ports so explosives, several items that could be used to create additional weapons. authorities doctor arranged for a mental health evaluation for that boy. joining us now to talk about the shooting in tulsa is democratic oklahoma state representative melissa pravenzano. thank you so much for being with us. can you give us the latest if there have been any updates since last night? certainly. thank you for having me. first i want to express my profound sorrow to the families of the victims here in tulsa. i can t imagine what it would be like to be in that situation, as well as sincere thanks to our tulsa police, the highway patrol, the county officers and our first responders, they got the call and three minutes later they were in that building and we just couldn t have asked for more. so far, you know what i know at this point. we are still just taking a look and seeing, they have not released the names of the victims and we re just kind of waiting with bated breath. i
a gunman opened fire inside a medical building. he killed his orthopedic surgeon, another doctor, a receptionist and another patient. he then shows hi life. he purchased a gun at 2:00 p.m. yesterday. less than three hours later, he went on a shooting rampage. our training led us to take immediate action without hesitation. that s exactly what officers do. that s what they did in this instant. law enforcement across the nation is dealing with increased violence among people. this is yet another act of violence upon an american city. president biden will address the nation tonight about the gun violence crisis in this country. there have been 233 mass shootings this year. it s june 2nd. that count is according to the gun violence archive. it defines a mass shooting as an incident where four or more people are injured or killed in a shooting. in the eight days since the uvalde elementary school massacre, there have been 20 mass shootings since. we have reporters cover mass s
january 6th attack, what many republicans told cnn exclusively now about their pleas to donald trump to stop the violence. some of them now pretend publicly that trump did not incite. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead, the epidemic of gun violence in america. in just a few hours, joe biden will address the nation about the state of recent mass shootings and new gun laws he wants to see congress pass to stop it. the most recent of these horrific attacks in tulsa, oklahoma, where police today laid out a timeline of the rampage at the st. francis complex. the gunman bought an ar-15 style rifle yesterday afternoon and opened fire in his surgeon s office just a few hours later, killing his surmgeon, another doctor, the receptionist and a patient. and in uvalde, texas, the mayor says a negotiator had been trying to reach the shooter inside robb elementary school, but the shooter did not respond. it s unclear why officials were trying to negotia
reeling from the mass shooting in uvalde, texas, that killed 19 children and two adults, shaken by another mass shooting at a hospital complex in tulsa, oklahoma yesterday that left four people dead. they found the first victim, then the next victim. reporter: biden plans to call on congress to take action, as lawmakers try to hammer out gun reforms. so far, biden wary of giving too much optimism. are you confident congress will take action on gun legislation, sir? i served in congress for 36 years. i m never confident, totally. it depends. and i don t know, yi don t know about the negotiations going on. reporter: during his visit to uvalde, the president hearing pleas for change in washington. earlier in the month, he had traveled to buffalo, new york, the site of another mass shooting that left ten dead at a local supermarket. the shooter targeting the black community. i promise you, hate will not prevail and white supremacy will not have the last word. but evil
information on 911 calls was actually relayed to the school police chief. another layer of uncertainty surro surrounding the police response. our correspondents are standing by as we cover the mass shooting crisis in america. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden getting ready to speak to the nation after the 233rd mass shooting here in the united states so far this year. let s go to our chief white house correspondent, kaitlan collins. we ll hear from the president about 90 minutes from now. what is he expected to say? yeah, wolf, it s a rare evening address for president biden. the white house says he felt it was important to speak to the nation about the recent shootings that we ve seen, but also call for action from congress on what they say they want to see are common sense gun laws. this is a speech that the president was considering giving before f