days. the $1.6 billion defamation trial against fox news starts this week. what s at stake for the company and watch fox apologized to the j
stories this morning. first in nashville. new details about the shooter who killed six people at a christian elementary school. and we ve determined that audrey about seven firearms. from five different local gun stores here legally. ah they were legally purchased. three of those weapons were used yesterday, but parents felt that she should not own weapons. they were under the impression that was when she sold the one weapon that she did not own any more. i said thursday. of course it s wednesday. the parents of audrey hill hill also gave critical insight into hail state of mind will be live in nashville with details just ahead. plus an unprecedented ruling and a new setback for trump s legal team. a judge has ordered former president vice president mike pence to testify. federal grand jury is now getting a chance to ask pence about his conversations with the former president. in the days leading up to january, 6th. we begin this morning, though, in nashville, where cnn s car
think this is even weaker than i feared it would be. a motion to dismiss is coming on several grounds. this case won t see a jury. in my opinion, no one is above the law, and that includes donald j. trump. morning good morning. reaction to yesterday has really been something. yeah how do you really put this into context? i m not sure if we know at this point, i think there s a lot more that s going to play out, but certainly historic, unprecedented, stunning. i think one of the problems for the american people for everyone right now is the fact that they there is a lot that they don t know. keep being what s the underlying crime that makes this makes 34 counts of felony? that s not in here, right? and so transport currency is of the utmost importance in this moment, and we don t we don t know one of the big things, but we should also not downplaying. i think we are, but i think we should point out that the images coming out of 100 center street were there, but the picture is