out. our correspondents are covering every angle of the story, including our cnn teams on the ground in texas. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. without anyone initially trying to stop him. cnn national correspondent jason carroll is on the scene for us. jason, police revealed alarming new details as you well know as they face very serious questions right now about their response to the massacre. reporter: yes, wolf. as you know, a lot of details that authorities still have to clarify out here, especially after they gave out that bad information about who had initially responded to the shooting. all of this as parents out here in this community are still frustrated, very, very angry, and looking for answers as to why it took more than an hour to take counsel the shooter. tonight cnn has obtained video showing frantic parents gathered beyond the police line while the shooter was inside
latino. a texas lawmaker says ramos legally purchased the two rifles used in the shooting from a federally authorized dealer on his 18th birthday. just three days earlier a photo of two ar-15-style rifles was posted on an instagram account linked to the gunman. the massacre is the deadliest at a u.s. elementary school since 20 children and six adults were killed in the 2012 sandy hook shooting in newtown, connecticut. u.s. president joe biden says it is time for americans and lawmakers to stand up to the gun lobby and pass common sense regulations. why are we willing to live with this carnage? why do we keep letting this happen? where in god s name is our backbone? the president is just back from a trip to asia. he ordered flags at the white house and other public buildings lowered to half staff. well, parents waited late into the night at a civic center on tuesday hoping to be reunited with their children. cnn s ed lavandera in texas with more. reporter: late into the
hospital. we do not know the full status there. governor abbott of texas says the shooter who is also dead was an 18-year-old male who attended the local high school. officials believe he acted alone and had a handgun and possibly a rifle. there is so much we do not know tonight, we do know, though, it is the worst school shooting in the united states since 17 people died at marjorie douglas high school in parkland florida in 2018. i said it s a small town, it is, about 16,000 people live there in the southern part of the state, about 85 miles west of san antonio. moments ago, president biden arrived back at joint base andrews. he is headed to the white house. administration officials say he has been briefed and will address the nation in the next hour. we expect vice-president to address the president this hour. cnn s ed lavandera outfront tonight in dallas, texas and ed, as i said, there is so much we do not know and obviously so much we will never understand, but what ar
heard them? charlie? charlie is charlie can t hear, so we re going to move on. mayor, let me ask you this question, then, because you can t forget that georgia was ground zero to the former president s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the man he tried to pursue to try to find more votes on that infamous phone call is secretary of state brad raffensperger, running against jody hice. hice has repeated false claims about the 2020 election. so the big lie is on the ballot in this race for sure, no? yes, and i have long believed that donald trump does not make winners. he goes with winners. so he doesn t have some magic wand that he can just anoint someone a winner, and he has not made good choices in georgia. it s going to be interesting to see. we know what s happening with perdue. the polling is showing that he is down by a lot, so people are expecting that kemp may win tomorrow without having to go into a runoff, win the primary tomorrow. the secretary of state s rac
hello, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m john vause. you re watching cnn newsroom. and just ahead, the white house walks back joe biden s promise the u.s. would intervene militarily if china attacks taiwan, causing confusion and concern ahead of a summit between the u.s., japan, australia, and india. revenge fantasy. of all the primary races across the u.s., it s the state of georgia where donald trump wants a win for his endorsed candidates. and a love triangle turns into tragedy. an elite cyclist is dead and u.s. marshals now looking for the woman accused of murdering her. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. right now, the second in-person summit of the quad this year is under way in tokyo. leaders of this informal alliance between the u.s., japan, australia, and india, will soon head into a working lunch and then one-on-one meetings after that. just a day earlier, the u.s. president launched a new