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San Diego Mosque Shooting, Ebola Outbreak Update, Musk Lawsuit Verdict and more
CNN 5 Things
May 18, 2026
President Donald Trump called off a plan to attack Iran – we have details. Police are investigating a deadly shooting at San Diego’s largest mosque. We’ll tell you what health officials are saying about an American who tested positive for Ebola. An ICE agent has been charged in connection to a shooting during the Minneapolis immigration crackdown. Plus, what a jury decided in a landmark AI trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI.
Episode Transcript
Ifeoma Dike
00:00:01
Hey, from CNN, I'm Ifeoma Dike with the five things you need to know for Monday, May 18th.
Ifeoma Dike
00:00:08
President Donald Trump says he'll hold off on a plan to attack Iran tomorrow, but says he told the US military to be ready to strike, quote, on a moment's notice if a peace deal isn't reached. On Truth Social, Trump said regional leaders were optimistic about the prospects of a deal and serious negotiations with Tehran are taking place. Trump's military campaign has been on hold since last month. But according to a person familiar with the matter, Iran's latest proposal to end the war didn't offer significant concessions on some critical sticking points, such as nuclear enrichment. Here's CNN's Kristen Holmes.
Kristen Holmes
00:00:41
'Of course, we have been reporting. That president trump has been growing increasingly frustrated by the negotiating that iran is doing essentially feeling as though it's not moving quickly enough i will remind you that a couple weeks ago I asked president Trump if he believed Iran was slow walking this process he said he really wasn't sure at that point but that was still weeks ago and we seem to be in the exact same place and this is also happening as president trump had expressed this frustration to AIDS to US Officials as well. It's not just about the negotiating, but it's also about the straight-up more moves and this extended closure, which is having a ripple effect throughout the global economy, the global oil industry, and of course, sending prices here in America skyrocketing.
Ifeoma Dike
00:01:26
More news coming up, including an American who tested positive for Ebola.
Ifeoma Dike
00:01:33
'Authorities say three people were killed in a shooting at San Diego's largest mosque. San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said two teenage suspects were found dead inside a vehicle near the mosque from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl
00:01:46
The circumstances that led up to this and the details of what happened and exactly which time it happened will come out in the days ahead. I can tell you, this is, in 28 years, this is the most dynamic and impressive response that I have ever seen in policing. And I tell you what got me. Watching the kids come running out, just thankful to be alive.
Ifeoma Dike
00:02:10
But the Islamic Center's director said all kids, teachers and staff there are safe. A White House official told CNN President Trump has been briefed on today's shooting.
Ifeoma Dike
00:02:20
'The CDC says an American working in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for Ebola. Authorities didn't name the person. But the CDC says US health officials are working to move seven people, including the American from the Central African country to Germany. That's after the CDC invoked Title 42, a public health law, preventing non-US passport holders who've been in DRC, Uganda, or South Sudan during the last 21 days from traveling to the US within the next 30 days, starting today. Symptoms include fever, muscle pain, rash, and sometimes bleeding, and it's transmitted through direct contact with bodily fluids. The World Health Organization says the latest outbreak is being driven by the Bundy Bujoh strain. The fatality rate is estimated to be between 25 and 40 percent. According to Doctors Without Borders. There's currently no approved treatments or vaccines specific to this strain. The virus has been spreading in the DRC and Uganda, infecting hundreds of people and causing dozens of suspected deaths. A public health emergency doctor explains why it keeps happening in this part of the world.
A public health emergency doctor
00:03:23
Some of the populations actually eat bats, and therefore the exposure to the Ebola virus is much, much higher in the belt across central part of Africa, and particularly in the DRC, where Ebola virus was first characterized in 1976. And that communication between the human population and the fruit bat in the forest continues. And any time that a fruit bat has the Ebola virus, then the human being is exposed.
Ifeoma Dike
00:03:53
The outbreak is happening on top of a humanitarian crisis in the DRC driven by years of war and aid cuts.
Ifeoma Dike
00:04:00
An ICE agent is facing several assault charges in a shooting, which took place during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. That's according to Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty. She says Christian Castro has been charged with four counts of second degree assault and one counts of falsely reporting a crime. A Venezuelan immigrant was shot by Castro during the incident in January. He and his cousin were facing federal charges. After the Department of Homeland Security said they had violently attacked an agent, prompting him to fire a defensive shot. But the Justice Department dropped the charges in February, and ICE said two of its agents who made false statements about the incident under oath were placed on administrative leave. The Hennepin County attorney said Castro was never under threat during the incident. CNN has reached out to DHS for comment and is working to determine whether Castro has an attorney.
Ifeoma Dike
00:04:49
Up next, the verdict on Elon Musk's bombshell lawsuit against OpenAI.
Ifeoma Dike
00:04:57
'Elon Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and its leaders. That's what a jury decided today after 90 minutes of deliberation. Musk helped co-found and fund the maker of ChatGPT and sued, accusing the company of abandoning its original nonprofit mission. OpenAI's attorneys argued that the company's mission hasn't changed and that Musk waited to file the lawsuit until he founded his own competing AI company. CNN's Hadas Gold has been following the case from the beginning.
Hadas Gold
00:05:24
'The judge in this case agreed because their verdict was advisory, but the judge had said she would likely follow their advice, and she agreed that the statute of limitations had passed and dismissed the other claims. She said in part in court, I think that there's a substantial amount of evidence to support the jury's finding, which is why I was prepared to dismiss on the spot. We had three weeks of testimony. We heard from some of the biggest names in tech, the CEO of Microsoft, we heard from Elon Musk, we heard Sam Altman. There was intimate moments and things revealed in all of this, everything from Elon Musks personal relationships, as one of the mothers of his children was testifying to the personal diaries of OpenAI's president. And all of that essentially became moot because the jury said. Elon Musk waited too long. OpenAI transitioned to having a for-profit structure something like five years ago. The statute of limitations in this case was three years. So obviously the jury decided you should have brought this earlier.
Ifeoma Dike
00:06:19
That is it for us. Our next episode drops tomorrow morning.






