chinese government spy operation in the middle of manhattan. and that s just the start of it. the lead starts right now. chinese dissidents in the u. s harassed and intimidated from online to door knocks. the fbi says chinese government agents were trying to silence their words against the chinese government, even operating a fake cop shop in new york plus outrage in kansas city as if, after a black teenage boys shot after showing up at the wrong house to pick up his brother s. cnn is learning that the gunman was an elderly white man and was released. after less than two hours in custody. why critics fear he may never be charged with a crime and live from new york. it s the house gop their spotlight on crime in new york today in the backyard of the prosecutor indicted donald trump. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and what appears to be a brazen act of espionage by the chinese government as us tensions with that country boil over, the u. s. justice department announced to
deciding factor was what ohio state investigators were able to determine. that is that the 25 year old jalen walker reportedly shot at least one time at officers doing the vehicle pursuit portion of that night back in june of last year, and because of that, when the 25 year old man bailed out of his vehicle and then initiated that foot chase, according to the attorney, general officers believed that he was still armed. and that is why authorities established that when he reached toward his waistband. okay? they assumed that he had a weapon, and that s when they opened fire. of course , we still have to find out if that use of force will actually be justified, but this certainly is going to raise a lot of questions about a potential about what might happen in the community there in akron. i should tell you, jake. i ve been speaking to people there in the community they have prepared for this for weeks. for this announcement that you re about to hear from the state s attorney g
nashville, the latest city where the unthinkable if it can even be called that anymore has happened. residents are grief stricken this hour following yesterday s mass shooting at an elementary school and new video released overnight shows the shooter arriving at covenant school monday morning, shooting that glass door and then walking the halls before killing three children and three adults. it took 14 minutes from the 1st 911 call for police to arrive at the school and killed the shooter who has now been identified as audrey hale. police say hail was armed with a handgun and two assault style weapons and exact motive has not been identified yet. but police say hails time is a student at that same school may have played a role. in the wake of the shooting president biden biden, renewing his call for an assault weapons ban, and a top white house official told cnn this morning. now is the time for congress to act. we can t do this alone. the president can t do this alone. that
old audrey hale hale had just gunned down 39 year old children and three staff members. a warning. what you re about to see is disturbing. it begins with officers, injuring the covenant school after receiving the first call at 10 13 am. three happening. one more. let s go. metro police. mm. i mean, you know me. i don t know where he is. police door. bathroom, bathroom, small bathroom. next. let s go. door door with me with me. hold the door. yeah. next. this. open it. i got it. i got it. let s go. right now. let s go, go right cover left! cover luck, right. let s take this with him this. no that s locked. take this story. take this store . take it . it s upstairs. sounds like something. i don t know. right? personnel, pbs. that is chilling video. cnn s amber walker is in nashville and emma emma, before we talk about this heart stopping footage. we know that national police just gave an update in the last hour. what did we learn? we just heard from the chief of police from the
weaponizing the irs against the political opponents? here to weigh in coming up. sandra: the latest on the school shooting in nashville that left three children and three school workers dead at the hands of a former student. hello, welcome. i m sandra smith in new york. hello. john: hi, sandra, john roberts in washington. this is america reports. horrifying moments captured on school surveillance cameras and police bodycam, showed 28-year-old audrey hale shooting her way through two sets of glass doors and roaming the hallways with an assault rifle and appearing to search for potential victims through unlocked doors. sandra: police immediately ran toward the sound of gunfire, including officers who were able to take out that shooter preventing an even larger tragedy. john: the picturesque community is mourning the loss of life, three 9-year-old children and three school workers taken from their loved ones far too soon. sandra: trey is standing by. john: c.b. cot