in his leadership following reports into lockdown parties in downing street. pressure on the scottish government over fairies as a fat head of the network says services are deteriorating. a feast fit for a clean, preparations and pulsing for next week and s platinum jubilee celebrations. a feast fit for a queen, preparations and pulsing for next week and s platinum jubilee celebrations. hello, welcome to bbc news. texas is where we began this hour. police say it was the wrong decision to delay entering the classroom in a school in the city of uvalde, where 21 people were killed by a gunman on tuesday. salvador ramos who was 18, barricaded himself inside the room, shooting 19 children and two teachers. it took 53 minutes for armed police to eventually go in. as the local people come to terms with tragedy, grief is turning into anger. here s our north america editor, sarah smith. the police broke windows at the school to get children out after the shooting, carrying some of t
tonight at ten, police in texas admit failures in tackling the teenage gunman who killed 21 people in america s latest mass shooting. unbearable grief for relatives of the victims, after officers waited more than an hour before storming the classroom, where their loved ones died. for the benefit of hindsight, where i m sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. there s no excuse for that. america s biggest gun lobby, the national rifle association, is to go ahead with its annual convention this weekend, in texas. also tonight. major failings in maternity services force the regulator to intervene at an nhs trust in nottinghamshire. hundreds trust in nottinghamshire. of thousands displaced a 1 hundreds of thousands displaced and 1 million children face malnutrition after severe drought in somalia. more pressure on the scottish government over ferries, as the head of the network says services are deteriorating. and the slice of merse
in georgia today. more on that in a moment. but tonight, there is a new report about arguably the person closest to donald trump and the months following the 2020 election, leading up to january 6th. his last chief of staff, mark meadows. abc news is now reporting that special counsel jack smith has granted mark meadows immunity for his under oath testimony. sources familiar with that matter tell abc news that mark meadows has spoken to jack smith s team three times this year, including to the federal grand jury. abc news reports, quote, meadows informed smith s team that he repeatedly told trump in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election that the allegations of significant voter fraud commit to them were baseless. meadows also told the federal investigators trump was being, quote, dishonest with the public when he first claimed to have won the election only hours after polls closed on november 3rd, 2020, before a final result for. and obviously he didn t, when a sourc
you can t step away from the tv too long, or they will be another speaker does it. so everyone stay tuned until that we small hours, because who knows what will happen 45 pin from. now who knows. you and i have been covering politics for a long time, but we both agree, we have never seen anything like this. we sure have, and my friends. have a great. not have a good show. have, a we have major breakis and another big story, breaking news that puts donald trump in serious legal jeopardy and both of the state and federal cases involving his efforts to steal the 2020 presidential election. that s because more of his allies, including his inner circle, appear to be cooperating with prosecutors. there was another guilty plea in georgia today. more on that in a moment. but tonight, there is a new report about arguably the person closest to donald trump and the months following the 2020 election, leading up to january 6th. his last chief of staff, mark meadows. abc news is