the nashville school shooter, school work or home. this is we learned investigators believe audrey hale had some kind of weapons training before gunning down 39 year olds and three adults. plus a stunning new filing in the dominion lawsuit against fox news, newly revealed emails show, fox news chief executive told staff not to fact check trump s election lies because it was quote bad for business. what about what s good for journalism? just a question and then a parent complaints and now a florida school district is reviewing in 1998 disney movie about ruby bridges, integrating a new orleans school. we re talking with the movie screenwriter. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start today with our national lead in just a few hours from now the city of nashville will come together for a candlelight vigil to honor the three children and three adults gunned down at their school earlier this week, and first lady jill biden, a teacher herself, is also
message that biden s are sending as another community reels from gun violence. we re also learning more about the nashville shooting investigation as the search for a motive continues police trying to track down when and where the shooter may have had weapons training. and justin donald trump is appealing a court ruling that would force his former chief of staff and other ex aides to testify in the january 6th investigation. this as a new york grand jury is set to take an extended break from its investigation of the former president. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. this hour. the people of nashville are coming together to grieve for the victims of the covenant elementary school shooting with first lady joe biden there to offer her support. she has just arrived. this comes as do information about the investigation is now emerging. carlos suarez and diane gallagher on the ground for us in nat
had been under a doctor s care for an emotional disorder. law enforcement also revealed that the shooter s parents cannot think that 28-year-olds should own weapons. the disturbing details putting a renewed focus on the nation s gun laws. president biden pointing some fingers at the same time. i, again, call on congress to pass the assault weapons ban. this should not be a partisan issue. it s a common sense issue. i want you to know who isn t doing it. who isn t helping. ahead, i ll talk to a tennessee state representative who rushed to the scene after the shooting. why he says thoughts and prayers are never enough. plus, former vice president mike pence in iowa fueling more 2024 speculation, even as both he and his former boss face a major legal blow. a federal judge has ruled pence must testify in the justice department s probe of donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the latest on how pence is responding. and a perfect storm of devastation in missi
the manhattantoday. they will be in tomorrow. but they won t be working on the donald trump hush money case. at least not right now. and that is about all that we know at this moment. it is unclear when the grand jury will be meeting on donald trump again. there is a report saying the case is taking a one-month break starting next week, but our nbc news team says to treat that pronouncement with caution. at minimum, d.a. alvin bragg can still use the grand jury tomorrow, next monday or next wednesday on donald trump. as always, our sources add the agenda is fluid, and can change at any moment. we re going to get an update from someone who used to work in the d.a. s office in just a second. there are also developments in the january 6th special counsel investigation. former vp mike pence now says he and his team are considering whether to appeal a federal judge s order to force him to testify. here he is in iowa today. when are you going to decide on any possible appeal of t
sieve. you didn t see a lot of drama or palace intrigue. what you saw was surgical execution day after day after day. ron desantis taking a not so subtle jab at former president donald trump. the florida governor s book tour is bringing more attention to the 2024 gop presidential race even though he s not yet officially a candidate. also ahead, the latest on the kidnapping of four americans in mexico and why officials think the group was ambushed right after crossing the border. plus, we ll have expert analysis on the major fight happening right now in ukraine as both sides battle over the city of bakhmut. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 7th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin here as election deniers are claiming victory this morning after three more republican led states announced that they re pulling out of a national bipartisan program that helps protect against voter fraud. election official