In the day's other news:
Police in New York are looking
for the gunman who opened fire
on a subway train this morning.
At least 10 people were shot and
19 others hurt.
William brangham reports.
Some of the images are graphic.
>> The sunset park subway
station as passengers fled the
gunfire.
The rampage left smoke and
wounded people on the platform.
The commissioner described what
happened on the train.
>> >> Just before 8:24 this
morning, as a manhattan-bound N
train waited to enter the 36th
street station,
an individual on that train
donned what appeared to be a gas
mask. He then took a canister
out of his bag and opened it.
The train at that time began to
fill with smoke. He then opened
fire striking multiple people on
the subway and in the platform.
>> Sewell said the incident is
not being investigated as
terrorism T this time, but she
also didn't rule anything out.
The suspect was described as a
5 foot 5 heavyset black man.
This evening, he was still at
large.
High school freshman John
butsikares was riding the subway
on the way to school when the
shooting began a few train cars
down from him.
>> It was scary. I didn't know
what was happening. It was
everyone packed on the train.
People were scared no one knew
what happened.
>> Yahya Ibrahim works near the
subway and saw people streaming
out of the station after the
attack.
>> One of them was injured. I
believe it was a lady gettin'
shot right in her leg. A lot of
people was coming out from side
to side screaming, yelling,
asking for help.
>> Officials have now increased
police presence at
transportation hubs from
Washington d-c to Connecticut,
even though there is no evidence
the suspect was coordinating
with others.
The white house says president
Biden was briefed on the
incident.
This afternoon, it was reported
that police were looking for a
U-Haul truck with Arizona plates
in connection with the shooting.
In Israel:
Police say an officer shot and
killed a Palestinian man who
stabbed him at a security check
early today.
>> It was the latest in a spate
of deadly confrontations.
Israeli forces also confirmed
they've arrested 20 suspects
across the occupied west bank.
The raids follow attacks in
Israel that have killed 14
people.
More than
6 and a-half million people in
Shanghai, China began venturing
outside today after a 2-week
"Covid" lockdown.
They were allowed to leave their
homes and shop for food and
medicine. But, they were limited
to their own neighborhoods.
Meanwhile, the u-s consulate in
Shanghai is sending
non-emergency staffers home.
Officials today cited concerns
about how the lockdown is being
administered.
>> We have moved from authorized
departure to ordered departure
because of the scale of the
covid-19 pandemic and the
restrictions that have been
placed by prc authorities on
people in Shanghai including our
diplomats and their families.
>> The Chinese foreign ministry
charged that Washington is using
the pandemic to smear and
discredit China.
British prime minister Boris
Johnson faces fresh calls to
resign after
being fined today for violating
pandemic restrictions.
It involves office parties
during strict "Covid" curbs in
2020 and 2021.
Johnson's wife and finance
minister are also being fined.
The prime minister said today he
understands public anger, but
intends to stay in office.
Back in this country:
New York lieutenant governor
Brian Benjamin has resigned
after being arrested in a
federal corruption
investigation.
He pleaded not guilty today to
taking bribes from a developer
to steer grant money to a
non-profit group.
Benjamin was a democratic state
senator at the time.
>> We also allege that Benjamin
repeatedly lied cover up the
bribery scheme, including by
falsifying campaign forms and
misleading city regulators. And
we allege that Benjamin
repeatedly lied on the vetting
forms that he filled out before
he was appointed lieutenant
governor. That's a cover up.
>> Governor Kathy hochul made
Benjamin her second-in-command
last fall, after she replaced
Andrew Cuomo as governor.
On Wall Street today:
The new inflation numbers
undercut early momentum on the
stock market.
The Dow Jones industrial average
lost
87 points
to close at
34-thousand-220.
The NASDAQ fell
40 points.
The s-and-p 500 slipped 15.
And,
actor and comedian Gilbert
Gottfried has died of heart
trouble caused by a rare muscle
disease.
His raw voice and crude humor
first gained notice in the
1980's, on stage,
t-v and movies.
He also did extensive voice
work,
notably as the parrot "Iago" in
Disney's "Aladdin".
Gilbert Gottfried was 67 years
Still to come on the "Newshour".
A look into how big
corporations' profits are
keeping up with soaring prices.
A new report finds gains and
losses in the "State of black
America".
Artist faith Ringgold's six
decades of work is highlighted
in a new exhibition.