That this was a heart breaking tragedy, by any standard. And many, many people will be affected by this terrible act of violence every day for the rest of their lives. And we should keep them in our thoughts and prayers. On the other hand, i think we all need to be very thankful that this incident wasnt much worse. We will take you live to portland for more on the shooter in just a moment here. But first, the victims. And this is where this briefing got emotional. I want you to listen here to the sheriff spokesman describe the victims and the requests on behalf of the families. This first statement comes from the family of cindy rule, age 54, from portland. Cindy was everybodys friend, she was a wonderful person who was very caring and put others first. The family has advised us they want time and space to grieve their loss and will not be giving interviews at this time. The family will make a statement at an unspecified later date through the sheriffs office. This is a statement from
Right now. Welcome to newsroom international. Were going around the world in 60 minutes. Heres whats going on right now. President obama no longer sees Bashar Al Assad as the real representative of the Syrian People. The rebels fighting to throw overthrow assad are legitimate enough and organized enough to act as a bonafide government. Several recognize the opposition fighters as the peoples true representatives. The Syrian Opposition coalition is inclusive enough and representative enough of the syrian population that we consider them the legitimate representative of the Syrian People in opposition to the assad regime. We want to bring in holly from cnn international. What does that mean exactly when hes recognizing now the opposition as the true, legitimate representatives of the people who are there . Essentially, its what he said. Al assad is not the representative of the Syrian People. The u. S. And other than western countries have called on Bashar Al Assad to step down. Concrete
Why the u. S. Is calling it clear provocation. Theyre back, after three months an apology from apples ceo and a fired highranking executive later while google maps returning this morning to the iphone store. Last night the stars came out and brought the house down. Checking in your suitcase, thunders rolling down this track well take you to the concert that raised nearly 30 million for superstarm soorm sandy reli. The newsroom starts right now. Good morning. Car roll is off today, im don lemon. Breaking news out of afghanistan, just a short time ago a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle outside the gates of kandahar airbase. Defense secretary Leanne Panetta had been there, traveling there but he left hours earlier. Not clear if the attack was tied to his visit. There are initial reports, though, that several Coalition Soldiers were wounded along with as many as ten civilians. Well keep you updated on that attack here on cnn as we get new information. And also new this morning, there are
Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, breaking news on north koreas launch of a longrange rocket. What were learning about just how much control the country has over that satellite. Plus, erin burnett has an exclusive interview with defense secretary, leon panetta about this launch. She also talks with him about syria, what were learning tonight about the forces loyal to president bashar al assad, and how scud missiles have been fired. The United States government says it shows just how desperate assads regime is now getting. And also, our first look at the shooter who Police Believe is responsible for last nights deadly rampage in a portlandarea mall. Police have identified him as well as the two people that he killed. Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Im Ashleigh Banfield in for erin burnett tonight who is on assignment in afghanistan. Weve got breaking news right off the top. Cnn just learning that the United States does not believe that north korea is in fu
Unguided scudtype missiles. And were also learning new details of the latest phone call between president obama and House Speaker john boehner did not go well. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with todays longrange rocket launch thats managed to put a satellite in earths orbit. Heres why it is important to all of us. Even though north korea is one of the poorest countries and many people are starving there, the Korean Peninsula is the most tense, most dangerous places on earth. There are roughly one million north korean troops on it is side of the militarize zone separating from south korea. As well as nearly 30,000 u. S. Forces. Not only are they within strikes distance of the launch site, a longrange rocket shows north korea is on its way to developing technology to launch a rocket at the United Statess west coast and hawaii. Officials tell cnn that the working assumption is that the North Koreans got outside help from others, including iran. So todays launch is