reporter: so he s going to be pushing for this three-month gags holiday, and basically that would mean a 90-day suspension of the federal gas tax. if you re wondering what that s going to save you when you re actually at the pump, right now the federal gas tax is about 18 cents for a regular gallon and 24 cents for a gallon of diesel fuel. so not really that big of a difference when you re looking at an average price of gas. it is getting close to $5. of course it topped $5 earlier this month. so that s been a big question for lawmakers because getting this done is not just something that the president can do on his own. yes, he s about to call for it any moment now. but it really requires an act of congress on capitol hill to actually get this passed. and you re already see something concern even from democrats in the president s own party about whether or not this would actually make that big of a difference, and if it s worth what it would do. one of those concerns has c
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the pending opinion to overturn roe v. wade. also ahead, why experts warn we could see blackouts this summer in the united states and which areas are at highest risk. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead and new questions about what exactly police on the scene knew and when during the uvalde massacre. as the community begins to say its final good-byes to some of the 21 victims. the visitations begin today for 48-year-old teacher irma garcia and two 10-year-old students, na via alyssa bravo and jose manuel flores jr. the funial for their classmates amerie jo garza and maite rodriguez are planned today. we re waiting for more information from law enforcement including a ballistics record and radio transmissions not to mention basic details, how many kids were wounded, how many students came out of the classroom alive, and on and on. cnn has also obtained a facebook live video recorded outside the school during the shooting. it appears to i
small tight knit community about 18,000 people. it describes itself as the cross roads to hill country. now, now the people here nearly 80% latino, many stretching back for generations reeling from the horrors of one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history. at least 19 children and two teachers were murdered. in the wake of horror like this, we often hear the word unimaginable but here it s almost as this is becoming easier and easier to imagine tragedies like this although i ve got to tell you, that there is nothing easy. nothing easy about what uvalde and the people here are going through right now. so far, what we know from the investigation, the suspect first shot his grand mother before driving right here towards the school where we are here. apparently crashed very close to the school and then claim into robb elementary proper. a lieutenant says the suspect barricaded himself in a classroom, used an ar style rifle in addition to wearing some kind of vest, tactical
It began with a Defendant Flipping in the racketeering case against donald trump. Defendant ellis tearfully. We got a Bombshell Piece of news mark meadows has been granted immunity in special counsel jack smiths election interference case. Mr. Meadows reportedly told smiths team he long believed trump was dishonest about his claims he won the election, which is certainly something new. That report has not been confirmed by nbc news, and meadows lawyer is denying it so well have lot later in this hour. We start with the absolute debacle of republicans in the house of representatives, which is entering its fourth week fourth week without afo speakerf the house. Right now republicans are holding a vote Behind Closed Doors to choose their fourth nominee for speaker in less than two weeks. This morning after five rounds of voting behind cleeds doors, the party nominated its third speaker candidate, congressman tom emmer, and four hours later he dropped out the race. A source familiar with t