. >> reporter: the shooter was lyndon james mcleod targeted victims and in a series of books foreshadowed what happened. wrote under a pseudonym but used real names and places for some victims. in one book wrote about a character named lyndon mcleod specifically mentioning a condo building overlooking the park in denver and in police gear crash a man named michael swinyard's poker night and execute him for betrayal and take everyone's cash. 67-year-old michael swinyard was killed in monday's shooting at that same address. according to a memo from the building manager, obtained by cnn, the shooter arrived a the building impersonating a police officer. in another book one character says, look, i killed alecia cardnos as were el. 44-year-old alecia among the first killed. owner of a tattoo shop. >> a real leader in her community. a lot of people looked to her for advice and information about tattooing. it's -- the world we live it, it's just horrible. >> reporter: in total five people killed in about an hour. three worked in tattoo shops. shootings spanned multiple locations starting in denv

. >> reporter: the shooter was lyndon james mcleod, who police say targeted some of his victims, and in a series of books, foreshadowed parts of what happened. he wrote under a pseudonym but used the real names and places for some of his victims. in one book, mcleod wrote about a character named lyndon mcleod, specifically mentioning a condo building overlooking cheeseman park in denver and how, in his police gear, he would crash a man named michael swin yard's poker night and execute michael for his betrayal and take everyone's cash. 67-year-old michael swin yard was killed in monday's shooting at that same address. according to a memo from the building manager obtained by cnn, the shooter arrived at the building impersonating a police officer. in another book, one character says, look, i killed alicia cardenas as well. 44-year-old alicia cardenas was among the first to be killed monday. she was the owner of a tattoo shop. >> she was a real leader in her community. a lot of people looked to her for advice and information about tattooing. it's -- the world we're living in, it's just

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steven james joins us live from beijing. it seems not just they are losing what freedom they may have had, but access to basic supplies is becoming a point of anger for many. >> reporter: that's right, john. it feels like a deja vu what we saw in wuhan, with anger being vented online by social media users in the city, who say they are facing increasing difficulties accessing to groceries. and that's the biggest complaint. despite the official and the state media portrayal of orderly and smooth delivery of daily necessity items throughout the city since the lockdown began last week. the situation has been made worse by the tightened regulations you referred to, because last week, each household was still being allowed to send out one representative every other day to buy groceries. but that "privilege" has been suspended start thing week as authorities try to further curb the movement of people in order to stop the community spread of the virus. all of this because of the leadership's insistence on sticking to this zero covid

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for more, let's go to cnn's steven james who is live for us in beijing. let's start with the epicenter of the latest covid outbreak, where they've locked down a city of 13 million people. how are authorities tackling this, considering the country's covid zero strategy? >> reporter: that's right, anna. that's where we're seeing a rush of some of the most straingent matters. as you said, since last week, the authorities have placed the city's entire more than 12 million residents under a strict lockdown with very few exceptions that each household is allowed to send out one representative to grocery shopping every other day. even that has been suspended according to the latest local news reports, because now they're doing another round of city wide testing. this is part of their by now familiar playbook, mass testing, mass quarantine and extensive contract testing. they have blamed this latest on a flight from pakistan, but there are still some unanswered questions in terms of this chain of transmission. that's a major source of concern, which is why we are

the james webb telescope launched on christmas from the esa's port in french guyana. it could change the way we see the cosmos. cnn's kristin fisher reports. >> reporter: after nearly two decades' worth of work and about $10 billion, it all boiled down to one moment on christmas morning and it worked. the webb space telescope successfully launched from french guyana and is now heading to a point about a million miles away from earth. but this is really only the beginning of the journey for the web space telescope. yes, an incredible achievement for nasa, the european space agency, and the canadian space agency, the three partners involved with the webb space telescope. it is now embarking on what is called the 29 days on edge. mars rovers have the seven minutes of terror when the ground loses communication with the rover? this is the 29 days on edge, the time in which it's going to take to really know if all of those more than 300 single points of failure of the telescope, if they're going to work. so over the next few days and weeks, the telescope is going to be unfo

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now, what's interesting about the timing, this lawsuit is that it comes as james is seeking to depose the former president under oath next month. mr. trump and his attorneys have long argued james is politically motivated and allege she has violated trump's constitutional rights and abused her office, they say, to target trump and to further her own political career. now, in a statement, james responded saying, to be clear, neither trump nor the trump organization get to dictate if and where they will answer for their actions. our investigation will continue undeterred because no one is above the law, not even someone with the name trump. while legal experts say this lawsuit is unlikely to succeed, james' previous statements including her campaign promise to target trump and other statements she's made are not really focusing on him, those could come back to haunt her if she files a lawsuit or any other charges against the former president. those statements could be used as a basis to challenge any action she actually takes against the former president. paula reid, cnn, washington. >>

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james lawler for his insights there. >>> u.s. president joe biden will address public concerns about the omicron variant in a speech on tuesday. and the white house is clarifying remarks made by vice president kamala harris about mutations, like omicron and delta variants. cnn's joe johns reports. >> in a departure from a continuing message prosecute white house on covid, vice president kamala harris conceding in a wide-ranging interview with the "los angeles times" that the administration did not anticipate the omicron and delta variants. here's a quote from that interview. "we department see delta coming. i think most scientists did not, upon whose advice and direction we have relied, didn't see delta coming. we didn't see omicron coming, and hthat's the nature of what this -- this awful virus has been, which it turns out, has mutations and variants." a white house official claalso clarifying to cnn that the administration was aware of variants in general, and that's the reason for masking as well as encouraging the public to g

james lawler, thank you so much for joining us, really appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> as both the omicron and delta variants cause cases to rise across europe, we have reporters covering all the angles. barbie nadeau is in rome for us, but first let's go to scott mclean in london. so, scott, the london mayor declared a major incident. explain what that means and why he's doing it? >> reporter: hey, kim. first off. we've got a little bit of news this morning from the uk health secretary who says that the omicron variant, as expected, is officially the dominant strain in this part of the uk. we already learned this week that it had been dominant in scotland. now it's dominant in england, as well. making up about 60% of the case. we know that brits are already locked out of france, effectively. as of later tonight, they'll also be locked out of germany. the prime minister meeting with his top cabinet advisers, top civil servants to try to figure out what to do next. the official word from downing street is that they're discussing lockdown measures. beyond that, we don't have

james lawler. he's the co-executive director of the global center for health security at the university of nebraska medical center. doctor, thank you so much for joining us here. so as i just mentioned, your hospital is widely considered one of the best-prepared hospitals to deal with covid in terms of pandemic-specific training and infectious disease equipment. so looking at what's happening in the uk now, record cases, the hospital system again under strain, how prepared are you for a possible huge surge due to the omicron variant? >> well, we're already experiencing a large surge with delta variant across nebraska and much of the midwest of the u.s. so we're not in a very good position to get additional patients either from omicron or from seasonal influenza, which we expect will be kicking up here very soon. we're already starting to see the first trends of flu season. so we're in a difficult position in our hospital to be able to absorb more patients. and i know that we're looking at potential

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now, james walden sent the powerpoint presentation to trump al lyles and u.s. lawmakers. it was turned over to the committee by mark meadows. ken cuccinelli said he spoke to the panel last week about homeland security preparations ahead of january 6th. >>> the right-wing tv network fox news has lost its bid to stop a billion dollar lawsuit over the 2020 presidential election. a judge in the u.s. state of delaware is allowing dominion voting to press ahead with its defamation case against fox news after finding its coverage of election fraud may have been inaccu inaccurate. given that fox apparently refused to report contrary evidence, including evidence from the doj, the complaint's allegations support the reasonable inference that fox intended to keep dominion's side of the story out of the narrative. the ruling allows dominion to try to uncover extensive communications within fox news and to interview the network's top people under oath. fox called the suit baseless and an all-out assault on free speech. >>> meanwhile, president biden's landmark spending bill is languis

it says, james, close your eyes. so i closed my eyes and they broke the glass, and the guy who was at my feet, he kind of grabbed the back of my shorts and a couple guys grabbed my arm, and they just shaked me up. >> reporter: they were heroes. they remained on-site continuing to sift through debris where people died. more people are feared dead in ken kentucky, some of them infants. >> the age range has gotten harder. it ranges now from 2 months to 98 years of the kentuckyians that we have lost. >> i heard cries for help. >> reporter: the weight of the loss is heavy here. this woman is still traumatized because she couldn't save the life of a little boy who was trapped in his home. >> as a mom, to know that my son is safe and i can't help save the life of that baby, i just kept trying to breathe life into him. >> reporter: now a test of resiliency as residents look to the future. douglas says nothing will get in his way for what he knows is a long road toward healing. >> i believe i got a second chance and a lot of

so, james, can you put that slide back up. there are four tornadoes, one of which was the 200-mile tornado. keep going. it's one of the two weather pictures, i think -- there you go. so, those show you the four tornadoes, obviously, the longest one was the 227 -- 227-mile tornado, meaning it touched down and stayed down for that period of time. and then you had two to the south of it, but very close together. and one to the north. so, those are the four. now, we had other severe weather in many parts of kentucky. and we will see damage from wind and other results of it. okay. next. what do you know about injuries and casualties in mayfield, at the manufacturing plant? that is tragic. this is a candle factory. there were about 110 people in it. at the time. that the tornado hit it. we believe we'll lose at least dozens of those individuals. very hard. really tough. and we're praying for each and every one of those families. now, let's see, kentucky's most recent covid reports showed hospital capacity strained in far western ken

was after it was publicly announced that there were warrants for them. >> reporter: both jennifer and james crumbly have pleaded not guilty to the charges, and their attorney took issue with the time line of events laid out during their arraignment. >> the facts that have been presented by ms. mcdonald, her office, have been cherry-picked to further her narrative to make an example of mr. and mrs. crumbly. >> none of this should happen. a 15-year-old should not be sitting in jail facing life in prison, and it could have been prevented. >> reporter: the prosecutor is still investigating the school's role in the events leading up to the shooting. >> i think it's time we stop talking about how terrible it is we have school shootings and look to see what we can do to actually prevent them from happening again. >> reporter: the michigan attorney general has also criticized the oxford school district's hiring of a third-party to investigate the shootings and offered to help conduct a review of the events that day. meanwhile, a community is still grieving the death of four teenagers and rallying a

the 65-year-old contacted police saying he had no idea james and jennifer had active warrants for their arrest. so far he hasn't been charged with any crimes. cnn's athena jones has the latest on the investigation from michigan. >> the oxford school district is now requesting an independent third party investigation into the events leading up to tuesday's deadly shooting. in a letter from the superintendent to the school's community they're revealing more of the school's version of the events leading up to that day. we know on monday when ethan was discould have had looking at images of ammunition on a cell phone he said they had recently gone to a shooting range and shooting sports were part of a family hobby. we know on tuesday morning after a teacher alerted the school counselor about ethan crumbley's drawings pictured a semi-automatic gun, bullet and body with bullets everywhere. that drawing was part of a video game he was designing. the letter said did counselors believe he exhibited behavior that showed he was going to be a harm to himself or his others. his demeanor was calm. on

the 65-year-old contacted police saying he had no idea james and jennifer crumbly had active warrants for their arrest. so far he has not been charged with any crimes. cnn's athena jones has the latest on the investigation from michigan. >> reporter: hi there. well, the oxford school district is now requesting an independent third-party investigation into the events leading up to tuesday's deadly shooting. in ray letter from the superintendent to the school's community, they are revealing more about the school's version of the events leading up to that day. we know on monday when ethan crumbly was discovered looking at images of ammunition on his cell phone, he told the school counselor and school staff member he and his mother had recently gone to a shooting range. and shooting sports were part of a family hobby. tuesday morning after a teacher alerted a school counselor about ethan crumbly's concerning drawings, ethan told the school counselor that the drawings which depicted a semiautomatic hand gun, a bullet, a body with bullet holes that appeared to be bleeding and words like, bl

the 65-year-old contacted police saying he claims he has no idea that james and jennifer crumbley had active warrants for their arrest until after they were taken into custody. so far, he hasn't been charged with any crimes. now, the superintendent of oxford community schools has released key details of the days leading up to tuesday's shooting. now he's calling for an independent third-party investigation. on sunday, a u.s. senator representing connecticut, site of, of course, the sandy hook elementary school tragedy in 2012, spoke with cnn about what he feels needs to happen to really try and stem gun violence in the united states. >> i wish my republican colleagues didn't sort of have epiphanies on this issue only after mass school shootings, but that tends to be what happens. and so my hope is that in the next couple of weeks, we can get back to the table and see if we can, at the very least, maybe close the gun show loophole. that alone would save a lot of lives. >> tony monday tall doe's 14-year-old daughter gina was killed in the parkland shooting back in 2018. he is also the p

we've also learned more about the man who helped james and jennifer crumbley into that building, that warehouse in detroit where they were discovered in the early hours of saturday morning. that man is cooperating with authorities. we know he's a local artist in detroit who uses the location as a workspace. through his lawyer he says he did not know -- he wasn't aware that the crumbleys were facing an arrest warrant. this man has, as i said, retained a lawyer, and he could still face charges for having helped the crumbleys. athena jones, cnn, pontiac, michigan. >>> meantime, as you can imagine, support across the state of michigan is pouring out for those affected in the shooting, including from the detroit lions. the state's american pro football team scored their first win of the season on sunday against the minnesota vikings. both teams played in helmets featuring an oxford-themed decal, and staff and players from the lions dedicated the game to the oxford community. >> first thing i'm going to start with, this game ball goes to the whole oxford community, all those who were affect

we did hear from the lawyers representing jennifer and james crumbley. they insist that even though the crumbleys did not show up for their arraignment on friday, they were not, in fact, fleeing. take a listen to what one of their lawyers had to say. >> last night and throughout the day, we were in contact with our clients. they were scared, they were terrified, they were not at home. they were figuring out what to do, getting finances in order. this case is absolutely the saddest, most tragic, worst case imaginable. there is absolutely no doubt. but our clients were absolutely going to turn themselves in. it was just a matter of logistics. and all the prosecution had to do was communicate with me about it. >> so, they say this was all about a miscommunication, but the oakland county prosecutor and sheriff say, look, the crumbleys went to a nearby atm, they withdrew $4,000. they did this at a place that wasn't very far from the place that they were expected to turn themselves in. that doesn't seem like someone who was trying to turn themselves in. one mo

james and jennifer crumbly have pled not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges. this exclusive video shows the couple being taken into custody from a warehouse in detroit after setting off a fugitive manhunt. police say someone aided the pair while there. >> we believe they were assisted in that location to get there, to get in. and we're gathering that information. and we're going to have totality of that done fairly soon and present that to our prosecutor for potential charges for either aiding and abetting or obstruction of justice. >> during the crumbley's hearing, they claim they planned to turn themselves in. and denied that their son has unrestricted access to the gun that he used during his shooting spree. >> reporter: hi, there. james and jennifer crumbley found hiding in a detroit warehouse early saturday morning. they were arraigned early in the morning. each faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the four teens that their son, ethan crumbley, is charged with murdering. each of these accounts of involuntary manslaughter carries u

james and jennifer crumbley were taken into custody in detroit after hours on the run. police say they were given a tip about the couple's whereabouts. >> we got a tip that they were here. that possibly the fugitives were at this location. the vehicle was spotted. our officers responded in a matter of minutes. when they got here. they set up perimeter, did surveillance. we notified and activated our special response team. they came out and they were able to take the fugitives into custody. >> well, they certainly appeared to be distressed, as you can imagine. and as indicated, they were in a commercial building in a room. we were able to take them into custody without incident. but however, they were very distressed as they were walking out. >> any indication that they were aided in getting into the building. >> yes. yes, in fact, they were aided, and we're looking at that portion of the investigation. that part is very active right now. >> authorities consider the couple to be fugitives after they failed to show up for their arraignment on charges of involuntary mansla

james and jennifer crumbley are in custody. according to authorities they were aided in getting access to the building where they were later found. the pair was supposed to show up for arraignment on charges of involuntary manslaughter friday afternoon. instead, authorities said they turned their phones off and with drew $4,000 from an atm. prosecutors say the crumbley opened fire at a who will school killing four and founding several others. meanwhile, we're learning more information about the shools as authorities detail a chilling warning sign in the days leading up to the tragedy. cnn's tom foreman take as the an in-depth look at the time line. >> reporter: before the zbfr, the terrified students, police and ambulances there were warns. >> there was absolute reason to believe this individual was dangerous. and disturbed. >> reporter: authorities suggest the immediate trouble starts november 26th, when james crumbley takes his 15-year-old son ethan to buy a sig sauer gun. >> along with the caption just got my new beauty toda

that was chief james white, who indicated that the parents -- you see them there, jennifer and james crumbley -- are now in custody, that they had a tip from someone who saw their car. and in seeing their car just parked there in a parking lot, the car that they had put out a warrant for, that they wanted people to call in if they had seen the car. someone did see it. they arrived on the scene where that car was, created a perimeter, and then entered the building. in that building, they saw this couple. apparently they say that they were not armed, that they were distressed, but certainly did surrender to police at that point. i also want to say that in terms of how they found out that this happened, they do say that there was surveillance video so that they knew they were in the building. but so interesting here, again, police saying someone -- at least one person -- let them in that building. they say that their investigation in that continues, and they are not ruling out further charges. the other thing that was interesting to hear the detroit police chief say there, you know, he