around the time that the gun went off. the newsroom starts right now. i'm don lemon. we begin in central california where police are investigating a deadly attack by a lion. 24-year-old diana hanson because an intern at the cat haven sanctuary and was inside the cage with a 350-pound lion when it turned on her. this morning her family is struggling to make sense of it all. >> apparently the other intern was outside of the cage. i don't know why she would ever be i think so the lion's cage. >> wildlife experts familiar with the facility describe it as professional and well run. but this morning there are a lot of questions about exactly what happened and why. cnn's ted rowlands is in dunlap, california. first question i had, why was she inside the cage with a