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or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. today's xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i'd rather not. this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and from all around the world. i'm rosemary church at cnn headquarters in atlanta. following breaking news. now, despite the alarming regularity of mass shootings in the united states, this weekend's gun violence has left americans stunned. at least 29 people were killed in two mass shootings just 13 hours apart. 20 of those victims lost their lives at a walmart in el paso, texas. a further nine people died outside a bar in dayton, ohio. in texas, authorities are treating the el paso shooting as

a case of domestic terrorism. the alleged shooter has been charged with capital murder. authorities say he's from the dallas area and that he posted a racist and white nationalist manifesto online. it's a disturbing document that lays out his reasons for an attack. it also singles out hispanics as a target for violence. el paso is a border town, and of the 20 people killed, mexico says at least seven were its citizens. an fbi official briefed reporters on the case sunday. >> we have members of the hate crimes domestic terrorism fusion cell working on this investigation as well. we did mention that we had three search warrants that were served in the dallas area this morning. agents collected several pieces of evidence from each locations in the forensics processing and review of that have begun. the hate crime and domestic

terrorism fusion cell has assigned personnel in this investigation. the cell is comprised of subject matter experts from both the criminal investigative division in the bureau as well as the counterterrorism division. so this will ensure that the investigation evaluates all possible investigative tools as well as looking at all available federal and state charges that we can put on to this incident scene. >> cnn's ed lavandera has more now on the shooting from el paso. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: at 10:39 saturday morning came the first calls for help, a 21-year-old white male walked into this walmart store in east el paso and unleashed a deadly attack with an assault-style rifle. >> everybody at mcdonald's is wondering what's happened. i'm looking to see what's going on. and i hear boom, boom, boom, boom, boom -- >> reporter: thousands of shoppers including families simply thinking of their back to

school shopping lists filled the store and parking lot where the shooting started. >> there was -- people were running from inside the mall to di dillard's and screaming to get out. >> i told my mom, mom, there are gunshots, we need to go. she froze and he did not move. i told her, let's move, get down. >> reporter: shoppers took cover, businesses went on the lockdown and first responders rushed to locate an active shooter. within hours, el paso police spokesman robert gomes said an arrest had been made. >> we do have one person in custody. i can confirm it is a white male in his 20s. >> reporter: the suspect lived some 600 miles away in the town of allen, texas, a sprawling suburb north of dallas. the gunman was arrested without incident just a few blocks from the walmart store. federal sources tell cnn the shooter left an online manifesto filled with anti-immigrant views and a hatred of hispanics. >> right now we have a manifesto

from this individual that indicates to some degree he has a nexus to potential hate crime. the fbi will be looking into that with other federal authorities. but right now we're looking at potential capital murder charges for this individual. >> reporter: hours after the attack, local political leaders tried to grasp the magnitude of the loss. >> there were 20 families that woke up whole this morning with their loved ones, and when the sunsets tonight here in el paso, they'll go to bed without them. >> reporter: on sunday, el paso's district attorney, jaime esparza announced the gunman will face the most serious charges. >> the state charge is capital murder. he is eligible for the death penalty. we will see the death penalty. >> we are treating it as a domestic terrorism case and we're going to do what we do to terrorists in this country, which is deliver swift and certain justice. >> ed lavandera reporting there.

well, now to dayton, ohio, where former high school classmates of the gunman say he made threats in the past that were serious enough to get police attention. according to police, nine people including the gunman's sister were killed when he started shooting outside a bar early sunday. people ran away so quickly their shoes were left behind. police were nearby and they shot and killed the gunman within 30 seconds of him opening fire. these are the officers' calls to the police dispatcher. >> shots fired! downtown! shots fired! >> 83, where are you at? >> dispatch, i got shots fired. we got multiple people down. we're going to need multiple medics. somebody take east side of fifth street. east fifth and by the auditorium. we need to shut the whole street down. we think there's one shooter.

he is down. >> we have multiple down. >> okay. i've got them coming here. >> it looks like nine or ten shot. >> okay, i got them coming. they're coming in. >> terrifying moments there. drew griffin has details now from dayton. >> reporter: dayton, ohio police say this shooter was not on their radar, but we have learned from former high school classmates that the suspected shooter in this case actually did have a record in high school where he had threatened on a kill list to kill or harm his fellow students. four of those students who say they were on that list, according to scohool officials, say the list was divided in two. for men or boys, it was a kill list, for girls it was a rape list. one of those students says during the sophomore year of the shooter's high school career he was on a school bus when police

boarded the bus, supposedly right after finding this list, and took the suspect and arrested him. take a listen. >> i saw him get pulled off the bus after school one day. and apparently he had made a kill list and i happened to be on it. i don't know why. >> we just got off of school and we were all getting on the bus to go home and, i mean, i just sat down, me and my sister just sitting down and he sat down. i think he was behind us. and we -- i look up and there's two police officers standing on the bus asking him to get off the bus and go with him. i was confused. >> school resource officers? >> actual police officers. why did he make the list? what was happening in his life that made him do it? >> reporter: the students tell us that the shooter did come back to high school about a year later, appeared to be changed, got involved with band and

acting in the school and actually graduated from high school in 2013. but apparently he had a long history of threatening women, especially those who denied his advances. police looking into all of this background as they try to search for a motive in this person who killed nine and injured dozens here in dayton, ohio. drew griffin, cnn, dayton. >> well, cnn law enforcement analyst jonathan wackrow is with me now. he's also a former u.s. secret service agent. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks, rosemary. >> and we'll get to the dayton shooter in just -- just a moment. very, very disturbing details there, for sure, but i want to start with the fbi treating the el paso shooting as a domestic terrorism case. they don't yet know the motivation behind the dayton, ohio attack, but we've seen -- >> mmm-hmm. >> -- two mass shootings within hours of each other, three mass

shootings within a week. what's going on in this country? >> well, listen, there's a lot -- there's a lot to unpack here. just look at the two shootings this weekend. 13 hours apart. we have 29 dead. two different scenarios here, though. in texas, you do have this now being considered an act of domestic terrorism. that is, you know, where targeted acts of violence were caused by somebody who has a particular ideology. and this is now, you know, in the united states this is something that we're talking about extensively right now, is the proliferation of hate, whether it's online or within chat groups, you know, across the country. the rhetoric transcending into physical action, and that's what we saw, you know, earlier on saturday. sunday, dayton, ohio, different scenario. we still don't know the actual motive, but we do know the intent. the intent of that individual was to, you know, cause destruction and harm immediately at a -- at a great amount based

upon the weapon systems that he had had. >> right. >> two different scenarios, rosemary. >> indeed. >> but we have to treat them, you know, co-joined to address the overarching issue of mass attacks in the united states. >> that's exactly right. of course the director of the fbi has ordered a new nationwide threat assessment in an effort to prevent more deadly mass attacks like this. but how do you stop shootings on these soft targets? and how do you prevent copycat attacks and how do you stop this rising hate in this country? >> yeah, well, listen, there's a lot there. there's not one single solution. i think that's what's so frustrating for everybody. you know, we're looking for that one thing that we can do to put an end to all of this -- this terror, but we can't. we have to understand what's the data behind it? so we have to look backwards to look at previous, you know, mass attacks that included, you know, guns and that also did not include guns and understand what

was the motivation behind it? was it a motivation of grievance? we need to understand what the patterns are. you know, are there, you know, symptoms of mental health that are a contributing factor, yes or no? is there, you know, grievances? is it a weapons system? is it how they -- how individuals, you know, act online? are they radicalized by hate online? so these are things that we have to dissect and we actually have to come together. it's not a law enforcement issue in isolation, it's a community issue. so we have to look at how these things, you know, you know, grow and evolve within our community and put a stop to it. you know, dayton, ohio's a great example. what we've said, we don't know the actual motivation, but we can see there were clear indicators of behavorial issues that this individual had for a long time. the interaction with law enforcement has to be addressed. what happened? why did they assess this individual as not being a threat

at the time and let them go back, you know, freely? so fbi director's taking the appropriate steps right now to go out and reassess our nation. go state by state, office by office of the fbi to conduct a new threat assessment to understand the means, the student and the intent for individuals to cause harm against our community. >> yeah, but still so many questions and so few answers all of the time. this just keeps happening. now, president trump said sunday that hate has no place in this country, but the diplomats say it's mr. trump's anti-immigration rhetoric that encourages attacks like this. do you agree with that assessment? >> listen, whenever you have a rhetoric that's, you know, put out there online, you know, the president has had comments that have come under question and they're interpreted by individuals, you know, all the time as a, you know, a call to action, a call to arms. but others as well. you know, what we have to do is take this, you know, with a

broad brush and we have to understand that online rhetoric or rhetoric of hate has no place in our society and we can't let that hate transcend into physical action. and that's what we have to come together -- you know, it's easy for people to say, you know, that it's the president. you know, the president, you know, his comments can be interpreted as a contributing factor, yes, but others online as well. you know, we have to be able to take a broad brush and we have to address this, you know, comprehensively across the board. >> right. and, of course, the u.s. president will be making an announcement in the morning, monday morning, and we will listen to hear what he has to say about these two mass shootings. jonathan wackrow, thank you so much for joining us and sharing your analysis. appreciate it. >> thank you very much, rosemary. well, as the u.s. mourns the loss of 29 people to gun violence, we will tell you what the communities of el paso and dayton are doing to honor the dead. who's dog is this?

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the community of el paso, texas is remembering the victims of saturday's deadly shooting. these mourners held a vigil and took part in a march against gun violence. u.s. presidential candidate beto o'rourke, a native of el paso, was among the marchers. the community of dayton, ohio also came together to remember the people killed in a mass shooting there. hundreds of mourners gathered at a vigil sunday night holding candles, singing and praying for those who lost their lives. officials have identified the nine victims in that attack. among the dead, the 22-year-old

sister of the shooting suspect. we're also getting more details on the victims from the el paso shooting. cnn has just learned that 86-year-old angie was among the 20 people killed there. her family told cnn she was in the checkout line of the story where the attack happened. also among the victims, 60-year-old arturo benavides. he was an army veteran and bus driver who is remembered as caring and strong willed. we're also learning that one of the victims in the el paso shooting died protecting her baby. the family of jordan says she was shielding her 2-month-old son when shots were fired. her husband andre was also killed in the shooting. thankfully the baby survived and was treated at the hospital after suffering broken bones. jordan's sister spoke with nbc news about her sister. >> she was incredible. she had a personality that could

light up an entire room. everybody loved her. she was an incredible mom, too. she was just a wonderful person. she'd give anything for those kids. anything. even her life. >> and earlier, cnn's anderson cooper interviewed jordan's aunt and uncle about this niece. >> jesse, can you just tell us about jordan and andre and the kind of people they were? >> they were beautiful. they were very hardworking. they were amazing parents to their three children. they gave what they could for them. as far as support and most importantly they gave everything they could in love. and that's what ultimately we'll remember about them. >> and liz, i understand that jordan, she had dropped off one child and i think at cheerleading practice, correct me if i'm wrong, and they went

to the walmart to buy school supplies. is that right? >> yes, they were -- their oldest child skylin, who turned 5 yesterday was dropped off at cheer practice. i think they had a closed practice. so they headed to walmart to do some school supply shopping. >> and paul's just 2 months old. i mean, they -- it was, i mean, it's so incredibly recent that they must have been so joyful. >> oh, they were. they just celebrated their one-year anniversary, july 30th, their one-year wedding anniversary. baby paul is a beautiful baby. it was our middle brother, jordan's brother, had three girls and two granddaughters so i don't think he'd ever see the day he would have a boy. this was andre's first born son. >> wow. >> so there was a lot of joy.

a lot of celebration in the family. and met with obvious devastation. >> and how is paul doing? i understand he had some fingers broken. >> he did. he was bruised up. two fingers broken. they did an mri this morning and everything turned out fine. he was just released from unc children's. an hour and a half or so ago. >> roughly. >> to his grandparents'. so i guess children are resilient. shouldn't be faced with this situation, but he's doing great considering the circumstances. >> and what do you know about -- about how he -- about how he was found, about -- because i understand jordan was alive and actually brought to the hospital. >> correct. from what we understand, she was taken into critical condition.

what little we know, we just -- with all the chaos and all of the things that have been said is that he was pulled, baby paul was pulled from her, still had blood, i would imagine, from what we understand he went into the hospital as -- >> john doe. baby john doe. the details are very cloudy, but from what we understand, baby paul was recovered from the crime scene with his mother on top of him and we got word that andre had jumped in front of his wife to protect his wife and son throughout the whole circumstance. so it's very devastating. his mother and the son were taken to the hospital, thankfully, but -- >> we lost jordan. >> we lost jordan yesterday and andre as well. >> liz and jesse, what do you want people to know about -- about jordan, about andre, about

what the world has lost? >> they were the light. they were definitely a consta contribution to this world. they will be missed. jordan would talk to anybody and everybody. she was as every bit of a self-sacrificing mother. obviously andre an amazing father. she was the light of our life. she was the jokester. she was the contiguous laugh, a smile that could light up the room and the world could know that just two amazing humans were stripped from us and their babies are left now parentless, but we will do everything in our power to as a family to unite behind them and continue to remind them of the amazing parents that they had. there is not enough words to -- i think the ultimate sacrifice a

parent can show of love is shielding your children. which you shouldn't be doing in a walmart when you're shopping for school supplies. >> a tragic loss for that family. a u.s. army soldier was shopping by himself at the el paso walmart when he heard the gunfire. he put his own life at risk and carried three children to safety. as you'll see, it's very difficult for him to talk about what happened. >> i understand it was heroic, and i'm looked as a hero for it, but that wasn't the reason for me -- i'm just focused on the kids -- i just -- and the families that were lost because it hurts me, like, i lost -- like they were part of me. i want to reach out to the families that were lost and the families that lost their children because the focus should not be on me, it should be on the world and what happened in ohio and what happened in chicago and what happened yesterday should not be

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welcome back to cnn's breaking news coverage. the director of the fbi has ordered his offices around the united states to do a new threat

assessment to help thwart future mass attacks in the wake of two mass shootings over the weekend. el paso, texas and dayton, ohio are in mourning after back-to-back attacks. 29 people were killed. and more than 50 others wounded in both shootings. police say each incident involved a lone gunman who was a white male under the age of 25. police believe both expressed extreme and violent views that they put in writing. in el paso, police say the suspect has been volunteering information to authorities and has shown no remorse and no regrets. his case will be prosecuted as both a capital murder and a hate crime. in dayton, ohio, officials are still searching for a motive. the gunman was shot dead after he opened fire in a popular night life district, killing nine people including his own sister. now, we are getting more

reaction from the witnesses of the dayton, ohio shooting. anthony reynolds had just left the bar where the shooting happened. he ran out back as people inside were rushing out. and this is the video he took of those moments. >> oh, my god. what's happening? >> this is the scene outside the ned pepper's bar. cnn's anderson cooper spoke with anthony, who says he saw the shooter that night. >> anthony, i understand you left ned pepper's just after 1:00 a.m., which was just seconds before the shooter opened fire. can you just tell me where you were and when did you realize something awful was happening? >> i was leaving out of ned pepper's at 1:05 a.m., and that's the exact time because i had to look at my phone. i was with a family member, my cousin, and as we was walking out the door, i just remember telling the -- i remember

telling the security guard at the door he's there every weekend. i usually visit quite frequently. and i remember telling him, you guys are having a heck of a party in there. and we laughed about that. and i could see that the line was still packed with people trying to get in because the club doesn't close until 2:00/2:30 a.m. once i walked past that line, once i get maybe toward the end of the line, i'm like 10 to 15 feet away from the door, you hear the first -- you hear the first shot. but you're not really understanding it's a shot because it's not a familiar sound down there. so we're looking around to see what's going on, but then you hear the second shot, and when you hear the second shot you realize somebody's shooting, but you still don't understand what's going on. so then i just start hearing rapid fire. just repetitive shooting. it sounded like big guns. so i'm instantly telling my -- i'm looking for my family member. when i looked and realized he wasn't on the side or in front of me, i knew he was beside me.

i turned around and said, come on, man, they're shooting -- i'm sorry. as i was turning around is when i was actually able to see the guy shooting. when i seen those people in the lines bodies start falling, i knew people was getting hit so i kind of, like, kind of high-tailed it out of there. >> what did the -- you say you actually saw the shooter? >> he was a white man. he had on black. he had a long rifle-style gun and he has a mask that covered the lower half of his face. but you could still see the top vision of his face. >> so, you know, as you said, it's one thing, you know, we all think of what we would do in a situation like this. and you never really know what you're going to do until you're in a situation like this because you can't really imagine the adrenaline, the fear, all the things, the chaos. you started videotaping at some point. can you kind of tell us -- and we're going to show the video. can you just tell us where you

-- what are we looking at? this is -- this is the scene right outside the club? >> what you're seeing are the people that are trying to get out of the back of ned pepper's because the shooter is in the front. and once we traveled around, i was on the front strip, so once i travelled around i was able to see the back of the club and those are people who are just falling out of the clubs trying to -- the security guards are doing their best to get people out. you see them pulling people, people are helping people. there's even more footage out there. you can see people giving victims cpr, you know what i'm saying? and just chest compressions and everything. people were just trying to help. >> i mean, had you left the club, you know, a minute later, you could have been right in the middle of that. >> 30 seconds. i'm not even going to give myself a minute. 30 seconds. that's why i said when i was coming out of that club, me and my cousin, we were having that conversation and he said we should have stayed until 1:30 because we were having such a

good time. we seen there was so many people down there. everybody was having a good time but be had work planned. so we were leaving at that time for that reason. >> the security guard you talked to on the way out, you know, you said it was a good party inside. did that person -- are they okay, do you know? >> as far as what we understand, all security were okay. it's a lot of stories going on. i round everybody's okay, man, just because seeing that -- seeing that firsthand, it got me shaken up. and last night i was kind of just in shock, and i was talking to a lot of reporters just to give them the real story so it wouldn't get sound bites. >> right. >> or you know what i'm saying wrong stories. i want people to understand the truth, this stuff is serious. i see a lot of times online when i see people say that these things are hoaxed or people thinking that these things are fake because you're not going

through it. these things are real. i got a 12-year-old daughter. i got a 10-year-old daughter. i got a fiance. i got a family. i'm happy i was able to make it home. i sat in my driveway all night until 6:00 a.m. just praising that i was able to make it home but just feeling so, like, sad that so many people wasn't able to make it home and understanding people in my community that we grew up with, you know, are going to be devastated and their lives are changed. >> yeah. >> my life changed because even today as i'm sitting out here, i'm just thinking, you know what i'm saying, at any time someone can come through and take my life into their hands. >> a chilling eyewitness report there. and in the wake of the mass shootings, democratic presidential candidate beto o'rourke says president trump and his anti-immigrant rhetoric has fanned the flames. >> we have a president right now who traffics in this hatred. who incites this violence. who calls mexican immigrants

rapists and criminals. who calls asylum seekers animals and an infestation. you may call a cockroach an infestation. you may use that word in the third reich to describe those who are undesirable, deserve to be put down because they are subhuman. you do not expect to hear that in this age in america in our generation. >> when we return, hear more from o'rourke and a statement from the acting white house chief of staff.

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welcome back, everyone. well, the mexican government is looking to take legal action against the united states after seven mexican nationals were killed in saturday's mass shooting in el paso, texas. mexico's foreign secretary announced the move in a press conference in mexico city on sunday, adding that the country will offer its support to mexican citizens affected by the atrocity. >> translator: we consider this act a terrorist act against the mexican-american community in the united states. consequently, first of all, we are in contact with the families affected. it is in the interest of this office and it's our commitment to follow them and represent them in the investigative process that should be opened by american authorities.

>> and president trump says he will make an official statement in the coming hours about the mass shootings. on sunday he offered his condolences and ordered american flags to be flown at half staff in honor of the victims. he also acknowledged that more can be done to address gun violence in the united states. he's pressuring his administration to develop some type of action plan in response to the spate of deadly shootings, which he may reveal in his upcoming announcement. mr. trump is also pointing once again to mental health problems in the united states. >> this is mental illness. these are really people that are very, very seriously mentally ill. hate has no place in our country. and we're going to take care of it. we have to get it stopped. >> well, democratic presidential hopeful beto o'rourke echos mr.

trump's sentiments that hate has no place in the united states, but he told cnn's jake tapper that he blames the president for encouraging a hate-filled environment. >> we've got to acknowledge the hatred, the open racism that we're seeing. there is an environment of it in the united states. we see it on fox news. we see it on the internet. but we also see it from our commander in chief. and he is encouraging this. he doesn't just tolerate it, he encourages it. calling mexican immigrants rapists and criminals. warning of an invasion at our border. seeking to ban all people of one religion. folks are responding to this. it doesn't just offend us, it encourages the kind of violence that we're seeing, including in my hometown of el paso yesterday. >> and with so many politicians pointing to president trump's rhetoric as inciting hate, acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney is trying to distance the administration from the shootings. he claims politics and the president's words have nothing to do with it. take a listen.

>> what do you say to americans who look at what happened in el paso and say that the president's rhetoric is in part to blame? what do you say to those americans? you know there are many. >> the president is just as saddened by this as you are and wants to do something about it just as much as everybody else does. i hate to draw attention to the manifesto, but if you actually go and look at it, what the guy says is that he's felt this way a long time, before donald trump got elected president. this was a sick person. the person in dayton was a sick person. no politician is to blame for that. the people responsible here are the people who pulled the trigger. we need to figure out how to create less of those kinds of people as a society, and not trying to figure out who gets blamed going into the next election. >> and a prominent u.s. soccer player is weighing in. philadelphia union captain used

his goal celebration on sunday to make a plea for action on gun violence. take a look. >> shot off the post and in. and union take the early lead. >> hey, congres, do something now. end gun violence. let's go. >> in a twitter post, he acknowledged he's not a policy maker, but suggests stricter background checks and taxing ammunition as a possible way to curb gun violence. well, in other global news, it is the fifth straight day of protests in hong kong. what demonstrators are hoping to gain by holding a city-wide strike. that still to come. just after this. about 50% of people with severe asthma have too many cells called eosinophils in their lungs. eosinophils are a key cause of severe asthma.

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welcome back, everyone. well, pro-democracy protesters in hong kong are trying to shut the city down today. they are holding a general strike blocking subway trains and traffic routes. more than 100 flights out of hong kong's international airport have been cancelled. gatherings are planned next hour in several districts across the city. some have police permission and some don't.

let's get more now from kristie lu stout who joins us live from hong kong. kristie, the big question now is how will hong kong authorities respond to all of this. >> reporter: especially what's happening today. hong kong authorities, police and the protestors. we saw trouble, chaos. earlier throughout the day involving the mass rapid transit system. the subway system here in hong kong. that 5 million commuters relee on. major lines have been delayed or suspended. more travel chaos taking place at the hong kong international airport. with 100 cancellations and later on this afternoon strike action striking protestors declaring there will be seven simultaneous rallies taking place in seven different districts across the city incolliding one outside disney land. this comes after the violent scenes played out yet again over the weekend which started as peaceful protests.

stand offs between police and protestors. tear gas being deployed saturday night and sunday night. that violence was condemned by the chief executive who spoke chl gave a press conference after two weeks. and condemned the violence and said it's pushing hong kong into a dangerous situation. saying this is a time to rally together without offering concrete steps how. we have team coverage on the hong kong protest and the city wide strike. live on the ground. as well as for us at the hong kong international airport. let's start with anna. at the world eers eighth busiest airport. reports of travel chaos there. what have you seen? >> this is one of the best airports most efficient in the world. it has been thrown into chaos today. we have received confirmation that airport management has told

a cafe pacific the local carrier here that the airport and the air space the runway and air space here has been reduced to a 50% capacity. no specific reason has been given. and we have pushed airport management time and time again this morning. but from what we gather, it's because of the general strike. local reporting here in hong kong local media is saying it's because there's ground crew as well as air traffic control crew who joining the protest. who are striking. which is why the airport is 50% capacity. you look at the board behind me the departures it shows cancellations everywhere. it really is quite extraordinary. more than 100 flights out bound have been cancelled. and inbound have been cancelled.

really, we have spoken to some commuters a little bit earlier who said that their flights are being cancelled. it may take them two days to get out of the hong kong. over here this is where the assistance inquiry line is. trying to work out what flight they are going to get on. and how to get out of hong kong. one of the best and most efficient airports in the world that has been thrown into cay ys because of the general strike. >> in turn that will sully the international reputation of the airport and hong kong as an international finance center. live from the airport. thank you. we have cnn standing by. in the hong kong district. which is now known the worltd over because that is where the parliament the legislative counsel is located and the office of the chief executive.

he was there when she finally spoke to the press after two weeks of silence to the media. it sounded in her comments that she was ready to offer condemnation but not necessarily concessions or solution no what's been happening. >> we did not hear the chief executive offer any sort of stepping down as far as her position goes. she didn't for instance volunteer that she would resign which is one of the demands of many people here. and the main demand the main condition of the protes movement that there be an independent commission to investigate police brutality. she said that's not going to happen. she did warn however, that with this this is we're beginning our tenth week of protests here in hong kong. with that the strike, that the

protest movement is she warned, playing with fire. >> such extensive disruption. in the name of certain demands or uncooperative movement have urn mined hong kong law and order and pushing our city the city we all love, and many of us helped to build. so the verge of a very dangerous situation. >> what we're seeing here is people beginning to gather for one of the seven rallies next to the lugtive council. legislative council. that they broke into on first of july. because the main office of the people's liberation army of

mainland china is just on the other side. so a very sensitive location. where these protests are happening again today. christy? >> got it. reporting live from outside the sensitive location. thank you. let's take it back to rose mary. we'll continue to keep tabs. the strike action and as well as the situation at the airport. >> of course. thank you so much. appreciate that. thank you for watching cnn "newsroom." i'll be back with the breaking news coverage on the mass shootings in the united states. you're watching cnn. jill has entresto, a heart failure medicine that helps her heart so she can keep on doing what she loves. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive rosemary church. "newsroom."

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welcome to our viewers here in the united states. and all around the world. i'm rosemary church. in atlanta. following breaking news. once again americans are faced with the brutal after math of gun violence. the weekend back to back mass shootings just 13 hours apart. were especially shocking. 20 people killed at a walmart in el paso, texas. another nine died outside a bar in dataen, ohio. dayton, ohio. former classmates of the ohio gunman say when he was in high school, he had a hit list. of classmates he wanted to kill

or hurt. in the attack early sunday, nine people were killed when the shooter opened fire outside bar. people ran away so quickly, their shoes were left behind. ryan young has details from the scene. >> reporter: a flurry of shots show the brief but deadly moments the suspect and gunman opened fire on saturday night crowds in downtown dayton ohio. the gunman parked his car and walked through the oregon district. a neighborhood known for night life. and fired shots after 1:00 a.m. surveillance video shows crowds running from the shots. dayton police patrol this area saturday nights and were able to respond in seconds. >> a suspect opened fire. along the oregon district. wearing body armor, and used a

223 caliber high capacity magazine. he had a additional magazines. >> threat was neutralized in approximately 30 seconds. of the suspect firing his first shots. >> two women say they were out with girlfriends. >> people started running and started pushing us out back the door. >> she remembers chatting with a woman. and the next time she saw her. >> she was laying on the concrete dead. outside of the club. >> robert says he was standing several feet away from the gunman as he fired shots. >> i thought i was about to die. the officer is over the top of me. and started shooting the guy. he saved everybody here. >> despite the kwilk response, at least nine were killed and more than a dozen injured. one of those killed, the shooters own 22 year-old sister. >> the officers involved in

ending the tragedy, they're professionalism, quickness, their amazing courage and response, undoubtedly saved many lives. we will never know how many lives were saved. the obviously very close to being able to kill dozens and dozens more people. >> and in texas. authorities treating saturday's shooting as domestic terrorism. the alleged shooter has been charged with capitol murder. authorities say hooets from the dallas area and posted a racist and white nationalist manifesto online. disturbing document that lays out reasons for an attack and singles out hispanics. el paso is a border town o. of 20 people killed, mexico says at

least seven were mexican citizens. we have the report from el paso. >> reporter: at 10:39 saturday morning came the first calls for help. a 21 year-old white male walked into this walmart store in east el paso and unleashed a deadly attack with an assault style rifle. >> i hear boom, boom, boom. >> thousands of shoppers including families simply thinking of their back to school shopping list. filled the store. and parking lot. where the shooting started. >> there was people were running from inside the mall. and just screaming to get out. >> i told my mother there are gunshots. we need to go. and she just froze and didn't move. and i told her let's move. get down. >> shoppers took cover, businesses went on lock down. and first responders rushed to

locate an active shooter. within hours el paso police spokesman said an arrest has been made. >> we have one person in custody. i can confirm it is a white male. in his 20s. >> reporter: the suspect lives 600 miles away in the town of allen, texas. a sprawling suburb north of dallas. the gunman arrested without incident a few blocks from the walmart store. federal sources tell us the shooter left an online manifesto filled with antiimmigrant views and hatred of hispanics. >> it indicates to some degree to potential hate crime. the fbi will be looking into that with federal authorities. we're looking at potential copal murder charges for the individual. >> hours after the attack, local political leader tried to grasp the magnitude of the loss. >> 20 families that woke up whole. this morning. with their loved ones.

and when the sunset tonight here in el paso, they'll go to bed without them. >> on sunday the district attorney announced the gunman will face the most severe punishment. >> state charge is capitol murder. and so he is eligible for the death penalty. we will seek the death penalty. >> we're treating it as a domestic terrorism case and do what we do to terrorists. deliver swift and certain justice. >> we want to take a closer look at the ongoing investigation. into the mass shootings. with cnn law enforcement contributor. also a retired supervisor special agent with the fbi. good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> as we just heard the el paso shooting is treated as a domestic terrorism case. the dayton ohio shooting is not

known. three mass shootings in the past week. two within hours. what does this reveal is happen ng the united states? >> what it reveals is something similar to cluster suicide. that we have seen for years. when you get one well publicized suicide it seems somehow to give vulnerable people the permission to go ahead and do it. when you realize what's going on here, most of the people are looking at this as a life ending situation. even if they don't ultimately lose their life. this is in a way a suicide at the same time it's a way to get recognition. and some kind of validation. that they never got in life. so what we're seeing here while certainly we have an issue that we have to deal with with guns. if we don't look at the fact that we're having an epidemic here. of mental illness and suicide.

than we're just sticking our head in the sand. >> what do you think has to be done? how do you approach this? it feels like we go over this every time there's a mass shooting in the country. and there's questions. very few answers. doesn't seem to be any effort to actually move forward skb come up with a solution. >> the problem is you have dualing agendas here. on one hand, you have one side who wants to focus on the weapons. on the other side they want you to not get near the weapons and focus only on the mental health. then you have a third side that says don't look at the mental health. don't let people look at anybody's mental health. here's the problem. you can't do this. anymore than you can say we can cure cancer with just diet. if you don't look at cancer as

something where you have to look at it from every direction to hit it, then you'll never cure it. this is a mental health epidemic we have to really dig into. and it's not going to be just one way. it's going to be multiple disciplines coming from different directions. >> you're saying it's not any one factor. it's all of them together. still, no solution. in the director of the fbi ordered a new nationwide threat assessment in effort to prevent more deadly mass attacks like this. how will that stop future attacks including copy cat attacks? which is what we appear to be seeing. >> the problem is i know -- i have been not to his office but in charge of that kind of thing in the field offices and there's really not a lot of potential to solve all of these.

because the people who have this disease, have this illness, it's like heart disease. the number one indicator of heart disease is, sudden death. what's the number one kaert of somebody who will be a mass shooterment they go out and kill people. there's no precursor. at this point we don't know precursors. that's what we have to do. >> you say that. when it comes to the dayton, ohio shooter. we are learning in high school he had a list of those he wanted to kill. he had a list of the girls he wanted to rape. there was signals. there were red flags long ago. >> yes. absolutely. and those are the ones the low hanging fruit. that we should be able to get right away. i read an article on the shooter that said there were no previous

indications of his issues of his mental illnesses. except in high school. with a hit list. we have to be realistic about this. find these precursors and you will predict some day who is going to do these things. >> right. as you pointed out until it actually do something it's difficult for law enforcement to respond in any way. what role has the u.s. president played in all of this so far? what do you think needs to say monday morning when he makes that statement about these mass shootings? >> he needs to knock the dust down on people who believe rhetoric is causing people to kill themselves. that's not happening. what's happening is they see somebody else their age who they relate to. who goes out and kills people. and say i can do that too. so, yes, is the president's

verbage and rhetoric offensive? yes. is it making people go out and kill other people and kill themselves? i don't believe that's a major factor in this. certainly it will be work somewhere into this. major factor or cause, no, i don't believe that. >> all right. thank you so much. and sharing your analysis. we appreciate it. america is mourning the lives lost in the mass shootings this weekend. how the communities of el paso and dayton are remembering the victims. that's next. ♪ i want it that way... i can't believe it. that karl brought his karaoke machine? ♪ ain't nothing but a heartache... ♪ no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. ♪ i never wanna hear you say... ♪ no, kevin...

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the community of el paso, texas is remembering the victims of saturday's deadly shooting. these mourners held a vigil and took part in a march against gun violence. u.s. presidential candidate beto o'rourke a native of el paso was among the marchers. and the community of dayton, ohio also came together to remember the people killed in a mass shooting there. hundreds of mourners gathered at a vigil sunday night. holding candles and singing. and praying for those who lost their lives. officials have identified the nine victims in that attack. among the dead the 22 year-old sister of the shooting suspect. and we're getting details on the victims from the el paso shooting. cnn has just learned that 86 year-old was among the 20 people killed there. her family told cnn she was in the check out line of the store

where the attack happened. also among the victims. 60 year-old. he was an army veteran and bus driver. who is remembered as caring and strong willed. >> as more details emerge of the shooter in el paso. it seems he singled out hispanics as targets due to his racist believes. we asked one woman if she shares the sent lt of others that mexican americans are being attacked because of their ethnicity. >> i do share that sentiment. for my brothers and sisters and my community. but i share that for my brothers and sisters in the sister city. they don't deserve this. they're being targeted. they're our blood too. they are being isolated. we're being isolated for our color. we're passed that now. we're years passed color.

we should be way passed where we're at. this is why we're here. i share the sentiment. we're being attacked. and our government needs to step in. if not, the people here will step in. >> she also heard from a woman who managed to escape the shooting in et pas, texas. along with her mother and daughter. >> we just saw that out of the blue you just see people running, like, they were turn k around like this. they knew something was happening. we couldn't see. and at that very moment i heard clapping noises. and we started knowing -- i told my mom it's gunshots. we all panicked. we started running. and all i remember i had my shopping cart and my mom and my daughter. i grabbed them both and carried them out. we were trying to get out through the frozen section. where everything was at.

because we saw everybody ruping in that direction. there's a guy with the gun. >> did you see him? >> somebody with a gun. and he was wearing things on his ears and we were trying to get away from him. and everybody was running from him. everybody was in chaos. there was people on the floor already that had gotten hit. my sister got to see more. she went from the money center to across the other side. because they came in through the mcdonalds area. and my sister says that everything she got to see was like the most horrific thing. and right now we had to go to walmart to buy the rest of the supplies and i can't -- it was so ugly. we're constantly turning around. we started sweating. we felt like it felt really ugly being again in walmart. we knew no matter what we have to continue. we have to continue. and i went to church this morning. and we're blessed to have our

church that's living faith. they pray for you. it's very moving. everything that happened was just terrible. we're blessed. we are blessed because we're alive. i pray for all the people that died. there's so many. god has been with us. god was there. >> remembering terrifying moments there. in dayton, ohio. cnn randi kaye spoke to a woman whose nephew was killed. thomas mcnickels was a gentle giant who loved his family. >> his name was thomas. he was 25 year-old. he was a father of four. ages two to eight. he was a gentle giant. loved his family, loved his kids. and he worked yesterday.

and just wanted to come home and have a nice time. >> he was in line at the bar here. >> and got shot. just waiting to get into the bar. >> one thing you were telling me. you're wearing a shirt that says love. love was something that he had a lot to give. >> he had a lot of love. every time he left the house, he always said i love you. that was our thing. he never left nowhere whenever he said good-bye. i love you. >> he lived with you because he lost his mom. >> yes. my sister. my baby sister. and he was her baby boy. >> you looked after him. for years and now this. >> now this. >> what will you tell his children? >> i will tell his kids they had an amazing dad. and know their dad loved them. he was a loving family man.

and they he knew the kids know they loved him. >> president trump says he will make an official statement in the coming hours about the mass shootings chlts on sunday he offered condolences and ordered american flags to be flown at half staff in honor of the victims. and also acknowledged more can be done to address gun violence in the united states. he's pressuring his administration to develop some type of action plan in response to the deadly shootings. which he may reveal in the upcoming announcement. he's pointing once again to a mental illness problem in the united states. >> this is mental illness. these are really people that are very seriously mentally ill. >> hate has no place in our country. and we'll take care of it. we have to get it stopped.

>> earlier cnn anderson cooper asked the may your of el paso, texas and dayton to weigh in on the mass shootings. el paso mayor says the city is suffering but they'll persevere through the tragedy. >> when you heard that this happened, it's obviously something has ha mayor you thought about and planned for. on the police force. but it's when it actually happens, what's your initially goes through your mind? what do you do? >> i have never been had to deal with something like this. the police force plans for shooters of this type. and i have to tell you as mayor i didn't plan for this person to come in from out of town. i'm convinced it never would have occurred with el pasoen.

to come from out of town and reap the destruction on our community. with 20 deaths. that he has done. we have 26 people in the hospital. so, i'm just i'm not prepared. we'll percent sere and go forward. this will not define us. and we have this is community -- you're right. we're one of the safest cities in the nation. have been. and will continue to be. and we're not going into hiding. >> in dayton, ohio officials are searching for motive. the mayor says the massacre took place in o popular part of the city. >> it was a great night last night in dayton. this area is brick street. with tons of local businesses. one of the places to be in our region. certainly a center piece of the community. with named by the american planning association two years ago as the best business street

building in the country. very walkable, very connected and a place that's very diverse and everyone feels safe. and wants to be there. in a safe place for our community over all. so, to see this and have this happen to the community last night is truly been a tragedy for the families. the people injured. our entire community. >> the shooting in el paso is being treat as domestic terrorism. officials are considering hate crime charges. ahead, we speak with a reformed white supremacist. about how irresponsible rhetoric plays a role in the attacks. dri. but allstate actually helps you drive safely... with drivewise. it lets you know when you go too fast... ...and brake too hard. with feedback to help you drive safer. giving you the power to actually lower your cost.

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there's a lot of hatred being spewed. if it turns out this manifesto is linked directly to the suspected shooter. and if in fact he posted it on online forum. he talks in that about probably going to die today. he says he goes down this really disturbing rabbit hole. talking about immigrants both legal and illegal. he is after anyone who is come to the country looking for a better life. he is talking about particularly hispanic immigrants. talking about brown people. and wanting to get rid of brown people. there's a lot of fear that you can see as you read through it. it's a fear of being quote replaced. this is an idea that is spouted by white nationalists and white supremacists. haters of the world spout this a lot. based on the fear somehow the white race will disappear. and the fault of black and brown people. and they want to either rid the earth of them or keep them out

of the country. and in which they live. that goes for here in america or rhetoric used in europe as well. very disturbing stuff. very strongly antiimmigration. he talks about job loss. although it's interesting with him, this is a young man. and in hislinged in, we looked at that and appears the suspect talks about being a bit lazy himself. not being motivated himself. these are the confusing cues you get from some of the suspected shooters. he is definitely racist and antiimmigration. he came here according to police all the way from allen, texas. i used to live near the area. the suspected shooter drove hundreds of miles to come here. because this is where the border is. where folks are that he deems not worthy of being in america. so according to police, he shot and killed 20 people. injured 26.

>> i'm joined now by reformed white supremacist. a program manager for the free radical project. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to start by trying to understand. what initially motivated you to become a white supremacist. you have since renounced that. to understand that and why you think others are motivated to go in the direction. >> i now work building prevention and disruption programs and worked with many people as they disengage from white supremacy and other violence based ideology. all of this stems from grappling with trying to figure out an identity in the world. feeling like you don't have a sense of agency. your voice doesn't really have any power in the world. and looking for a sense of belonging. somewhere where you feel like

you can belong and your life has meaning. it's this atimt to try to meet the broken and twisted needs. >> a lot of people say that that would be a reason for immigrants to rise up. for that very reason. talk to us at what point you decided that white supremacy was not the direction you want to take and what has to be said to trigger other people to think the same. >> i had been in the movement frr about the time i was 15 until just before i was 20. when i was actually taken in to a home to live. with a single mom. who had three young boys. and her giving me this sense of family. and she had no reason to take me in. it gave me an experience of unconditional acceptance. and chose rather than to see this vile and hate filled creature. that i had become. she chose to see a hurting and

struggling young woman. who was worth taking a chance on. and she began the process of rehumanizing me. not only had i dehumanized other people, but that process was also something that dehumanized me. >> right. fbi director christopher wray has said that we are seeing an increase in these domestic terrorism attacks. that are linked to white supremacy and understand at this point certainly the gunman in the el paso shooting, he apparently according to to authorities, posted a manifesto. that was racist and antiimmigration. it's possible that he was motivated by white supremacy ideology. why do you think we're seeing an increase? >> i think there are multiple reasons. one of the reasons and this is probably a continuing for all three mass shootings in the last

week, that young people overwhelmingly feel afraid of the future. they see climate catastrophe looming. they see job future that is not very bright. that automation is coming. and that their education that they have to pay lots of mup for and f money for is relatively meaningless. we have that as a background for young people. then they look online looking for meaning. looking to connect. looking to make sense of the world. and mostly the only people that are talking about that in any real sense, are people that are on the far right. that are alt rite. white nationalist. those groups that are online. those are the people that are talking about that and giving the fear some legitimacy. we have that. we also have really public

rhetoric. that inflames lots of fears about immigration. and fears about white people disappearing. and that interjects conspiracy theories along with actual science. and everything is very convoluted. people generally feel afraid and uncertain and having a difficult time discerning truth. >> a sense of hopelessness. how much you think the retic of the united states president plays into that? >> i think it plays a very large part. in em boldening the far right and white supremacist. and i think even just you see in like the baby boomer generation. and you see so much of their fears articulated about a world

changing and they don't quite understand all of what's going on. and all the changes that is are coming. it fans the flames of violence and polarization. and exploits the fear that so many americans have. about our future. and utilizes it for political gain. >> now president trump has said he said sunday that there is no place for hit in the united states. hate in the united states. he will be speaking again monday morning. what does had e need to say to get the message out that intolerance like this and shootings are unacceptable in the country? >> i hope he will denounce white supremacy. in all of its form. i also hope that there will be some measure taken to begin some serious work on reassessing our gun control policy.

and moving toward making some changes there. as they did in new zealand. very soon after the christ church shooting. i hope that he will say that this is not american. and that shooting innocent people for political ends is not something that will be tolerated in any form. i hope that he will use the term white supremacists. domestic terrorism. and that he will make absolutely no bones about using that terminology. >> in a few hours we'll find out. thank you so much for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >> internet infrastructure company cloud flare says it will stop providing support for the message board. officials believe the suspect in the el paso shooting posted a white nationalist message before

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we're looking at live pictures protestors in hong kong trying to shut the city down. holding a general strike. earlier blocking subway trains and traffic routes more than 100 flights out of hong kong have been cancelled. major gathering planned in seven districts across the city. some have police permission, some don't. let's get more now. joining us live from hong kong. what is ahead for the city? how will authorities there respond to all of this? >> very few questions and a big day. on the ongoing summer of protests in hong kong. with the city wide strike taking place testing the limits of the police of the protestors and the over 7 million people here in the territory. who call hong kong home. there's been travel chaos all day today. the mass rapid transit system has seen major lines suspended or delayed.

this is a commuting net work used by 5 million people every day. it's utterly unreliable this day. more travel chaos at the airport. the eighth busiest in the world. over 2,300 aviation workers are participating in the strike. runways are at 50% capacity. as you can imagine 100 flights have been cancelled. also this day, the call for that strike. to take place across seven districts across the territory. including disney land. one taking place outside the legislative council building and outside the office of the cheer executive. chief executive. and standing by monitoring lt situation. have you seen a significant rise in the number of striking protestors there? >> they are coming as we speak. by the hundreds. it's hard so say how many are here already. i would say thousands.

many of them we have spoken to say they are on strike. they would normally be working on a day like this. but they are out in support of this general strike. and i asked about their reaction to chief executive press conference this morning. they say one woman described it as bs. more graphic than that. saying they the chief executive simply didn't meet the minimum demands of the protestors. they would like as a start as a minimum they would like to see that the extradition law which she said is dead. to be completely withdrawn. as well as the formation of an independent investigation committee. to look into claims of police brutality. she didn't express a willing to do either of them. in her opening remarks at the press conference she warned a

continuation of the protest and a strike like this today could harm hong kong. >> such extensive disruptions in the name of certain demands or uncooperative movement have seriously under mined hong kongs law and order. and pushing our city the city we all love, and many of us helped to build, to the verge of a very dangerous situation. >> of course, this particular location next to the legislative council is particularly sensitive. keeping in mind of course on the fist of july it is here that some of the protestors broke into the council and right next door, is the main office of mainland china's people

liberation army. right on my left. so it's a sensitive location. for this protest. to be held. but as we can see there are many more people coming here by the minute. >> many more people coming there. outside the legislative counsel building. sensitive area as he points out there. despite the fact is well over 30 degrees celsius. 90 trees here. with humidity it feels hotter than that. issued an extreme heat warning on this day of strike. and protest. we thank you for your reporting. let's go to our guest. joining us is a prodemocracy leader. founding chair of the movement. and thank you for joining us. i want to get your reaction to the press conference by the chief executive. and said quote that the protestors are trying to destroy hong kong and that the protest is pushing hong kong into a

dangerous situation. how do you respond to that? >> it's a shame for her to say these sort of things. she's blaming all the things happening in hong kong on the protestors. she doesn't reflect what she's done wrong. and what responsibility she showed there. and quite obvious it's three months since the first rally. she doesn't everyone meet the bare minimum demand of the people. which is to withdraw the bill and set up an investigative commission on the police brutality. i think that the society has come for a consensus. >> you mention one of the list of five demands protestors have. asking for the independent inquiry. standing her ground at the moment not offering any sort of concession. just condemning the violence over the weekend.

do you think that will fuel the protest movement? will it make it stronger? >> what we hope for is these officials come out and say that they're responsible and try to solve the problem instead of just condemning. and put the blame on the protestors. i think the arrogance she has shown will ignite people. and people will be more angry because of her attitude on this incident. >> and meanwhile there are major travel disruptions at the eighth busiest airport in the world. she didn't mention this in the statement. do you think the strike action the impact it's having on international travel and going to have on hong kong's international reputation. will that force the government's

hand? >> she is afraid of mentioning it. it's a reflection of how the public opinion of manifests. i think for now, the movement and lots of people support going on strike. and we have to understand that it's an unprecedented strike in such high degree and it really affects the traffic and the -- and the airport. so i think carrie lam knows what's going on and she's afraid of saying so and i think for hong kong people we will keep going and we will put more pressure on the government. >> got it. you're just going to keep going, keep applying more pressure, even after what's happening this day, a day of unprecedented strike action. pro-democracy activist, thank you for joining me. and rosemary, we will continue to monitor the situation this day. the situation affecting international air travellers at

the hong kong airport as well as the strike taking place not only where ben wedeman is at the district of admiralty, but at several other places across hong kong. six other districts. even one happening outside the magic kingdom, disneyland. we'll go back to you, rosemary. >> kristie, we appreciate you covering that and doing that in the hours ahead. we'll take a short break and have more on our breaking news when we return. ♪ that a speaker is just a speaker. ♪ or - that the journey can't be the destination. most people haven't driven a lincoln. discover the lincoln approach to craftsmanship at the lincoln summer invitation. right now, get 0% apr on all 2019 lincoln vehicles plus no payments for up to 90 days. only at your lincoln dealer. plus no payments for up to 90 days. that i won the "best of" i casweepstakes it. and i get to be in this geico commercial? let's do the eyebrows first, just tease it a little. slather it all over, don't hold back.

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. this is cnn breaking news. we continue following the breaking news. two separate mass shootings in the united states from texas to ohio. two communities that are now dealing with the aftermath. welcome to viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell at cnn world headquarters in atlanta. these two mass shootings in ohio and texas in total claimed the lives of at least 29 people. dozens more people wounded. the first attack started with a gunman opening fire at an el paso walmart in the state of texas. 20 people were killed before the alleged shooter was taken into custody. then hours later, another gunman struck in dayton, ohio. his rampage lasted less than a minute, but it claimed nine lives. the attacker was also killed by police within moments of his first shots.