connection, either a past or current employee. still waiting details. a lot unfolding. nate foy has the latest. what s the latest on the injured officers? one was in critical condition, one was currently in surgery. waiting for an update at 3:00, 1 was in emergency surgery in critical condition. the other officer s injuries are described as less serious. police believe the shooter was a current or former employee of the old national bank in downtown louisville. it s unclear if it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound or if he was shot by police. the shooting started at 8:30 this morning. louisville police, atf, fbi on scene investigating. we are seeing reports of local media reporting that a woman called her husband, she spent the shooting in a bank vault hiding from the shooter, horrific scene playing out, but you mentioned the quick police response, they were there within three minutes of getting the call. here is governor andy beshear talking about the heroic response from
inside the offices of a bank before the gunman was killed after a shootout with police. all the attention now turning to the victims as well as a possible motive. sandra: and we are expecting another news conference from investigators in louisville coming up, that is happening less than an hour from now. a lot we still don t know. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m sandra smith and a big welcome to you, bill. bill: i m bill melugin in for john roberts today. the white house set to face a whole lot of important questions at the briefing, how the white house reacts to the china dress rehearsal of a threatened invasion of taiwan. sandra: a snub from america s oldest ally, france. french president the latest leader to cozy up to china as that country works to create a new world order. bill: and now china scoring another political win, president biden heads to ireland, expecting john kirby to join the white house press briefing to preview the p
still legal in her state i ll ask how far she ll willing to go to defend that an embarrassing breach for the defense department the investigation under way to figure out who posted details about u.s. spying on russia s military on an online video game message board. a lot of questions here. are they all authentic the big question, is there a mole in the pentagon a mad political scramble at the easter egg roll at the white house. president biden sending unexpected campaign shock waves, making this announcement to al roker live on today. i plan on running, al, but we re not prepared to announce it yet well, sounds like he just did. so how does the president s announcement impact the plans of his potential 2024 rivals. let s begin with the epic clash after conflicting court rulings yet again up ending abortion rights here in america starting us up correspondent laura jarrett, former senator claire mccaskill who is now an msnbc political analyst, and dr. jamila parrot,
kremlin. now, russia did not provide any evidence of these claims, which were reported on russian state media. ukraine claims they have nothing to do with the alleged overnight drone attack. we ll have a live report with what we know and don t know at this hour. and more breaking news this morning, the massive manhunt in texas is over. social media video appearing to capture the moment an accused mass murderer was taken into custody just 20 miles from where the horror unfolded. police say francisco oropesa was found hiding in a closet underneath laundry. he s charged with five counts of murder and being held on a $5 million bond. and his arrest just one of several. there has been several arrests, but i can t go into the details on that. we will have the very latest from a police update this morning about how that days long search came to an end. let s begin with those claims out of russia that ukrainian forces tried to strike russian president vladimir putin s reside
welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow, where a prominent critic of vladimir putin has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. the journalist and opposition activist vladimir kara murza played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the us says it s evidence of an escalating campaign of repression in russia. the eu called it unacceptable. the uk summoned the russian ambassador. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. handcuffed and in a bullet proof cage, one of president putin s most prominent critics. vladimir kara murza faced multiple charges, including treason. the verdict, guilty. the punishment, the maximum possible. 25 years in prison. access to the courtroom was heavily restricted. along with otherjournalists and foreign diplomats, we crowded into another room to watch on tv screens. for more than a decade, vladimir kara murza has been a high profile opponent of the kremlin. he helped persuad