beforehand, and it was essentially a diatribe against new york state attorney general letitia james accusing her of being biased against him and conducting a politically motivated witch hunt for political gain. he acknowledged he said in the past that if you re innocent, you have no reason to take the fifth amendment. he said recent events in his life have caused him to change his tune including the recent fbi raid search of his compound in mar-a-lago, florida. he said it just made no sense for him to cooperate in any way with this civil fraud investigation. what s interesting about it is his son, eric trump, we re told took the fifth amendment more than 500 times in a deposition in this very case back in 2020. but more recently, his daughter ivanka and other son don jr. we re told did testify and answer questions in this investigation which is about whether the trump organization committed fraud in its representations to banks and insurance companies. leticia james has alr
for documents. how the panel could respond to his defiance. a near total abortion ban. looser gun laws and political stands that cost millions of dollars to taxpayers. why republican policies are failing taxpayers. all of this and more is coming up. a good saturday morning to all of you. i am katie fang. let s start with a fact. i hope none of you will have to put this to use. caskets for children come in four different sizes and 11 different paint colors for the exterior. there s only one company that makes them in the united states. sadly, they have had a busy week. the company knee, cherokee caskets of georgia, is covering the cost of the cascades for all of the uvalde shooting victims. it is 30 $400 each. the ceo told the daily beast quote, when we have sandy hook, that was a crazy day. we are tired. we are tired of doing these things. i am beyond tired. i am exhausted and overwhelmed by the death and tragedy of lives lost. as the days tick by in uvalde, there seems to be
this. if you look behind me, you can see the 21 crosses with the names of 19 little kids and two teachers killed in their classroom. 2 place they were supposed to be safe. what we re learning about the police response raises some disturbing questions. police vealing nobody was there the try to stop the gunman when he got in through door that was apparently locked and he was inside for about an hour before he was killed. how can that happen? what happened? an hour when desperate parents were all crowded outside. they were pleading with police to go in and let them go in or let them go in themselves. that is so hard to watch. so hard to listen to listen to their screams. the father of one student says he pleaded with officers to give him their gear so he could go inside as the shooting was happening. his son did survive but 19 ore children, two teachers did not survive. also joining us, cn nrknn law enforcement analyst, anthony barksdale. it s good to see you. i wish it was und