now falling. i m fredricka whitfield. cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta right now. you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin tonight with the sad reality that it has happened again. another mass shooting in america, this one in a tiny alabama town, with teenagers making up most of the victims. here s what we know. at this hour. four people are confirmed dead and dead. ville alabama spokesman for a local hospital, says 15 teenagers suffered gunshot wounds and were treated another hospital says it received multiple patients he attack was tied to a sweet 16 birthday party in this community of 3000 people. let s go live now to date ville and cnn s isabelle rose salas. isabel. what s the latest that we re learning there? hey gemma. good evening to you. we are learning that one of the four victims who was killed right behind me at this dance studio that was a venue. we re told by witnesses. first sweet 16 birthday party. that victim has been ident
health and safety after that fiery train derailment triggered a major chemical spill. officials now telling some people there not to drink the water. we begin this hour with the latest on the deadly shooting at michigan state university. we re learning new details about the three students murdered in this tragedy. three bright futures cut short. arielle anderson was a sophomore at msu, her family described her to local media as kind hearted, driven, straight-a student. they say she was always helpful to others and aspired to become a pediatrician. alexandria verner was a junior at msu. her hometown superintendent says she was a tremendous leader and athlete and that if you knew her, you loved her. alexandria s father described her as a beautiful soul. brian fraser was an msu sophomore, his family described him as a good kid, loved by everyone. he served as his fraternity s president, which called him a great friend. his high school swim team said brian had an infectious smi
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legislature. holding hostage hour is not in democracy. happy easter. he says he plans to run for re-election. i will either roll an egg or pushing them out. joe biden says he wants to be here six easter egg roll. that s beyond a it four year term. go to austin all the way to seattle. bought a horse $3,000 craigslist. preparing him and myself for the great journey ahead of us we begin with a fox news alert. a fifth victim has died in horrc shooting. steve: one saved life running toward the shooter 10 days after graduating from the police academy. brian todd piro joins us with the latest. todd: number of victims killed rising following yesterday s rampage at old national bank louisville slugger field. all five victims were banks employees. at least 8 others were hurt, including two police officers 26-year-old officer nicholas wilt is clinging to life after getting shot in the head while lungeing towards the gunman. officer nicholas wilt, just graduated from the
homes of top current and former leaders. some blame the official, some blame the entire system. we ll dig into what is broken and how it might be fixed. and our exclusive reporting this hour on congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. could the conservative fire brand find her way on to the presidential ticket? she certainly thinks so. more on that in a moment. but we do start this hour with the major escalation in the support for ukraine and what it could mean for the war with russia. in just the last hour, president biden said the united states will send 31 abrams tanks to the battlefield along with providing supplies and training needed to operate them it s a complex piece of machinery ask it comes a after weeks of debate over whether the tanks would be effective and it s happening this the face of repeated warnings from moscow that the move would be seen as a dangerous provocation. putin expected europe and the united states to weaken our resolve. he want anded our sup