national address, that is right, you paid for with your dime, and rate half of americans as threat to the very foundation of our country. watch. there is no question as republican party today is dominated and driven and intimidated by donald trump and the maga republicans. and that is a threat to this country. they embrace anger. they thrive on chaos. they live not a light of truth, but in the shadow of allies. they see carnage and darkness and despair. they spread fear and lies and that is why respective conservatives like circuit court judge michael has called trump an extreme maga republicans voted a clear and present danger to our democracy. kayleigh: but in the very same breath, he tried to be mr. unity. is in your american president, not a president of red america or blue america, but of all america, that is why tonight i m asking our nation to come together. you night and still believe in america that is decent and have respect for others. i know policies can b
chronological order, the lead up to january 6th, and now they are coming to the crucial moment, at the end, when the attack is going on, and addressing the question is what was donald trump doing. to me, i remember watching the events unfold, to me, the most memorable thing that donald trump said on that day when he finally was in the public, made a public statement, what did he say about people writing? he said, we love you. that, to me, sums up his approach towards this riot from the beginning. what we don t know and what we will start find out thursday night, is, what was happening inside the white house during those 187 minutes. who was talking to the president, what were they saying, what was the president saying in response and why wasn t he going to the public saying stop this madness. we all remember, and everyone was saying, where s the president? why isn t he saying anything right now? what is going on? the chairman, vinny thompson is telling our colleague that th
calling conservative voters and extremist threat to our democracy and ending this today. we understand we hit a nerve. we get that, we understand we are trying to hide and we understand that ultra maga officeholders want to play games and dodge accountability for their extreme proposals and actions. but they are telling on themselves. we are talking about an agenda that s not popular, talking about agendas that s incredibly extreme, talking about an agenda that s not in line for them a majority of americans. when you talk about extremists, were talking about a key piece component of the american pu public. greg: very small, but the crux. anyway, republicans planning a rebuttal to the speech by highlighting democrats record on crime and inflation. here is kevin mccarthy. speak of the problem with joe biden is he doesn t understand the soul of america, the tens and millions of hardworking law-abiding citizens that he vilifies. they want a safer and more prosperous america a
good evening to you, that is exactly it is absolutely horrific. robb elementary school, it is predominantly seven, eight, a nine -year-old straight tonight we ve learned there are 18 children who we re murdered by gunman at the school tonight as well as one adult. i want to show you one little girl missing tonight. this is a photo provided for us by her father. this is annabelle guadalupe rodriguez. his father her father says she has last contract with her. he is desperate to find out if she is okay or not brady provided this photo to texas rangers as well. she s a ten -year-old at the school, listen to what this father told us earlier tonight. i was working and i got an update that my daughter was at school where there was a shooting. and wait for more details and nobody ever called me back with details. now i come back into town to lick my daughter and i can find her. the video you are looking at right now is video that was posted to social media after th shooting too
mourning with them. 15 lives taken. so many more lives, so many families shattered forever. we ll have extensive live reporting and perspective on perhaps the saddest fact of modern american life. 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. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we begin sadly with yet another mass shooting here in the united states, this time at robb elementary school, elementary school, in uvalde, texas. cnn s ed lavandera is in dallas. he s got the latest information for us. what are authorities, ed, saying about how this happened? what s the latest information we have? reporter: wolf, a horrific day in uvalde, texas. and across this country as once again we are reeling from this horrific news as the governor of texas announced just a short while ago 14 of the 15 victims shot at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas today why children. the top security officer for