What you missed this weekend: The aftermath of Roger Stone, Louisiana shooting spree, and young champions
Sunday's political shows delved into possible next steps for Roger Stone, Trump's former campaign adviser who was indicted by the special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday.
Louisiana police led an overnight manhunt for 21-year-old Dakota Theriot, who is accused of killing 5 people, including his girlfriend and parents.
- On Saturday morning, Theriot, 21, allegedly opened fire at Livingston Parish near Baton Rouge, killing three people, authorities said.
- He then allegedly stole a pick-up truck and drove to nearby Ascension Parish, where he shot and killed two others.
- "This is probably one of the worst domestic violence incidents I've seen in quite a while," Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre told WBRZ Channel 2.
- Police found and arrested Theriot near Baton Rouge on Sunday.
Despite a short-term funding bill that reopened the government after its longest shutdown in history, Trump had a busy weekend full of tweets and criticism.
- Conservative pundit Ann Coulter retracted her support for Trump over the bill to reopen the government, calling herself 'a very stupid girl' for supporting him.
- Trump tweeted misleading voter fraud statistics, claiming non-citizens voted in Texas. In reality, it's not immediately clear how many non-citizens voted.
- Trump also doubled down on dubious figures on the cost of illegal immigration.
- The White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday morning that Trump would consider shutting down the government again.
- Trump and other leaders marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day amid rising anti-Semitism.
Two young female athletes claimed top spots in their sports.
- Twenty-one-year-old Naomi Osaka cried as she won the Australian Open Saturday.
- The win marked Osaka's second grand slam in a row and her becoming the first Asian player to be number one in the world.
- Thirteen-year-old Alysa Liu became the youngest winner of an individual title at Friday's US Figure Skating Championships.
- Liu broke the record set by Tara Lipinski, who was 14 in 1997, and was present for Liu's victory.
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