and he would have been inside the courtroom with former judge john roemer in 2005.o be clear the suspect is not charged in the death of roemer or the most recent incident nap is part of the many unanswered questions we have regarding the suspect, his potential motive and connection to roemer and the other high-profile names you just mentioned. >> this incident appears to be a targeted act. >> reporter: some political leaders across the country, targets on a hit list and a former wisconsin county circuit court judge dead. wisconsin governor tony evers reacting to the death of john roemer. >> somebody that devoted his life being a jurist in the state in rural wisconsin and that's hard work. to be targeted like that. it makes me, frankly, sick to my stomach. >> reporter: authorities say called to roemer's home early friday morning. >> the county sheriff office received a call notifying an armed person and two shots fired in a township of new lisbon. >> reporter: after failed negotiations with the suspect in this house about 80 miles northwest of madison the juneau spec

now we see judge roemer. in his home. we have judges woods, vance, duranco, judge lefkow lost her husband and her mother. how many more lives have to be lost to senseless tragedies. judges need protection and need it now. and all we're asking is our members of congress listen and really do what -- this bill is ready to go. the daniel judicial security privacy act is ready to go, it has been ready to go for months. there is no reason to delay any further. and i would strongly urge members of congress to act and to act now. if they care about the constitution, if they care about the rule of law, if they care about democracy, they will do what they need to do to protect judges. >> judge, one statistinc i wantd to share with you and our viewers, according to a recent audit of the u.s. marshals service, security incidents increased 89% in just three years between 2016 and 2019. concerns about threats to judges rose again when protesters gathered outside the homes of supreme court justices after that draft of a roe v. wade opin

former circuit court judge john roemer was gunned down in his home on friday. police say the shooter then shot himself. cnn's whitney wild has details. >> reporter: fredericka, sources tell cnn the suspect had a long list of targets and officials say that this was somehow related to the judicial system. we don't yet know how. was this a single case or series of cases? we continue to ask the questions that law enforcement continues to ask as well. this all began 6:30 friday morning when someone ran out of judge roemer's home and called 911, that person reporting that someone had broken inside and fired off two rounds from a firearm. throughout the morning, once police arrived, they tried to negotiate with the suspect who was inside but eventually those talks simply broke down. around 10:15 a.m. friday, the tactical teams made entry into that home and that's where they found 68-year-old john roemer dead. they also found a 56-year-old suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside. throughout this investigation they've learned that this was not random. here is

court records show roemer had sentence today alleged gunman to six years in prison back in 2005.in new lisbon, wisconsin. what more do we know about this suspect? >> reporter: ana, so many people in this small community knew judge john roemer and they're talking about what happened here. we know the suspect has a criminal history dating back in the state of wisconsin to the early 2000s. he was convicted of armed burglary and firearm charges. as you mentioned judge john roemer and the suspect, douglas uhde crossed path when he was sentenced to prison. there's a police barricade set up on the road leading to the home of that former judge, john roemer. that is where the incident happened on friday. you can see the police tape here. this is still a very active investigation. we're getting more details as to how all of this came about. so we know that this happened early friday morning when a call came in that there were shots fired at this house. when investigators had failed negotiation attempts with the suspect, they went inside, found the former judge dead and found the suspect in

and now, judge roemer's family has to deal with it. my heart goes out to.i know they are experiencing. and i think that we have to really realize that if we don't start to doing something to protect federal judges and judges all over this country, we are going to see the erosion of the rule of law. and we are going to, unfortunately, never be able to turn back the hands of time when we talk about the damage to family, and the damage georgia moxie. just tragic. >> hard to stay composed. a -- and a mom. i am so sorry. i appreciate hearing from you. i know that many if you want to make her who will be stop after something like that, but that is a tough one for this. one thank you. best of luck to you. we will certainly stay in touch. it is very quickly now go to the white house where the biden administration has some growing concerns about the economy. hopefully they are not crying like i am right, now inside the white house. let's start with a new abc ipsos poll that talks about 70% approve the handling he has of the economy. josh lederman will take the show

. >> officials say judge john roemer was killed inside his home.sconsin, yesterday. and a source tells cnn the suspect also had other political targets in mind. cnn law enforcement correspondent wendy wild has been following this story for us. whitney, what else can you tell us? >> reporter: right now what we know from these limited details is this situation is simply frightening. other big names on that list included the governor of wisconsin as well as u.s. senator mitch mcconnell. here are a few more things we know. this began friday morning. again, it targeted this former state circuit court judge, john roemer, who was 68 years old. in addition, officials believe that this incident appears to be in some way related to the judicial system. what happened is there was a 911 call that came out of judge roemer's home around 6:30 when one of the occupants of the home ran out, called 911. police arrived and then throughout the morning, found john roemer dead in his home. additionally they found this 56-year-old man inside that home with a self-inflict

former juneau county circuit court judge john roemer was gunned down in his home on friday. police say the suspect also shot himself. sources say the gunman was also planning attacks on wisconsin governor tony evers and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. cnn's whitney wild has the details for us today. whitney, what more are you learning? >> reporter: fredericka, sources tell cnn the suspect had a list of targets and officials say this was somehow related to the judicial system. just how? was it one case, was it several cases? we don't have those details yet, but it's something we're certainly keeping our eye on. police say this began on 6:30 a.m. on friday when someone ran out of judge roemer's home and called 911 because that person had heard two shots fired outside that home. throughout the morning, police tried to negotiate with the suspect who was inside but eventually, after a few hours, those negotiations broke down and at around 10:15, tactical teams were finally able to get inside where they found 68-year-old former circuit court judge john roemer dead and a 56

in court, john roemer was found shot to death in his home friday. court records show roemer sentenced suspect douglas uhde to six years for armed burglary in 2005. uhde is recovering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. sources say uhde had a hit list that included the governors of michigan and wisconsin and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >>> ceremonies and commemorations are well under way marking today's 78th anniversary of d-day. many american veterans now in their 90s are in normandy, france, which they invaded on june 6th, 1944, before ultimately defeating the nazis and ending world war ii in europe. joint chiefs chairman general mark milley is attending a ceremony today at the american cemetery above omaha beach where nearly 9,400 americans are buried. >>> south florida is getting back to normal after some areas received more than a foot of rain from what eventually became tropical storm alex. the mayor of miami beach said the storm really tested newly installed drainage pumps. today the fast-moving storm is expected to pass bermuda.

former juneau county circuit court judge john roemer was gunned down in his home friday. police say the shooter then shot himself. sources say the gunman was also planning attacks on wisconsin governor tony evers and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. we have details now. what more are investigators sharing. >> reporter: sources tell cnn the suspect had a list of targets, a long list of targets. officials say this was somehow related to the justice system. was it one case, several cases? that is simply not clear. what i can tell you this began friday morning when someone ran out of judge roemer's home, called 911 and told police someone had broken inside and shot two rounds inside that home. when police tried to negotiate with the suspect, it just didn't go anywhere. those negotiations eventually just totally dissolved and that's when tactical teams in wisconsin made entry into the home where they found 68-year-old former state circuit court judge john roemer dead and also found that suspect, a 56-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the head. he was taken to the hos

judge john roemer sentenced him to six years in state prison. >> it's his neighbor's son from across the street and banging on the door, stating that someone has murdered his father. >> reporter: friday morning, around 6:30, police rushing to the judge's home. law enforcement briefed on the case tell abc news judge roemer was found zip tied to a chair and fatally shot. uhde found in the basement with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, alive, now in custody at the hospital. those same sources saying a hit list was found in a car at the scene. the judge's name on that list, along with michigan governor gretchen whitner, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, and wisconsin governor tony evers. >> a judge from a rural county is targeted. and murdered. it's just abhorrent to our judiciary and to leadership in our state and our country. so, yeah, it's a horrible situation. >> reporter: in 2020, a disgruntled lawyer posing as a delivery man went to federal judge esther salas' new jersey home, shot her husband and killed her son. since then, she's been pushing congress to pass legislation prot

judge roemer sentenced him to six years in state prison. uhde now in critical condition, after allegedly turning the gun on himself. others reportedly on his hit list, michigan governor gretchen witmer, sor mitch mcconnell and wisconsin governor tony everers. >> it makes me ill that -- to be targeted like that. it makes me frankly sick to my stomach. >> reporter: today, the wisconsin attorney general calling for more protection for judges and public officials. a cause taken up by u.s. district court judge esther salas of new jersey whose son was killed and husband shot when a man targeted her posed as a delivery man to gain access to her home. >> enough is enough. >> reporter: and david, in all, authorities say there were 13 people on his hit list. the motive remains under investigation, but officials do not believe there is an active ongoing threat. david? >> alex, thank you. >>> tonight, we are just days now from the live prime time hearing before the nation on the january 6th attack. that's thursday night. the committee expected to begin

what they know now is that this all started at 6:30 friday morning when a man ran out of judge roemer'se calling 911 saying there was an armed person, saying there were two shots fired. police tried to negotiate with the suspect inside, but those efforts failed, and so at around 10:15 that morning, tactical teams finally made entry into the home where they found 68-year-old john roemer dead. again, this is where they found that suspect with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. officials stressed this wasn't random. >> this as i mentioned before, does appear to be a targeted act, and the individual who's the suspect appears to have had other targets as well. it appears to be related to the judicial system. >> federal officials have been warning for month about anti-government sentiment, this heightened threat environment. the real fear is a case like this, someone flying under the radar of law enforcement, someone with access in some way to a firearm taking aim at a highly visible and soft target like a county circuit court judge, jim. so again, this really fits into this greater landscape we

they found roemer dead. they say that he has been tied up with zip ties. the suspect shot himself, but survived, and is in critical condition in hospital. the men had a connection. coach records show roemer sentenced her to six years in prison in 2005 for armed burglary and firearms charges. a law enforcement source said they found a hit list in euda's car. governor tony tony was a target -- >> so the assassination of a judge, right? that is the kind of thing that happens in a society where the rule of law was under threat. there were some other high-profile members of government, on that hit list as well. including senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, governor of michigan gretchen whitmer. keep in mind, whitmer was previously targeted for kidnapping plot, which the suspects were a member of a far-right wannabe militia group. all these threats and acts of violence are as congressman, numbers of the january six committee jamie raskin has often put it, outside the constitutional order. in fact, they are an assault on the constitutional order. this moveme

convicted of armed burglary and firearm charges and he would have crossed paths with former judge roemer back in 2005. there is still a police car and barricades on the road, you go down that road and you will go right to the house of the roemer family when this incident took place friday morning. but it's not just john roemer who was a target on this hit list, authorities tell us that also was senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, michigan governor gretchen whitmer and the governor of this state of wisconsin tony evers. we heard from tony evers saying he was saddened to hear about this small town journal who had dedicated his life serving his community being killed. this has been an issue not just recently but for quite a while now from judges saying that they want more protection, that they feel unsafe and it was back in 2020 when a u.s. district judge esther salas was tartsed herself. her son was murdered, her husband injured. listen to her talk about what needs to be done. >> if you would have asked me before july 19, 2020 when my son was murdered in our foyer, it was always someth

and then we see judge roemer.l you that when i think about his family this evening and when i think about all they are feeling i know only too well, this is a life or death situation. these are decisions that need to be made, and they need to be made now. and i -- you know, i agree with you that it isn't an either/or. this is, let's work together. let the bill go forward and then mirror our bill and push your bill forward. but the fact is that 22 months and 18 days ago, i lost my only child, one that, quite frankly, was a blessing from god. mark and i lost -- we literally had four miscarriages. and daniel we called our karma baby. we no longer have our child on this earth. we no longer worry about ourselves. we worry about other judges, other families. and we worry -- really i worry about the rule of law because i see it eroding. and i see us as a country and as a nation in trouble if we don't turn this tide right now. >> judge, thank you for sharing. and thank you for sharing daniel with the world. i appreciate i

judge roemer sentenced him to six years in state prison. uhde now in critical condition, after allegedly turning the gun on himself. others reportedly on his hit list, michigan governor gretchen whitmer, senator mitch mcconnell, and wisconsin governor tony evers. >> it makes me feel ill that somebody that devoted his life, or a good share of his life, being a jurist in the state, you know, rural wisconsin, and that's hard work, to be -- to be targeted like that, it -- it makes me, frankly, sick to my stomach. >> reporter: today, the wisconsin attorney general calling for more protection for judges and public officials. a cause taken up by u.s. district court judge esther salas of new jersey, whose son was killed and husband shot when a man targeting her posed as a delivery person to gain access to her home. salas has been trying to get a bill protecting judges' security through congress. >> judges are being assassinated, and it is time now that we say enough is enough. >> reporter: and david, in all, authorities say there were 13 people on

court documents show that roemer was the judge overseeing his trial years ago, it was 2005. he was the judge that put uhde away for armed robbery into that five. then had a laundry list of other criminal activities, laundry list of former criminal charges. he's been known to police for quite some time and was put away by that judge. so, that's a connection there. police then also find this bizarre list, with political names of every affiliation and seemingly every stripe. including senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, you have wisconsin governor tony evers, michigan governor gretchen whitmer. of, course no stranger to a threat like this herself. i want to, though, take you to a perspective of a judge who had a similar experience, experience something very similar. lost her son in this attack and nearly lost her own life. listen to this. >> we took an oath to do our job. we took an oath to uphold the constitution. we stand on the front lines, protecting democracy in this country. and yet, we are not protected. something's got to be done and this is not going to be the last

. >> reporter: authorities say they were called to roemer's home early friday morning. >> the juneau county sheriff's office received a call notifying law enforcement of an armed person and two shots fired in a township of new lisbon. >> reporter: after failed negotiations with the suspect, in this house about 80 miles northwest of madison, the special tactics and response team entered the home to find former judge john roemer dead. >> i would estimate between the sheriff's office and local agencies and state patrol we had approximately 30 officers out there. >> reporter: the suspect, 56-year-old douglas uhde, in critical condition after self-inflicted wound in the basement. according to authorities, judge roemer wasn't the suspect's only target. >> the individual who is the suspect appears to have had other targets as well. appears to be related to the judicial system. >> reporter: wisconsin governor tony evers, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and gretchen whitmer among those targeted, sources tell cnn. >> we have been in contact with the individuals who were identified as po

. ♪♪ wisconsin police say retired judge john roemer was targeted for a killing at his home by suspecth the hit list. on it wisconsin governor tony evers, mission governor whitmer and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. much more on this just ahead. economic news, the productions with nearly 400,000 new jobs added last month but gas prices hitting another record high today. families nationwide struggle to find baby formula. as the humanitarian crisis continues at the southern border, d.o.j. appealing a ruling to keep title 42 pandemic restrictions in place. tennessee for hogan senator marsha blackburn is standing by and we have fox team coverage lucas thomases at the white house, griff jenkins of the border but christina : is live on the killing of that former wisconsin judge and what else the suspect might have planned. >> apparently the 56-year-old suspect had a list of targets including prominent government officials. the suspect is listed in critical condition right now, police say he entered the home of a former judge, shot and killed him and he went into the man's basement an

>> certainly the fact that this individual had a list of targets and that judge roemer who sentenced the targets suggests there's some motivation connected to official act. i don't want to speculate more broadly on this particular incident, but what i can say is we have nationwide seen a big increase in a heated rhetoric where people vilify their political opponents, try to demonize them. we've seen everything from election officials getting threatens to threats to high ranking public officials. we need our elected leaders in particular to make sure while they're disagreeing they're doing so respectfully, they are respecting or system, and they're not enflaming potential violence. >> with that said, are you worried if people don't tone down the talk we're going to see more incidents like this one? >> i do worry if you see violent rhetoric where opponents are vilified, where people suggest their opponents should be put in prison just because they disagree with them politically or they suggest harm should help to something, that would lead to real world consequences. even if a politici

the judge roemer sends them to six years in prison after his convicted of armed robbery the 56-year-oldce has a key made quite the rap sheet including convictions for firearm while a felon and alluding to police. authorities say his run-ins with the law may have motivated him to target the criminal justice system. >> related to the judicial system at this point we are not aware of any other syndicate and there's active danger to other individuals. >> this is the latest high-profile case involving threats to government officials. april you remember a federal jury acquitted two men of conspiring to kidnap michigan governor whitmer in 2020 and a mistrial was called to other men were cues in the plot after the jury could not come to a decision on their alleged involvement. now john, police say right now as they continue to investigate this case, there are no active threats against any of the individuals who may have been targeted by uhde. please continue their investigation as to what led to all this what may have been a motive behind this. back to your john. jon: charles watson, thank you.

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to hear that another judge now, judge roemer, has lost his life.happened friday what it is, it's an assassination. it was an assassination of a retired judge, and we have seen judges being assassinated now for years and my son lost his life, he was only 20 years old, he would have graduated from catholic university just a few weeks ago. judge lefthouse's husband and mother were killed in 2005? an attempted assassination on her lives. there have been so many judges, woods, deranco, that judge was gardening and the killer came up and started shooting him. how long are we going to tolerate judges being assassinated. we have to do something and we have to do something now. the judicial security and privacy act is the solution that we must act on and i am begging members of congress to do something to protect judges throughout this nation. >> it's a bipartisan bill, it is stalled right now, it was up for approval in the senate for unanimous consent and senator rand paul blocked it saying that he wanted to extend it to members of congress. what do you sa

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douglas is being held in connection with friday's shooting of john roemer. the court reports show he sentenced him to prison for armed burglary in 2005. sores say he had his name on a hit list which included state and federal lawmaker. >>> new action from the u.s. and its allies to counter the latest missile threat. kim jong-un's regime fired eight missiles sunday. the 18th round of tests this year. since then, the u.s. have held joint missile exercises with both south korea and japan. and the u.s. believes north korea is preparing for its first nuclear test since 2017. >>> three astronauts from china are on a mission this morning to finish the construction of china's new space station. it lifted off from the gobi desert. the crew will spent about six months in orbit. china plans to launch two missions every year. >>> time for a look at your monday weather. >>> tropical storm alex is moving quickly in the atlantic passing by bermuda today where a couple inches of rain are expected. the storm dropped over a foot of rain in parts of south florida over the week

they suspected now at apparently been sentenced by judge roemer in 2005. >> this incident appears torgeted act and we will stress that we were not aware of any evidence that there is any immediate jiang juror to the general public. the names of the involved individuals are not going to be released currently until investigations are complete. >> according to officials of the suspect also had an alleged hit listed included some minority leader mitch mcconnell, wisconsin leader -- and governor ron which men. governor whitmer has demonstrated repeatedly that she is tough and you will not be bullied or intimidated from doing her job and working across the aisle to get things done for the people of michigan her office says. -- that she was a target of alleged kidnapping case in 2020. wisconsin's attorney general says they are not aware of any evidence indicating that there is an active danger to other individuals, and meanwhile the town of new lisbon is mourning the death of judge roemer who served his community and public servants for decades. katie? >> our thanks to darren brown. now we

. >> reporter: police rushing to the home of former circuit court judge john roemer. >> the juneau county special tactics and response team entered the residence and located the homeowner, a 68-year-old male who was deceased. a 56-year-old male was located in the basement with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> reporter: wisconsin officials identifying the suspect as douglas uhde. he is in critical condition. law enforcement briefed on the investigation telling abc news the judge was zip-tied to a chair and fatally shot. according to those same law enforcement sources, uhde had a hit list in a car found at the scene. on that list, wisconsin governor tony evers, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, and michigan governor gretchen whitmer. a spokesperson for governor whitmer calling the news reports deeply troubling and saying she will not be bullied or intimidated. >> we have been able to contact the people who we believe may have been targets to notify them. the others, as far as we are aware, are safe at this point. >> reporter: as for a motive, the attorney general only sayi

john roemer sent the suspect to jail for six years.d have been barred from own a gun. >> the individual who is a suspect appears to have had other target as well. >> reporter: a hit list was reportedly found names of republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and gretchen of michigan and tony evers of wisconsin who reacted to the judge's murder. >> to be targeted like that makes me, frankly, sick to my stomach. >> reporter: threats and inappropriate communications against federal courts and judges ballooned to more than 4,500 last year. in 2020, a man stopped federal judge esther salas. at her home, he wounded her husband and killed their only child daniel. she's pushing congress to pass a bill that would remove judge's personal information from the internet. >> i want to just say to our members of congress, i am literally begging them to do the right thing. >> reporter: that federal bill is named after judge salas' son. it has bipartisan support but has been blocked by kentucky senator rand paul who wants members of congress, i

thanks very much, that updates roemer earlier r t cruz androids. his crews were hit by ukrainian artillery fire on the outskirts of the city of civil done yet on friday. give us so far, not commented on the incidents. our correspondent eagerness donna was in one of the cars targeted ah ah, we're just about to move into the town of several denette sk again. this is the latest town there was liberated and captured by the russian. and the la guns people's armies are here in dwelling little ganske people's republic as we were about to move into and drive into the town. we were caught amid a shelling. there were 2 vehicles, both civilian the 1st one there was there were our colleagues with the reuters news agency behind the wheel. a soldier with the acme, with the chechen act my battalion, we were moving, we were the 2nd vehicle following them. so again, both cars, a civilian, and so 1st we heard a couple of shells. a couple of shells landed a good few doesn't meet his around us. so there was no cause for a lot of rule. this is a war zone. so these thin

this morning, authorities investigating the death of former wisconsin judge john roemer say this wasn to the judge. police say that man is 56-year-old douglas uhde. according to documents found by abc news, back in 2005 judge roemer sentenced uhde to six years in state prison after uhde pleaded no contest to armed burglary. >> states his neighbor's son from across the street is banging on the door saying that someone murdered his father. >> reporter: around 6:30 friday morning as police rushed to the judge's home, law enforcement briefed on the case tell abc news judge roemer was found zip tied to a chair and fatally shot with uhde found in the basement with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but still alive and now in custody at the hospital. those same sources saying a hit list was found in a car at the scene. it included the judge's name along with michigan governor gretchen whitmer, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and wisconsin governor tony evers. >> a judge from a rural county is targeted and murdered. judiciary and to our leadership in our state and our country. so, yeah,

and in wisconsin, authorities today confirmed that retired judge john roemer was the victim of a "targetedng." it happened in his home. authorities say a 56-year-old suspect showed up armed with a gun and an apparent hit list. now, to the battle for ukraine. fighting is fierce in the east as russia tries to tighten its grip on the donbas region. still, ukrainian forces are clawing back territory after losing ground. cbs' imtiaz tyab is in odessa. >> reporter: good evening. the last few weeks have really been one of the deadliest phases of the war as ukraine marks a grim milestone. in the devastated donbas, a glimmer of hope for ukrainian forces. the regional governor says they've managed to claw back part of severodonetsk from russian control after weeks of brutal fighting. on friday, ukraine marked the 100th day since vladimir putin's vasion tens of thousands of ukrainians have died, and millions have been displaced, including in mykolaiv, to the south. daily russian shelling has led to these now all-too-familiar scenes: loved ones saying good-bye to each other and joining the more than 6

acknowledge that people and other countries with a weed shortage could have been helped by our exports. roemer model, gather international analysts when surprised by india's export ban. some other countries also following suit. but india had only recently instituted the agricultural reforms that made it a major player on the wheat market. india was in a very good position to step into the gap. ah, left by the, by the look back of the ukraine weeks they've had 6 consecutive record crouch, they built up supplies and were ready to become a bigger export or they had record exports in 2021. so they wanted the basically to slow down low afloat. we entry to make sure their domestic prices. i'm down a bit. ah, the price of wheat on the world market shut up virtually overnight. but in india, farm is earning less because they now can only sell their wheat at home. the local pharmacy association says that earnings from other commodities comp make up for low prices for wheat, not model because on indian farmers are suffering terribly. they can feed their animals and farmers have no other source of income

most of the civilian population has fed his artes roemer causative with more not we have just answered that sound alpha papa. now in the login's the people's republic ukrainian positions are merely a kilometer away. the town itself has been shelled continuously or last the 4 months. as you can see, it lies in ruins. there are homeless sun, know people here as a many have left to the nearby town of us that on of and all i can see here, our military vehicles, military personnel, you can see the houses here are virtually all destroyed. ah ah, the city of papa now has been the free from the ukrainian army for over a month already. however, it still remains on the front line. civilian infrastructure continues to be targeted by the ukrainian military, showing continues. now as we speak, it seems that ukraine want to destroy everything that they have left behind, reverse with hello regina middleton. when we arrived here, we found that people were in terrible conditions where the more you can see for yourself. this is why we help people, but there aren't many of them still here in the course.

the roemer liberation army has been playing phone tag, but it says it is not involved. do you feel it is an ethnically diverse nation, but it's experiencing whites pretensions with hundreds of people killed in recent years? much of the south in the west is inhabited by the remote people who make up the largest group in the am hora region to the north. the horror community is the 2nd largest conflicts have largely been fueled by groups demanding more land and power jealous. i'm going to get into his more from 7 more than 230 people have died. that number is expected to go much, much higher this morning, the prime minister prime minister r b. i am mad tweeted saying his priority, our priorities, ed, referring to his government is to bring peace and security, but it's been a challenging few years to it's your band ethiopians are. there was an attack her last week and gum bella were a majority of the city was overpowered by her or, or more liberation front, which the government has accused of being a terrorist organizations in this organizations when they're defeated. somew

the roemer liberation army has been blamed for the attack, but it says it's not involved. water levels are still rising in bangladesh after it's worse. monsoon floods in more than a century in northeast and india millions of lost their homes. dozens of died across the region since the storms began in april. and severe storms are continuing to pound large parts of southern china trick me, triggering floods and landslides. this was seen as a fire engine was swept when kwan don't province. rainfall in some areas has been the heaviest and 60 years gutter is hosting world aviation levens. as the industry recovers from code. 19 the pandemic plunge to a global aviation industry into its worth financial crisis in its history. that state with headlines, more news coming up right after inside story during the colonization of africa, thousands of artifacts were removed by the major european powers of the french occupation. gradually removed a lot of works. a new 3 part series tells the story of the struggle by african countries to we claim that priceless heritage. but it didn't happe

nudge jum roemer, i would like to say that he's sas 55 natd. >> it is now time for congress to act.y to get federal legislation enacted, legislation named after daniel. this is what i worried about which was another judge losing his or her life and the news this weekend have been devastating. >> it may surprise people. it shocks me at times to relz the availability of these information. the idea that somebody can be a judge. the assumption would be by virtue of people who are trying to retaliate in some way or anger by the choices you made and what you would rule on. there is an overwhelming desire to protect. >> you know how i believe that, we have seen at the supreme court and protests happening. >> why is it such a difficult thing to pass. there is bipartisan support. what's the hang up here? >> i wish i can answer that question. it boggles by mind. >> i mean this bill is bipartisan and bicabicameral, w pass pad the committee hearing with no objections. senator cruz and senator kmit. there is bipartisan support, non what the problem is. >> in america, we value the rule of law and

is in in in 2005 state judge, john roemer sent the suspect to jail for six years. the shooter should have been barred from own a gun. >> the individual who is a suspect appears to have had other targets as well. >> reporter: a hit list was reportedly found names of republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and democratic governors gretchen of michigan and tony evers of wisconsin who reacted to the judge's murder. >> to be targeted like that makes me, frankly, sick to my stomach. >> reporter: threats and inappropriate communications against federal courts and judges ballooned to more than 4,500 last year. in 2020, a man stopped federal judge esther salas. at her home, he wounded her husband and killed their only child daniel. she's pushing congress to pass a bill that would remove judge's personal information from the internet. >> i want to just say to our members of congress, i am literally begging them to do the right thing. >> reporter: that federal bill is named after judge salas' son. it has bipartisan support but has been blocked by kentucky senator ra

this is -- we just saw roemer assassinated in wisconsin. when is it going to stop?untry is in trouble. democracy is in trouble and we need to have are leaders say, we are going to lead. our justice system is in trouble. and judges stand on the front line protecting democracy. >> there's a lot to the cover here. on this pretty amazing that you can imagine if it was someone else, they would have said something. >> republicans, we have to condemn when someone tweets something. and someone has an assassination attempt and they don't have to say anything. this has give me such clarity over the stakes of what we are dealing with these leftists and how people some of these people are. the president of the next it should not be using the word "revolution" on the heels of an assassination plot. against a supreme court justice. they say bridgette matter. that is a word that matters. you have joe biden, kamala harris. she has not said anything on camera. schumer has not put out a statement from what i gather and garland still has not arrested any of these protesters who are br

. >> john: this is really troubling, too, andy, considering recent days with john roemer in wisconsinlling, and esther salas's son daniel was gunned down in her doorway in the summer of 2020, and she has been calling for greater protection for judges of all stripes ever since then and clearly that's not happening. >> no, it's not, john. and look, tomorrow night we are going to have this extravaganza, this primetime capitol riot hearing by the january 6th committee, which is going to proceed on the premise that president trump engaged in such dangerous rhetoric that he created the conditions that made the capitol riot, they'll say, inevitable. ok. what about senator schumer? what about going to the front of the supreme court and saying i'm telling you, kavanaugh, i'm telling you, gorsuch, you unleash the whirlwind you are going to pay the price for it. what about that? >> john: andy mccarthy, good to get your thoughts. if we get more information we'll come back to it. appreciate it. sandra, it's just logical outgrowth of everything we have seen in the weeks leading up to this morning.

former circuit court judge john roemer was gunned down in his home on friday.

yesterday morning police got calls of shots fired at juneau county judge john roemer's home in new lisbon that's about one or 50 miles northwest of milwaukee. official site swat teams found the judge zip tied to a chair and fatally shot. the suspect was found in the basement with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and is in critical condition. police say a hit list found in the suspect's car included wisconsin governor tony evers. michigan governor, gretchen whitmer and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. investigators say those lawmakers have been notified and they are looking into whether this was related to any court cases, very disturbing, eric. ♪. eric: while it is day three of queen elizabeth platinum jubilee celebrations. today's big event is horse racing. the queen decided to skip that due to ongoing mobility issues for her. she is pacing herself we are told for the long holiday weekend. meantime prince harry and meghan markel hear about this they were noticeably boot as they left church service yesterday. alex hogan on these historic festivities. >> hi erica. people her

john roemer had served as a judge in the juneau county circuit court from 2004 until 2017. he was found dead on friday morning, zip tied to a chair. the gunman was found alive and had the judges basement with the self-inflicted bullet wound. the gunman reportedly had a hit list that also included senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, wisconsin governor tony evers, and michigan governor gretchen whitmer. the republican-led house of representatives in ohio has approved a bill to ban transgender girls from school sports. under the bill, student athletes could be forced to have invasive genital inspections if anyone even questions their gender. the bill was approved on the first day of pride month with little debate after a republican lawmaker amended it to an unrelated piece of lislation. and those are some of the headlines. this i is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in ukraine, where russian missiles struck the capital kyiv for the first time in over a month on sunday. this came as russian and ukrainian force

. ♪♪ wisconsin police say retired judge john roemer was targeted for a killing at his home by suspector whitmer and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. much more on this just ahead.