we begin with uvalde, a conversation with the school s police chief, the state says made that decision not to storm the classroom when 19 students and two teachers were slaughtered. the chief tells cnn he is quote in contact with dps every day. that is contrary to what they said yesterday. the chief repeatedly declining to explain his action. what dpa calls his wrong decision and storm that classroom. cnn has spoke with the chief. shimone, critical important reporting. what did the chief say? yeah, john, it s really critical. we need to get his side of the story. we have been looking for him, trying to get his side of the story after it was revealed that he was the man who made the decision not to storm that room, that classroom where the gunman was and it took over an hour for the police to eventually take him out. we spotted him, we are found him going into work this morning. we asked him those questions. he obviously dodged this. he didn t want to answer any of those que
plus, buckle up. gas prices hitting a hideous high, but it s the prediction for the next ten days that may be even scarier. and a jury finds both johnny depp and amber heard liable for defamation, though let s be honest. depp won this trial. the significance of it all, beyond the gossip, spectacle, and social media snark. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead and no clear answer in uvalde, texas, as to whether the chief who told cops to not storm the classroom where the shooter was during the massacre is actually cooperating with investigators. cnn s shimon prokupecz caught up with the police chief pete arredondo this morning. he insisted he s been in contact with the texas department of public safety every day, he says, but just last night, dps officials said arredondo had not responded to the request for a follow-up interview about his actions or lack thereof during last tuesday s massacre. today, uvalde is saying its final good-byes
described frantic people running for cover, amid the gunfire. the shooter was a young man, and one of the people that he tragically shot was a 39 year old woman, she died as a result of those injuries, and that is what happened just this past sunday in taft, oklahoma, where a mass shooter started firing during a memorial day festival. seven people were injured, one woman lost her life. in chattanooga tennessee, it was six people. six people were shot in another mass shooting that took place on saturday. all of them were children. one of them was just 13 years old. now, it was reported over the weekend that four of those children were expected to survive, two of them sustained life-threatening injuries, we did not know what condition those two children are as of today. in benton harbor michigan, six people injured, 19-year-old, one of them was a 19-year-old, he was killed when gunfire erupted at a liquor store. now, in philadelphia, a 16-year-old girl and a 21-year-old woman w
all of them were children. one of them was just 13 years old. now, it was reported over the weekend that four of those children were expected to survive, two of them sustained life-threatening injuries, we did not know what condition those two children are as of today. in benton harbor michigan, six people injured, 19-year-old, one of them was a 19-year-old, he was killed when gunfire erupted at a liquor store. now, in philadelphia, a 16 -year-old girl and a 21 -year-old woman were killed, and two others were injured in another mass shooting. in all, there were 16 mass shootings over the memorial day weekend. 16. that is according to the gun violence archive, it s a nonprofit research group which chronicles mass shootings in which four or more people are injured in this country. now, this deadly weekend in america, it follows the horrific killing of 19 school children, and two teachers at an elementary school in uvalde, texas. which took place just one week ago today. that tr
about the ongoing effort to overthrow the last one, well, this is news you want to know about. politico reports there are tapes, video recordings of republicans meeting with grass roots activists to do something that cuts against how elections are supposed to work here. they re supposed to be nonpartisan at the machinery side. the plan, however, is to install these partisan and party trained volunteers who can challenge voters at places where democrats tend to vote, what they call democratic majority polling places and connect those workers to lawyers, and have a network of party friendly district attorneys. now, if you take them at their word, those attorneys are supposed to be nonpartisan prosecutors who decide who s arrested or goes to jail. they shouldn t be involved in something that s quarterbacked bipartisan operatives. now, we don t know yet which d.a. s would actually get involved in this. it s important journalistically and otherwise to understand what is leaking ou