mourning with them. 15 lives taken. so many more lives, so many families shattered forever. we ll have extensive live reporting and perspective on perhaps the saddest fact of modern american life. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we begin sadly with yet another mass shooting here in the united states, this time at robb elementary school, elementary school, in uvalde, texas. cnn s ed lavandera is in dallas. he s got the latest information for us. what are authorities, ed, saying about how this happened? what s the latest information we have? reporter: wolf, a horrific day in uvalde, texas. and across this country as once again we are reeling from this horrific news as the governor of texas announced just a short while ago 14 of the 15 victims shot at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas today why children. the top security officer for
that call is 100% fake. there s no question about it. not only was the mom lying to 911 about when the murder occurred, but no, argued the defense, she was lying about something much bigger. who the true killer was. the defense attorney saved his surprise for closing arguments. it was an unusual moment. certainly i knew there were many supporters of gene tan in the courtroom, and i was going to basically suggest to the jurors that she had pulled the trigger. gene tan, the mom, the wife, the true killer. the defense said the shotgun was in her hand. she pulled the trigger. she solved her own problem. not her son. that was the story the defense say will be 11th hour. not an easy thing to do in a packed courtroom where. according to the defense, it was gene tan who had the motive, the moetive to get rid of her bully husband, get the house, the business, the money. frankly it put motive in gene s hands, category more so
Among the dead, the 14-year-old daughter of the church s pastor. eight people from a single family are gone. the toll of pain here cannot be estimated. think about it. just by the numbers, you have over 10% of the entire community has been affected directly by this. that s before you get to family members, loved ones, and this is a place where everybody knows everyone else. and we saw that pain on display last night, a candlelight display. pa people are out here, they re holding on to each other and they re holding on to their faith. we re also getting some new details about the investigation. for that, let s bring in ed lavendera. there s been a lot of speculation about moetive. you ve got big new information on that. this gunman lives in the town of new braunfels, which is about 40 miles away. which begs the question, why would this man drive 40 miles and pick this particular church, kind of here, so far away from
Welcome to friday. thanks for joining us today. i m betty nguyen. right now investigators are looking for a moetive after a shooter killed four and wounded others in chattanooga. he was killed in a shootout with police at the second facility. it s unclear if police killed him or he killed himself. an autopsy will be done this weekend. what more do you know about the what verdicts call an act of terrorism? reporter: this is the second of the scenes where four marines were killed. a sad morning here in chattanooga. four families are grieving. investigators are asking today, was it an act of terrorism? is. our hearts are breaking for the families of these marines
we re only a day away from a crucial primary that could determine where this republican marathon is headed. fresh off a run away win in puerto rico, mitt romney is now looking to score big in illinois. rick santorum needs a strong showing as he tries to deny romney the nomination. the two rivals have long since taken off the gloves, but now they have put on some brass knuckles as well. our national correspondent jim accosta is in chicago with the very latest. the top two gop contenders are practicing their own brand of chicago style politics on this day before the illinois primary and both rick santorum and mitt romney are proving to be untouchable. reporter: the battle for the gop nomination has come to illinois and in the land of lincoln the republican party is a house divided in an uncivil war of words. i m somewhat experienced in the economy, i m not an economic light weight. president obama is. we re not going to be successful replacing an economic light weight wit