saying in a new interview about his reelection campaign, concerns about his age, and where this debt ceiling standoff goes next. plus, you have to see this one to believe it, former president donald trump s video deposition in the defamation lawsuit against him. he defends he is access hollywood comments on even insults the attorney asking the questions. the impact the testimony could have on the jury as the civil trial comes to an end. we have a lot to talk about, so let s get started. we are going to dig into president biden s new interview with msnbc stephanie ruhle in just a few moments. but first, is the supreme court compromised? more stunning reports about conservative justice clarence thomas have many americans and democrats calling for greater oversight on the judicial body. we cited think statements that billionaire gop, harlan crow, paid for thomas s nephew to attend boarding school. that same day, the washington post detailed correspondents in 2012, between former
shimon, you ve obtained the report and read it. tell us what you ve learned. reporter: the lackadaisical response, they talk about how there was no command, no control, no leadership essentially on the scene of the shooting. it was just truly chaos, every officer doing their own thing. we re also learning what the police chief, the school police chief, pete arredondo, told the committee. he appeared before the committee. he explained his thinking. he said at one point he didn t believe there were any kids inside the score because it was awards day. what he said was he looked at an adjacent room, room 110, and when he went in there, there was no one in there, and it made himly were no babies as he said inside the room. of course, we know that was not the case. he also describes how initially his thinking was that this was an active shooter situation, but then what happens is he starts to believe that the subject, the gunman, is barricaded, and that in order to rescue the oth
trial between johnny depp and his ex-wife amber heard. the vicious accusations during closing arguments. the case now in the hands of the jury. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight it was a gutting admission today from texas law enforcement that a decision was made not to enter the classroom where the gunman was with an entire fourth grade class for almost an hour police admitting today that was a mistake we also learned for much of that hour there were 19 police officers outside the door who did not go in we have shown you the video of frantic parents outside the school pleading with officers to go in. today we learned that there were children inside the school calling 911. one of them begging, please, send the police now still they did not go in 19 children and 2 teachers were killed when asked how many lives could have been saved if they acted earlier the official could only say i don t know new imag
rifle. that he was able to legally purchase, just like the gunman here and eovaldi. the vice president and the second gentleman will be in buffalo later today to attend the funeral of one of the victims of that massacre. meanwhile, as authorities we can continue to piece together the events of the tragedy here in uvalde, the nra is holding the second day of its annual convention in houston, just 270 miles east of here. joining me now, nbc news national security and intelligence correspondent, candlelight ian and, correspondent sam brock live in uvalde texas. can, the timeline of events of tuesday s tragedy keeps shifting. what has changed over the past few days in law enforcement s account of just what happened? good morning alicia well. you really had a shift from the department of public safety from defending the law enforcement response and saying that actually saved lives, to yesterday laying out a timeline that really made it clear that there was a series of colossal mis