vossoughian, if you re just joining us, welcome if you re still with us thanks for sticking around. it s time to make the case, 17 months after the january 6th riot, nearly a year after reform this week the committee investigation into what happened will finally start laying out its case to the american public. thursday will be the first primetime hearing of the committee and we re already getting details on what they ll present including tapes and interviews with first daughter, ivanka trump and jared kushner. this is happening as committee members say their goal is to give everyone the overall big picture. the american people i think, we ve seen a number of bombshells already, there is a great deal they haven t seen but perhaps most importantly the public hasn t seen it woven together, how one thing led to another, how one lying to overturn the election led to another and ultimately led to terrible violence. the first non peaceful transfer of power in our history. we want
straight ahead we ll get a reality check on where all this goes. we re also live in tulsa where the police revealed a gunman who shot four people bought his gun just four hours beforehand. in uvalde, texas, as more and more kids are being laid to rest today, a state senator revealing the officer in charge never got word that children were calling 911, basically calling for help. mike memoli is covering the white house, blaine alexander is in tulsa, oklahoma, thompson is in uvalde, texas and we re joined by security analyst clint watts, former head of the counterterrorist division. i think you can t technically call it an address from president biden. why now? we learned that the president would be taking to the white house and in prime time tonight, we noted it was a rare instance of him using the biggest stage a president has to use the bully pulpit to paint the case for gun action at a critical moment. when the white house made their announcement of making it official
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. today marks one week since 21 innocent lives were cut short by a gunman who opened fire inside an elementary school in uvalde texas. in the hours ahead, the first funeral will be held in the devastated community. one day after grieving family gathered for visitations or two of the young victims. more visitation and funerals are planned in the week ahead. but some of the 19 students and two teachers killed in the horrific shooting. but amid the grief, there is growing anger over the police response. as the justice department to repair first a lot to review a law enforcement actions. cnn s, adrian bowed, us has more. we are now getting our first glimpse at some of the information relate to officers outside. robb elementary. school as a massacre was unfolding on the inside. abc news obtained a portion of video that appears to be audio from one 9-1-1 operator relaying information from a child inside the classro
president in american history, unfortunately. so much of it is much of it is preventable. and the devastation is amazing. that was in a meeting with the new zealand prime minister. the united states has its first confirmed ambassador to ukraine in kyiv in three years. she arrives at a critical moment with president zelenskyy saying that russia achieved, quote, maximum combat power in the eastern donbas region. president biden has reaffirmed his support for federal reserve independence in fighting inflation in advance of a meeting today with fed chairman powell as the national frustration with rising inflation becomes a midterm threat for democrats. we begin in uvalde, texas, with nbc s sam brock, and tom winter and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. sam, while federal investigators are looking into the police response to this mass shooting, we are hearing stories about the day as the community attends services for loved ones. tell us what s going on down there. this is a
good to see you. appreciate it. welcome, everyone, to the beat. i am ari melber. answered that question honestly. it s all i could do. top story is very important. major news coming out of the justice department which has been under sustained pressure to be more aggressive and the probe into the insurrection. to see why this news is significant, it is worth remembering something right off the top here, how a lot of credible people from legal experts to the house investigators themselves have said it s imperative that the doj bear down on any law breaking of subpoena defying by people linked to the events of january 6th. will the department of justice be quick and aggressive? how much pressure is gallen going to be under then from liberals, from democrats? he s going to be under a lot of pressure. this committee is doing its job. the department of justice needs to do theirs. what s the holdup at the department of justice? the department of justice has a duty