of the national school shooting gets underway soon. the first lady jill biden, is set to attend, as police revealed the shooter may have had weapons training. also, tonight, we ve learned that the new york grand jury investigating donald trump will take a break for most of april. how might that impact the decision on whether to indict the former president? and the crisis unfolding in israel right now is testing relations big time with the united states. we re tracking the tensions after president biden criticized prime minister benjamin netanyahu s divisive judicial overall plan. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. and let s go right to nashville. right now. we re mourners are gathering to honor the three children and three adults shot dead at the covenant elementary school there . cnn s carlos suarez is joining us right now. he s just outside the school. carlos this vigil is being held tonight
17th. president xi is headed to russia. they tried to portray themselves as a neutral party. the west is skeptical and concerned that china is considering providing russia with weapons. and a cnn exclusive. two dozen mar-a-lago staffers have been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury. this is connection to the special counsel investigation into the handling of classified documents. also banks rescuing another bank? first republic bank is set to receive a $30 billion life line. the money coming from a group of major banks including j.p. morgan chase and wells fargo. a dramatic last second shot, a tiger s tail turning into a cinderella story in a day of madness ahead. we ll break down the ncaa tournament. also new songs sure to move up the charts quickly and swiftly. we have taylor s new tracks that were released while you were sleeping. cnn this morning starts right now. all of the girls you did say swiftly. you did that on purpose. did you get up last
deals with that caucus after the small but effective group of republicans showed impact. yanked away mid tirade against congressman gaetz. now, that process was used to take new powers away from leadership and em power mccarthy foes. in a new piece reporting that whatever everyone think of gaetz his critics across the spectrum acknowledge he must be dealt with after the speaker clash, and mccarthy allies don t like it, saying it s not the outcome they preferred but gaetz s stature has been elevated. true on house rules and visibility as well. mccarthy setbacks in this early period, they often played as gaetz s gains. there are a handful of far right holdouts and they warn they will not support him. the more conservative freedom caucus members pledged not to vote for kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy celebrating a victory that almost didn t happen. this looks like a bit of a heated conversation. this is incredible. this is an incredible moment. mccarthy is directly enga
the shooter who you see on the screen appears to have been unable to find anyone to shoot. we can also see how quick and brave the response from both staff members and the first responders was. this woman was outside the school, out in the open when police arrived. not only was she putting herself in danger by not getting into a more secure location. but listen how she communicated to the police when they arrived. that woman quickly and concisely told the police everything they needed to know, be careful, two kids might still be in the hallways, people inside are telling her that the shooter is upstairs. seconds after that, the police had entered the building. the police then cleared the room, they cleared room after room methodically and with breathtaking speed. it s clear they have trained for this moment. and when they ultimately heard gunshots, they sprinted toward them. they neutralized the shooter. it s a testament to the teachers in a building for locking down so effec
great to have you here, ali. i m going to show the audience something that happened in the senate today that i ve never seen before. the senate chaplain who begins every day in the senate with a prayer, the senate chaplain gave up today on thoughts and prayers. the senate chaplain said that thoughts and prayers are not enough after that mass murder that we saw in nashville yesterday in that school. and it was quite a challenge that he issued to senators, especially republican senators. we ll have that later in this hour. i ll have a few words to say about it. yeah. i spoke to the father of joaquin oliver who died at parkland. he said, it s on us now to all change things, and you can t get away with being sad about it. you have to actually stand up for the next kid so that they don t get shot. i m looking forward to the show. thank you. well, there is a new judge in town, and the bad news for donald trump is the new judge is issuing rulings exactly like the previous