Now he wants to live out the years as a woman. With being to around the world. I am suzanne malveaux. I am ivan watson filling in for michael holmes. I would like to welcome viewers in the u. S. And around the world to our program. This is a tragedy, rooms full of dead bodies, many of them children and they have been the world demanding action now. These images very difficult to see, very disturbing, they are said to come victims of a nerve gas attack in iraq. These are the bodies of children were talking about, wrapped in white cloth and lined up shoulder to shoulder outside a makeshift morgue. Rebels say it is proof the Syrian Government used chemical weapons to kill hundreds of civilians near damascus, maybe as many as 1,300. The Syrian Government denies the claims. Officials have yet to allow a u. N. Weapons inspectors team access to the site where the attacks allegedly took place. Fred joins us from damascus. Cnn is one of only a few International News networks reporting from insi
Most recently known for his hbo hit the newsroom. He woke up to a harsh headline mother jones this morning. It says that sorkin said the Huffington Post sucks. He had this response to me. Im here in d. C. I did an event last night for the new republic at the Motion Picture association. We screened this sundays episode and there was a q a after. And mother jones, terrific outlet, posted a story this morning saying that i said the Huffington Post sucks. And i certainly did not say that. The headline writer didnt take me out of context. The headline writer didnt exaggerate. The headline writer lied. And i just want to make sure that david corn, everybody im sorry, that arianna and everybody at the Huffington Post knows that i did never and would never say that. Well, we reached out to mother jones to get a comment. I actually spoke with david corn, the bureau chief of the Washington Bureau and he said mother jones has withdrawn that sucks headline. Joining me now for our daily fix to talk
Because they said they were bored. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Im erin burnett. I want to begin with the breaking news with the new details breaking tonight about a gunman who opened fire at a Georgia Elementary School today. The suspect was armed with an ak47 when he began firing inside the school. You can see here the footage of the children sprinting hundreds of panicked children then ran for safety. The miracle here was that they werent injured, none of them, but were learning tonight that the gunman was armed and ready to kill a lot of people. Our David Mattingly is outside Ronald Mcnair Discovery Learning Academy outside of atlanta with the very latest tonight. David, lets start off, first of all, with this gunman, what did he find . What was he prepared to do . What do you know about him . Reporter well, when police first got to the scene shortly after 1 00 eastern time today, the gunman inside fired about a half dozen shots at them. They returned fire. That was al
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Good evening, scotts off tonight. Im bob schieffer. Well it had all the makings of on the school tragedy. Another teenager arnold with an assault rival got into a school f atlanta today and opened fire. Kids from prek to fifth grade ran for their lives. The big news in this story is what did not happen. This time no one was hurt and the suspect is in custody. Our Justice Department correspondent bob orr has the latest. The incident sent more than 800 elementary students, teachers and staffers scrambling for safety at the Ronald Mcnair Learning Academy in decatur georgia. A lone gunman showed up at the Elementary School just afternoon armed with an ak47 assault rival. Sources say the 19yearold gun man entered the school and exited twice to fire shots into the air. Police say during his time in the building the gunman ordered a School Secretary to call wsv. Station employee lacey answered that call. She says im t
Good evening, im lester holt sitting in for brian. We shudder at the thought as to how the lead of this broadcast might have rea thats because the story begins with an armed man entering a grade school and pulling the trigger. The word of shots fired inside Mcnair Discovery Learning Center in decatur, georgia, was quickly followed by images of s. W. A. T. Teams surrounding the school, children being hurried to safety by teachers. A scene we have witnessed far too many times with horrifying outcomes. This time thankfully no one was injured, but as the School Year Begins around the country, todays scare raises new and difficult questions about what we have really learned from the newtown tragedy. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez joins us from decatur now with details. Gabe . Reporter lester, all 800plus students have been accounted for tonight, and no injuries have been reported. Visitors are supposed to be buzzed into the school, but somehow the suspect got through. A terrifying scene in suburban at