good day. this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. the senate has taken the first step toward the most significant federal gun safety legislation in nearly three decades. voting last night to move ahead with a compromise bill by 64-34. notably with 14 republicans, including mitch mcconnell, voting to proceed. in a few minutes, i will be joined by senator and lead negotiator chris murphy to break down what s in the bill and what s not. in uvalde, texas, a shocking time line from the state s top public official that local police did make it into the robb elementary school with protective shields and rifles within minutes of the gunman arriving while children and one teacher was alive and calling for help, they waited more than an hour before border police breached the rooms. the doors apparently were not locked as previously claimed. there s compelling evidence that the law enforcement response to the attack at robb elementary was an abject failure to everything we
the public. reporter: they talked to ivanka trump, whose comments seemed to contradict what she told the committee under oath about whether she believed the election was stolen. plus, easing the sting of gas prices. at the white house next hour president biden will call on congress to suspend the federal gas tax for three months. but is this proposal likely to hit a dead end in congress? speaker pelosi called it good pr just a few months ago. also on capitol hill, a major breakthrough in gun legislation with a senate vote coming as soon as friday. this is the most significant anti-gun violence bill that congress has voted on in 30 years. the senate action comes as new details about the uvalde school shooting massacre sparked new outrage. new testimony that the shooter could have been taken down in a matter of minutes, just adding to the devastation of victims families. i just don t get how you can hear these kids, you know, crying and asking for help, but you re
i m geeta guru murthy live in westminster bringing you the latest reaction to the vote. in other news, a man who remained a member of the banned group national action after the ban in 2016 has been jailed for action after the ban in 2016 has beenjailed for eight and action after the ban in 2016 has been jailed for eight and a half years today. monitoring groups call for government intervention to ease rising fuel prices. they rac says it cost £98 to fill the average car with petrol now. good afternoon. borisjohnson has told the cabinet the government can now draw a line under the issues their opponents want to talk about following last night s vote of confidence in his leadership. the prime minister survived despite a significant rebellion by 41% of his own mps. mrjohnson said it was a decisive result but his tory critics maintain that his days are numbered. let sjoin my colleague geeta guru murthy in college green. thank you very much indeed. we are gathering reac
the january 6th committee. that house committee is still at work. one of the washington post reporters behind the latest january 6th scoop will join us. plus, for the first time we re learning of the secret scramble on the day of the insurrection, prompted by something president trump said and something the house committee is now investigating. also, the race to lead the country s second biggest city going down to the wire, a billionaire businessman up against someone who at one point was reportedly on the short list for president biden s vp. we have a lot to get to. i want to bring in garrett haake, along with white house correspondent carol lee. i want to start with you, cara. at times briefings can be somewhat lighthearted. now this one. matthew mccoy hi had a very clear and emotional message not just to the audience in the briefing room, but presumably the audience watching live across the country. that s right, hallie, he made an impassioned plea to pass legislat
committee is about to go public with has been gleaned by more than a thousand interviews and more than 125,000 documents that s according to the washington post. it may very well represent the last and best chance to break the fever of trumpism and the hold that trump and the big lie have on millions of our fellow citizens. the nearly year and a half since the deadly insurrection, the gop has not just memory hold january 6th itself, but in many ways it s come to embrace the insurrection and what it represented. its leaders have gone from blaming trump angrily and privately considering casting him out to the political wilderness once and for all to choosing to politically resurrect him. the party declaring the events of january 6th as legitimate political discourse and many of the same people who tried to overturn the 2020 election are now laying the groundwork to overturn the next presidential election if it doesn t go their way. new york times reports this, key figures in