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states to delve into more specific gun legislation that they thought was necessary. obviously what is going to work in california and what is going to pass in texas two very different outcomes there. but very significant that you had cornyn talking about this yesterday, in texas, that lawmakers are going to be having these discussions. and im told the goal and hope is that they might be able to have some framework when they return from their recess. now, thats not very much time, but a...

call for help from inside the classroom while police waited outside. were going to play that audio for you in a moment. plus, there are new details about a key figure in the response to that shooting, uvalde school district police chief pedro arredondo will not be sworn in to his newly elected city council seat today as originally planned. should he keep his job as police chief? >> critical question. also today, a bipartisan group of senators will meet on gun reform. president biden is...

>> im poppy harlow. hours from now, shooting victims will be laid to rest as the uvalde community remembers the young lives lost in last weeks tragedy. visitation and rosary services will be held for teacher rosa garcia, jose emmanuel. focus tuesday is on families who lost loved ones. this as a special city council meeting supposed to be held today for uvalde school district police chief pedro arradondo was supposed to be sworn into a seat. he held off on breaching the classroom where ...

devastation is amazing. >> two big new economic indicators. u.s. home prices continue to surge even as mortgage rates tick higher and consumer confidence dips. as the president defenses handling the economy and meets with the fed chair this afternoon. russia seeing the harshest punishment yet for the war in ukraine. a partial ban on oil from the european union. we begin in uvalde with new sadness and questions about the police response. funerals for a 48-year-old teacher, irma garc...

the pending opinion to overturn roe v. wade. also ahead, why experts warn we could see blackouts this summer in the united states and which areas are at highest risk. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. we start with our national lead and new questions about what exactly police on the scene knew and when during the uvalde massacre. as the community begins to say its final good-byes to some of the 21 victims. the visitations begin today for 48-year-old teacher irma garcia and two...

transition from recovery to stable steady growth and bring down inflation. the president laying out a three-part plan of giving the fed the space to act, finding ways to lower prices, boost production, and address supply chain problems. and reducing the deficit. but the biden administration under intense scrutiny on whether it did too little too late to proactively tackle inflation. last summer, the president predicted that inflation would be a temporary problem. by late november, fed ...

him multiple times with a large knife in broad daylight on the upper east side. attacker still at large. >> bill: los angeles smash and grab robbers pummeling retailers clearing out a store as the staff appeared customers look on in disbelief. >> dana: a bad weekend for gun violence. 39 people shot and killed across the country. garrett tenney is live in chicago. good morning. >> good morning to you. lets start with the stabbing in new york city. police are still looking for that suspe...

hes not guilty. remember what he was accused of. he was accused of lying to the fbi, about who he was working for and who he was working for, hillary clinton. we want to get to our reporter. david, this trial was as taking a look at not just the fact that he lied but whether or not he can bring into focus anything else thats going on. once it was found out that he was working for hillary clinton, what else didnt we know? >> reporter: harris, exactly what this lie material to the fbis i...

even though the president was face-to-face with the fed chair today, he says hes still staying hands off. >> my plan is simple, respect the fed, respect its independence which i will continue to do. >> even though biden wanted interest rates raised is not an economic cure without its own side effects. >> put jerome powell in a box. they have to raise interest rates. when they raise interest rates, it makes it harder to buy a home, usually make the stock market go down as weve seen. and...

>> good to see you. appreciate it. welcome, everyone, to "the beat." i am ari melber. answered that question honestly. its 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 the...