six committee. former chief of staff mark meadows and deputy. the justice department, this week, letting these trump associates off the hook, declining to charge them with contempt of congress. scavino and meadows cooperated with the committee at first, but trump s former chief of staff, turning over more than 2000 text messages. consulting to the january six committee, even describing meadows as the mvp of witnesses. starting november 3rd, november 4th, in a middlesex messages, all the way to the end, it is a roadmap. and i would have to say at this point, i think mark meadows is the mvp for the committee. i think they should pay him. the data that we got from there actually allowed us to really structure and effective investigation. well, the committee now calling the doj s decision on meadows and scavino, quote, puzzling. while praising the swift indictment of former trump advisor, peter navarro. navarro was arrested friday for defying the january 6th committee subpoen
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. today marks one week since 21 innocent lives were cut short by a gunman who opened fire inside an elementary school in uvalde texas. in the hours ahead, the first funeral will be held in the devastated community. one day after grieving family gathered for visitations or two of the young victims. more visitation and funerals are planned in the week ahead. but some of the 19 students and two teachers killed in the horrific shooting. but amid the grief, there is growing anger over the police response. as the justice department to repair first a lot to review a law enforcement actions. cnn s, adrian bowed, us has more. we are now getting our first glimpse at some of the information relate to officers outside. robb elementary. school as a massacre was unfolding on the inside. abc news obtained a portion of video that appears to be audio from one 9-1-1 operator relaying information from a child inside the classro
reports this tuesday, the president is expected to talk, the nations faces inflation, supply chain problems and soaring gas prices, to mention a few. i m john roberts in washington. good to see you again. john: and good to be with you. sandra: raising interest rates since the fastest pace since the 1980s and soaring prices have americans paying more for just about everything. john: the pain at the pump, a big bite of american s wallets, as the cost of gas surged to another record, and the economic woes could worsen. an already backlogged global supply chain. sandra: gene sperling is a senior adviser to the president, he will join us in moments. john: but first, peter doocy live from the north lawn. who is the president blaming for inflation today? peter: somebody else, john, hearing from the president and top staffers they don t think the biden administration policies are to blame for rising prices, they think a lot of the responsibility lies still with vladimir
on this tuesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us today. a bipartisan senate working group led by democrat chris murphy of connecticut and republican john cornyn of texas will hold a remote meeting today in hopes of reaching a basic framework for gun reform. senator cornyn said yesterday that many gun issues should be discussed at the state level and said background checks, mental health, and red flag laws are things that congress can address. after spending nearly four hours with uvalde families on sunday, the president returned to the white house yesterday, and expressed optimism that quote rational republicans will make a move this time. he decried, easy access to high caliber weapons, while also discussing the limitations of his own power. s own power. one week after the deadly shooting in texas, funeral services are under way, for the victims. on a hot memorial day, american flags flew at half-staff in uvalde yesterday. not only for fallen soldie
to rush in immediately and take down the gunman. he was set to take his place on the city council tonight. we ll tell you what the town s mayor is saying about that. and the latest in the debate over gun reform. more on what the key players are thinking and saying ahead of a senate meeting that is scheduled for today. along with joe and me today, we have former aide to the george w. bush state departments and white house, elise jordan. and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. the white house bureau chief at politico. the senators led by chris murphy and john cornyn of texas will hold a meeting tonight. many issues should be held at the state level, but they said mental health, background checks, and red flag laws are something congress can address. after spending four hours with families on sunday in uvalde, the president returned to the white house and expressed hope that republicans will go for reform. he also discussed the limitations of his power on this issu