A former student kills three 9-year-olds and three adults in a mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school. While the shooter's gender identity is unclear, police told CNN Audrey Hale was assigned female at birth and used ‘male pronouns’ on social media. Plus, tensions ease in Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backs off from his push to overhaul the country's judicial system following mass protests. And, NASA says five planets will align starting tonight, but you won’t need binoculars to see them - just look up.

Also this morning: a crucial witness in the Trump hush money case testifies before the grand jury for a second time. Plus, Evanston, Illinois adds a cash option to its landmark reparations program, there’s new unrest in France over Macron's increase to the retirement age with protesters vowing mass demonstrations to shut the country down, and, Prince Harry and Elton John take the Daily Mail publisher to court in privacy lawsuits.

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