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
oil to drill and to bring up is simply not true. chevron s ceo plans to attend the meeting biden convened but doesn t plan to go himself. sending his energy secretary instead. what i mean by first step, they are going to sit down and have a conversation. the second step is coming up with solution and ideas. refiners and oil companies have been clear they need a green light on policies over drilling, leasing, building infrastructure and regulation from the president who once vowed to end fossil fuels. rather than backing down on those policies, purposefully meant to hinder our production, the white house pivoted to blaming my industry. biden is hopeful we ought to be able to work something out whereby they are able to increase refining capacity and still not give up on transitioning to renewable energy. they are both within realm of possibility. meantime, a gas tax holiday is looking more likely even though the white house has not
this is, is this going to put democrats in a politically uncomfortable position like ryan was talking about by setting a number here. if they proceed with this, it would argue the argument you heard from the white house and democrats that there s not enough time to raise the debt ceiling by doing that reconciliation process. that s the much more complicated and cumbersome process that would take some time. the president said they were losing days to be able to go with that. and i think when you talk about, why did mcconnell make this offer? look at what president biden told me last night. it s a high possibility they d consider changing the rules to the senate filibuster in order to raise the borrowing limit. that would be significant and seems to be playing a factor into mcconnell s thinking. tell us about this meeting president biden convened with bank leaders and top ceos. what was their message to him? essentially the reason this was designed by the white house was to put more
speaker pelosi remains adamant they will take up that $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan on monday. there s also the government funding deadline on wednesday that they re up against. so it s going to be a critical week here in congress, but here s where things get sticky. moderates and progressives could not be further apart. not just on what they re looking for in the reconciliation package, not just on what they want to spend, what they want to spend it on, but when they want to spend it. you heard from senator manchin after that meeting at the white house, president biden convened in which he said he doesn t even think this needs to happen this year. and he s not alone in the senate or the house with that thinking. but despite all of that, democrats control the house, the senate, and the white house, and they know they need to get this done. here s what congresswoman debbie dingell, a democrat from michigan said on our air this morning. we have to get both bills. you can t
tonight marking six months in office, president biden insisting he s delivering on his promise on covid and the economy. but from rising prices to rising crime, republicans are painting a very different picture. kelly o donnell is at the white house for us reporter: a six-month milestone. today for the first time, president biden convened his team without distancing, elbow to elbow in the cabinet room we re delivering on our promises. reporter: his stewardship over the covid crisis, the highest priority we have to stay vigilant, especially with the delta variant that s out there. reporter: the president did deliver on his early pledge to speed vaccinations, but now struggles to convince hesitant americans to get the shots. on the economy, he says now more americans are working. 3 million jobs, more than any administration has done in the first six months of being in office. reporter: but today house republicans delivered their own six-month report card, including blasting