welcome to bbc news. we start with breaking news, and i will take you straight to live pictures from kentucky and show you the scene there, becausejust in kentucky and show you the scene there, because just in the last few moments there is news of a mass shooting resulting in multiple casualties, according to the city s police department. that being put on twitter, news from downtown louisville in kentucky, that there are multiple casualties after a shooting. just one line from the police saying they are confirming reports of an active aggressor in the 300 block. please stay out of the 300 block. please stay out of the area. it goes on to add that the fbi have said that agents have responded to the scene. i have been watching these pictures in the last few seconds, and the police presence is already there, but it is clear from the bit of information from the reuters news agency quoting from the police that this is an ongoing situation and it appears they are still searching f
we set welcome to bbc news. at least five people have been killed in a shooting in kentucky police have confirmed that the attack happened at a bank in louisville and the assailant is now dead. six more people have been injured and taken to hospitals, after the incident in east main street near slugger field stadium. in the last hour, police gave this update. at approximately 8:30am, local metro police received reports of shots fired and an active shooter at the national bank. shortly officers arrived on scene with metro fire and active police where they encountered gun shots being fired in the location at that time. the shooter was confirmed to be dead on the scene. we do not know exactly the circumstances of his death at this time. five people have been confirmed to have been killed inside. at least six were transported to university of louisville hospital. b, transported to university of louisville hospital.- transported to university of louisville hospital. a new news con
hours. what s the latest? democrats are now on pace to pass this bill, probably within the hour. this after a marathon voting session that started at 11:30 p.m. eastern time last night, has gone all through the night into the afternoon, and after some last-minute drama, within their own caucus, democrats have resolved those issues, and now are pushing ahead to final passage. that drama caused by concerns initially raised by kyrsten sinema of arizona. the 15% corporate minimum tax. she was concerned it could impact some smaller companies. it s supposed to hit companies that have a billion dollars or more in income. but she had concerns about companies that were subsidiaries of those that were owned by private equity firms. she wanted to exempt those subsidiaries. she agreed to a republican amendment that targeted this, that narrowed this corporate minimum tax, exempted those subsidiaries. but democrats were revolting over this because of the way that republican amendment wou