deal to release grbrittney grin and paul whelan. jennifer, what can you tell us about this offer? that s right, we have learned that the biden administration is prepare to send victor boot, this convicted russian arms dealer back to russia as part of a deal to try to bringwhelan ho. boot is currently serving a 25 year prison sentence. secretary of state antony blinken publicly announced yesterday that the administration has offered a, quote, substantial proposal to moscow to try to get these two wrongfully detained americans back home. blinken did not go in to specifics about what was in the proposal, but he did say it has been on the table for weeks now and that it has the direct backing and sign jooff of joe biden. prisoner swaps do require the president to signoff. so this is a significant signal. prisoner swaps are generally quite controversial in the administration and other administrations have generally avoided using them because there is a fear that other government
case and some directly contradict the story that authorities first told, this is the time line of the attack as we understand it now. authorities now say at 11:28 a.m. tuesday, the gunman crashed his truck and fired his rifle at two people across the street. at 11:40, 12 minutes later, the gun than fired toward the school building and then walked in through an unlocked door. he was not confronted by a school resource officer which is directly contradictory to what officials had been telling us. not accurate. he walked in unobstructed initially. so from the grandmother s house to the wreck into the school, he was not confronted by anybody. to clear the record on that. reporter: at 11:44 a.m. officers arrived at the school, the shooter fired at them, they took cover and called for more backup. authorities say officers did evacuate students and teachers from other parts of the school and at some point began negotiations with the gunman. meantime as the minutes tick by, famil
elementary school. she saw her teacher killed. for the first time we learn what the killer said before he fired his gun in that classroom. we hear new details about what he did, this witness says he played music during the massacre. and we learn what this brave 11-year-old did to stay alive while it was all happening. all of this at the top of the next hour. in the meantime, the police response to the tragedy that took place here is facing intense scrutiny and there are new questions about the timeline. this is what we know. the 18-year-old gunman was not not confronted by law enforcement before he entered the building. this contradicts what we were told repeatedly by law enforcement. officers at the scene we are told were calling for backup as shots were being fired inside the school. a source close to a teacher who was inside says the school was not on lockdown before the shooter entered, even though he fired shots at two people near the school 12 minutes earlier. fra
Dozens of former democratic and republican officials launching a new third political party called forward to appear to voters unhappy with what they call america s dysfunctional two party system. it is started by andrew i can t think and christine todd wh whitman, they write to succeed a new party must break down the barriers that stand between voters and more political choices. they had vow cat ranked choice voting and they want voting rights protections and make it easier and safe foreanyone to vote in this country. let s bring in julian. some see third parties as spoirspoirl spoilers, but they don t really disrupt the vice grip. they don t. electoral college makes it very hard for third parties to compete. the existing parties are very strong organizations and most
Nothing changes. and laura, warriors public address announcer doing something similar to what the heat did the night before saying encouraging people to donate to groups that had vow cat fo advocate for sensible gun laws and it and i will starts at the ballot box. interesting to see how they are using their platform in that way. not just hopes and prayers. thanks, andy. and thanks for joining me. new day starts right now. today was supposed to be the first day of summer break for 19 children and two teachers, instead, the families are planning their funerals. i m john berman in uvalde, texas, this morning, brianna keilar is in washington. this morning our exclusive conversation with an 11-year-old girl who survived the worst of the attack here at the robb