boys group are now charged with seditious conspiracy. we are learning a capitol police officer who was injured in an altercation with that group will be one of the first people to testify thursday during the january 6th committee s primetime public hearing. also this morning, fast-moving developments on the efforts to get some form of gun legislation passed on capitol hill and what by all accounts is a critical week. details on what could be included in a bipartisan teal and what is likely going to be left out. and will they take action this time? we ll see. those negotiations are happening, though. as we hear heartbreaking new details about what happened inside robb elementary school. frightening details frankly. it s two weeks ago today. this is an interview you re about to hear with abc news of a fourth grade teacher who says initially he who says he initially told his students to pretend they were asleep when all of this began shortly after he came face-to-face wi
with primary races under way in seven states. california, iowa, mississippi, montana, new jersey, new mexico and south dakota. polls are just opening now in california. one of the races closely watched is the los angeles mayoral race in which democratic congresswoman karen bass is facing off developer rick caruso. in montana, ryan zing ki who left congress to become the terror secretary is trying to return to the house representing the state s congressional district there. a top gop target this fall, iowa s third congressional district, the three candidates facing off in the republican primary hoping to flip that house seat this fall. joining us are national political correspondent steve kornacki at the big board and steve patterson in los angeles. let s start with steve kornacki, good morning. what are you keeping an eye on this morning? a lot to watch today, jose. there are seven states holding primaries. you can see this is actually kind of a super tuesday. this is the b
as we speak, voters in seven states are heading to the polls in some critical primary races. the results, expected to give us some important clues about which party could control the house and more specifically, which wing could control congress. but what s driving voters to the polls? what is their motivating? a new survey shows americans frankly are fed up with politics right now. two-thirds of democrats and republicans think most candidates are thinking of themselves, not their constituents. one issue affecting everyone is skyrocketing gas prices. a gallon of regular gas is now more than $5 in states plus d.c. and some americans can t afford to fill the tank anymore. gas prices are killing us. i m trying to get a second job. i m trying not to follow all the politic, but i m starting to because of everything. we know a police officer will testify before the january 6th committee in its first prime time hearing. two sources telling nbc news that caroline edwards will t
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
there s active shooter. how an 18-year-old can get this militarized weaponry anywhere is beyond me. please stay engaged. don t forget them, please. i beg you. show them to the world. when he died, i died with him. we cannot outlaw tragedy but can he can make america safer. we can finally do what we have to do to protect the lives of our people and of our children. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. it is member aerial day wee memorial day weekend, a time to honor and men and women who have served the military. and there is grief and shock over two horrific shootings over the last two weeks. tomorrow president biden will travel to uvalde, texas to mourn with a community heartbroken by two state school massacres. look at your screen, these 19 children, mere fourth graders, slaughtered along with their two teachers. tonight, long lines of people are enduring near 100-degree heat to place flowers and other remembrances at the memorial outsi