dozens of people held candles at a gathering across the street from the first baptist church in southern springs how does your caster has me. beat a sunday gathering of christian worshippers turned horrific when a man dressed in full combat gear walked in and opened fire he was dressed in all black suspect across the street to the church exit is big and began firing at the church the suspect then moved to the right side of the church and continued to fire . that suspect enter the church and continued to far as he exited the church a local resident grabbed his rifle and engaged the suspect the suspect dropped his rifle which it was a ruger they are assault rifle and fled from the church more than two dozen people were killed at least twenty more injured in a town of fewer than nine hundred the death toll made up a startling portion of the population members of the community gathered here to hold a candlelight vigil well into the night to remember those lost if pakistan has a family or a family so when it's just it promised to stop or do it start to pray and see how we can serve and that's what yo

thank you heidi jo castor with the latest from southern springs texas. former lebanese prime minister saad hariri had been told by saudi arabia that acts of aggression by hezbollah were effectively a declaration of war this is according to saudi gulf affairs minister tom are all sub par and quoted in saudi needier now this comes as harry met the saudi king solomon in riyadh two days of his shot resignation he blamed iran for destabilizing the region and said he feared an assassination attempt as iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah of a q saudi arabia forcing him to step down well united nations says it's worried a blockade against yemen could hamper humanitarian efforts saudi arabia cut to land sea and air access to yemen after who see rebels fired a ballistic missile targeting its capital on saturday riyadh is threatening to retaliate and has called on the u.n. to act diplomatic editor james bays has mall. the humanitarian situation in yemen is one of the grey vista in the world it's so bad a child under the age of five dies in the country every ten mi

reporting from southern springs texas. >> thank you to that. sharrie williams is heading to texas to continue our coverage of the church shooting. look for her live reports later on "action news." >>> a crash on the admiral wilson boulevard killed one person and injured three others in camden. let's go over to jeanette reyes with what we know so far. >> reporter: good morning, tam, we're trying to get answers to confess about what led up to the fatal accident. one person dead after two others injured. take a live look behind me. this was the scene of the crash. the admiral wilson boulevard. you can see it's wide open now, traffic is flowing. take a look at the scene overnight. you can see the white car is completely totaled. it happened along the westbound lanes. admiral wilson boulevard in camden. appears the driver lost control and hit the median. the accident forced authorities to shut down the westbound lanes. they are back open this morning, so that will not impact your commute, but again, the investigation into what led to the crash conti

the scene i'm monitoring the situation from japan texas governor greg abbott was on his way to southern springs earlier he tweeted our prayers are with all who were harmed find this evil act our thanks to law enforcement for their response more details from the department of public safety soon. on other big news today a massive new link of files from an offshore law firm that shows just how widespread tax avoidance is among big companies and the super rich it's been released by a german newspaper working with an international consortium of news outlets for thirteen million documents reveal how politicians celebrities and corporations have placed their money in secret tax havens. bermuda is a well known tax haven the appleby law firm is based here its offshore experts advise clients in tax avoidance and shielding business from the public it's among the companies exposed by this massive data leak over four hundred reporters from a consortium of news organizations spearheaded by germany's that site on have spent months sifting through the data uncovering a complex corporate web aimed at hiding mon

or i do joe castro the only way to survive southern springs thank you very much and just picking up on that point during a news conference in tokyo u.s. president was asked about what could be done to curb gun violence he said he said the response lay in health care. mental health is your problem here this was a very based on preliminary reports very deranged individual a lot of problems over a long period of time we have a lot of mental health problems in our country as do other countries but this isn't a guns situation i mean we could go into it but it's a little bit soon to go into it but fortunately somebody else had a gun that was shooting in the opposite direction otherwise it would have been as bad as it was it would have been much worse but this is a mental health problem at the highest level well the u.s. president has wrapped up his trip to japan where he met the prime minister shinzo obviate the nuclear threat posed by north korea dominated those talks with both leaders agreeing that the time for dialogue is over donald trump now heads to seoul as part of his twelve day visi

on as your pastor joins us now from southern springs and heidi what's the latest on the gunman's motive. lauren we just had a press briefing from investigators here and they say that this massacre was not motivated by terrorism or religious beliefs or rather it sprung from a domestic dispute as evidence they say that this gunman sent a threatening text message to his to his mother in law the mother of a strange wife prior to this taking place we also know from military officials that the gunman was removed was removed from his posting this charge under bad behavior this happened three years ago after he had served a year in jail for assaulting his then wife and his child and perhaps some of the most devastating updates of all coming from this press conference in fact saying the range of ages of the victims who were killed started with an eighteen month old child who was among the dead ranging all the way to a seventy seven year old lauren and hardy we've heard again from president trump about the shooting. we have indeed and as with other mass shootings in the united states immediately

people and he said when the death toll may rise well the shooting at the first baptist church of southern springs is the latest in a string of mass killings in the u.s. by lone gunman was how did you castro has more. of your. sunday gathering of christian worshippers turned horrific when a man. and dressed in full combat gear walked in and opened fire he was dressed in all black this suspect crossed the street to the church exit is big and began firing at the church the suspect then moved to the right side of the church and continued to fire. that suspect enter the church and continued to fire as he exited the church a local resident grabbed his rifle and engage the suspect the suspect dropped his rifle which it was a ruger they are assault rifle and fled from the church at least twenty six people are dead twenty more are injured in this town and fewer than one hundred the death toll makes up a startling proportion of the population if pakistan has a family or a family so when it does exist it causes to stop for doing more to pray and see how we can serve and that's what you're seeing right here

publisher michael connect in southern springs texas thank you. meanwhile u.s. president donald trump has warned north korea that what he called the era of strategic patience was over speaking in japan on the first leg of his twelve day tour of asia mr trump also pushed his host to buy more american military equipment to protect itself against north korean attacks despite his comments mr trump said that he would be open to talks with north korea's leader kim jong il. going for the gut president trump's hawkish stance on north korea got personal when he met with japanese families of those abducted by the nuclear arms regime he's not the first president to do so but with tensions the highest in years the meeting added emotional firepower to trump's tough talk emphasizing the u.s. is close and longstanding relationship with japan he called north korea's ballistic missile launches over japan outrageous. strategic patience is over. some people said that my rhetoric is very strong but look what's happened with very weak rhetoric over the last twenty five years look wh

in this country given a chance there in the entire german government alone with the people of southern springs hymn of the good pizza to be firstly i would like to express my condolences to the victims of that painful incident in texas. my home and goes out to those injured to my own what i thank him and. twenty six lives that have been lost. we don't know if that number will rise or not all we know is this too many. and this will be a long suffering morning for those in pain. also coming up germany is hosting a conference this week on taking the next step to prevent or to slow global warming on the other side of the planet in the pacific a world is already being washed away. when we built our homes we thought we could live here for ever. we never thought of such a thing as climate change and that it could impact us like this and so quickly. for the people of. climate change is more than just an abstract threat for them it's real and they need real answers before their home is lost forever. we begin the day with the tragedy and the irony of it all today u.s. president donald trump was forced y

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is still ongoing witnesses say the gunman opened fire inside of a church in the small town on southern spring as the shooter has been shot himself . more top of the hour. when cities are ingolf by the sea. of the dam's wall and costly protective measures would have been. doing nothing. once. you're starting november ninth own d w. the whole d w o one. for in focus global insights the news out for local heroes. a w made for mines. my name is held on the night up by. a mexican conductor. come with me and meet great musicians and friends from all over the world. so this week with the bamberg symphony orchestra in germany and with a cellist french journalist. we're going to perform. and i'm really excited to talk to him after the concert because usually conductors go one way and so was the other and off to the next plane to the next concert and this time i got to spend some time with and learn a little bit more about him so stay with us it's been really a pleasure to work with you to share the stage with you and to serve music with us of course you know when you know the soloist and you don't kno

we begin with a mass shooting at a church in southern and springs in the u.s. state of texas at least twenty six people have died police say the gunman walked into the church during sunday service and opened fire at least seventeen others were injured in the attack including children the gunman fled the scene and was later found dead when i was john hendren is live in washington d.c. with more now on this story john somewhat more details are emerging about the shooting on the gunman involved. daryn we know the victims ranged in age from as young as five to is old is seventy two years old they included the fourteen year old daughter of the pastor of the first bad just church in that town pastor frank pomeroy was out of town at the time with his wife but his fourteen year old daughter was found among the dead the shooter has been identified as devon patrick kelly a twenty six year old air force veteran we are told according to air force officials that he was court martialed after an assault on his wife and child that's in two thousand and twelve and he received a

to be domestic local media reports of the day his in-laws sometimes worship at the church in southern springs this is the deadliest mass shooting in texas history. correspondent michael nigga is in front of the first baptist church in substances springs texas so welcome michael there's just been a press conference what did we learn. you know well there's there. are a. lot of the missing situation and the possible motive for the gunman. have probably been reading text. mother in law. and all of the all of it. or not michael carey we're going to leave it there we have a few sound problems sadly we'll see if we can come back to that either in this bulletin or the next. let's move on u.s. president donald trump has warned north korea what he called the era of strategic impact strategic patience was over speaking in japan on the first leg of his twelve day tour of asia mr trump also pushed his host to buy more american military equipment to protect itself against north korean attacks despite his comments mr trump said that he would be open to talks with north korea's leader kim jong un. going for

because of the actions of a lone gunman once again it happened at a sunday church service in southern springs texas at least twenty six killed in another sense this crime and with the gunman also dead very few clues so far as to why he did it the latest live in a moment with our correspondent in texas first a quick recap of the situation for my friends and. i am very. very family. just if. to stop or doing start to pray and see how we can serve. so you're yet another mass shooting in the united states and quite high on the list as well it's a list which is unpleasant to share but it's good context southerland springs as we go down you will see is the fourth deadliest incident in american history as you see only mandalay bay las vegas recently the pulse nightclub in florida and virginia tech back in two thousand and seven are higher but then you go further down the list and see all sorts of reminders sandy hook keep going there san bernadino as well not long ago the fort hood military base so many of these incidents right across the country affecting all sorts of people columbine remember that

as still very early will thank you for keeping us up to date on this developing situation in southern springs michelle pfeiffer now. i'll bring you new information just as soon as we get it but we'll turn now to another big developing story a massive new leak of files from an offshore law firm shows how widespread tax avoidance is among big companies and the super rich has been released by germany. and an international consortium of news outlets tech giant apple is just one of the companies that was featured for its aggressive offshore tax avoidance scheme also included in the league sports giant nike the queen of england and german companies like siemens and post bank papers also reveal extensive offshore activities of members of u.s. president trump's own cabinet as well as donors and advisers but in particular people are talking about u.s. commerce secretary ross. our political correspondent simon young joins me now in the studio for more simon what else can you tell us about these paradise papers big bombshell today indeed sarah just to give you a scale of this sense of the scale is a hug

donald trump who's currently on a tour of asia here's what trump may god be with the people of southern springs texas the f.b.i. and law enforcement are on the scene and monitoring the situation from japan texas governor greg abbott says he's on his way to sever one springs or earlier he tweeted our prayers are with all who were harmed by this evil act our thanks to law enforcement for their response more details from the department of public safety. all come back to the story if we do get more information or if that press conference begins in the next few minutes from now what we do know that we have unconfirmed reports of at least twenty people dead in that shooting at a baptist church turning out to one of the other big stories today a massive new league of files from an offshore law firm showing just how widespread tax avoidance is among big companies and the super rich it was released by a top german newspaper working with an international consortium of news outlets the thirteen million documents reveal how politicians celebrities and corporations place their money in secret tax havens. be

the community of southern springs continues to reel in the wake of the carnage.orcement has witnessed the scene and explained it this way. >> i can tell you the scene is hohorrific. there is no word to describe it. >> hundreds of shell casings, 30 round capacity magazines have been recovered. >> kelly had a history of abuse with his former wife and his mother-in-law is a member of the church. kelly was court martialed in 2012 because of the domestic violence against his wife and 11 month old child and only because a clerical mistake failed to report that to the fbi was he able to purchase the guns he bought yesterday. >> sharrie williams is in sutherland springs. are we right that because the community is so small everybody knows some of the victims? >> that would be the case, jim. it's a sense of neighbors knowing their neighbors. so much so that the residents that live here are related or their family has been living here generations. this is a community made up of about 400 people so when 26 are murdered and 20 others are wounded, it's not a nameless, facesfac

it began yesterday morning a gunman walked into the first baptist church in southern springs texas and opened fire on the congregation. >> the second we knew what he was going on we ran over to help. >> reporter: suspected gunman devin kelley walked into the church with an ar-are 15 -- ar15 weapon and started shooting. his bad conduct discharge and conviction prevented him from a backgrounds check from purchasing a gun. the youngest victim five years old, the oldest 72. among the dead, the pastor's daughter. local residents said kelly exchanged gunfire with another man as he exited the church. >> the gentleman with the rifle came to my truck as the shooter took off, he briefed me on what happened expsdz we had to get -- andy said we had to get him. so that's what i did. >> reporter: kelly crashed his car and found dead from a gunshot wound. >> we don't know if it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound or he was hit by the other fell. president trump said mental health not guns to blame for the shooting. calling devin kelley a deranged individual. back to you. >> "action news" anchor sharri

the fbi is assisting local teens at the scene in southern springs 30 miles southeast of san antonio. katherine scott is live in the satellite center with more on we know about the shooter and the victims. >> reporter: authorities say once the shooting began it was impossible for the congregation to escape. let's go to video from the scene in texas. the gunman was dressed in black tactical style clear and parked at a gas station and crossed the street and fired at the first baptist church he opened fire killing 26 people from ages 5 to 72. a vigil was held for the victims last night. around 20 others were wounded. the gunman has been identified as devin kelley who lived in the san antonio suburb. sheriff's advance were outside his listed address. he was not linked to organized terror groups. he received a bad conduct discharge years back from the air force. a resident grabbed his rifle and exchanged fire with him. he enlisted the help of another local man who was driving by. >> we speed over 87 through traffic and like i said we hit 95 going town 539 trying to catch this guy until he

almost a tenth of the population of this town was killed on sunday in tiny southern springs they're holding each other that little bit closer. now to some other stories making news around the world gunmen have attacked a private television station in the afghan capital kabul a witness says the men entered the building of shamshad t.v. after an explosion at least one person is understood to have died in the attack is believed to be ongoing there is no immediate information on the identity of the gunmen it is the latest in a series of assaults on afghan workers and media saudi arabia's accuse lebanon of declaring war against it because of aggression by the iranian backed lebanese shiite group hezbollah the comments by saudi gulf affairs minister tamar comes amid a dramatic rise in tensions between saudi arabia and its longstanding regional rival iran. hong kong's top court or allow young democracy activist joshua long to appeal his prison sentence that decision gives wong and a fellow activists nathan law one last chance to fight their prison terms for involvement in an unlawful assembly that

he said, may god be with the people of southern springs.the situation from japan. we know that a number of casualties are being taken to a nearby hospital. there are reports from a local official of 27 dead and more than 20 injured, which would be pretty much everybody inside the church. it is relatively small, only 50 or 60 in the congregation, in a community of about 400 people. small town, this would affect everybody. details coming in but we know that people were evacuated to nearby hospitals. a swift release of the —— swift police operation. quick response from emergency services, we seem quick response from emergency services, we seem tv pictures showing a lot of emergency vehicles —— we've seen. many casualties were taken to the connelly medical centre which has confirmed they received some casualties but they haven't said anything about their condition. we expect perhaps over the next hour an on camara statement from the department of safety in texas and that may give us more detail about what happened. thank you forjoining us. more

almost a tenth of the population of this town was killed on sunday in tiny southern springs they're holding each other that little bit closer. unbelievable a tenth of the population wiped out yesterday we want to go now to the state capital of texas austin i'm joined by journalist jenny hoff joining us good to see you we know that this is spec did shooter was a twenty six year old white male we know his name we've seen his picture tonight are we any closer to knowing his motive. yeah well authorities have said that it was not racially motivated nor motivated by religious beliefs but by and domestic situation that had been ongoing for some time the in-laws of the gunman apparently attended that church so they weren't there the day of the shooting and he had previously sent threatening text to his mother in law now how deep that dispute winter how long they've been going on or what it involved authorities are still looking into but it does look he targeted that church specifically it wasn't just a random attack and it was due to a family situation or so a family situations or you know still a

least twenty six people have been killed during a mass shooting at a church in the texan town of southern springs in the u.s. police say the shooter walked into the church during a service and opened fire.

after sunday's tragic mass shooting that left twenty six parishioners dead at southern springs first baptist church more questions remain than answers whether it be about the shooter's motives or how we obtained the guns he used or what could have been done to prevent the massacre and as is the new norm in the wake of very tragic events instantaneous punditry began just moments after the first headlines with partisan left and partisan right battling over whether the takeaway from the shooting should be that we need more gun control or that if only more good people had guns there would be no more shootings so whether atheist extremists are now threat to america on par with because long mixtape to distill the facts from the theories and to provide us much needed on the ground perspective we turn to our toughest week was live and sutherland springs texas hello. hello good evening to you. so you know one of the biggest twists coming out today was one of the possible motives of the shooter now he has had to mess ticket issues in the past he has before the league had violence against his w

at least twenty six people including children were killed in the attack castro has more from southern springs in texas. inside the white steepled sanctuary of the first baptist church of sutherland springs a scene of horror unfolded on sunday morning survivors described a young man wearing a skull mask and dressed for combat walked in and opened fire on men women and children the youngest victim killed was just a year and a half old why this trip why would you do this to people like that that are just praying there just were street why would you attack them on something said on the sunday when there defenseless police say people had nowhere to flee more than two dozen are dead and another twenty injured the victims account for a start only ten percent of the small town's population leaving a gaping hole in the community i've cried so much i don't even have the need to hear the last two local men are credited with ending the gunman's rampage they shot and chased him from the church as i did what i thought i needed to do which is they said that there's a shooting i pursued and i just did what i

we will go live to southern springs for the latest. watch the nasdaq it's about to close there at a record. we are less than an hour to the closing bell. let's start the countdown. we have this breaking news. foxbusiness parent now and jumping about eight and a half% there are reports the stock temporarily halted. were talking about fox a and now it is creating again up $2.9 at eight and half percent. it serviced that there were the conversations. we have rejected 21st century stock. it is a leader on the dow jones industrial right now. up nearly 2%. any more on this we will get it to you. the so-called bride in the tech marriage that we sold -- told you about. is today considering the groom's offer. you can see the big spike on friday this of course in the wake of news that there was an unsolicited proposal today it is reportedly considering that proposal. honored $3 billion for the california based chip maker that really focuses on cell phones phone and smart phone chips. the company is likely to reject the bill --dash make a bid as

castro al-jazeera southern springs texas which during his news conference with a few hours ago donald trump was asked about what can be done to curb violence this is how he responded that mental health is your problem here this was a very based on preliminary reports very deranged individual a lot of problems over a long period of time we have a lot of mental health problems in our country as do other countries but this isn't a. situation i mean we could go into it but it's a little bit soon to go into it but fortunately somebody else had a gun that was shooting in the opposite direction otherwise it would have been as bad as it was it would have been much worse but this is a mental health problem at the highest level saudi arabia has blamed iran for saturday's ballistic missile targeting riyadh say that it could be considered an act of war the missile was fired by iran back hooty rebels from yemen it was aimed at riyadh's international airport but was shot down by saudi forces the saudi coalition fighting in yemen accused iran of supplying the weapons. one of saudi arabia's princes h

in southern springs, texas, maggie ruby, abc news. >>> tonight a former major league baseball star is dead, killed in a tragic plane crash in florida. here's the story of roy halladay and how he died doing what he loved. >> reporter: tonight one of the best pitchers of his generation and likely future hall of famer roy "doc" halladay was killed when his plane crashed off the coast of florida. >> roy was a caring husband who loved his wife randy, he loved his two boys tremendously. >> reporter: the eight-time all-star played 16 seasons with the toronto blue jays. he retired from the big leagues four years ago with this big play-off no-hitter. >> roy halladay! >> in this perfect game on his resume done in the same season. >> spins, fires. a perfect game! >> reporter: after leaving the game, he took up flying. frequently posting photos and videos from the skies. >> i grew up around airplanes. >> reporter: this video from the manufacturer's website shows him by the plane. he was 40 years old. the ntsb is investigating the crash. his former team saying they're overcome with grief and numb.

is it possible that he did know someone there in southern springs, texas, and he did have an ax to grind with someone who may have been a member of that church? we don't know, but these are questions that i'm guessing that authorities may be asking now. >> we're not talking a great distance of time to travel. 20 miles, he may have known someone at that church. someone at that church may live in the same town where this individual lives. still a lot of questions. we need to be patient and let investigators weed through the evidence. weed through interviews to find out what the motive was. >> you are right about that. and someone who has been in the position of weeding through a lot of evidence is former d.c. homicide detective ted williams, also a criminal defense attorney. ted williams, i believe you were able to hear the details that we have been able to share via abc news on this now-deceased shooter, white male in his 20s from downside of san antonio, texas, not far from sutherland springs, texas, showing off and ar-15 gun on facebook with a possible military background. what does it

still unclear witnesses say the gunman opened fire inside of a church in the small town on southern long springs the shooter has been shot himself. more at the top of the hour the other. when cities are engulfed by the c e. o.

state of texas police say that a man walked into a baptist church in southern springs and started firing they say they've contained the situation. that cattle leader khamis praised the mountain four of his colleagues have turned themselves into the belgian police spain issued a european arrest warrant for them on friday they face charges of rebellion sedition and misuse of public funds. a car bomb has killed at least one hundred civilians including children who were trying to escape the syrian city of that has or at least one hundred forty others were wounded in the attack which eisel says it carried out and i saw is also claiming responsibility for an attack on a security headquarters in yemen sports city of aden at least fifteen people died there those are the headlines coming up next it's a taliban all and i'm going to have the news hour for you in less than half an hour see you then thanks for watching. osama bin ladin was busy building training facilities. bin laden eventually became responsible for organizing the flow of foreign fighters between chechnya bosnia and the arab world f

least twenty six people have been killed during a mash shooting at a church in the texan town of southern springs in the u.s. police say the gunman walked into the church during a service and opened fire at least seventeen others were injured in the attack including children the gunman is said to been challenged by a member of the church congregation and then fled law enforcement officials said the gunman was found later in a vehicle he apparently died of a gunshot wound the texas governor says the attack was unprecedented there's a state we're dealing with. the largest mass shooting in our state's history. there are so many families who lost family members. fathers mothers sons and daughters the tragedy of course is worse another fact that occurred in a church a place of worship for these people were innocently gunned down. and we mourn their loss now in the last few minutes these are the pictures outside stockdale where local residents have been holding a vigil for those who died and who were injured in that attack on the church. u.s. president donald trump has responded to the shooting in texa

. >>> developing to night the southern springs texas church where 26 people were shot on sunday will palmer roy whose daughter was kill in the tragedy says it would just be too painful to continue to worship at the first baptist church. meanwhile the air force acknowledged today that the criminal record of the gunman devin patrick kelly should have been reported to the fbi as his military protocol. >> offenses for which this marshaled should have been reported. and that's why we launched a full scale review of this case and all others like it. >> kelly had been in the air force before he was discharged for a domestic abuse conviction involving his ex-wife. >>> expectant mother went into labor and ended up delivering her own baby. it gets even more di bizarre than that. shannon was on her way to the hospital. you see she was driving when she started having contractions. she pulled over to the side of the road and before she could call for help well baby was on his way. >> it started from am i going to make it time to get an epidural. it was like am i going to make it to the hospital?

almost a tenth of the population of this town was killed on sunday in tiny southern springs they're holding each other that little bit closer. and michael is in sutherland springs he joins us on the line michael as we saw in the report this is such a small community that is trying to come to terms with what happened what have people been saying to you. well people are really still in shock after this tragedy happened yesterday i spoke with several people and they all said they don't really know how this could happen in such a small and tight community so that when springs is to one no one eighty year old resident to us left all his life you said this is unreal the chance to find words to describe this. and they're still trying struggling hard to to make sense is this you know the shooter as we mentioned has been named as the twenty six year old devon patrick kelly he lived near a sutherland springs we don't know that much more about his motive at this point but we have heard that he had mental health issues he was sort of the air force so how was he able to purchase weapons. well at apparen

least twenty six people including children were killed in the attack id jocasta reports from southern springs texas. inside the white steepled sanctuary of the first baptist church of sutherland springs a scene of horror unfolded on sunday morning survivors described a young man wearing a skull mask and dressed for combat walked in and opened fire on men women and children the youngest victim killed was just a year and a half old why this tree why would you do this to people like that that are just praying there just were speak why would you attack them on something say on a sunday when there defenseless police say people had nowhere to flee more than two dozen are dead and another twenty injured the victims account for a start only ten percent of the small town's population leaving a gaping hole in the community i'd still like to think i don't even have the need to hear the president donald trump speaking at a joint news conference with the japanese prime minister said the massacre reflected a mental health problem at the highest level this was a very based on preliminary reports very derang

that her unborn child is included in that count of 26 dead here at the first baptist church in southern springsexas. so news out of that press conference is 25 and an unborn child or a fetus, if you will. so again, if you just take the case of that family, put it into perspective in a town of about 600, it just really brings it home, andrea. >> mariana and pete williams, thank you both so much. turning now back to politics. it's of course the hottest race in the country, virginia. pitting former republican national party ed gillespie against the state's lieutenant governor ralph northam. viewed as a major test of where donald trump stands in a swing state one year into his presidency. joining me, house senator and political analyst for the cook political report. and michael steel, msnbc political analyst. david, first to you, what are you hearing, turnout, northern virginia? we don't know how to read it of course. >> democrats have a right to be nervous because this race is tighter than the state's democratic trend line would suggest. gill helps yip does have real support that trump and ken kuc

parts of the northern california are brace forgo yet another round of storms, a drive up i80 in southern springscalifornia saw everything weather-wise. mostly rain below 7,000 feet and snow in higher elevations. forecasters there are warning of possible white out conditions and several feet of snow in some areas. >>> were you saying earlier that they are accustomed to that this time of the year, so not necessarily out of the or. >> it is like seeing an inch of snow in atlanta, city shuts down. inch in philadelphia we can handle it. it depends what you are used to and believe it or not they are used to seeing feet of snow at a time in those higher mountain passes. so much moisture getting shoved on store with these storms from the pacific and it slopes up and pounding down on those areas. but that is neither here or there. what we will see, is a few snowflakes, by the very same system crossing the u.s. at the moment our current concern is this guy this one working its way right new through especially canada and new england but responsible for showers through overnight and at this point we are lef

leave it that's it now as more information slowly seems to filter out the idea castro that in southern springs like you. now the u.s. president has wrapped up the first leg of his maiden tour of asia with a visit to japan the nuclear threat posed by north korea dominated donald trump's discussions with prime minister shinzo are they both leaders agreed the time for dialogue and what they call strategic patience is over scott highlight reports from tokyo. during his two days in japan there's no question that president trunk and prime minister are they have grown close as friends trump calling the relationship extraordinary calling trump a precious friend and they have also strengthened the alliance between the two nations to a level not seen before but it's not just because they like each other after a summit meeting on monday they both underlined why they think that alliance is critical standing together against north korean aggression. there's no point in dialogue for the sake of dialogue with north korea now is the time not for dialogue but for applying maximum pressure on north korea we com

officials are telling us this morning the scene behind me, the first baptist church here in southern springs texas has been processed. all bodies have been removed and taken to the medical examiner's office for autopsies. as we heard from our pete williams, they collected hundreds of shell casings. approximately 50 magazines including 30-round capacity magazines. just give also you a sense of the suspected gunman, devin kelley, planned to do what he he walked from the gas station that is over to my right, cross the 87 highway over here behind me and opened fire on that church. you'll remember, stephanie, after he opened fire, he was confronted by two good samaritans. there was a shootout in that small street behind me across the 87th highway. he sustained, now we now after the autopsy, three gunshot wounds, one to the leg and torso inflicted by these good samaritans and then one to the head which was self-inflicted and most likely the one that killed him. i want to play a sound bite for you from steven, one of these two local heroes, about how he feels after what happened. let's listen. >> i

the news are we start in north america where a church suitings church shooting has happened in southern springs in the u.s. state of texas at least twenty six people have died police say the gunman walked into the church during sunday service and opened fire at least seventeen others were injured in the attack including children the gunman is dead u.s. president condemned the shooting he's currently on a twelve day tour of asia and spoke from tokyo my administration will provide its full support to the great state of texas and our local authorities investigating this horrible crime. as a state we are dealing with. the largest mass shooting in our state's history. there are so many families who lost family members. fathers mothers sons and daughters the tragedy of course is worse another fact that occurred in a church a place of worship for these people were innocently gunned down. and we mourn their loss will join hundred is a correspondent following events for us from washington d.c. and as time goes by and we're talking just the in lots of details are emerging of the exact circumstances aroun

a man who confronted and chased the gunman told reporters he was driving near the church in southern springs when he saw the shooter i did what i thought i needed to do which was. that there was a shooting. and i just did the right thing. a vigil has been held for those killed in sunday's shooting dozens of people held candles at a gathering across the street from the first baptist church in sutherland springs. one hundred eight hundred custer joins us now from. what more do we know now about the gunman's motives. it lauren so investigators have given us an update saying that the motives here were not terrorism related they were not religiously inspired but rather came from a domestic issue as you mentioned there was a text message that investigators described as threatening that the shooter devon kelly had sent to his mother in law who is a congregant of this church now she and her husband were not present during sunday's massacre we also know more about this twenty six year old who lived in a neighboring county that he was that he had received a bad conduct discharge from the u.s. air forc

castro al-jazeera southern springs texas. well as heidi mentioned and have a port the shooting came up during trump's visit to asia during a news conference with japanese prime minister shinzo trump was asked what can be done to curb gun violence and here's his response the mental health is your problem here this was a very based on preliminary reports very deranged individual a lot of problems over a long period of time. we have a lot of mental health problems in our country as do other countries but this isn't a guns situation i mean we could go into it but it's a little bit soon to go into it but fortunately somebody else had a gun that was shooting in the opposite direction otherwise it would have been as bad as it was it would have been much worse but this is a mental health problem at the highest level. of donald trump's next stop on this asia tour as the south korean capital seoul on monday he wrapped up ten days of talks with japan's prime minister the threat posed by north korea dominated discussions it's got heart o

meanwhile investigators have reviewed video recorded inside the church in southern land springs, officialsay some of the footage shows the assailant shooting victims in the head during sunday services officials also say the video is consistent with statements made by survivors of the attack, the church regularly records its services for the internet. in response to the texas shooting and on the heels of a las vegas massacre today democratic senators introduced a new assault weapons ban. the last ban expired in 2004. the senators the democratic senators tried a similar bill after sandy hook but that failed 60-40. the lawmakers say they are sick of the argument that nothing can be done or that it's too early to discuss gun control. however the bill is unlikely to even be put up for a vote. still to come on action news tonight an emotional mother goes public with explosive claims about what hollywood star kevin spacey allegedly did to her son. plus getting into the holiday spirit we are there as philadelphia's tree arrives tonight and we have the run down of all the impressive statistics. and

texas have been holding sunday services a week on from the mass shooting of a congregation in southern springs but it hasn't stopped the world's largest gun show from taking place this weekend in the neighboring state of oklahoma then estabrook is there ageing the opinion of gun in suzy s s. well told so oklahoma flies flags at half staff mourning the victims of last week's texas church shooting thousands file into what is billed as the largest gun show in the world take a. pay gap sign. in the parking lot of this exhibition center there are license plates from dozens of states visitors come to buy and sell guns and everyone we spoke to told us the same thing the u.s. should not pass laws restricting their second amendment right to own guns a person behind a gun we need to get back to god before you go you know there are lots of problems because people don't enforce the current statutes really and force them on us for anyone that breaks the law we should stand behind it and convict them and stick but then we weren't allowed to take our cameras inside of the gun show but i did go inside and wal

it's a shooking that's taken place at a church in southern land springs. thing a lot of viewers will think of when we say a shooting has taken place at a church is the horrendous shooting the, massacre that took place at ame emanuel church in south carolina. those will be the initial comparisons. jim, you talked about churches needing to be secured. are you surprised that someone would have been given what this country has seen especially with churches being targeted in the past that such a large casualty toll has taken place? >> i'm surprised, we don't know if there was any security at the church and there could have been security when someone was murdered, you know, the security officer, off duty officer, retired cop or something could have been there and could have been killed as well. we don't know the scenario or if they had any security but all churches need security. public gatherings do and churches come under attack in my career i worked attacks on mosques, synagogues, churches, houses of worship of every denomination, bombs, fires, shootings. the