footage the statesman writes, arrendondo is trying to find keys to open the classroom doors even though officials say they do not believe officers tried to open either door. the texas tribune reports, officers held their positions outside adjoining classrooms as the gunman fired aft least three more times. the tribune released a surveillance picture, 12:04 p.m., that shows multiple officers with at least two ballistic shields. police would not enter the classroom for another 46 minutes. in transcripts reviewed by the tribune, officers were growing impatient. one agent asks, are there still kids in the classroom? to which another agent answers, it is unknown at this time. the agent replies, you all don t know if there s kids in there? if there s kids in there, we need to go in there. the other agent responds, whoever is in charge will determine that. all of those officers are trained in an active shooter situation. and from the very beginning, even the ones that didn t hav
shield. there also appear to be at least two rifles there. that picture was taken at 11:52 a.m. that s just 19 minutes after the gunman first entered the school. and 58 minutes before officers took him down. now, there s another picture obtained by the texas tribune this time that shows multiple officers armed with rifles there. ballistic shields, multiple shields. and axe-like tools. most of which the tribune reports were never deployed. now, we must note, we do not know at what point in the standoff this image was taken. but it does seem by these images that police were well equipped to storm the gunman. and this is raising new questions and understandably new anger about the police response by uvalde officers. we re also learning that some officers on the scene questioned the plan, as confusion delayed the breaching of the classrooms with kids still inside. rosa flores is live in san antonio this morning. rosa, with the new images that really just delve further in to w
a curb and ran into a number of people in midtown manhattan. athena jones is here with us. what can eye tell us? victor, this is just breaking, 12:59 p.m., a taxi jumped a curb and struck three people. three of them critically injured. they were sent to a local hospital according to the nypd. it appears this is just an accident. this is being investigated by the detectives on the scene and the taxicab driver remained on the scene. four people struck, three people critically injured and taken to the hospital after a taxicab jumped the curb and hit the people walking on the sidewalk. we don t know the condition of the driver, although we know the driver is still on the scene. this happened around broadway and 29th street. for people who have any sense of manhattan, this is a few hours south of the empire state building. you can imagine how many people were on the sidewalk on a day like today, when it happened just before 1:00 p.m. as of right now, it s being investigated as a
were coming in to make a citizens arrest. hearing number four, the attack on the capitol. mika, we ve been talking about it this week, it s been a theme of violence in american politics. one side promoting violence, that is, of course, the trump wing of the republican party, where there s a consequence starting in 2015 where donald trump in 2016 was saying beat up protesters. i remember the time when they used to go out an a stretcher. right. if you beat them up, i ll pay for your defense. praising a member of a republican member of congress. for being up a reporter for asking a question about health care policy. talking about violence, having violent imagery. this leads to one threat after another threat after another threat. to ultimately an attempt to overturn the election. the hearing was marked by testimony of threats of violence and in some cases actual violence. and against elected officials who refused to help donald trump overturn the 2020 election. and aga
survives and families from uvalde, but knows full well that he needs republicans on board. i think there is a realization on the part of rational republicans, and i consider senator mcconnell a rational republican, i think that there is a realization on their part that we can t continue like this. bright and early this thus mor tuesday morning, jasmine wright is in washington for us. he called them rational republicans. does that bode well for the white house? reporter: i think only time will tell, but i think that the president sure hopes that it does. he said that it was his hope and prayer that people are being becoming more rational about these things especially after the two back to back major mass shootings. now, i think that the president, he said that he is optimistic about having republicans like cornyn deputized by mitch mcconnell leading these efforts, but he also acknowledged in terms of executive actions that there are only a limited amount of things that h