we are. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage now. on this wednesday, thank you so much for joining us. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera. we have breaking news. in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump, just moments ago, nbc news cameras caught a top aid to trump awe arriving at the federal courthouse in miami. the same courthouse where we learned a grand jury will had hear testimony this week. the guy in the tie has been the right-hand man to trump in his post presidency. he runs a superpack and that sighting just after the bomb shell report from the new york times about testimony from former chief of staff mark meadows. we re live in miami and d.c. on what all of this could mean. and breaking news out of the vatican this morning. pope francis is expected to undergo surgery and remain hospitalized for several days. smoke from wildfires lead ing to had hazardous conditions across much of the country. dr. gupta is going
one of the revelations in this wide-ranging report on the uvalde massacre. it describes widespread failures, egregious poor decision-making that resulted in more than an hour of chaos in the, quote, lackadaisical approach by those sent to help. the report states law enforcement failed to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety and failed to adhere to active shooter training. the police chief failed to assume his responsibility of incident command, the report says. the report says the robb elementary school lockdown was likely delayed by poor wifi connectivity. and the school also had reoccurring problems with maintaining its doors and locks, those are just a few of the revelationes in this report. and uvalde s mayor is releasing dramatic new video showing the first moments that officers arrived on the scene there at the school. shots fired. get inside. go. go. go. the new body camera footage gives a close up view of the action, but mainly the inaction, as
systematic failures and egregiously poor decision-making resulted in more than an hour of confusion and chaos before police finally confronted and then killed the gunman who had murdered 19 children and 2 teachers. the victims family members got a copy of the report before it went public. vincent salazar, whose granddaughter, you probably remember her picture, was among those young children killed. he reacted with skepticism. we re not going to get the truth. because there is cover-up. everybody s throwing everybody under the bus. the only ones that ain t under the bus is because they re six feet in the ground now, and that s our children. and the two teachers. it is unimaginable heartbreak for these families. it goes on and on. also detailed in this report, major, major lapses in school security leading up to the shooting, including broken locks and a, quote, culture of noncompliance with safety policies. also even poor wi-fi that may have delayed the lockdown alert. we
cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. the first comprehensive state review of the uvalde massacre confirms why it s considered one of the worst police failures in modern history. a texas house committee cited systemic failures and egregious decision making. the report concluded this, it is plausible that some victims could have survived if they had not had to wait 73 additional minutes for rescue. the report did determine most of the 19, 4th graders and two teachers were likely killed when the gunman first opened fire. 376 officers we now know went to the school but no one took charge. that includes the school s then police chief, pete arradondo according to policy was supposed to be the officer. cnn was the first to obtain body cam video from officers inside the school. shots fired. get inside. go, go, go. one clip shows a critical moment involving the chief, pete arredondo. i want you to listen to how he chose to respond to t
temperatures across the northern hemisphere. details and a live report from rome. plus the forecast from the cnn weather center. we begin in ukraine which says its food export agreement is still on despite a russian missile strike on its port city of odesa. now these strikes came just one day after ukraine and russia signed an agreement in istanbul which would allow ukraine to resume grain exports which much of the world desperately needs through its ports. condemnation of the attack has been swift with britain saying russia s word can t be taken at face value. listen to this. it is absolutely appalling that only a day after striking this deal, vladimir putin has launched a completely unwanted attack on odesa. it shows that not a word he says can be trusted, and we need to urgently work with our international partners to find a better way of getting the grain out of ukraine that doesn t involve russia and their broken promises. the u.s. secretary of state echoed the sen