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protection to defy those orders and went in. that's according to two senior federal law enforcement officials. but by that point, it had been so long, some of the families say their wounded kids bled out. leaving them forever asking the question, what if they went in sooner? was there still time? the chief was supposed to be sworn in to the city council today a. position he was just elected to hold. uvalde's mayor says he is free to assume his position on the council but that the ceremony to welcome him is postponed. joining me is nbc news koempt liz mclaughlin and nbc news' tom wint...

Point them fighting to get this deal done. so it's not surprising that hunter biden's defense says, hey, they were the ones that pulled the plug on this. prosecutors have until noon tomorrow to respond to that, and to this idea of the pre-trial diversion agreement. typically a judge never sees that. that's just an agreement between federal prosecutors and a particular defendant, it's something that's supposed to be taken outside of the courts. hunter biden's team argues, look, they signed it, we signed it, how is it not in effect. you can expect federal prosecutors to address that in their fil...

Agreement. so they're saying, prosecutors have signed this agreement, we've signed this agreement, so it's in effect. >> following the orders of the agreement, is that the broader plea deal or just the specific parts of this agreement for the gun charge? >> the latter. it's the specific parts of the agreement for the gun charge. however, there's a bit of a sticking piano. it also has to be signed by probation. and it's our understanding that that part hasn't been signed. they are trying to make an argument that part of this is in effect. that takes care of the gun component of this, and the ta...

All? >> is there any power a judge would have? yeah. sony powerge would a judge would have power on a plea agreement. but again, as i've thoughtbout about this today, you know, these are two misdemeanor attacks, failure to file charges. and soeanor tax that would typiy be handled as part of the misdemeanor docket. you know, obviouslhay, a distri court judge could take thattake case t of over themselves and decide this. but in a typical plea arrangement, 11 c, one c, for example, where a judge has to approve it, that would be the entire federal system. but righ syst now, the way that this has b...

There is nothing i see where a law current or some of the proposed legislation coming in, katy, could have stopped this, outside of if you want to tackle the gun component of this issue, will you have to look at different types of laws. >> they have that thought legally, bought legally, bought legally, bought legally. we will talk more about legislation right now. on capitol hill, liz mclaughlin, thank you very much. the house judiciary committee will hold an emergency hearing later this week to mark a series of gun prevention bills. the mass shootings in uvalde and buffalo have given new urge...