i m jim sciutto, and our next cnn newshour starting this hour. hello, everyone. our top diplomat is in the middle east trying to calm tensions. and the brutal beating of tyre nichols has debanded their elite crime unit. and now, children are returning to school just weeks after a 6-year-old shot his teacher. thank you for being here, i m kate bolduan, and a lot of news, so let s get to it. starting overseas, a suicide bomber detonate ad bomb in pakistan kill ing at least 30 people and injuring many more. tony blinken is there in israel to try to ease the tensions after a spike in violence that has killed hundreds in the last few weeks. sylvia, what more are you learning about this mosque attack? reporter: kate, we know that the pakistani taliban have claimed attack for this mosque, and the number of dead have been climbing, and so hundreds have been trapped under the rubble. the attack took place in the afternoon during afternoon prayers and more people are being
11:27 a.m. before the suspect entered the school, he immediately unleashed more than 100 rounds, shortly after that, three officers entered the school and two of them were immediately grazed by the gunman s bullets. john: according to texas dps, as many as 19 officer gathered in the hallway as of 12:03:00 p.m. no effort was made to breach the door of the classroom until 40 minutes later. law enforcement facing questions and criticism over the amount of time that passed before they stormed the classroom to stop the carnage. uvalde mayor will join us in the next hour, but we have team coverage this hour on all angles. karl rove will join us in moment. alicia is live in houston where the nra convention is being held. john: bill melugin, what a news conference that was. bill: yeah, john, that is an understatement. i think our jaws hit the floor as well, one of the big highlights we learned from the moment the shooter was first encountered by police in that school until th
suspect says he has an issue with sex addiction. authorities said long was apprehended last night after a brief manhunt. appears he was en route to florida at the time, possibly to carry out additional shootings. when we hear president biden address this incident, he ll be speaking at a virtual meeting with what is a tradition in this country on st. patrick s day, ireland s prime minister. they ll be commemorating st. patrick s day. normally, this event is inside the white house. for covid reasons and travel restrictions, it is not being done this way, nor was it done that way last year. nbc s chief white house correspondent kristen welker is standing by, awaiting remarks from president biden. todd winter is covering this, as well. blayne alexander is in atlanta. kristen, this is a mostly ceremonial event with the irish prime minister. what do we expect to hear from the president? reporter: well, i think we can expect to hear him address the shooting off of the top of this
laughable. you know, you had the whistleblowers tell congress just a week ago that there was an opportunity for the department of justice to extend the statute of limitations on the 2014/2015 tax matters. that s the burisma issue. those are the ukraine questions. and according to the whistleblowers, the department of justice had that opportunity and let them expire. well, why? why would any prosecutor allow them to expire if you didn t have to, and we are going to be seeing those questions raised more and more. now, what this means for hunter biden is that he went from a sweetheart deal to a real poison pill. he this is going to expose him across the board. now, those counts that ran out in 2014/2015 can t, you know, be revived, there is not a way to make this catwalk backwards, but there s a lot of other things on the table, and fara is the most
2014/2015. so to do that they need the strategic weapons. they are delighted to get the tactical support in the form of tanks that the cry meanian ambassador could number to close to 300 which is what they are asking for in terms of tanks, but they believe that the unanimity of the donation and the supply of tanks from nato and other allies could mean na more important strategic weapons which have been so far denied from particularly the united states might be forth coming. interesting. great to have you there, sam, as always. thank you. joining me with more perspective is mark esper, the former secretary of state under former president trump. so, tanks are on the way, and real show of unanimity around that at this point, and ukraine is asking for fighter jets to be sent, and the german chancellor said in no uncertain terms that it is not going to happen, and