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today the nation is shaken by new disturbing details on the report of the killing of 19 children and two teachers in uvalde, texas. reactions are pouring in, and the horrifying question is could more lives have been saved? there s a little girl named maya zamora. she received five gunshots to her upper totorso. she s still in the hospital after 20 surgeries. she s a miracle baby. she had two that had single gunshot wounds. they likely bled out five, ten, 15 minutes earlier. who is to say who could have survived and who couldn t have. rosa flores is live for us in uvalde. rosa, one of the most maddening details from this report is the amount of law enforcement on the scene, nearly 400, and no one was in charge. what more are we learning? reporter: let me show you and tell you about those failures, because at 11:28 a.m., this is the area where the gunman crashed his vehicle. then he jumped over this fence. this is the fence where he threw the gun, threw the backpack ....
fights criminal contempt charges. and summer sand and shark infested waters. enhanced technology is on the hunt where sharks have been on the attack. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with breaking news in our politics lead. president biden s approval rating hitting a new low in cnn polling. take a look. only 38% of people approve of the way joe biden is handling his job as president. 62% disapprove. this dismal number comes as president biden returns from his middle east trip. the white house touting the trip a success, saying the president renewed support for the region and set expectations that gas prices could steady in the coming weeks. but those successes in some quarters being overshadowed by this moment, biden fist bumping saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, who the u.s. says is to blame for the slaughter of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi in 2018. biden trying to brush it off from reporters upon his return to the white ....
as well as a new video showing the police response to that massacre. a texas house committee investigating this may 24th shooting at robb elementary released a preliminary report on what it has learned so far. saying it found, quote, systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making. those systemic failures including three exterior doors that were unlocked, a classroom door with a faulty lock that nobody dealt with, wi-fi that was not working properly, and a force of nearly 400 law enforcement officers larger than the garrison that defended the alamo that did not have clear leadership, basic communication, significant urgency to take down this gunman. uvalde s mayor responding to the report by putting the city s acting police chief on administrative leave and releasing body cam footage showing the horror in the hallways and outside the school as well. i want to warn you, some of these images you re about to see, they are incredibly disturbing. [ gunshots ] am i g ....
nearly two years, the dow dropped nearly 1200 points, it came after target reported a huge 52% drop in profits for the first quarter, walmart slashed its outlooks. these stores are pocketing less money because they have to pay so much more to get product on their shelves. wal walmart s stock fell more than 11% on tuesday, the company s worst day since 1987. and then of course there are also gas prices to talk b now above $4 a gallon in every state in america for the first time ever. the national average this morning $4.52 a gallon and climbing and that ripple effect is now hitting markets around the globe. overnight european markets opening lower, stocks also tumbled in asia after wall street s hellish day. inflation fears now depressing investor sentiment, many ceos publicly stating their concerns about a possible recession, something fed chairman jerome powell is keenly aware of. what we need to see is inflation coming down in a clear and convincing way and we r ....
result is awaited. they are making thousands of mail-in ballots by voting machines forcing workers to count the votes. in north carolina a bit of a upset, madison cawthorn will reportedly not be reporting to congress. chuck edwards saying that he s already called earlier this evening to concede that race. we will have the latest on all the races that we are tracking and joining us from washington dc with analysis we have the headquarters of mehmet oz. we have rich edson. he said we are going to win this race. there are outstanding mail-in ballots that need to be counted tomorrow they say that they believe that they are going to count the mail-in ballots and that it should add to the very small lead, but they feel that they are confident as they go into this counting process for the mail-in ballots. and the point is that david mccormick did not receive the endorsement of president trump but he was running on his policy to talk about the policies, to talk about the form ....