killed him in response. he shot and killed horrifically, incomprehensibly 14 students and killed a teacher. mr. ro mas, the shooter, he himself is deceased. and is believed that responding officers killed him. abbott says the suspect allegedly shot and killed his grandmother before going on this school shooting rampage. we re going to show you live pictures of the area. at this moment, the police chief says family members are still being notified, the horrific process that s played out in school shootings before. this particular mass murder come after the buffalo rampage which was previously the deadliest shooting of this year. americans mourning once again. we can also tell you that president biden will address the nation tonight as the country continues reeling. we will bring you the facts as well as perspective in this hour of coverage. we begin with former assistant fbi director who has been covering this for us and jim cavanaugh, retired special agent in charge. and
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes. We are grateful. The beat with ari melber starts now. Hi, nicolle. Thank you. The developing news that has been coalescing around the possible replacement for Kevin Mccarthy to be Speaker Of The House. It is developing because the people you see on your screen, one of them is the former speaker. The other may or may not become the republicans pick. Hes had more vote than anyone else, but maybe not enough votes. That is a big deal for the United States, for the congress at times like these, so we are going to bring you an update on that story later in our newscast. The news out of israel right now is bleak. There is escalation. There are reports that now 22 americans have been killed in this unfolding israelhamas war. Youre seeing gaza pitch dark because gaza is under a blackout. 17 of those are still unaccounted for and feared held hostage in gaza. The shelling tonight there intensifying. Vaez says it has fighter jets that have hit over
wallace. ever since charged were handed down against donald trump, the ex president has seen returning to the white house as his best defense. no one is more aware of this than jack smith. jack smith asked the supreme court to rule on donald trump s bid to have the charges ruled out because the alleged crimes took place while he was president. this is not new. judge tanya chutkan rejected that claim and trump appealed. jack smith is asking the supreme court to leap frog the appeals court and settle the matter once and for all. the special counsel s move setting up the first, but maybe not the last time, the supreme courtla a role in the united states versus donald trump. prosecutors say, quote, this caserents a fundamental question at the heart ofur democracy. whether a fmer president is absolutely immune from federal prosecution for crimes committed ile in office or is constitutionally protect from federal prosecution when he s been impeached by the house, but not convicte