mitchell reports, the nashville community reeling from the covenant school mass murder but praising the courageous police officers who rushed into harm s way to end the threat. the nation learns more about how the shooter obtained so many high powered weapons. this hour, former vice president mike pence kicking the tires on a 2024 run in iowa today as he decides whether to appeal a federal judge s ruling that he has to testify before the special counsel grand jury investigaing donald trump s attempts to overturn the election and the insurrection. there are tens of thousands of apps that we know take in as much data as tiktok. howard schultz in the hot seat. accusing starbucks of breaking labor laws and opposing their workers rights to join unions. have you ever asked a worker, if you hate starbucks so much, why don t you go work somewhere else? i m glad you asked that question. i read in the press that quote. that s not exactly what i said. can i tell the story? d
the past. and top ministers from finland and sweden tell me about their nations historic decisions to apply for nato membership. then, a rare interview with iran s foreign minister at a critical time in talks for a revived nuclear deal. to make sure that an iran that is already acting with incredible aggression doesn t have a nuclear weapon or the ability to produce one on short notice. will they reach an agreement, or will the talks fall apart? when in god s name do we do what we all needs to be done? finally, one more senseless act of violence this time in texas. i ll give you some of my thoughts on how to end this endless carnage? but first, here s my take. the world economic forum in davos is usually fixated on the future. most years the attendees are dazzled by some country, company, or technology promising to burst forward, force change, dominate the next decade. this year the focus was not on the future but the past, people delved back into history to debate
i talk with the leaders of four of russia s neighbors to the west. starting with ukraine s president zelenskyy. i ask under what conditions he would be willing to negotiate with vladimir putin. then president duda of poland explains just how much suffering russia has caused his nation in the past. and top ministers from finland and sweden tell me about their nations historic decisions to apply for nato membership. then, a rare interview with iran s foreign minister at a critical time in talks for a revived nuclear deal. to make sure that an iran that is already acting with incredible aggression doesn t have a nuclear weapon or the ability to produce one on short notice. will they reach an agreement, or will the talks fall apart? when in god s name do we do what we all needs to be done? finally, one more senseless act of violence this time in texas. i ll give you some of my thoughts on how to end this endless carnage? but first, here s my take. the world economic fo
even though he was firing shots outside for some 12 minutes, there are so many unanswered questions. here is what we do know. 11:28 a.m. central time the suspect crashed his truck into a ditch near the school. he exited the vehicle, fired at two witnesses across the street. at 11:40 a.m. the gunman entered the school through an unlocked door on the west side of the building. four minutes later, officers entered the school, received gunfire then retreated from the building as they called for backup. it was not until an hour later, full hour, 12:44 p.m. local time that a tactical team made entry and killed the suspect. this morning we are learning more about just what was going on inside that classroom. mia got some blood and put it on herself to pretend she was dead. she had bullet fragments in her back. that poor little girl and so many stories just hike it. we ll have more on mia s story in a moment. let s begin though on the investigation. cnn crime and justice correspo
uvalde, texas, community. there s no details here about the police response at robb elementary. police called and waited for back-up and tactical teams. those teams didn t arrive until an hour later. we re now hearing from the shooter s family. our correspondent spoke to the gunman s grandfather about the tragedy. [speaking foreign language] tragedy. [speaking foreign language the shooter s grandfather sending blessings to the family and facts. he also criticized the gun laws that allowed his grandson at 18 to get a gun. we re also hearing from survivors, including the lengths one little girl went to. she had a friend next to her that she was pretty sure was already dead and laying on the ground bleeding out. she put her hands in her friend s blood and then smeared it, she said, all over her body. she wanted to look like she was dead. she was scared the gunman was going to come back through that adjoining door back to the classroom and she wanted to be able to play dead.