of a football season with a military deployment. he address that at his press conference. earlier this week i made a statement about playing football and the military. it was a very poor choice of words. and i want to express that to any sentiments out there that people may have taken it in a certain way. so i apologize. didn t elaborate further than that. said he knows the difference between the two. smart to apologize. great to see you, carolin. new day continues right now. 19 days until the midterms i m john berman with brianna keilar. some democrats have been keeping their campaign distance from president biden but he traveled to battleground pennsylvania, touting his infrastructure law and raising money for democratic candidate john fetterman. fetterman is neck and neck with mehmet oz in a race that could determine control of the u.s. senate. today he ll be in delaware talking about the student loan relief program. another hotly contested senate race is in ge
school shooting in uvalde, texas that killed 19 children and two teachers. commands given by a texas state police captain may have contributed to the failed response that day. a tactical team ready to breach the classroom was ordered to stand by. cnn s crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz has more on this. this is sad to learn about this. tell us about the new developments. reporter: troubling in the sense that even though this breach team, this tactical team wound up going in anyway, we learned that a captain with the state police, the department of public safety, gave orders to the breaching team to stand by. this is renewing questions and the focus on the actions of the commanders and the state police on that day. and really who was in charge still remains the big question. amid the chaos at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas where nearly 400 law enforcement responded to a