the only thing that will stop iran is knowing that, if they continue to develop their nuclear program, the free world will use force. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome and will continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region. all of this ahead of the president s controversial trip to saudi arabia next, a visit opposed by human rights groups, but aimed at fostering closer ties between the saudis and israel. here at home, nbc news has learned a member of the trump white house support staff is the key witness referenced in vice chair liz cheney s warning about possible witness tampering by the former president himself. that comes as the january 6th committee is preparing for a primetime hearing next week, a week from today, graphically illustrating president trump s refusal to take action during the riot and in fact goading the mob on with a tweet slamming his own vice president. when he tweet
what is going on? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, will merrick garland indict donald trump? tonight, a major clue into what investigators are focusing on, that is the fake electors, those fake electors from contested states. bennie thompson, the chairman of the january 6th committee, saying his committee is providing the doj with witness transcripts to put up the fraj la fraudulentelectors. they ve included testimony from the chairwoman of the republican national committee, describing a call that she received from the former president and his attorney, john eastman. he turned the call over to mr. eastman, who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these contingent electors in case any of the legal challenges that were ongoing changed the result did you receive a call from andy y biggs of arizona on the morning of january 6th? i did. he asked if i would sign on both to a letter that
hear the warning of climate change driven heat, what they re telling the people of britain, where just 1% with air conditioners with temperatures over 100. will reeve is there. here at home, damning new report into the uvalde massacre. body camera images that show confusion, lack of communication with 376 law enforcement officers on the scene. hear one say we have to get in, the gunman just keeps shooting. the we have to get in there, he just keeps shooting. in the classroom for 77 minutes, what the report uncovers tonight. mireya villarreal from uvalde. young man with assault rifle into indiana mall, what he did to prepare in the bathroom and started firing on the way out. good samaritan who shot him and what we learned about three people who were killed. war in ukraine, major shake up, president zelenskyy suspending two top leaders in his inner circle, saying they didn t do enough, concern of russian infiltration, among those suspended, lifelong friend of zelenskyy
messages, the house select committee investigating the capitol insurrection wants by tomorrow. plus, after a wild week on wall street, earning are rolling in and this morning from some of the world s biggest companies such as goldman sachs and bank of america. cnbc s andrew ross sorkin is breaking down the latest number as we get them in. and we ll explain why democrats are very upset with joe manchin. it is groundhog day. it is getting old. and we ll play for you president biden s response to reporters when asked about his fist bump when saudi arabia s crown prince. we ll also talk about the actual visit to saudi arabia. but first, the damning new report about the police response to one of the deadliest school shootings. systemic failure is the way it was described in a new preliminary report written by the texas house of representatives, the report also details how nearly 400 law enforcement officials responded to the mass shooting and basically waited outside as the
the public is getting a chilling picture of early moments inside robb elementary from police body camera footage. am i bleeding? am i bleeding? reporter: early chaos and glimpses of calls to action. we ve got to get in there. we ve got to get in there. he s going to keep shooting. reporter: that plea coming minutes after the massacre began. but that first interaction, the only time the officers are seen in the video physically confronting the gunman for well over an hour. at one point, uvalde school district police chief pete arredondo, seen trying to reason with the shooter. you let me know if there s any kids in there or anything? this could be peaceful. reporter: arredondo, who s on administrative leave, maintains he was not the innocent commander that day. this new footage released as the most comprehensive report to date conducted by the texas house finds law enforcement, which ultimately reached 376 officers, didn t honor their most basic responsibility. the