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thank you so much for letting us in your homes during these extraordinary times. the beat with ari melber starts right now. happy monday. happy monday, thanks, nicole. welcome to the beat. i am ari melber. the civil case against donald trump over defamation and battery, nicole was discussing that earlier. we have that later in the hour here on the beat. our top story tonight is a topic that could be the top national story on most nights by many metrics. america s gun epidemic and the ongoing threat and reality of a highly armed nation with easy access to some of the most dangerous guns in the world and a gun-related death toll that exceeds every other country per capita in the world. that can look like this. [gun shots] that was the harrowing scene at a recent little league baseball game in south carolina. you can imagine and feel how all the kids and parents felt and that is the kind of story that may not even make what we call national news, that you may not ....
you re back live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with the manhunt that continues for this man. 38-year-old francisco oropeza has been the focus of a desperate manhunt since friday night. that s when neighbors asked him to stop firing his rifle in the front yard because they were trying to get a baby to go to sleep. police say oropeza then entered their home and began shooting. an 8-year-old boy was among the five neighbors slaughtered, almost execution-style. that according to the sheriff in that area. cnn s ed lavendera is in cleveland, texas, for us. ed, i know you re on the scene of a vigil that just took place a short time ago for the little 8-year-old who was killed in all of this. and it s just, just underlines once again what we re dealing with in this country. just another awful tragedy stemming from mass gun violence. well, jim, even more troubling and disturbing, after just a short moment ago, we were able to speak with ....
as far as sightings of the suspect, who is still on the run, they re getting multiple reports of sightings of this individual but different locations that they haven t been able to confirm. they re saying basically anyone who is a black male on the street right now with a hoodie, someone is calling about them. they are trying to follow up these credible leads. no status on those victims that were shot and, again, a hard perimeter of about a mile has been put up around this area where the incident initially happened during the lunchtime hour in midtown. this is still very much an active situation and a very fluid situation. no update on the conditions of those victims but the mother is cooperating with police and he was there for a medical appointment for himself. they declined to give further details because of hipa. they want people to pay attention that about a mile around that area is locked down currently. your understanding is that the suspect is on the run, that ....
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in sudan, where rival military factions are fighting for control of the capital khartoum. fighting has continued into the night, with dozens killed. earlier, the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces announced a temporary humanitarian pause, but it s not clear how well it was observed. the world food programme halted its operations in sudan after three of its members were among nearly 70 people reported to have been killed. international efforts to end the fighting are ramping up with the head of the african union commission planning to go on a ceasefire mission and the presidents of kenya, south sudan and djibouti also trying to mediate. anne soy reports vt. a clash of forces. the sudanese army using its military might to crash a rival paramilitary unit. the fighting was sparked by political fallout among the generals running the two units and governing the country ....
massive manhunt is underway in texas. alleged killer who shot five people execution style. the youngest victim an eight year old boy. a short time ago, houston fbi officials released new photos of the suspect. 38 year old francisco oropeza, who they say disappeared after shooting his neighbors in the city of cleveland, texas. after hours of believing they had him surrounded investigators now say he could be anywhere. the fbi updated their investigation this afternoon, calling on the public s help to bring this man hunt to an end. offering an 80,000 dollar reward. the fbi said today, they have zero leads. we do not know where he is. we don t have any tips right now as to where he may be. and that is why we have come up with this reward, so that hopefully, somebody out there can call us. i can pretty much guarantee you he, has contacted some of his friends, we just don t know what friends they are and that is what we need from the public. any type of information. becaus ....