to our viewers watching in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m paula newton ahead this hour. we re following a developing story out of trigg county, kentucky, where two u. s. army helicopters crashed during a training mission. plus pope francis remains in the hospital, where he s being treated for a respiratory infection will go live to rome in just a few moments, and us first lady jill biden was just one of the many people who gathered in nashville , tennessee, to remember the six victims killed in monday s school shooting. and we begin with that developing story in southern kentucky officials at the u. s. army base, fort campbell have confirmed the crash of two blackhawk helicopters and it s believed the incident could be deadly. you know, we are told the aircraft went down in nearby trigg county around 10 p.m. wednesday night. that s local time. the helicopters were with the 101st airborne division, and they were doing apparently routine training when t
today for the first time since the horrific attack is outfront as we are learning more tonight about the shooter s mysterious past. plus, we are live in moscow, where the head of wagner group is publicly breaking with putin. over a 13 year old girl and her father. it is a story you ll see first outfront tonight and one republican senator single handedly holding up 158 military jobs. even his own party thinks he s gone too far. is he putting america s national security at risk? let s go, outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight you re looking at live pictures out of nashville. a grieving community. they re gathering to honor the three children and three adults who lost their lives in a mass shooting at covenant school. then not everything. seems like a crow that you re listening to their contents. sheryl crow is performing the first lady of the united states. joe biden is also there, along with families and friends of those lost in the senseless attack, an
holed up. cnn s human praca pairs has our report. with me got shot fired in the building. tragically, the same police responding to a school shooter on a killing spree, active shooter help and police respond , making injured on the front side. but that s where the similarities between the school shooting in nashville and you ve aldi and we have six innocent, beautiful lives that were taken. and we had officers that went in harm s way to stop this when police arrived at the national school to response is swift locked down that we don t know where they are building with rifles and handguns, door keys in hand clearing rooms upstairs, it s upstairs. charging to the sound of gunfire, right, right, right and engaging the shooter within four minutes of police
and quick response from the nashville police department is drawing comparisons to the tragic school shooting last year, and you have already octopus has more with a story that is first out front. we got shots fired in the building. tragically, the same. police responding to a school shooter on a killing spree have an active shooter help and police respond on the front side. but that s where the similarities between the school shooting in nashville and you ve aldi and we have six innocent, beautiful lives that were taken. and we had officers that went in harm s way to stop this when police arrived at the nashville school to response is swift. and that we have two kids that we don t know where they are building with rifles and handguns, door keys in hand clearing rooms upstairs, it s upstairs.
but rather heidi looking for love on a dating website and finding alexander bennett, who surprised her by showing up in baltimore. we thought that he met her online, came here to be with her and she rejected him and he killed her. it made sense to us. it made sense with the forensics. it made sense with the physical evidence. reporter: to back up its theory, the defense pointed to this police photo of heidi s keys and bag. if, as bennett testified, he d jumped her when she walked in the door, how did her door keys and make-up bag end up tidily on the kitchen table in another room? so the bag on the kitchen s table s not a trivial thing for you? no. i think she made it to the kitchen. i don t think he attacked her at the front door. reporter: and if prosecutors thought bennett was the foundation of their case, the defense felt it had its own star witness, stephen cooke. he would take the stand. the bottom line is by this time, we had come to the conclusion that it s bennett