elementary school auto could have been stopped within three minutes if it wasn t for the indivisiveness of the on scene commander. in a special hearing with the texas senate, the state s director of public safety testified that police had everything they needed to take the shooter down minutes after he entered the school. at least seven officers were in the building. at least two of them had rifles. and the classroom door was likely never locked. instead, uvalde school district police chief peter aday dough ordered everyone to stay back and wait one error 1 hour and 14. that s how long the children waited torres could youd. and while they waited, the on site commander waited for radio and rifles and he waited for shield and then he waited for swat. lastly he waited for a key that was never needed. he also pushed back on jeff arredondo s handling of the response and insistence on the need to wait despite some officers openly questioning the decision not to immediately storm
let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, ramping up. the justice department is ratcheting up its investigation into january 6th. according to the washington post tonight, federal agents issued subpoenas on people in at least two states. part of a growing probe into how trump supporters tried to use fake electors to overturn the 2020 presidential election. at least one subpoena was delivered to the home of a georgia lawyer who signed documents claiming to be a trump elector according to the post. of course, there were no trump electors because he didn t win that state. but this was the scheme. would-be trump electors in michigan were also reportedly subpoenaed. so georgia and michigan right now. and you ll remember, we learned in yesterday s hearing that republican senator ron johnson of wisconsin allegedly tried to get a list of fake electors from his home state and from michigan to vice president mike pence before the joint session of cong
months as americans hit the road for the summer. plus i didn t want to be used as a pawn. republican elected officials go point by point through donald trump s efforts to throw out the 2020 election. now the january 6 lt committee calls on a key west wing insider to share his story. and is the trump brand fading. voters say yes to very late trump pick in alabama, but georgia republicans again defy the former president. this time in two house races. up first for us, new white house push to lower gas prices through the summer driving season. today president biden will ask the congress to suspend the gas tax for three months, july, august and september, and he will call on states to do the same. at an event this afternoon, the president will demand oil companies do work to lower gas prices including ramping up production. it is a big white house play on this year s dominant economic and political issue. high gas price asks the much broad problem with inflation and economic a
gun safety legislation in the senate tonight. it is minimal legislation by anyone s score. but it is the only legislation that has moved through there they are in the last 30 years. 14 republican senators voting for it, including senator mcconnell, and john cornyn, after he got booed in texas this weekend, for exactly this, either publican state convention in texas. so, something is definitely gonna happen and everyone who was advocating for this cause we ll go back to work advocating for more. as soon as this passes. but it is a very big moment in the history of the subject, and the senate tonight. literally, it s been decades of nothing. and this may be a small something that it is not nothing. and that is big news when it comes to that issue. thank you, lawrence. rachel, you ve worked too hard. get out of here. i ll take it for the rest of the day. thank you, rachel. tonight s other breaking news is that the january 6th committee has secured the cooperation of a docu
the gop officials who stood up to their parties leader to uphold democracy. and they face threats of violence for simply doing their jobs. election workers unsafe in their own communities after being singled out at the former presidents, and the active threat they face today. so in light of all of this, what does accountability look like? and where do we go from here. it is all ahead at the 11 hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie role. explosive and emotional revelations on capitol hill today, as of january six committee had its fourth hearing. the committee argued that donald trump played a key role in the plot to put forward slates, a fake pro trump election as in states joe biden won. senator state officials and one election worker described the intense pressure campaign and the violent threats they face as trump and his allies spread lies about election fraud. these public servants wouldn t go along with donald trump