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Tuesday morning news: March 28, 2023

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WORLD Radio - Tuesday morning news: March 28, 2023

A shooter killed six people at a private Christian school in Nashville yesterday, residents of Mississippi continue to sort through the rubble of a deadly tornado, Israel’s Prime Minister pauses judicial reform plan in response to nationwide protests, DeSantis expands school voucher programs while Trump holds a rally in Waco, and Elizabeth Warren confirms that she will not challenge President Biden in the 2024 election.


Anti-government protestors burn tires near Beit Yanai, Israel, Monday, March 27, 2023. Tens of thousands Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan. AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

School shooting » Police are still putting clues together in Nashville after a mass shooter opened fire at a Christian grade school on Monday, killing six people including three 9-year-old students.

Nashville Police Chief John Drake identified the shooter as 28-year-old Audrey Elizabeth Hale and said she meticulously planned the shooting.

JOHN DRAKE: There were maps drawn of the school in detail, surveillance, entry points, etc. Entry was gained through shooting through one of the doors.

Authorities say Hale was a woman who identified as a man. She was a former student at the school at Covenant Presbyterian Church where she opened fire.

Nashville Police spokesman Don Aaron on Monday identified the children killed by the shooter:

DON AARON: Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kinney, Hallie Scruggs.

The three adult victims were 60 to 61 years of age.

Tornado aftermath / weather » Families are also grieving in Mississippi today, and hundreds of residents are sifting through what’s left of their homes after a massive tornado ripped through the state.

The EF-4 twister killed at least 21 people and devastated several towns.

RESIDENT: It’s like a war zone. Everything’s tore to pieces.

A resident of the town of Rolling Fork heard there.

Jared Guyer with the National Weather Service says by the end of the week more severe storms could hit.

JARED GUYER: This kind of setup could produce severe storms capable of large hail, damaging winds, and tornados.

Guyer said on Thursday, severe weather will threaten the Southern Plains and then shift northward into the Midwest on Friday.

Israel protests » Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing the pause button on a controversial plan to overhaul the nation’s court system.

NETANYAHU: [Speaking Hebrew]

In a televised address Monday, the prime minister said he’ll hold off on implementing the changes until next month to—quote—“avoid a civil war.”

SOUND: [PROTEST]

Critics say the overhaul is a power grab by Netanyahu’s government that threatens the independence of the judiciary.

But the prime minister told Piers Morgan that he’s trying to rein in a judiciary that has become too powerful.

NETANYAHU: It can nullify any decision of the government, and it often has. It can nullify any appointment of the government. It can intervene in military matters.

Netanyahu fired his defense minister this week after he spoke out against the overhaul. That move sparked a new wave of protests.

Israel’s largest trade union staged a nationwide strike today in opposition to the proposal.

DeSantis / Trump » Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law expanding school vouchers in his state. He told reporters on Monday:

DESANTIS: We will be signing legislation, which will represent the largest expansion of education choice, not only in the history of this state, but in the history of these United States.

The legislation makes school vouchers available to every Florida K-through-12 student. It removes the income-eligibility rules to receive vouchers, though it does prioritize low-income households.

DeSantis is expected to announce a presidential bid later this year. Polls show he is former President Donald Trump’s stiffest competition for the GOP nomination.

Trump held a campaign rally in Waco, Texas over the weekend as he awaits word on whether a Manhattan grand jury will indict him.

TRUMP: The district attorney of New York under the auspices and direction of the department of injustice in Washington DC was investigating me for something that is not a crime.

The probe stemmed from payouts he allegedly made to silence claims about extramarital affairs

Warren no WH bid » Meantime, a potential challenger to President Biden for the Democratic nomination is putting rumors to rest. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren told NBC that she’s running for reelection in the Senate.

WARREN: That’s where I’m focused. That’s where I’m gonna stay focused. I’m not running for president.

As of now, Biden’s only primary challenger is self-help author Marianne Williamson. Though, the president himself has not yet officially declared his reelection bid.

I’m Kent Covington.

Coming up: more on the mass school shooting in Nashville.

Plus abortion battles at the most local level: counties, cities, even small towns.

This is The World and Everything in It.


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