and moved and pushed forward immediately and continuously toward the threat until the room was entered and the threat was eliminated. that did not occur. cnn has been leading the way on the story, exposing details the authorities tried very hard to keep quiet. that is all thanks to cnn s shimon prokupecz and his team, who spent well over a year reporting on so many of the failures that are laid out now in this very government report. shimon, you are there, back in uvalde at this news conference, waiting for merrick garland to begin. this is all shocking to once again read. but again, it is all information that you pried out of officials right there on the ground in uvalde. reporter: yeah, it s different when you get to see it in such, as you say, a government report way. and the way it s laid out. and just how disturbing everything was here on that day. just from top to bottom, the mistakes from the response to the communication to the way they treated the victims who were
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
former new jersey governor chris christie. at the top of that list, it s florida governor ron desantis, the far-right culture warrior against abortion rights, the lgbt community, and disney. one of his states largest employers. desantis has said his term as governor will serve as a, quote, blueprint in his quest to remake america and florida s image. that would be more impressive if you were not losing an all out war with a cartoon mouse, but more on that later. donald trump may be a disgrace to twice impeached criminally indicted former president who fermented insurrection, and was recently found liable for sexual abuse and defamation, and is currently the subject of several federal and state investigations. but a new harvard capitalist poll shows none of that has hurt his standing with the republican base. joining me now, david jolly, the former republican congressman from florida who left the party in 2018, and michael steele, former chairman of the rnc, msnbc political an
lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. breaking news, another texas tragedy. a shooter opens fire at a packed outlet mall killing eight people and wounding seven others including a fire the year old child. before the shooter is taken down by police. . what we are learning with the latest mass shooting in america, ahead on the live report plus, the trump tape. the jury and the civil rape independent defamation case gets a look at former trump s deposition. the twice impeached now index president is facing a deadline. plus, trump s defense of him that infamous hollywood comment and later. scotus scandal. collin crow picking up the tuition talk for the justices grand. new ethics concern which the court needs to address a little later. all of this and more is coming up. so, for the third time in just over one week, the country is waking up to yet another mass shooting the latest happening at a packed outlet mall in dallas yesterday afternoon we know at least nine peop
we begin with a weather alert and it s not good. more severe storms and flooding threatening parts of the south already devastated by a deadly tornado outbreak over the weekend. rachel: at least 26 people are confirmed dead and several towns are left in ruins. will: look at those images over rolling fork showing the images. on the ground in mississippi. robert has the latest. good morning to you all as a very swift wind is coming in here into rolling fork. a cool temperatures this morning and you could see the destruction behind me. unfortunately. this is a home, a large wood beam that has smashed to the ground from this ef-4 tornado. 166 mile-per-hour plus winds. mile and a half long this town of rolling forks is in shambles. it will need to be completely rebuilt. over 2,000 people live here. 24 people have lost their life in the state of mississippi one dead in alabama. federal, state and local on the ground yesterday. talked to governor tate reeves listen to what h