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
Payton Gendron, 19, is scheduled to appear in court Monday, according to court records. His lawyers didn t respond to phone messages or emails Thursday and prosecutors declined to comment.
The white gunman charged with killing 10 Black people in a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket is scheduled for arraignment Monday and could face the death penalty.
welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. this hour, the big city mayoral race dividing hollywood and democrats. plus, a man drowns after jumping into a reservoir. he calls out to police. why did police tell him they were not jumping in after him to save him? leading this hour, will emotional heart-wrenching testimony be enough to get congress to act to keep guns out of the wrong hands. lawmakers hear from a buffalo man whose son was gunned down in a grocery store in that town. as manu raju reports, gun reform negotiations in the senate are entering a critical stage as lawmakers hope to reach an agreement by the end of the week. after his mother was murdered in the buffalo grocery store massacre, garnell witfield made this appeal to senators today. do something. because if there is nothing,
President Joe Biden choked up in Buffalo when he talked about one of the Tops supermarket shooting victims, who was killed while shopping for a birthday cake for his young son.