don t die thank you for joining us this hour. i m a myth muddiness. 1 am on the east coast, midnight in uvalde, texas, where a mass shooting at an elementary school has left 19 children and two teachers dead, as well as a shooter. several more people are injured. that makes it the deadliest school shootings since the attack on sandy hook elementary school in connecticut, a decade ago, were 20 we are the only nation in the world that has so many school shootings, that we have to rank them by body count over years and decades. let that sink in. like today shooting, the sandy hook massacre in 2012 happened at a elementary school, and in the aftermath, there was such collective national horror what had happened, that it really seemed, for a moment, like something might change. that we might actually do something. we ve gotten so used to being in this country that it is hard to remember now, but there was this genuine sense that something had finally snapped. with 21st graders
asking for yet another four years in the white house together just 18 months ago. and then they lost. but when only one was prepared to acknowledge that, it seems, well, that there s no love that has now been lost between them. in talking january 6th, pence once said he didn t think he and trump would ever see eye to eye about that day. intimating that it was time to move beyond the 2020 election. today, pence has slolidified tht disconnect, stumping for georgia governor, brian kemp, a candidate who has wholly rejected trump s big lie, at least as a campaign platform-winning strategy. i am here to support brian kemp in tomorrow s republican primary. i can honestly say i was for brian kemp before it was cool. when you say yes to governor brian kemp tomorrow, you will send a deafening message all across america that the republican party is the party of the future. and with that, trump s former vice president just may have made the biggest and boldest break yet from the ma
it s georgia, who donald trump most wants to win who stopped his bid tooverturn the 2020 election . at this hour, the second in-person summit of the quad is undergoing. they re holding one on one talks. the meeting between mr. biden and the indian prime minister set to begin later this hour. just a day earlier, ended up boosting trade ties with several asia pacific countries. all part of boosting the u.s. alliance. but for all the four meetings and photo ops, it s what biden said when he went off screen. take a listen. you didn t want to get involved in the ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan, if it comes to that? yes. you are? that s the commitment we made. the white house was quick to down play those comments sghicist u.s. policy on china and taiwan has not changed. and in just the last hour, mr. biden himself clarified the policy hasn t changed. beijing is telling the united states not to
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
almost two decades from america s largest protestant denomination. tonight we hear from survivors. i was called a liar, i was called mentally deranged. dickerson: vaccinating america s youngest, the important news for parents, how soon could you child under five be eligible for a covid shot? tonight s other top headlines, the manhunt for the suspect accused of killing a man on a new york city subway. a warning about elder fraud scams. meet the nun responsible for a woman s sports dynasty. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. dickerson: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. i m john dickerson in for norah. tonight, help for some of america s most vulnerable, babies, is on the way. but for many families, the shelves are still missing the form whether they need to feed their children. an air force plane with tons of hypoallergenic formula landed in indiana and a second flight