GOP debate: Four Republican presidential candidates, Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy took part in last night’s fourth and final GOP Presidential Primary Debate. It was held at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Christi was the only one who warned against allowing Donald Trump to return to the White House because of his plans to end democracy and elections and become a dictator for life. Christi, Ramaswamy and DeSantis got into several arguments with Christie. They refused to answer yes or no to whether they believed Trump is fit to hold office. Christie also defended Haley when Ramaswamy and DeSantis lashed out at her.
Las Vegas shooting: CNN reported this morning that it learned the gunman who killed three people at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas yesterday was a professor who had worked in North Carolina and had been turned down for a job at the University of Nevada. CNN said it was told the shooter, who was killed by police, was identified as Anthony Polito. Police had not released information about the shooter nor had they released information about the shooting victims as of this morning.
Texas shooting spree: Police in Austin, Texas, say that it was one man who killed six people in different locations between Austin and San Antonio. They identified the shooter as 34-year-old Shane James, a San Antonio resident, who has been arrested. Police said two of the victims were his parents. James shot and wounded a police officer who confronted him. He fled and was captured after a police chase. Police said he has a history of mental illness and had previously been arrested on charges of assaulting family members.
Russian attacks on civilians: The U.N. Security Council has been told by U.N. officials that Russia is stepping up its attacks on Ukrainian civilians and is attempting to wipe out infrastructure needed by civilians to handle the approaching Ukrainian winter. The officials said that millions of Ukrainians are facing winter without access to heat, electricity and running water. U.S. Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood pointed out that Russia engaged in infrastructure attacks last winter. Russia’s Deputy Ambassador Dmitry Polyansky said that the western nations held the Security Council meeting just to spread invective against Russia.
Fake electors: Ten Republicans in Wisconsin who acted as fake electors for Donald Trump in the 2020 election have a settled a lawsuit filed against them that was seeking at least $2.4 million in damages. They admitted that what they did was improper and agreed to never again be electors in an election where Donald Trump is running. Lawsuits against Trump attorneys Kenneth Chesboro and Jim Troupis in the Wisconsin fake electors matter continue. One of the fake electors who settled is Andrew Hitt, who was the Republican Party chairman in Wisconsin. He has been cooperating with the Justice Department.
Israeli tank: The news agency Reuters reported this morning that its investigation has determined that an Israeli tank fired two shells that killed one of its reporters and wounded six other reporters. Reuters said that the reporters had been in a small town in Lebanon near the border with Israel when the tank opened fire. Reuters called on Israel to explain how the incident could have happened. An Israeli military spokesman did not provide details but said Israel’s military does not target journalists.
Oscar-nominated actress Marisa Pavan has died: Marisa Pavan, the Italian actress who starred in several prominent Hollywood films during the 1950s and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the 1955 drama “The Rose Tattoo,” died at the age of 91 at her home in St. Tropez, France. Pavan and her twin sister, actress Pier Angeli, came to Hollywood in the early 1950s and quickly gained stardom. Pavan’s best-known films included “What Price Glory” (1952), “Diane” (1956) and “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit” (1956). In the 1980s, Pavan scored a new generation of fans playing Chantal DuBujak, the mother of a crime lord, in the soap opera “Ryan’s Hope.”
