good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we have brand-new information this evening about the january 6th committee accusing former president donald trump of trying to contact a witness during the investigation. nbc news has confirmed reporting that the witness was a member of the white house support staff. at the end of yesterday s hearing liz cheney said that the matter had been referred to the justice department. this afternoon, the committee s chair person was asked about cheney s comments. are we going to hear from this witness? i would doubt it. we re concerned obviously about the witness, and we do not want to put that witness under unnecessary pressure. is there enough evidence that there was an attempt to influence the witness? from my vantage point, it is highly unusual to do that. that s why we, more or less, put that in the hands of the justice department. is this just one missed phone call from the former president? that s all i m aware of. as
footage the statesman writes, arrendondo is trying to find keys to open the classroom doors even though officials say they do not believe officers tried to open either door. the texas tribune reports, officers held their positions outside adjoining classrooms as the gunman fired aft least three more times. the tribune released a surveillance picture, 12:04 p.m., that shows multiple officers with at least two ballistic shields. police would not enter the classroom for another 46 minutes. in transcripts reviewed by the tribune, officers were growing impatient. one agent asks, are there still kids in the classroom? to which another agent answers, it is unknown at this time. the agent replies, you all don t know if there s kids in there? if there s kids in there, we need to go in there. the other agent responds, whoever is in charge will determine that. all of those officers are trained in an active shooter situation. and from the very beginning, even the ones that didn t hav
operation. this is a great step. and, congratulations to the activists who have been pushing for this. and a congressional and executive-level for a long time. hats off to the biden white house. it s an amazing that appreciating president not call trump didn t do this. it s about time. good news. yes it is. thanks money,. think. thank you. president biden began his address to the nation tonight. on gun violence. with the report on what he found in his visit to uvalde. innocent victims, murdered in the classroom, that had been turned into a killing field. standing there and that small town, like so many other communities across america. i couldn t help but think, they are too many other schools, to many other everyday places, that have become killing fields. battlefields. here in america. tonight, president biden delivered the message to congress, and to the country, that he heard in uvalde. they had one message for all of us. do something. just do somethin
republican rival former president donald trump. the former present hold a sizable lead in five key battleground states the same states president biden defeated trump on the 2020 election. this comments voters are expressing concern over biden s age the ability to serve another term. the biden team dismisses the pole #the poll that counts is election day that is far away and they say mr. biden will win. hello this is a brand-new hour of fox news live i m eric shawn. arthel: i am arthel neville knew polling from the new york times and siena college is calling trouble for president biden will mr. trump s momentum showing no signs of slowing down. the other recent polls has the closest competitor trailing by dozens of points. this all comes as republican ron desantis is expected to score a key endorsement. reports the isle governor kim reynolds will announce her support for desantis at a rally into one tomorrow. fox news caught up with the florida government yesterday. wwe
nations capitol and calling for the u.s. to cut off aid to israel. demanding a cease-fire in gaza. organizers expected to be one of the largest in a series of pro- palestinian rallies across the country. solidsolidarity march is also happening from new york to san francisco. welcome to a brand-new hour of fox news live i m arthel neville. before i am eric shawn thank you for joining us. in the middle east the state department telling americans to leave lebanon and now as it has a lot there is targeting israel and the northward israel military tightening and circle around the main combat zone on the gaza strip and today only three hour window for civilians to escape before they launch more airstrikes on the regent secretary saint antony blinken s tis third trip to the regions of the war began, urging israel to protect civilians in gaza but also says the jewish state has a right to defend itself. at israel conduct its campaign, israel must take every possible measure to pre