states will in fact send advance rocket systems to the war-torn country. we ll have more on what changed the president s mind there. along with joe and mika, we ve got mike barnicle and elise jordan and the former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. we will begin in texas, where the official account has changed again, about how the gunman who killed 19 children and their two teachers entered that school in uvalde. last friday, you ll rememberer the director of the department of public safety said a teacher had propped open a door through which the gunman entered the school. well, now, the agency said the teacher had come back to close the door but it just failed to lock. this new account comes after an attorney for the teacher told the san antonio express news the teacher did prop open the door using a rock to carry food from her car into the school. when she saw the gunman crash his car into a ditch, she went back inside to get her phone to report t
all that s possible is infuriating to the majority of the american people. this is extremely granular. this is a group of people who will so far has not been able to deliver what the american public really needs and is asking for on a whole host of issues. and it just shows what the power of the filibuster looks like in the united states senate. i m getting calls from friends who live abroad. from friends who are from outside the united states, and they just don t understand how it can be that when a majority of americans support basic things like background checks that is just not happening. in congress. and, of course, i think while it is important to keep the momentum up on this moment, of this opportunity, it s also important to kind of really make the case, i think, for biden to the american people, that, hey, you know, we don t have to have a minortarian government.
so the filibuster looks like it s here to stay. any hope is going out the window with manchin s wiping his hands and saying i m going to leave the filibuster alone. so really quickly you re saying this is about manchin wanting to stay in power. now, as we know, senator manchin has said no, this is about protecting the senate and the institution. whatever do you say to that? i think that that s bologna. manchin is looking after his own hide here. and this is a setback simply because somebody that is part of the democratic party, it s unfortunate. and i think biden should call manchin out by name instead of doing low-ebb kind of, somebody that s causing a problem. voting rights now are being threatened in the united states, and republicans are scoring a big victory because of a democrat from west virginia. douglas brinkley, thank you so much for sharing your views. we appreciate it.