cnn has not been able to confirm if that voice was a student, but the man who recorded the video says the audio came from the dispatch radio in a customs and border protection vehicle. we are also hearing today for the first time from an off-duty border agent who ran to help when his wife, a fourth grade teacher, texted him. that agent was getting a haircut when the shooting happened. so he borrowed a gun from his barber and raced to the school. he ended up outside the door the gunman was behind. he had no tactical gear. here s what he says happened next. i was there at the door fixing to go in. once again, i didn t have any gear. i wouldn t have been a smart move for me. all those guys had their gear and stuff, so like i said, i pulled back. obviously there s a lot of scrutiny about the police response. what s your take on all of that? to me, i believe everyone there was doing the best they could given the circumstances. yeah. i believe everyone there was doing every
we ve seen the president take action on gas prices. they re still going the wrong direction. the national average hitting 4:62 a gallon. 52% more expensive than a year ago. they re $0.39 higher than the day before president biden announced that record setting release from the strategic petroleum reserve. i asked the secretary general about this. she defended the strategy and said the president is obsessed what she described as outrageous gas prices. demand is strong. people are traveling again. an estimated 35 million americans hit the road this holiday weekend. that s up 5 % from last year. but supply is just not keeping up. opec not pumping as much as before covid. u.s. oil companies under pressure from wall street. they re not providing as much supply. then the war in ukraine that s scrambled global supply chain, and another development today with european union agreeing to phase out 90% of russian oil