. it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. . president biden will address the nation about the gun violence epidemic in america. as we are getting new details about yesterday s shooting in tulsa, oklahoma. police say a gunman killed four people, injured nearly a dozen others at a hospital. they say he killed his orthopedic surgeon, another doctor, a receptionist and a patient. we have also found a letter on the suspect which made it clear that he came in with the intent to kill dr. philips and anyone who got in his way. he blamed dr. philips for the ongoing pain following the surgery. the shooter brought the rifle at 2:00 p.m. yesterday. three hours before he went on his shooting rampage. that doctor s office massacre is only one of 233 mass shootings this year. a mass shooting is defined as an event where a gunman shoots and kills and injuries four people or more. in the eight days since the uvalde elementary school massacre, there have been at least 20 mass shoot
january 6th attack, what many republicans told cnn exclusively now about their pleas to donald trump to stop the violence. some of them now pretend publicly that trump did not incite. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead, the epidemic of gun violence in america. in just a few hours, joe biden will address the nation about the state of recent mass shootings and new gun laws he wants to see congress pass to stop it. the most recent of these horrific attacks in tulsa, oklahoma, where police today laid out a timeline of the rampage at the st. francis complex. the gunman bought an ar-15 style rifle yesterday afternoon and opened fire in his surgeon s office just a few hours later, killing his surmgeon, another doctor, the receptionist and a patient. and in uvalde, texas, the mayor says a negotiator had been trying to reach the shooter inside robb elementary school, but the shooter did not respond. it s unclear why officials were trying to negotia