with a search orange. just hours at the becoming the first to evoke is 5th amendment right against self incrimination, which is a. pillar of civil rudy, which she used to say only mobsters do, until he took the fifth, and saying we only mobster say, whenever they are searched. in this case, without anything the backup, that federal agents planted evidence when they searched more legault on monday, which quickly became a republican talking point. that s the case for lindsey graham, the senator, which is judiciary committee who coalition know better. he leota a toxic smile and not along with. we know they doctored evidence. we know they plant evidence. we know they hide evidence. we know they leak. this is not anything new. this has been years that they have been doing. this. we are waiting for the guy to come out and give a statement about what is predicated. what? these people are out of control, senator. this country is on the edge of a cliff, man. i am telling you, this c
deal with the committee for a transcribed interview behind closed doors but it s happening this friday. oh, and it s going to be on video. a lawyer is telling cnn the interview will be limited to specific topics to avoid privilege issues. he was of course the white house counsel. the committee has called him, quote, uniquely positioned to testify. i mean, the understatement of the year. think of what he knows. think about how many times you out there even heard his name from other witnesses during these hearings. mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capital, cassidy, keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. you still sitting on his phone and i remember passing to him, something to the effect of, the writers have gotten to the capitol, mark, we need to go to the president now. mark looked up and said, he doesn t want to do anything, pat. and pat said some
cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. the first comprehensive state review of the uvalde massacre confirms why it s considered one of the worst police failures in modern history. a texas house committee cited systemic failures and egregious decision making. the report concluded this, it is plausible that some victims could have survived if they had not had to wait 73 additional minutes for rescue. the report did determine most of the 19, 4th graders and two teachers were likely killed when the gunman first opened fire. 376 officers we now know went to the school but no one took charge. that includes the school s then police chief, pete arradondo according to policy was supposed to be the officer. cnn was the first to obtain body cam video from officers inside the school. shots fired. get inside. go, go, go. one clip shows a critical moment involving the chief, pete arredondo. i want you to listen to how he chose to respond to t
joining us this hour. happy to have you here. quick personnel news, good news, i want to say congratulations to alex wagner, who is going to take over the slot that is now msnbc prime, this is just announced today by msnbc, it is great news, in terms of me, nothing about what i m doing is changing, i m going to be doing monday nights from here on out and here for big news events like i have been, things like the january 6th hearing and the supreme court decision friday on roe v. wade, nothing that i m doing is changing at all. but it is great news that starting late this summer, starting mid august, it is going to be alex wagner in the chair here tuesday through friday night at 9:00 eastern. so congratulations to alex. everybody here thinks this is great news. myself included. again, you re still stuck with me for all of the same things you ve been stuck with me on in recent weeks and months. that won t change. but alex is taking over that msnbc prime spot, it is great news.
to get them all a sap. meantime the new york times reporting a right-wing lawyer suggested trump declare marshal law to overturn the 2020 election. president biden returning from his controversial trip to the middle east where energy and security alliances may have been overshadowed by the murder of the washington post journalist jamal khashoggi. with respect to the murder of khashoggi i raised it at the top of the meeting making it clear what i thought of it at the time and think of now. the u.s. has made its own mistakes. with covid cases and hospitalizations on the rise, los angeles likely reinstating indoor masking. with these very high rates unless we start seeing a slow down in spread, a slow down in what s happening in our hospitals in two weeks we will do a universal indoor masking here. londoners being urged not to travel as a heat wave engulfs europe. other cities now seeing all-time records as blistering temperatures bake the continent. i m laur