for the victims of the deadly mass shooting at robb elementary school. they also met with families as well as community and faith leaders. in the meantime the u.s. justice department announces it will conduct an independent review of the law enforcement response to the shooting. the d.o.j. says that review comes at the request of you alls mayor. jeff has the latest there. in this community, there very much in the beginning stages of grieving. they have come to terms with the unthinkable loss, that is a big reason why president joe biden first lady jill biden are here to comfort the city that just lost 19 kids into teachers. the president make his first stop at robb elementary school, that is the scene of the mass shooting, they were joined by a bipartisan group of politicians. that included texas governor greg abbott and uvalde s mayor. some protesters shouted at greg abbott to do something with legislation that might prevent a tragedy from occurring again. the motorcade ma
john: the republican senate in pennsylvania too close to call. oz and mccormick separated by a few thousand votes. it could eventually decide the balance of power in washington. john roberts good to see you here today. gillian: great to be with you, back from coverage the johnny depp trial in fairfax. secretary of state of pennsylvania is saying it s going to be a few days before the republican primary can be called. that race will be sent to a recount if the margin remains within half a percent. john: tv doctor, trump s endorsement, skyrocketing in the last couple of the weeks. but mccormick says he s the best chance to win in november and they are confident he will be the nominee. gillian: we have guy benson to break it down, but first bryan llenas joins us from new hope, pennsylvania. how are both campaigns feeling this hour about where they stand? hey, gillian, the bottom line, two words we keep hearing. optimistic and confident. those are the two words we are h
dateline. this is the entrance to the park where richard was killed. the gunman laid in wait in the secluded dark place at night. one way or another, that s an execution. absolutely. they were a busy married couple, meeting up for a romantic valentine s night rendezvous. but that night, someone had other plans. he s been what? he s been shot! before she even arrived, her husband was dead. i could see him laying on the ground. i couldn t think of a soul who would want to harm this man. then, someone let a secret slip. soon, people were questioning a suspect with a motive who had suddenly changed his look. and in fact, when he showed up that morning, he was beardless. there was only one problem, he had a rock solid alibi. where did that leave you? worried about my case. that is when the phone rang, a tip, a tire track, and a case one detective would never forget. there was a shot in the dark, but i took it. hello, and welcome to dateline. it wa
jr. with the stories you haven t heard, the police officer who questioned hinckley speaks out in his first nationally televised interview. i just didn t think that he realized the magnitude of what he had done. andrea canning: from behind the hospital walls. he turned to her and said, will you marry me? andrea canning: secrets from his diaries uncovered by dateline. his obsession with actress jodie foster. the letters were assumed to have been love type letters. andrea canning: and the most controversial question of all. is hinckley really fit to be free? he s a potentially dangerous character. he s proven that. hello and welcome to dateline. he shot a president and shook the country. since that day more than 40 years ago, gunman john hinckley jr. has remained an enigma. now we are about to reveal an extraordinary trove of his most private thoughts and feelings and provide a firsthand look at his contentious second act as a free man. here s special contributor troy robert
class= nosel > we did our job and we got him convicted. so they did. this sisterhood. for the sake of a woman whose fate might have been theirs. diane holik. whose friends came together to remember how they miss her. even after all these years. she was a constant friend. she was in my life every day and all of a sudden she was gone in an instant like blowing a candle out. you see the smile on all these photographs. was she always smiling? always. always. she had a magic smile. it was infectious. if she was smiling everybody else had to. we had to. i m andrea canning, and this is dateline. andrea canning: it was one of the most harrowing days in our history. i hear this pop, pop, pop,. the attempted assassination of president reagan. screaming and yelling. it is chaos. and now unprecedented look into the mind of the gunman, john hinckley junior. and the police officer that questioned hinckley speaks out in his first television interview. he turned to her a