The lead starts right now but first where disinformation prevails and democracy fails, putin celebrates a resounding when cementing another six years power, the lies that got him here, and the threat it could pose to the World Order Plus Chaos On America as doorstep, haiti collapses into a gang, stayed in get cnn is in their capital to capture how violence is now the law of the land. And we start with a moment to give us hope i finally got to meet Cj Ricin Person as he finally tastes freedom after more than 12 years behind bars for a shooting, he insists he could not have committed welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper in philadelphia and im going to start with some good news for once. Im in philly because there are major developments here and a legal case that weve been following for years here on the lead involving cj rice who is now a free man as of this morning, the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania officially considers ej rice to be legally innocent of the crimes he was convicted of in 2
for instance, officials initially said an officer had engaged the gunman before he entered the school. but now we re being told that is not true. in fact, the shooter was outside the school for about 12 minutes before entering through an unlocked door. bill: all that adding to the confusion after police waited for about an hour before entering the classroom and killing the shooter. texas dps on the front lines of the investigation. the shifting timelines, the shifting facts were the focus of a contentious news conference that took place yesterday afternoon that went a bit like this. it was reported that a school district police officer confronted the suspect that was making entry. not accurate. he walked in unobstructed initially. how did he get in? it was supposed to be locked during the school day. so right now during the investigation it appeared as unlocked. so we will look at that and try to corroborate that if that s what we can. wasn t there a school officer
are in my situation. bill: my best of luck to you on that. one more quick thing here as we think about memorial weekend, jon. the veteran suicide rate is 52% higher than the non-veteran suicide rate. you have a big rally over the weekend and you are going to be there. how important is it for you just to make sure that the focus does not leave these men and women who served our country? you know, it s incredibly important. there is a small percentage of americans who bear the brunt of america s wars. and it is a tiny percentage and it is the veterans and their families and oftentimes their caregivers. and out of sight, out of mind. when it is time for war, we always have the money, man, get the credit card out and put down that $6 trillion to go to war for 20 years, and then we try and balance the budget on the backs of veterans as they are coming home to reintegrate
in connecticut. he s used his post to raise alarms about opioid addiction and teen vaping. our country is better off for the work of scott and the entire team in the fda. the president saying gottlieb has helped lower drug prices and get a record number of drugs approved and on to the market. the administration prevents initiative creates a cabinet-level task force to address the disturbingly high number of military veterans who take their own lives. veteran suicide is a tragedy of staggering proportions. hard to believe an average of 20 veterans and service members take their lives every single day. who would believe that s possible? according to the latest figures, the veteran suicide rate in the u.s. increased nearly 26% between 2005 and