just in the last hour, a major report from the justice department details what they call critical failures by law enforcement in response to the massacre at robb elementary school. we ll take you live to uvalde, where attorney general merrick garland will give remarks next hour. happening right now, former president trump s defamation trial is back under way in new york after yesterday s chaotic day. plus, new attacks in yemen overnight, adding to concerns of a greater conflict in the middle east. and in texas, a standoff between the biden administration and the state over access to the border. we ll break down what could happen next. we begin this morning with breaking news. the justice department has released its findings of nearly year long investigation into the mass shooting at robb elementy took law enforcement 77 minutes, an hour 17 to take the gunman down. right now texas state senator rowland gutierrez is sharing live remarks about the report. nbc justice and
go. police releasing the mug shot of the suspect charged in the shooting of a black teenager in kansas city. 16 year old ralph yara will bring the wrong doorbell while he was trying to pick up his siblings. last week , he was shot two times. 84 year old andrew lester is charged with assault in the first degree and armed criminal action. thank you so much for joining us. i ll be back here tomorrow night, cnn tonight with alison camerata starts now. hey, alison. great to see you and we ll be talking about that case, of course, as well. good evening, everyone. i m alyson camerota. welcome to cnn tonight that 84 year old man in kansas city was charged this evening with shooting 16 year old ralph ural in the head. this was last week after you re all apparently rang the wrong doorbell. is this a valid case of stand your ground law, or is this the law of the instrument? which says when all you have is a hammer? you treat every problem like a nail. here. the instrument is a gun. our
Cite as the other crime trump allegedly intended to commit or conceal . And second and perhaps most important, will the jury be allowed to consider misdemeanors as well . I want to bring in nbcs Vaughn Hillyard live outside the courthouse. Chuck rosenberg and Catherine Christian are both with us here in the studio. So chuck, explain how this decision may go and how the judge may frame the instructions, which could be really determinative as to whether a jury that might be confused or conflicted might be looking for an Exit Strategy other than a guilty verdict. So some context might be helpful. The jury has heard all the facts. The judge will now instruct the jury on the law. Itll be their map to apply the facts that they heard to the law as they are instructed. The way the two sides, the prosecutors and the defense sort of fight it out, andrea, to get their preferred Jury Instructions read to the jury. This all takes place at the thing thats about to start, a charging conference. A lot
Antony blinken wrapping up a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman within the last hour. The meeting comes just days after the saudi arabia, saudi arabia put a us backed plan to normalize ties with israel on ice. This is the war between israel and hamas escalates. Right now, israeli fighters are preparing to invade gaza after hamas militants launched a deadly attack on israel last week. Thousands of israelis and palestinians have been killed since the attacks and the war began in that includes 29 americans, 15 others remain unaccounted for, potentially being held hostage by Hamas Terrorists. For more on todays meeting between blinken and saudis crown prince, lets go now to molly line in new york. Molly. Hi, marianne. When asked by reporters about how his meeting with the crown prince of this very key us ally went. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken said a quick two words, quote, very productive. Blinken has been crisscrossing the middle east since the historic and horri
[background noises] text this is a fox news alert. Rocket strikes ramping up as israel prepares for a massive Ground Offensive on Hamas Terrorists in gaza. Civilians in Northern Gaza scrambling right now to evacuate. Good evening to you. With the special coverage of the attack against israel. It is 11 00 p. M. Here in new york city. 6 00 a. M. And israel and the war now claiming more than 3200 lives since hamas launched its initial attack on israel just one week ago. State department spokespersons conference to Fox 29 Americans have now been killed in israel. And 15 u. S. Citizens are unaccounted for board president bryden vowing to bring those american hostages home. To those Holding American hostages in gaza, you say what . I say we are going to do everything in our power to find them. Everything in our power. I am not going to go into the detail of that. But we are working on it. Those 15 part of a larger group. Hamas has taken over one or 50 total hostages. Israeli def Defense Forc