tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. this is a fox news alert facing almost certain defeat for his party in the midterm elections five months from now, sgrooid has become desperate. he s decided to leverage the murder of 19 children in texas last week for political advances. he just spoke at some length from the white house about the need to disarm the population this isn t about taking anyone s rights. about s about protecting children. about protecting families. it s about protecting hole communities. to go to school, to a grocery store, to a church without being shot and killed. we need to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines. and if we can t ban assault weapons, then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18-21. strengthen background checks enact safe storage law and red flag laws, repeal the immunity that protects gun manufacturers from liability. address the mental health crisis deepening the trauma of gun violence as a c
president biden is calling on americans to make america safer as he prepares to travel to uvalde to honor the victims tomorrow. authorities are facing scrutiny over conflicting information as well as the response time. we now know the gunman was not confronted by police before entering the school. and more than an hour past between the first 911 call and when that shooter was killed. cnn s shimon prokupecz pressed authorities for answers on friday. you say there were 19 officers gathered in the hallway or somewhere, what efforts were made to try and break through that door, you say it was locked. what efforts were the officers making to try to break through that door or another door to get inside of that classroom. none at that time. why? the on scene commander at the time believed that it had transitioned from an active shooter to a barricaded subject. sir, you have people who are alive, children who are calling 911 saying please, send the police. they are alive. i
11:27 a.m. before the suspect entered the school, he immediately unleashed more than 100 rounds, shortly after that, three officers entered the school and two of them were immediately grazed by the gunman s bullets. john: according to texas dps, as many as 19 officer gathered in the hallway as of 12:03:00 p.m. no effort was made to breach the door of the classroom until 40 minutes later. law enforcement facing questions and criticism over the amount of time that passed before they stormed the classroom to stop the carnage. uvalde mayor will join us in the next hour, but we have team coverage this hour on all angles. karl rove will join us in moment. alicia is live in houston where the nra convention is being held. john: bill melugin, what a news conference that was. bill: yeah, john, that is an understatement. i think our jaws hit the floor as well, one of the big highlights we learned from the moment the shooter was first encountered by police in that school until th
Strikes inside his country. Iraq today has almost become another province of iran today. You are right. U. S. Force coofs easily strike in iraq and there are 2500 u. S. Troops based in iraq. Also you have some up north with the kurds in irbeal. This decision to strike is based on the map as you showed geography. Not going to have the civilian cawrkteds. Hardware done early in the morning when nobody was likely there. If you want to start killing forces probably start hitting a barracks not a weapons depot. Brian exactly. We have hit iraq before and they can protest. If they are not going to control the militias and aim at us, we are not really asking for permission. Lucas, thanks so much. Appreciate it. Check in with you next hour. Meanwhile, where does the time go in the second hour of fox friends starts right now. I will go downstairs. Steve it is 7 00 on the east coast and a fox news alert. Right now we are 36 hours into an allout manhunt in maine for 40yearold robert card. He is th
Headquarters in New York City. Senator bob menendez calls it the biggest fight of his political life. He had the knives out for everyone from prosecutors to democrats who say feel a political opportunity. Binge watchers and Channel Surfers rejoice. Hollywood appears to be back in business. After 146 days in the picket lines, the Writers Unions says it struck an exceptional deal with the heads of the studios. Whats in it and what does it mean for your favorite shows. Families of fbi agents increasingly under threat. Prosecutors under 24hour protection. All of it the result of a toxic mix of overheated rhetoric and an angry and polarized public that officials increasingly fear will explode into violence. How do we turn down that temperature . A lot to talk about today. Well start in new jersey where senator bob menendez made it official. Not only wont he step down after fridays detailed and devastating indictment on bribery charges, but he claims some yettobe revealed facts will exonerat