19 dead students, two dead teachers, and the police force that failed them. the lead starts now, what went wrong, on may 24th, 2022, the justice department is out with its new uvalde report, what families of victims killed that day say now about the long list of failures the attorney general is calling out. donald trump s latest immunity defense, presidents can do anything, even when they cross the line. online, in the middle of the night, was it a message to his base for the u.s. supreme court? the disturbing find in gaza by israel looking for hostages , the discovery at a cemetery leading to a brand-new investigation. i am jake tapper in new hampshire, the side of our call with nikki haley. i will be moderating the town hall and there is so much new hampshire voters want to ask the former united nations ambassador and south carolina governor. much more coming up on the race for 2024. we begin with law and justice, the 2022 elementary school massacre in uvalde
quote, irrelevant to the contempt of congress case against him. that is set to begin next week. the doj wrote, quote, the defendant s sudden wish to testify is not a genuine effort to meet obl gigations, but a last-ditch attempt to avoid accountability. bannon s reversal comes after he received a letter from former trump that waives executive privilege, but new court documents show that an attorney for former president trump actually spoke to the fbi weeks ago and contradicted bannon s claim that the former president had invoked executive privilege over particular information or materials, so who is telling the truth and who is not? more on that in a moment. also, in the january 6th public hearing that is tomorrow, this is the next one, the panel is expected to focus on how the violent mob came together, the rule of extremist groups in the deadly insurrection, and any connections of those groups to trump s inner circle. a former spokesman for the oath keepers, a far right
monkeypox outbreak. this is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m cait baldwin. what could be the final hearing of the investigation into the insurrection, a key witness is a former spokesperson of the oath keepers. committee members are promising that the testimony and others will help connect the dots linking members of donald trump s inner circle to the extremist groups and now, another wildcard. former strategist to trumpkin steve bannon is willing to testify days before his contempt trial is set to begin also at this hour, live pics from the white house as he will be holding an event to mark the passage of the bipartisan gun safety bill marking a big achievement for washington even though cities and families around the country, continue to deal with gun violence every day. we will bring you that from the white house, when it begins. but let s start with the insurrection hearing what are we expecting from tomorrow? reporter: they have tried
teachers at the end of may. and new details about what the 77 minutes of school hallway surveillance video shows. plus, a new covid variant spreading at an alarming rate throughout the united states, and this one is not deterred even by recent infections. so how do the vaccines hold up against it? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and members of the january 6th select house committee now publicly suggesting they will use tomorrow s hearing to draw direct links between the extremist groups who stormed the u.s. capitol and have been charged with seditious conspiracy and people inside donald trump s orbit. we are going to be connecting the dots during these hearings between these groups and those who were trying in government circles to overturn the election. what we heard cassidy hutchinson testify along the lines of trump telling mark meadows, the chief of staff, to talk to roger stone and others, mike flynn, and stone and flynn ha
this news comes as the people of uvalde, texas are gathering right now and marching and demanding their police officials be held accountable. nadia romero joins me now. nadia, the chairman of the committee is pushing for the report to include the critical 77 minutes of hallway surveillance video of the attack. what can you tell us? reporter: pam moore, hard to believe we re still talking about a shooting that happened on may 24th. here we are, still with that video in limbo. so, we know that the chairman of the special investigative committee wants this video to be released with the preliminary report. so, too, that, and public safety. the des is in, the uvalde district attorney is blocking its release. both the dps and lawmakers believe that releasing this video could provide clarity about the police response. law enforcement response is still under much debate. criticism and controversy right now. you are taking a live look, as families and community members gather to rem