elementary school auto could have been stopped within three minutes if it wasn t for the indivisiveness of the on scene commander. in a special hearing with the texas senate, the state s director of public safety testified that police had everything they needed to take the shooter down minutes after he entered the school. at least seven officers were in the building. at least two of them had rifles. and the classroom door was likely never locked. instead, uvalde school district police chief peter aday dough ordered everyone to stay back and wait one error 1 hour and 14. that s how long the children waited torres could youd. and while they waited, the on site commander waited for radio and rifles and he waited for shield and then he waited for swat. lastly he waited for a key that was never needed. he also pushed back on jeff arredondo s handling of the response and insistence on the need to wait despite some officers openly questioning the decision not to immediately storm
american story. 11:00 a.m. eastern, south carolina professor on the 1960 s civil rights movement and the involvement of martin luther king jr.. then, at 2:00 p.m.. harry truman signed the presidential succession act of 1947 after death. expand the american story, watch american history tv saturday on c-span2 and find the full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at c-span.org. c-span has unfiltered coverage of the house january 6 committee hearings investigating the attack on the capital. go to c-span.org/january 6 to watch the latest videos of the hearings, briefings and all of our coverage on the attack. we will also have reaction from members of congress and the white house as well as journalists and authors talking about the investigation. go to c-span.org for a fast and easy way to watch the events live. washington journal continues. next with us washington journal continues. and next, with us is eric rassbach who is the vice president and senior co
possible floor vote on final passage by the end of the week. we ll tell you exactly what is in it. plus the war of words escalating tonight between president biden and the oil industry as the president seemingly mocks the ceo of chevron as sensitive as the blame game for record high gas prices continues. first, it s primary night in some states across the country. our election coverage begins with alexandria hoff live on the ground with a crucial g.o.p. senate runoff in alabama. alex, good evening. everyone is watching this one. good evening. we re here at katie s quarters clearly about to close up for the night but this was a really, really exciting evening. there was a lot of talk about how the last-minute endorsement by former president trump might have helped katie get to this moment it can t be forgotten how well she performed in the primary last month that ended up going into a runoff. she still came up 16 percentage points over her opponent. when she took the stage,