so i have victor blackwell. tanding just outside of that tv station in roanoke where that news conference just took place. victor, i was taking a lot of notes. i think especially the detail, the general manager who said it was the day that the shooter was fired and walked out of the building and on his way out he handed the then news director a wooden cross and looked him in the eye and said, you will need this. >> reporter: yeah. i mean, there were many details that we heard from the general manager at wdbj about that day i believe it was in february 2013 in which he told the news director then, you'll need to call the police because i'm going to make a stink and it's going to be in the headlines. and we know that there were several opportunities, according to the general manager here, that they gave bryce williams to clean up his act. after having the run-ins with adam ward and other members of the team there, confronting an anchor in the hallway and they thought that was the day in which they had to separate t

. >> for more on the three victims, let's turn to victor blackwell also in roanoke. >> reporter: understandably the team at wdbj is heart broken. the first morning in a while without waking up with the "a" team. alison parker and adam ward. the reporter and photographer who worked the morning shift. we knew alison parker just turned 24 years old. she graduated from james madison and worked in north carolina, but returned home to southwest virginia. she grew up 50 miles outside of roanoke. her colleagues say she was living her dream. one part of parker's life that viewers learned about yesterday was she was also dating one of the anchors at wdbj. he sent this out. she was the most radiant woman i ever met. and adam was engaged to the morning show producer. imagine this. his fiancee was producing the show during the time he was killed on live television. a colleague also says that ward was someone who always had a smile on his face and dedicated to the job and determined to put smiles on other faces as well. let's talk about the sole s survi survivor. vicki gardner. she really did anything she co

victor blackwell is there and joins us now. victor what's the latest on vicki gardner's condition?porter: she's in stable condition we're hearing tonight, john. there had been some conflicting reports early in the day soon after this incident that vicki gardner had been shot. colleague at the smith mountain lake region chamber of commerce confirmed gardner was shot in the back although no confirmation exactly how many times she had been shot. local hospital representative tells cnn that she underwent emergency surgery today and is now recovering at that hospital. we also know there are a lot of people here praying for her. we just left a vigil if he bethlehem united methodist church and another vigil happening right now. >> what else do we know about her? >> reporter: well, we know her title she was the executive director of the smith mountain lake regional chamber of commerce. however, people who know hearsay that this is more than just her title, she loves this community. takes every opportunity to promote it. and she is a wife, a mother, a grandmother, an artist here and late th

i went to get straight out to victor blackwell live in roanoke. how are adam and alison being remembered and celebrated? i can see it starting behind you, but tell me about this day. >> reporter: well, ashleigh, this is a community that is grieving, that is in mourning. more than one person stopped and told me anecdotally stories about wdbj and watching alison in the morning. it appears they're trying to strike what is a difficult balance, not focusing on the act of what happened yesterday but focusing on the work that these two journalists did before they were killed on live television. >> she just turned 24 last week, and she had -- she packed in a great life in 24 years. >> reporter: this morning family members in a community are left reeling, grieving the loss of a newly engaged cameraman and an aspiring anchor with so much life left to live. >> my heart is broken. i want to try and do something that will change that and make her life -- do something meaningful for her life so this doesn't happen to someone else again. >> reporter: colleagues

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you. >>> and now, on the front lines this morning, north and south korea are going back to the negotiating table, and we are monitoring close to the border there. >> and we are starting details of the man who started an attack on a train, but he was stopped by three americans and a britain. the newspapers are identifying the man as ayouble el khazzani, and they say he is linked to turkey fighters and they are trying to find out if he trained in syria. what are you finding out about the investigation nic robertson? >> one of the things is was he trained in syria or connecting to a french isis group that is now based in turkey. earlier this year, they tried to convince a young algerian student here to attack a church and that attack was thwarted here by the french police, but is there a isis group operating in turkey, and redirecting people like khazzani to come and attack in france. that is what they are working on and now according to local investiga investigators, was

. >> and i'm victor blackwell and we're starting out with breaking news out of indonesia. a regional flight carrying 54 people is missing. >> the flight left jayapura at 2:52 in the afternoon. it lost contact about a half hour into its journey. >> we understand from authorities the search has been suspended for the day. bad weather there. nightfall. it's dark. officials say it will resume in the morning. kathy novak is following the story. she's in seoul, south korea. kathy, get us up to date. >> reporter: we're waiting for a press conference to get under way in jakarta. what we do know is a bit about this plane. it carried 54 people, 44 adults, 5 crew, 2 children. this is a prorchs vince of indo, ten minutes away from where it was to land. it's a mountainous region on the border of papua, new guinea. there's much talk about getting a search under way again when it's light, whether they'll be able to access such a remote region. >> kathy novak, thank you so much. let's bring in our analyst. we've got former inspector with us -- former faa inspector david. i want to broaden

. >> i'm victor blackwell. investigation into the flight 370. take a look at this. police are calling this a metal object of interest. that's as specific as they're being right now. this is part of the search for anything that may remain of that missing aircraft. it's just twisted metal here. found today on the beach on reunion island in the west indian ocean. >> here's the thing. this comes as another piece of debris. a part of a plane wing. a flapero as it's called, has now been officially identified as coming from a boeing 777. that's part of flight 370 which vanished with 240 people aboard. they're not confirming it was flight 370 but it was from the same time of plane. and it's now at a high tech government lab. >> also joining us aviation expert julian brai. david gallow. we're going to begin with erin mclaughlin live on reunion island. tell us more about this metal object and where it is now. who has it? >>> authorities are tight lipped but they took the report of this object seriously this morning some eight police officers out on the beach not far from here

. >> i'm victor blackwell. in about an hour, we will hear from donald trump directly. he's going to appear on cnn's "state of the union." two controversies we're waiting for him to address publicly. first the comment about megyn kelly. also the most recent claim that trump fired a top adviser roger stone. stone disputes that. he says he quit. in his resignation letter, trump's former adviser says that current controversies have distracted attention from trump's platform and message. but, trump's campaign says stone was fired because he was using the campaign to seek publicity for himself. >> let's talk about this with cnn politics executive editor mark preston. what is your read and what is the buzz about all of this? >> this is really a he said, he said situation between donald trump and one of his top senior advisers. now, this happened late yesterday afternoon as donald trump was withering this firestorm regarding his comments about megyn kelly. roger stone came on our air to say why he said he resigned. let's hear what he had to say. >> i resigned, largely because

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. >> reporter: in texas, a sheriff's deputy has been gunned down. >> officials are calling deputy darren goforth's death unprovoked and cowardly saying he was returning to his patrol car after pumping gas in harris county and someone apparently then walked up behind him and just shot him. >> an active manhunt is happening right now to find this man. this is surveillance still from the surveillance video and have more on the suspected killer in a moment. the greater houston area is on high alert and there is a lot of emotion. this is the sheriff you're about to hear from. this is the first press conference after this killing a few hours ago. >> deputy darren h. goforth, 47-year-old, ten-year veteran of the harris county sheriff's department was literally gunned down at a service station just down the road in what appears to be an unprovoked execution-style killing of a police officer. it strikes us all at the heart of public service so i think it's important to ask for the prayers of our

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell, always good to be with you. with breaking news out of california 23 major fires are burning across the state. look, we've got a map here. these flames are everywhere. every wild fire being tracked by the state forestry service is being represented here. the governor has declared a state of emergency this morning. >> nearly 8,000 firefighters have been called in to battle all of those flames. we do have some new information about one firefighter who was killed battles the fire. take a look at 38-year-old david rule here of south dakota. he had been with the forest service for 14 years. we understand capital flags in the state will be flown as half-staff in his honor today. >> why is this happening? >> four years of drought have left california so dry governor jerry brown has called it a tinder box. the fire you are seeing now is the rocky fire in northern california. so far, only 5% contained. it has burned more than 18,000 acres. >> the thing is, there is some pretty wicked hot weather coming this weekend, which

i'm christi paul. >> and i'm victor blackwell and

. >> now for more on the three victims, let's turn to cnn's victor blackwell, also in roanoke. >> reporter, understandably the team at wdbj is heart broken this morning. their first morning in a while without waking up with the "a" team as they called them. alison parker and adam ward. the reporter and photographer who worked the morning shift. we know alison parker just turned 24 years old. she graduated from james madison university in 2012. worked in north carolina for a bit. returned home to southwest virginia. she grew up about 50 miles outside of roanoke. her colleagues said she was living her dream. now one part of parker's life that viewers learned about yesterday was that she was also dating one of the anchors there as wdbj. chris hurst. he sent this out. she was the most radiant woman i ever met. for some reason, she loved me back. we have learned that adam ward was in love with someone at the station. ev engaged to the morning show producer. his fiancee was producing the morning show at the time he was killed on live tv. he was determined to put smiles on other faces as well. no

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell.new comments. he did it last night on cnn about debate moderator megyn kelly. you heard it there. furl even during the debate kelly pressed trump about past controversial comments concerning women. here is what trump said about kelly, again, to cnn's don lemon. >> when you meet her she is not very tough and smart. i have no respect for her. i don't think she is very good. i think she is highly overrated. when i came out there what am i doing? i'm not getting paid for this. i'm going out there. they start saying lift up your arm -- i didn't know this would be 24 million people. i probably knew it was going to be a big crowd because i get big crowds. i get big ratings. they call me the ratings machine. so i have -- she gets out and starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions and you can see there was blood coming out of her eyes. blood coming out of her wherever. >> a spokesperson for trump had this to say after learning he was kicked out of the event. quote, this is just another

. >> i am victor blackwell. >>> let's get to that breaking news in texas. police say they have a man in custody, the man they believe shot and killed a sheriff deputy. we have video for you in a moment. the hunt for the killer sparked by this surveillance image you see here. the gunman was seen driving off from a gas station after the shooting. we are told the deputy killed is this man, darren goforth. a ten year veteran at the department. deputies gathered in prayer overnight as they took in this news, they call the death unprovoked and cowardly event. >> nick valencia is with us. you have been making calls all morning. what have you learned about the person in custody? >> texas department of public safety believe this is the gunman, believe they have the man. described as a blackmail, between 20 to 25 years old. they were looking for him in the overnight hours after the fatal shooting happened in houston after 8:30 p.m. local last night. deputies with harris county sheriff's office grieving and mourning the loss of one of their own. captured at his mother

. >> i'm victor blackwell. happy saturday to you. >>> we are following breaking news and reaction coming in from everywhere at this point. more on that in a moment. we want to get to donald trump to give you the back story. new comments on cnn about debate moderator, megyn kelly. if you'll recall, during the debate, kelly pressed him about past controversial comments concerning women. here is what trump said last night about kelly to cnn's don lemon. >> i don't have a lot of respect for megyn kelly. she is a lightweight. she came out there reading her little script and trying to be tough and be sharp. when you meet her, you realize she is not very tough and she is not very sharp. i skrus tjust don't respect her journalist. i don't think she is very good. when i came out there, what am i doing? i don't get paid for this. they start saying, lift up your arm. i didn't know there would be 24 million people. i knew it was going to be a big crowd. i get big crowds. i get ratings. this he call me the ratings machine.

. >> i'm victor blackwell, always a pleasure. 10:00 here on the east coast, 7:00 out west. "cnn newsroom" begins now. we are starting with breaking news out of california. the governor has declared a state of emergency. 23 wildfires are burning across the state. one of the largest fires in northern california the rocky fire we have video here of the rocky fire. burned 18,000 acres. earlier, we spoke with officials about their priorities in battling these flames. >> the priority is for the people and the residence, structure protection which is what you see from the air where the firefighters are surrounding eechl each home and defending the home as the fire passes. >> nearly 8,000 firefighters are fighting back flames and allowed the national guard to deploy 9 helicopters to join in the fight. >> sadly, one firefighter has died from north dakota 38-year-old david ruhl with the forest service for 14 years. the california heat will not help those on the front lines today. ivan cabrera is in our cnn weather center with that part of the story. what are they looking at? the best

. >> and i'm victor blackwell. it's a big political day in a couple of hours, many presidential hopefuls, a lot of them, will descend on the iowa state fair, hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and lincoln chafee, we also have rick santorum and donald trump as well. and donald trump will make a grand entrance. >> to say the least, yes. the business mogul expected to arrive in his helicopter. how else would he, correct? >> that's just the way. >> that's just the way. meanwhile, clinton heads to iowa after taking shots at each other and the rest of the gop field is essentially what's happening this morning. we've got the latest. we know, jeff, that hillary spoke last night. wondering, first of all, what was the reaction to her speech? >> reporter: hey, good morning. you're right. this is ground zero of the 2016 presidential campaign at least for the weekend. but hillary clinton spoke with the rest of the democratic field at the surf ballroom in clear lake, iowa. she was defiant, more so than we've heard ever before, abo

. >> i'm victor blackwell. always good to start the morning with you. >>> getting a lot of reaction to the breaking news we've been following all morning, including donald trump's reaction on social media. >> donald trump disinvited, of course, from a conservative event after comments that he made on cnn last night. now, here's the backstory. the comments were about debate moderator megyn kelly. if you recall, during the debate, kelly pressed trump about past controversial comments concerning women. well, here's what trump said about kelly last night to cnn's don lemon. >> do you think there was an agenda on the part of fox news to target you? and if you do, why is that? >> well, probably, i don't know. probably. who cares? i don't really care. i mean, i do my thing, and whatever it is. i'm leading in all the polls, so they probably have an agenda. i'm very disappointed in fox news. i think they're, you know, not -- i think they probably had an agenda. but certainly, i don't have a lot of respect for megyn kell

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm christi paul. >>> a pair of front runners of the gop presidential will beiting the iowa state fair today. the mogul expected to make a grand entrance arriving in the g-trump here, his helicopter. this comes after a big rally in another key state. the first primary in the country, new hampshire, that is where he took shots at rivals jeb bush and hillary clinton. he also gave a little more insight into the policy he might roll out. joining us now to discuss is cnn's sunlen serfaty. what is the reaction this morning to trump's speech? a little meteor? >> that's right. >> reporter: we talked to people who came out to hear trump speak last night. there was broad consensus among them. they want to know specifics and what a president trump would do in office and certainly this had been a major constant criticism of trump and his campaign that he speaks in broad strokes but he doesn't offer up the policies in specific to back them up. certainly this is a big stay tuned coming from donald trump. in an interview with "the washington post" promising that he will relea

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm christi paul.ls on the possible terror attack thwarted on that paris-bound plane. the suspect was carrying a coalition assault rifle and automatic pistol, several chargers and a box cutter. belgian officials have opened an an anti-terror investigation as they look into ties the suspect had to radical islam. in the meantime, cnn has exclusive new video for you. look at this captured by one of the men who took down the gunman. this is the aftermath of the vicious attack there. the suspect is on the floor, his hands tied behind his back. at one point you can see the rifle that he carried lying in his seat. but there again is that suspect who they were able to take down. senior international correspondent nick robertson is following this story from france. nick, what do we know about the investigation into this thus far? >> reporter: well, we heard within the last couple of hours from the french interior minister who said several things. that the attacker, the gunman, is telling them he's 26 years old.

. >> i'm victor blackwell.on the front lines this morning, north and south korea are going back to the negotiating table, and we are monitoring close to the border there. >> and we are starting details of the man who started an attack on a train, but he was stopped by three americans and a britain. the newspapers are identifying the man as ayouble el khazzani, and they say he is linked to turkey fighters and they are trying to

. >> i'm victor blackwell. in just a couple of hours we're going to hear from donald trump. two controversies we're waiting for him to address. first the comments about megyn kelly. the first that he fired his top advisor. >> trump's former advisor says current controversy have distracted attention from platforms. trump says stone was fired because he was using the campaign to seek publicity for himself. mark, i'm wondering what's really going on here. >> this is one of those really interesting, amazing times right now. the last 72 hours is going to go down in history for presidential politics. we have one of his top advisors, roger stone, saying he resigned. trump campaign saying he was fired. last night roger stone was on cnn and he addressed the issue. >> i have nothing but admiration and respect for trump. >> do you still consider him a friend? >> i do. this is just politics. >> this is a transcript published today in politico of what they said happened here. >> you, stop with the megyn kelly [ bleep ]. it's killing us. you the drudge report poll isn't a scientific poll.

. >> good morning i'm victor blackwell.as are trying to determine why a man shot and killed a sheriff's deputy as that deputy was filling up his patrol car at a gas station. here's a picture of the suspect. police are calling this an execution-style killing. this man's name is shannon j. miles. he's in custody charged with capital murder in the death of deputy darren goforth. people there say the man stood over goforth and just kept firing as he's there on the ground dying. the 47-year-old deputy leaves behind a wife, two children, 5 and 12 years old. hundreds of people attended this vigil last night at the gas station where goforth was killed. another deputy, watch this, just listen to the emotion here. >> we really are out here to do good. and i know the guys that i work with, these deputies out here, when there's bad guys out there, we're out there to catch them, and we're out there to protect the citizens. we love you guys, we really do. >> hmm. nick valencia is following this story. and, you just feel for not just that

. >> i'm victor blackwell. >> reporter: in texas, a sheriff's deputy has been

. >> i'm victor blackwell. investigation into the flight 370. take a look at this.that's as specific as they're being right now. this is part of the search for anything that may remain of that missing aircraft. it's just twisted metal here. found today on the beach on reunion island in the west indian ocean. >> here's the thing. this comes as another piece of debris. a part of a plane wing. a flapero as it's called, has now been officially identified as coming from a boeing 777.

victor blackwell, cnn, moneta, virginia. >> there just aren't any words.se, struggling with the loss of their family members. >> and you know, you and i, we came up in local news. these are small families. they lost family members. as you say, many of them worked daily with parker and ward. thursday morning, just 24 hours after that shooting, the morning news crew gave an emotional tribute with a moment of silence at the time the pair was killed. later the station's news director explained how the staff is coping with what happened. listen. >> i have watched anchors and reporters half an hour before a newscast be crying in the newsroom and then get on that set and deliver the news to the people of southwest and central virginia. they have had to talk about their colleagues and you know, deal with some difficult situations. i give you the example of our meteorologist this morning. found a candy wrapper, while on the air, that adam ward had always eaten and left somewhere. it is those kinds of little things that are just kind of getting to us now. my sports

victor of that debate will be who can marshal resources in the post-debate using social media unless that person has made a gaffe that they have to work to overcome. >> former ohio secretary state ken blackwellg with me this morning. >> good to be with you, sir. >>> let me bring in democratic congressman tim ryan who represents northeast ohio. great to see you. >> good to be with you. >> what's the one thing you want these republican candidates to say or hear when they come to cleveland tomorrow? >> well i just want them to be in cleveland. i think it's important for the ohio voters to see what it is they're talking about. i think the more ohioans see them up close and personal the more i think democratic candidate and the democratic message will really resonate. secretary blackwell had one thing right, there's a lot of excitement. that's within the republican party right now, but everybody else looking at this is seeing a reality tv star and a handful of other people that keep saying outrageous things just to get on that stage. >> congressman, talk to me about and i want to get your response to what i was asking him about ohio. what are some of the things that -- how is ohio different from