investigative information to come forward to help us in our decision making process. and i will stick to that. all right. i ll tell you this, if he s not fired by noon tomorrow, then i want your resignation and every single one of you board members because you do not give a damn about our children or us. stand with us or against us because we ain t going nowhere. we ll bring you more from the meeting tonight and talk to angel garza, who s step daughter was killed along with 18 other students and two teachers that day. also tonight there is more video unseen until now from inside the school. the video underscores what a report released yesterday from a texas state house committee ca called systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making, unquote. according to the committee s report, there are 376 law enforcement officers who responded to the scene. 376. yet, as a full hour ticked away, not one of them managed to do what all first responders are trained to do, which
now it is time to do my time. just 30% say that they approve of president biden s handling of the economy. the president trying to salvage his domestic agenda or what is left of it. it is tuesday, july 19, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. and we begin with the u.n. chief warning that half of humanity is in the, quote, danger zone for extreme weather as heatwaves strike across the northern hemisphere. in the u.s., then tens of millions of people are under heat alerts. and highs above 90 degrees fahrenheit the next week, that is more than 32 degrees celsius. oklahoma and texas are getting the worst of it with excessive heat warnings in major cities like dallas where highs could reach a staggering 110 degrees fahrenheit. the organization in charge of the texas power grid has already recorded 30 days of record demanding since early may. and there are fires including this one in central texas which is forcing evacuations and consuming homes. the w
fights criminal contempt charges. and summer sand and shark infested waters. enhanced technology is on the hunt where sharks have been on the attack. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with breaking news in our politics lead. president biden s approval rating hitting a new low in cnn polling. take a look. only 38% of people approve of the way joe biden is handling his job as president. 62% disapprove. this dismal number comes as president biden returns from his middle east trip. the white house touting the trip a success, saying the president renewed support for the region and set expectations that gas prices could steady in the coming weeks. but those successes in some quarters being overshadowed by this moment, biden fist bumping saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, who the u.s. says is to blame for the slaughter of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi in 2018. biden trying to brush it off from reporters upon his return to the white house.
the overall state of the country. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is a critical week in the insurrection investigation as the january 6th select committee prepares to hold another potentially explosive hearing in prime time. at the same time, trump ally steve bannon is now standing trial for defying the panel s subpoena to testify. court just wrapped up for the day. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has all of the new developments. tonight, steve bannon s criminal trial for contempt of congress finally beginning with jury selection after his lawyers tried repeatedly to delay and bannon made a last-minute offer to testify before the january 6th committee. prosecutors saying his late offer will not make up for the near year he s refused to comply with the committee s subpoena. the trial will likely last just a few days. bannon has pleaded not guilty to two counts of c
reports this monday. president biden arriving back in the united states to a whirlwind of economic troubles. hello, i m john roberts. guess who else came back from saudi arabia. jacqui: hundreds of families lining up at food pantries, many look for help in a time of historically high prices. gas prices soaring along with grocery costs, there are many seeking free food for the first time and more are arriving on foot. john: as now polling shows 31% of voters approve on biden s job on the economy and only 25% approve of his handling of inflation. and just 17% rate the economy positively. that s the lowest in nearly ten years. all of this offering a grim outlook for democrats in november. jacqui: texas senator john cornyn is here with the fallout over the trip to saudi arabia, and the economic crisis. peter doocy, and what good news is the white house pointing to, peter? peter: great question, jacqui. to the point that you just made about increased traffic at food pantr