struggling with. as the 11th hour gets underway on a tuesday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. tonight, exactly one week after a teenage gunman took 21 lives at an elementary school in uvalde, texas. the very first funerals are getting underway. the murder victims are being laid to rest, the investigation into the shooting, and the police response at the school is only intensifying. there are reports that uvalde police are no longer cooperating with texas authorities. nbc news reporting the school district police chief initially did cooperate. but has yet to respond to requests for follow-up questions made today s. ago texas officials say the chief prevented officers from confronting the shooter, for more than an hour. today, that very same chief was sworn in as a member of the city council. the justice department opening up its own inquiry into the police response. meanwhile, in washington, there are some in congress that believe they might be able to fi
good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. tonight, exactly one week after a teenage gunman took 21 lives at an elementary school in uvalde, texas. the very first funerals are getting underway. the murder victims are being laid to rest, the investigation into the shooting, and the police response at the school is only intensifying. there are reports that uvalde police are no longer cooperating with texas authorities. nbc news reporting the school district police chief initially did cooperate. but has yet to respond to requests for follow-up questions made today. texas officials say the chief prevented officers from confronting the shooter, for more than an hour. today, that very same chief was sworn in as a member of the city council. the justice department opening up its own inquiry into the police response. meanwhile, in washington, there are some in congress that believe they might be able to find common ground on some gun safety measures. the house judiciary committe
states will in fact send advance rocket systems to the war-torn country. we ll have more on what changed the president s mind there. along with joe and mika, we ve got mike barnicle and elise jordan and the former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. we will begin in texas, where the official account has changed again, about how the gunman who killed 19 children and their two teachers entered that school in uvalde. last friday, you ll rememberer the director of the department of public safety said a teacher had propped open a door through which the gunman entered the school. well, now, the agency said the teacher had come back to close the door but it just failed to lock. this new account comes after an attorney for the teacher told the san antonio express news the teacher did prop open the door using a rock to carry food from her car into the school. when she saw the gunman crash his car into a ditch, she went back inside to get her phone to report t
especially in new york city, to have a wholistic view of crime. what we will start to see is democrats like me who have experience in law enforcement but also understand the problems with our criminal justice system all working together. you look at texas. texas passed a law over the objection of every single law enforcement body in texas. the democrats were against it. the republicans passed an even more lenient gun law. and law enforcement was against it. at some point that alliance is going to crack. we saw it on january 6th where people were hitting police officers with blue lives matter flags. the republican party is not the party of law and order. as democrats, we need to embrace law and order in a compassionate and empathetic way. daniel goldman, now officially a candidate for new york s newly formed tenth district. thanks for being here, dan. it is just past the hour now. it is 9:01 in the east, just after 8:00 a.m. in uvalde, texas, where we continue to learn new
americans say economic conditions are poor and the government is not doing enough to fight inflation. cnn white house correspondent mj lee is with us now, so, mj, in addition to this meeting, what else is the white house planning? well, as you both know, it has not been easy for president biden to remain focused consistently on economic issues, particularly inflation, obviously, the first few months of the year, we saw the president be completely consumed on what was happening in ukraine and the war over there and having to stay engaged on those foreign policy issues. and then, just this last week as an example, he traveled to asia, this important foreign trip, where he did try to stay focused on domestic economic issues and as soon as he came back, he, of course, had to react to this mass shooting in uvalde, texas, and had to sort of focus on consoling a grieving community there. so, if we take a look at the president s schedule today and what he is doing, we are seeing th