all around the world. it is monday, july 18th. i m john berman. brianna is off. chief white house cress department kaitlan collins is here, fresh off a presidential trip to saudi arabia. you know, there s nowhere that i would ever be without a 12-hour flight and another one-hour flight from washington. but who is counting? not me. i m thrilled to be here. great to have you here. we are waking up to a developing story from overnight. a mass shooting at a shopping mall south of indianapolis, a gunman opened fire in a food court in green wood, indiana, three people were killed two others injured, among the wound add 12-year-old girl. police say a good samaritan shot and killed the gunman. the real hero of the day is the citizen that was lawfully carrying a firearm in that food court and was able to stop this shooter almost as soon as he began. according to the gun violence archive there have been 352 mass shootings this year. green wood, indiana, joins others still r
the stand. it s steve bannon, who knows. then we will have closing arguments, the jury will deliberate, they will return a verdict. if it comes back not guilty that s it. if it s guilty the judge may say you have to go into prison right now after that. of course, there will be sentencing, if he is convicted has to do 30 days. finally he will have the right to appeal. if he does take the stand steve bannon has threatened that this will be some kind of circus. how much could he get away with on the stand? this will be a push/pull between the judge and steve bannon. we will see how much control this judge has over his courtroom. not going to be an easy one to control. thank you very much for that. ukrainian president zelenskyy suspending two top officials amid allegations of treason from within his own government. plus, first lady jill biden lamenting the crises that have prevented the president from achieving many of the things he hoped to do. and senator ted cruz is criticiz
topping our political radar today, the former new york city mayor bill kee blahsio will not run for governor which ended months of speculation. de blasio says he ll continue to fight, quote, inequality in the state of new york. the election for new york governor is later this year. the incumbent governor kathy hockeyium is running for a full term. the supreme court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage is now running for the ohio house of representatives. i think i ve proven with my fight for equality i don t mind being an underdog and i don t mind fighting a very big fight when it s the right thing to do and that s what this decision is. it s the right thing to do for me and the right thing to do for the people i care about and for this community. jim obi rgefell sued ohio after it did not legally recognize his right to marriage. the supreme court ruled in his favor back in the summer 2015. look up to the sky, is it a bird? is it a plane?