it with the midterms fast approaching. sandra, the busiest woman in television. sandra: great to be with you this afternoon, john. president meeting with fed chair jay powell yesterday as the white house kicks off a months long effort to focus, it says, on the economy. but inflation has been on the minds of many voters in this country for months now, especially when filling up their tanks. price of gasoline rising almost daily with the new national average for a gallon, 4.67 today, a jump of 1.60 a year ago, and up $0.05 since yesterday. john: 11.4 million unfilled positions. labor shortage driving up wages and keeping inflation high as businesses continue to struggle with hiring. minnesota congressman and national republican congressional committee chair tom emmer will join us. sandra: we head to the white house, peter doocy live from the north lawn to kick things off. hey, peter. peter: good afternoon, here at the white house hearing two different things about how
struggling with. as the 11th hour gets underway on a tuesday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. tonight, exactly one week after a teenage gunman took 21 lives at an elementary school in uvalde, texas. the very first funerals are getting underway. the murder victims are being laid to rest, the investigation into the shooting, and the police response at the school is only intensifying. there are reports that uvalde police are no longer cooperating with texas authorities. nbc news reporting the school district police chief initially did cooperate. but has yet to respond to requests for follow-up questions made today s. ago texas officials say the chief prevented officers from confronting the shooter, for more than an hour. today, that very same chief was sworn in as a member of the city council. the justice department opening up its own inquiry into the police response. meanwhile, in washington, there are some in congress that believe they might be able to fi
good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. tonight, exactly one week after a teenage gunman took 21 lives at an elementary school in uvalde, texas. the very first funerals are getting underway. the murder victims are being laid to rest, the investigation into the shooting, and the police response at the school is only intensifying. there are reports that uvalde police are no longer cooperating with texas authorities. nbc news reporting the school district police chief initially did cooperate. but has yet to respond to requests for follow-up questions made today. texas officials say the chief prevented officers from confronting the shooter, for more than an hour. today, that very same chief was sworn in as a member of the city council. the justice department opening up its own inquiry into the police response. meanwhile, in washington, there are some in congress that believe they might be able to find common ground on some gun safety measures. the house judiciary committe
brutal lockdown but will newfound freedoms last? let s go outfront. good evening, everyone, i m poppy harlow in for erin burnett, several developments in the investigation of the school massacre that left 19 children and two teachers dead. texas officials tonight revealing the incident commander during that shooting, pete aradondo is now not repeating to investigator s request for a follow up interview, this comes aztecsous department of public safety tonight confirms the elementary school teacher who propped open the door right before the attack did in fact close it before the gunman entered. the teacher initially propped open the door with a rock then ran back inside to get her phone when the gunman crashed his truck and according to the official, she then removed the rock, closed the door, it just didn t lock and now investigators are looking into why. this information is not what police originally said during their press conference on friday. we know from video evid
about the path inflation would take when she downplayed the risk a year ago. stand by for the full exclusive interview. and ukraine says russia now controls most of the key eastern city, kremlin forces gaining more ground, and blasting homes and communities into rubble. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the texas school massacre, one week after the attack. tonight, we re getting new clues about what police knew about the threat posed by the gunman and when they knew it. cnn s ed lavendera is on the scene for us in uvalde. tonight, as questions mount around the law enforcement response to the deadly school shooting in uvalde, texas, we re hearing chilling new accounts from what was happening on the inside. are you injured? i got shot. where? that audio was taken by a man who spoke to cnn but didn t want to be publicly identified. a facebook live video includes