versus what lawmakers are willing to do. i m going to talk to a key republican negotiator next. and the fbi stepping in after an overnight arrest near the home of supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. we ll have the latest on the shocking threat. plus, pro golfers putting their reputations on the line for a paycheck. some say is blood money. ready to key off with saudi arabia s new lead, ignoring the country s record on human rights and the murder of a washington post columnist. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the upsetting testimony describing the human toll of gun violence in the united states, front and center on capitol hill today. families of victims from the mass shootings in buffalo, new york, and uvalde, texas, described before the house oversight committee not just the horrific attacks but what they want to see congress do to prevent such tragedies from happening again. we also heard from the only pediatrician in uvalde who rushed to th
minister boris johnson s political fate now comes down to a secret vote. results due any minute will determine whether he survives. and more shipments of baby formula on the way, but so many u.s. parents desperately want to know where is all this formula going, and how do i get some? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our national lead and what seems to be growing optimism among negotiators in the u.s. senate that some kind of deal on guns can be reached. as the united states reels from yet another horrific weekend of gun violence. now, it s not clear exactly what this compromise on capitol hill might look like, whether it includes increased background checks or new mental health provisions and funding or encouraging states to enact red flag laws or all of the above, or none of the above. but one of the lead democratic negotiators, senator chris murphy of connecticut, told me this yesterday. i have never been part of negotiations as serious as t
ucisd campuses. we have been speaking to resident after resident here. a woman whose niece was killed, a local store employee whose cousin was killed, a fast food employee whose niece was killed. another person who is not too far from here, grew up going to robb elementary and then decades later, hears gunshots before calling 911. all of them were too heartbroken to go on camera, being that close to the story, but one thing we heard from every single one of them is that this goes beyond this week. this is something that is going to be with them for the rest of their lives. today, more funerals for teacher irma garcia and her husband, jose, who died of a heart attack just days after his wife was gunned down. the community grieving and frustrated, now with more services to come every day for the next week. as for arredondo, i leave it to his conscience, why didn t he do more. why didn t he do more? and what exactly was done in those moments is precisely what s under i
Speaking on behalf of the administration on the message of that day. So in those instances, they feel like they dont need to have a press briefing. But as you and i both know, there have been many occasions where the president has a spray or something in the oval office, talks to reporters a little bit and they still have a press briefing. There are a number of questions that need to be asked, one of them being this daca issue. But wolf, as you saw early this morning, the president likes it when the news sort of fits his tailored message. That is why its no mystery, i guess, that he was defending Sinclair Broadcasting early this morning and going after news outlets like our own which, of course, like to ask those questions they dont want to answer at the press briefing. All right, jim, thank you. Jim acosta reporting from the white house. Were also following the progress of that caravan. The caravan, as its Accident Call as its being called, seek
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When you look at these specific questions about outreach by the campaign to russia, arent these questions about collusion . Once again, im not going to get into a back and forth about questions leaked or anything having to do with the Special Counsel and i would refer you to the president s attorney. With the exception a swipe at schiff. The white house passes the buck. While the president says the buck doesnt even exist. Keeping them honest, the buck may not stop there. The president didnt wait long to weigh in on these possible mueller questions. Reporter while the president tweeted about these things this morning, he did not answer the question. I was in the oval office with him earlier today and asked him if he wanted to comment on these questions. And he declined to do so. It appears that be the white house and the president prefer
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