t the lead starts right now. ukraine is pushing, pushing, pushing. cnn is live as the 31 nations meet. and why special counsel is accusing donald trump s right-hand man of trying to delay the prosecution of him. and the once in a thousand year rainfall behind devastating flooding in parts of america ears noamerica s northeast, trapping drivers in cars and on roads and forcing some to swim to safety. we start today with our word lead. the president in lithuania with one goal on his list unity. ukraine will be the main focus of the two-day meeting but for a group that has been, frankly, stunningly united, there are public fractures in the alliance starting to emerge, ones president biden will have to fix over the next few days, mainly overs decision to send cluster bombs to the front line, one that has been banned by most of the allies who will be sitting around president biden at that table in lithuania. they will have to decide when and how they will let ukraine join
shooting. six people were injured. they have been taken to the hospital. we do not know their conditions at this time. we are hearing that one of the people who was injured is a police officer, one of the responding police officers. the police department, louisville police department say they arrived within minutes of this shooting and the shooter is dead. this happened at 8:30 at an old national bank location in downtown louisville. you can see just a gorgeous day there. a lot of people starting their week. you can see videos online of authorities responding and then you can hear multiple rounds being fired in the background. a witness says a man walked in and started shooting. the same witness told local media he walked in with an assault rifle. again, the shooter is dead. you see we re waiting to learn more from local authorities. they do have multiple law enforcement agencies on scene right now. the f.b.i., the a.t. f.also there alongside louisville police. we will learn
they can join and the war in ukraine needs to end. this will be top of mind over the next two days for the alliance as they figure out a path forward for the ukrainians, jake. and, nick, there s also some important context in the sense that this meeting of nato comes right after the wagner mercenary s group short-lived revolt in russia. also the media location is only 20 miles from the border of belarus. that s a country thas aided russia s invasion of ukraine. nato leaders seem to be trying to put on a united front but from your observations, does it look like that united front is actually real? well, there s the baltic states in the north that are closest to belarus that feel it the most and it s the decision that has dogged the unity. the unity has been there but the baltics more forward leaning and some of the southern european nations and perhaps france and germany less so as well.
they are confirming the shooting asked about at 8th and chestnut was outside jtcp. the suspect fled. no active shooter they are reporting right now. they are staging another media location outside the jtcp. we ll get an update of the police shortly. we ll continue to monitor that and you will as well, nate. thank you very much. paul mauro is joining us now, retired nypd inspector. we are trying to take in what s happening in louisville this morning. the first phone call was 8:30. you have to imagine police were there within three minutes of the first phone call once shots were fired and this was an active shooter situation where police became engaged the moment they got there. shots were still being fired, two police officers were injured in this. eight injured, five dead including the shooter as we await more information. your thoughts. well, one of the things that
so there is a point here where the patrol sergeant, lieutenant, captain, whatever rank, somebody has to step in and say we have enough resources, the situation at the bank is controlled, it is now a retrospective investigation, everybody that can be evacuated has been. but now we have to go back to doing our normal jobs and hope and pray that the situation at the bank resolves the way we hope it does. sandra: okay. there is no active aggressor at the community college at 8th and chestnut streets but they are confirming a shooting happened outside the community college and the suspects fled prior to the police arrival there. they are confirming that shooting did indeed happen but confirming it happened outside. the suspects fled and saying there is no active shooter at the community college. just to be clear on that. they are staging another media location outside the community college and be having an update on that situation shortly.