hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york on state of the union day when president joe biden delivers that state of the union address to we thought it was important to remember that that address will take place in what amounts to a crime scene. for which there has yet to be accountability for many of its perpetrators. members of the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th have been swept into the largest investigation in justice department history. more than 950 of them from all 50 states have been arrested. at least half of them have pleaded guilty to charges. on trial right now at this very moment on the rare and historically significant charge of seditious conspiracy, the right-wing militia groups, the oath keepers and the proud boys, the groups that form the tip of the spear of the mob that reached the capitol on that day, january 6, 2021. what about the campaign staffers? attorneys, activists, officials, the members of congress who helped put into motion complex
congress. to pass new gun control legislation as the nation grapples with yet another mass shooting, but gop lawmakers contacted by cnn are resisting this latest call for reform, and there s more uncertainty surrounding the potential indictment of former president trump in new york sources now say in manhattan grand jury won t revisit the trump case during the rest of this week. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the city. aeration room. we begin this hour with all the new video and new information about the nashville school shooting and the attacker who was killed by police. cnn s aymara walker has our report and we want to warn our viewers. some of the video is disturbing. no body cameras revealed police running toward the sound of gunfire without hesitation. about 3.5 minutes elapsed between the time they go in. bbo . and when they confront the shooter. metro nashville police said these two officers op
in the pacific as he reasoned with lawmakers for billions in more funding for their budget. one of his driving forces and concerns could prevent china from invading taiwan. we must act with a greater sense of urgency. we don t have the luxury of t time. we must act now to preserve this free and open indo pacific. reporter: he put it plainly there is more to do when it comes to china especially as we learn more about china s plans from recently leaked classified documents. the supersonic spy drone is not only credibly fast but it operates at high altitudes. it would help turn up with mapping and strategy planning and possibly future strikes. at the same time, u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen voiced her concerns when it comes to china. the john hopkins school of advanced international studies, she made it clear national security and defending human rights are the chief objectives even if it comes at an economic cost. she also said the biden administration is now conside
up maps of the school showing entry points and gained entry to the school by shooting through a side door. listen. all units, be advised we are under a mass casualty alert. the school shooting off the midtown off the veteranton hill multiple victims down. private christian school in nashville upscale green hills community. entered and began lob i can t area they immediately headed in that direction. when the officers got to the second level, they saw a shooter, a female. who was firing. the officers engaged her. she was fatally shot by responding police officers. police have identified the attacker as audrey hail a 28-year-old nacialg resident who is transgender and identifies as a woman. police say at some point she had attended the school which serves students in preschool through sixth grade. police identified the victims as custodian mike hill. substitute teacher cynthia peak and catherine coons who is interested on covenant s website as the head of school. three
floating above the continental united states, and we don t know what data it s collecting. you can see it right there on your screen and it s visable to people on the ground in montana. at least it has been since wednesday. today beijing confirmed it is theirs, claiming it is a, quote, unquote, civilian research air ship that went off course, but minutes ago, the pentagon flatly rejected that claim, calling it a surveillance balloon. secretary of state antony blinken s upcoming trip to china has now been postponed. the pro vocative move is inflaming a u.s.-china relationship already on the brink with tensions over everything from taiwan to tiktok. cnn s natasha bertrand is here to break it all down for us. natasha, there is so much to talk about here. so let s start at the beginning. what do we know about this balloon? yeah. so here, just to get a sense for the scale of this thing, this is the balloon, and what we know about it is that it is the size of about three busses.