talk. why this uvalde teacher now says he s angry at law enforcement who he heard in the hallway while 11 of his students were being killed. and office ultimatums. return to the office or lose urjob. the tough decision more workers are now facing. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead today. president biden now getting involved as a key democratic senator says negotiations with republicans on gun reform have reached a, quote, critical stage. that democrat, chris murphy of connecticut, visited the white house today to give president biden a rundown of where bipartisan negotiations stand. before murphy headed back to the hill for yet another meeting with his fellow lawmakers. they have expressed growing optimism a deal for a narrow targeted bill could potentially be reached as soon as the end of this week. so what remains on the table? well, incentivized states to pass red flag laws. potential waiting periods for 18 to 21-year-olds buying
trump s call to walk to the u.s. capitol on january 6. it turns out the secret service actively considered options to get him there. stand by for our new reporting ahead of a pivotal prime time hearing on the insurrection this thursday. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight we re getting the most detailed and gut-wrenching account of what happened inside robb elementary school two weeks ago. a wounded teacher is now opening up about the slaughter as local officials keep failing to answer critically important questions. here is cnn s omar jimenez. our priorities are for the families who lost children reporter: despite a special security council meeting, tonight few answers from public officials. there is an investigation going on and we ll find out what happened. i want those answers just like everybody else. i want to be transparent. i want to be clear. there is a lot of
dream. most americans in a brand-new poll say the ability to achieve their true goals is increasingly out of reach. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. and john, hello to you. john: good to be with you on this tuesday. this is america reports. 61% of those polled by the wall street journal say they are pessimistic about being able to achieve the american dream. as families get crushed by record high gas prices, skyrocketing inflation. sandra: it is hard to believe, the average price of gasoline has jumped nationally today to another $0.05, i should say, overnight. and now setting a record for 28 of the past 29 days. the cost of gasoline has more than doubled since president biden took office. john: the white house is scrambling to respond to the growing economic crisis with a new plan on solar energy? critics say the move will only hurt american businesses even more. sandra: ro khanna will join us in moments. john: according to the white house,
nick queststead. he will be one of the key witnesses on thursday and he is expected to reveal more previously unseen video of the proud boys that day. we are also expecting to hear from u.s. capitol police officer caroline edwards, who was injured in the attack. she told nbc news garrett haake in october january 6th felt like a war zone. they started ripping down barriers. that s when the moment i knew this is not like any other protest. they approached our line. they injured me and a couple of officers by tearing down you know our barricade and then the fight on the west front began. it was chaos. i ve never seen anything like that. and now breaking just a few minutes ago, new reporting from the washington post that president trump had been insisting for two weeks before the insurrection that he wanted to march alongside his supporters to the capitol. joining me now is nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly, politico investigative reporter josh to besee and luke broadw
news breaking about how the secret service scrambled to find some way donald trump might have joined what we now know is a march that ended in a criminal breach of the cooperate that day. we re also learning this hearing will feature testimony by the first capitol officer injured as well as video evidence that appears to blow the lid on a sket military meeting in an underground parking garage. this was on insurrection eve. stewart. pleasure. pleasure s all mine. i m going stay close, just to make sure my guys are okay. okay. tomorrow. i got a lot of stuff to do tomorrow. that s what the meeting looked like. both of the individuals you see there are now awaiting their trials for sedition. one of the most serious types of conspiracies on the federal books. we ve got a lot going on tonight as i mentioned, so i m going to get right to it and bring in our special guest on this busy news week, barbara mcquade and veteran political strategist and former obama adviser and