>> you are not allowed to quit on me. >> good news about congresswoman gabby giffords. she was discharged today. >> the words are there in my brain. i just can't get them out. >> she laughs at my jokes, even when they're bad. >> funny. funny, funny. >> reporter: gabby giffords making her way back to the capitol. >> too many children are dying. we must do something. >> nobody could have been more compelling than gabby was that day. >> "gabby giffords won't back down" sunday night at 9:00, only on cnn. >> we hope everyone will watch. thank you so much for joining us. "ac 360" starts now. good evening. at the end of one era in washington, and with our first hint of what the new one might look like, the first part, the

end of an era defined one one of the most influential leaders in congress. few speakers of the house were as good at their job as nancy pelosi. and none can make the history that she made 15 years ago when she became the first woman to hold the gavel. today after two terms as speaker, during which even her opponents acknowledge her accomplishments in getting major legislation passed and with republicans set to control congress, she turned the page and closed the book. >> scripture teaches us that for everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. my friends, no matter what title you all my colleagues have bestowed on me, speaker, leader, whip, there is no greater official honor for me than to stand about this floor and to speak for the people of san francisco. this i will continue to do as a member of the house, speaking for the people of san francisco, serving the great state of california, and defending our

constitution. and with great confidence in our caucus, i will not seek reelection to democratic leadership in the next congress. >> congressman steny hoyer and james clyburn also announced their departures from the leadership with new york hakeem jeffries speaker pelosi's likely successor to lead a minority along with katherine clark and pete aguilar in the other top spots. on the republican side, kevin mccarthy's bid to become speaker is running into opposition from his party's right wing. >> what are the chances mccarthy is speaker? >> he doesn't have the votes. >> are you absolutely a no on january 3rd for kevin mccarthy to be speaker? >> he doesn't have the votes. >> will he have your vote? >> the republican speaker is john boehner, paul ryan, they had trouble with the far right. this sign of dissension could be a sign of things to come. because republicans said so

openly today, they're committed to wide ranging investigations of the cabinet members, the justice department, the president's son hunter, and the president himself. >> we're focused on you saw our report, well, maybe didn't. i hope if you didn't, you'd take time to read it. we're focused on how political our justice department has become. it's not a question of if they are political. they are. they're making decisions on a political basis. we're going look at all that. >> the more you look into hunter biden, the more bad things pop up. one thing i've learned from talking to a lot of you is i don't think a lot of people realize the evidence that's already out there pertaining to hunter biden, and i don't think anybody realized that joe biden is in fact involved in a lot of these. he was in fact involved in a lot of these. so the goal from this press conference is to show you number one, this is an investigation of joe biden. >> republicans also campaigned this year on inflation and gas prices, crime and the border.

something to remember for the months ahead. there is a lot to get to in this hour. i want to check in with cnn's manu raju on capitol hill. >> hey, anderson. this announcement by the speaker was widely anticipated by democrats and republicans, even though she had kept her cards close to her vest, not saying exactly what she would do. this is something that she had promised several years ago that the end of 2022 would be her last time atop the democratic caucus. she needed to do that to secure the votes to get the speakership. but she never firmly shut the door, which is why today's announcement led to some drama and some anticipation in this long-awaited move, setting up a leader succession behind her. democrats today were reacting to her historic nature atop her conference, not just barrier breaking, but also pushing through legislation like the affordable care act, going toe to toe with george w. bush over the iraq war, pushing through

two impeachments of donald trump, dealing with and surviving the january 6th insurrection and the attack on her office. but there is also a sense, anderson, among some democrats that there was some anticipation and hope that there would be a generational change. and essentially, this is the time for her, the right time for her to step aside. there was a significant amount of angst among democrats eager for the torch to be passed. so happy that she had made the decision at the right time. republicans on their side, satisfaction that she is leaving. she is someone of course they have campaigned against for years and years and years and someone who they had vilified along the campaign trail as well. in the house chamber today when she made her announcement, it was mostly democrats in the room. some republicans. one republican who was not there, anderson, kevin mccarthy, the man who wants to be the next speaker. >> what is the political landscape on capitol hill look like for this new generation of house democratic leaders? >> well, right now it appears for the trio that are likely to succeed, the trio that is outgoing, that is hakeem

jeffries, katherine clark, and pete aguilar as a one, two, and three in the democratic caucus appear to have a smooth transition at the moment to become, to ascend in the democratic hierarchy unless something changes in the next week and a half. but after, that they will be the minority party in the house. they will be going up against a narrow house republican majority. and anderson, we are heading into a period of intense legislative gridlock. it is going to be very difficult to see any major accomplishments, any legislation really get through, given the fact that the makeup, a narrow democratic senate, a democrat in the house, and significantly different priorities on both sides of the aisle. but there are some major issues that they will have to deal with in the new congress. they'll have to raise the national debt limit to avoid a debt default. they'll also have to fund the government. something that always is a tricky issue. and already we're hearing talk among some republicans of using those issues as leverage, to try to force their way to get issues through on immigration, other issues and the like, and expect major battles to happen and

potential significant gridlock as both sides are preparing for the next two years here. >> wow. manu raju, appreciate it. congresswoman anna eshoo, who presided over speaker pelosi's marks today and congressman eric swalwell. speaker pelosi and you have been very close for decades. i believe you're the god mother of two of her grandchildren. can you talk about the significance of this moment as both her friend and colleague? >> well, today was a day of appreciating the history that nancy pelosi has made. she has an unmatched record of leading the house of representatives as speaker. no speaker in the history of the country amassed the record that she has done. so, you know, the pride of our caucus in our speaker, the achievements, the history that she has made, the role model

that she is for so many girls and young women, and the role that she has played on the international stage, where leaders of other nations have a deep, deep respect and regard for her, her intellect and her leadership. so it's a bittersweet day. we celebrate her and all of the accomplishments to make our country stronger and better. it's hard to see her step down. but we know as she said in eecclesiastes, there is a season for everything. a new team will come in. i don't think we'll ever see the likes of her again. >> congressman swalwell, you brought your daughter to listen to the speech today. i understand you also brought her to speaker pelosi's getting sworn in for the second time when she was only 2 months old. what do you think speaker pelosi represents for a little girl like your daughter? why did you want your daughter

to be there? >> anderson, i wanted my daughter to be on the floor when speaker pelosi was sworn in for the second time, and also today for her farewell remarks because she represents my daughter. all of the little girls who have many more opportunities in their future because people like nancy pelosi served and have paved a way for her. and anna and speaker pelosi have gone to great lengths also to enable the next generation. and i think the fact that there are three younger leaders who are ready to step up right now is a testament to nancy pelosi, because i benefitted her from mentorship, and those three leaders, the fact that they're probably going to be uncontested certainly benefitted from her mentorship. yes. she was fierce in the way she led our caucus. historic in the legislation she passed, but i think an unwritten story is how many young leaders that she has reached out to and

mentored along the way, and that's going to bear a loft fruit in the for our country. >> congresswoman, speaker pelosi spoke today about how much has changed over the decades that she served in terms of women in leadership roles. i just want to play part of that. >> when i came to the congress in 1987, there were 12 democratic women. now there are over 90, and we want more. when i entered leadership in 2002, there were eight of us. today there are 17 members of the leadership. when i first came to the floor at 6 years old, never would i have thought that some day i would go from home maker to house speaker. >> congresswoman eshoo, what do you think the next two years looks like for congresswoman nancy pelosi not being in a leadership position? yet with all the wisdom that she

has accrued, what is her role going to be? >> well, i think i would rather concentrate on being a helper to our new leadership. she certainly will. and it would be very smart of them to seek her wisdom, have a good -- have some good dinners together and pick her brain. but i think it's up to the rest of us to help this team to not only lead, but to grow. these are serious jobs. these are serious jobs. the words that we write and pass into law walk into people's lives. so this is not just some inner circle who the members of the club are. this is the congress of the united states. and if there is anything that nancy taught us, kept saying over and over again is we are here to protect and defend, and

in a democracy, we're called to produce for the people of the country to make their lives better. so this is a serious job, and i think that we owe it to the new leadership that's coming in to give our best, you know, shoulder to shoulder. and i think for a lot of our new members, they've never served in the minority. >> yeah. >> and i have. but they haven't. so this is going to be a real lesson for them. >> yeah. congressman swalwell, do you think that it's -- what do you think the next two years look likes for democrats in congress? not just with nancy pelosi no longer in a leadership position, but obviously with no longer in the majority. >> certainly as a speaker emeritus whose wisdom we'll all benefit from. but we've never been more united, anderson. and the voters rejected the vile, violent rhetoric of the extremism we've seen from the

republican party. so you're going see us ready to deliver votes that keep the government open, deliver votes that pay america's bills and extend the debt ceiling, and continue to fund the effort in ukraine. nancy pelosi has led with a three or four-vote margin. and you never would have known it was so tight. kevin mccarthy has never demonstrated the ability to do that. so he is going to need a unified democratic caucus to deliver on those priorities for the american people. and we'll stand ready to do that. >> congressman swalwell, congresswoman eshoo, thank you. the republicans are promising investigations on president biden and his family, particularly how their allegations square with fax. later yet more evidence that law enforcement in this case the state's top agency in texas were informed the children of robb elementary were trapped with a still active shooter, yet did not follow their own training and take immediate action to save those kids. new information tonight ahead. nina has a plan based on what matatters most to her. and she can simply focus on right now.

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have to investigate president biden when they take control of the house. to be clear, they're specific about targeting the president. >> republicans have spoken with multiple whistle-blowers from numerous schemes involving the biden family, reviewed hunter biden's laptop, and received documents of previously unknown transactions. what we found are business plans aimed at targets around the world based on influence peddling. including with people closely tied to foreign governments like china and russia. we also found plans based in the united states where the biden family swindled investors of hundreds of thousands of dollar, all with joe biden's participation and knowledge. >> congressman comber and jim jordan made a lot of allegations at their press conference today. the question is what are the facts? what do we actually know at this stage? evan perez joins us along with kasie hunt. evan, you said the republicans found on hunter biden's laptop, as well as other source.

you reported on hunter biden's extensively. when it comes to allegations of peddling fraud. >>, what are the facts? >> hunter biden did try to set up a deal with a chinese energy company and that investment plan ended up note happening. but there is a lot of questions that the republicans are raising. they say they want bank records to try to look at where that money went. they want to see who might have benefitted from those -- from those investments. and whether anybody actually got swindled, which is one of the allegations that they're making. and most of all, they want to know whether that compromise, the current president, obviously president biden and the relationship with china. now there is no evidence that they've presented so far that shows any of that, whether that has affected policy or anything like that. but the fact is that hunter

biden did try to set up this business in china, and we don't know. there is a lot of it we don't know. we know the justice department has investigated some of this, including whether hunter biden violated any tax laws, whether he violated any lobbying laws. but, you know, there is a lot of questions that remain unanswered. and so far the republicans really have not presented any evidence to support the idea that there was anything that affected public policy, certainly from the current administration. >> kasie, how are moderate republicans, promising to find solutions on the economy and crime to have these investigations? >> it's a really interesting question, anderson, because those moderate members, if they are able to find a way to stick together as they get started in congress could potentially have a pretty influential voice within the republican conference. and i think the answer is for them, the incentives are to try and demonstrate that they're

actually doing things for the country. i mean, the central argument that republicans are making in the midterm election series that they would do a better job handling policy issues that they think americans care about, crime, immigration, other things along those lines. and quite frankly, these investigations do not actually accomplish that goal. now i think political cultures changed over the course of the last decade in a dramatic way under donald trump, and there does seem to be sort of a higher tolerance for some of these exercises that are seen as political. it's become like extraordinarily tribal from a political perspective. i do think to evan's point, and i think what i certainly am looking forward to learning from his and other colleagues' reporting is whether republicans can prove that last assertion that congressman comber made in that conference, where he said and joe biden knew about it and had influence over it. that's the piece that extensive reporting has not been able to

show. it's obviously true that hunter biden has come in for some serious scrutiny over his actions. whether they can connect that back to the president is a big question both from a reporting perspective, but also from a political perspective, because they do run the risk of seeming to good too far, attacking his family. the biden folks have been -- they've noted that there has been a lot of criticism for example of hunter's drug use. people have tried to tie that into here. there are a lot of americans out there who have someone in their family who have gone through something similar to what the president as a father has gone through with his son in terms of those issues. >> evan, you reported in october that federal prosecutors believe they could charge hunter biden with tax crimes and making a false statement, but have not yet made a decision on whether to proceed. are they any closer to a decision do we know? and how could that investigation play into these potential hearings? >> well, look. one of the things that the republicans are hoping for is that they will find, you know,

anderson, more information certainly from the requests they're making of the treasury department, of the administration that could at least shed more light into whatever the fbi has been looking at. and if the fbi ends up -- and if the justice department ends up not charging anything related to some of these business activities, then they will obviously make that a political issue for the sitting president should he run in 2024. but here is the deal. right now what we know, anderson, is that this is an escalation, certainly the charges, are centering more around his tax issues, perhaps something related to buying a gun when he was a drug addict, when he should not have been able to buy a gun. those are the things that have been the focus. there has been some debate inside the justice department. certainly i think some investigators and at least some of the prosecutors believe that there is enough evidence to charge. the final decision lies with

david weiss, who is a trump appointed u.s. attorney who was kept on to oversee this investigation. we believe that decision could come at any time. obviously given the fact that the elections are past us. so we're now waiting for that. and certainly, anderson, if you see that these charges don't have anything to do with this, you can expect that the republicans are going to still try to pursue this investigation. >> evan perez, kasie hunt, i appreciate it. coming up, paula reid has an a rundown on the ongoing investigations that t face him, ahead. [ coughing/sneezing ] [ door knocking ]

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more testimony today from the one-time chief financial officer of the former president's family business. it's a civil case focused on allegations of tax fraud. it also highlights the significant problem for the former president in his new bid for the presidency, namely, the number of federal and state organizations circling him. there has been hope his cadsy helps muddy some of these investigations. cnn senior affairs legal correspondent paul reed has a rundown of the legal hurdles he is now facing. >> i'm a victim, i will tell you. i'm a victim. think of it. >> reporter: as he announced another run for the white house, former president trump said he feels aggrieved by the multiple criminal investigations he faces, including in georgia, where former white house aide cassidy hutchinson testified wednesday before a special grand

jury hearing evidence about efforts by trump and his associates to overturn the state's 2020 election results. >> we want all votes counted by election night. >> reporter: and two of trump's closest allies, senator lindsey graham and former trump national security adviser mike flynn are also expected to testify soon. >> i don't see anything to prosecute him over. >> reporter: on tuesday, georgia's governor brian kemp appeared. >> the truth is ensuring the integrity of ballot box isn't partisan. it's about protecting the very foundation of who we are. >> reporter: kemp is a central witness to the criminal investigation being run by fulton county district attorney fawnee willis. >> we're going to look at everything until that investigation is complete records the georgia probe was prompted by an hour-long january 2021 call from trump pressing georgia officials to find the votes to help him win. >> i just want to find 11,780

votes, which is one more than we have. >> reporter: in new york, the trump organization is on trial for alleged tax fraud. long-time executive allen weisselberg taking the stand this week as the prosecution's star witness, while trump has not been charged in the case, it hits close to home, as does a $250 million civil lawsuit from the new york attorney general alleging financial fraud by trump, his company, and some of his children. in washington, trump faces two parallel investigations into his role on the attack in the capitol. the house committee investigating january 6th subpoenaed him in october for documents and testimony. >> we are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion. >> reporter: trump is not expected to appear before lawmakers. he sued to block that subpoena and the committee's work wraps up at the end of the year. but the justice department is

also investigating his role in the attack. a grand jury in d.c. has heard from witnesses, including trump's former white house counsel and the former president's legal exposure expanded in august when the fbi searched his mar-a-lago residence and recovered documents, including some marked classified that were taken from the white house. >> they should give me immediately back everything that they've taken from me, because it's mine. it's mine. >> reporter: prosecutors are looking at whether trump mishandled national secrets or tried to obstruct the investigation. attorney general merrick garland has insisted his investigations are being conducted free from political influence. >> no person is above the law in this country. nothing stops us -- >> even a former president? >> i don't know how to -- maybe i'll say that again. no person is above the law in this country. i can't say it any more clearly than that. >> reporter: sources tell cnn that justice officials have considered appointing a special counsel to handle these

investigations. now that trump has declare, the attorney general will need to decide if that is something he indeed wants to do. but under the regulation, a special counsel would still report to the attorney general. so it's unclear if the special counsel would really insulate the justice department from political blowback. anderson? >> thank you so much. perspective now from tony schwartz who was a co-author of the president's best-seller "trump: the art of the deal." you haven't spoken of the president in a long time. why now are you speaking? >> i guess because the election went so positively that i wanted to be part of the democrats' victory lap in a way. it has been so enjoyable the last week to watch the republicans fumble and bumble to try to deal with what was such an overwhelming and unexpected loss. >> i want to play a little bit of an announcement from the

closing, which i didn't see. once he announced, we stopped covering it. he uses the word "choice" here. let's listen. >> i am asking for your support, and i am asking for your friendship and your prayers. this very incredible but dangerous journey. if our movement remains united and confident, then we will shatter the forces of tyranny, and we will unleash the glories of liberty for ourselves and for our children and for generations yet to come. america's golden age is just ahead. and together, we will make america powerful again. >> um, yeah. what do you make of his announcement? >> it seemed like he was half asleep. and i think the reason was because he is working off a teleprompter, and he reads poorly, and he kind of loses

interest. and i think what happened is he just kind of got caught in a soporific stupor and felt like he was barely there. >> do you -- there has been much debate about how much is he running in order to just be in the game again and relevant and have -- remain a center of power and be able to raise money, and how much of it is he wants to be president, how much is fear of investigations and thinking this helps him stop them or muddy the waters or fight back against them. >> well, i think all of those are factors, but i think the number one factor for donald trump is if i'm not a winner, i'm a loser. and all i have done in the last several years is lose. and i barely believe i exist when i lose. and so i think it's a -- it's a grasp back at identity on his part. >> he does talk about people who

are nobodys, and that seems to him to be the worst possible thing. >> you know, it reminds me of a conversation we had back in 2016 about projection. so when he calls people nobodys, he is projecting on to them what he feels about himself. and there is nothing more deeply true about donald trump than that he feels he is worthless. he doesn't even necessarily have a consciousness about it, but he has an internal defense system that is raging and fighting against that awful feeling all the time. >> did you see that when you were working with him on the book? did you see? to ghost write a book is, you know, you have to examine the person and kind of get inside them. >> yeah. i remember thinking the phrase "black hole" was very alive in the period that i was writing that book in my head, that he was somebody who you kind of put

stuff into and it pumped him up very briefly, but there was a leak down there, and the air would leak out of the balloon. so he'd have to fill it up again. and he spent 75 years doing that, or close to it. >> do you think he can stop the grievances and the conspiracy theories and the looking backward? he could barely do it in this announcement, which on the teleprompter, do you think he can do it on a campaign? it seems impossible to me. >> that's a rhetorical answer. not one chance in hell that this man can stop being aggrieved and feeling like a victim. that's the one thing about him that he has said about himself over and over and over again that is true. he does genuinely feel like a victim. it's pathetic. it's ridiculous, but it's accurate. that's who he thinks he is. >> it surprises me that he says that out loud, because you would think he would not want to be

perceived as a victim. but he embraces it. >> it's an instinct to blame. and he needs to do that to keep himself afloat. >> tony schwartz, it's great to talk to you. i really appreciate it. thank you. coming up, cnn has obtained more new audio from the day of the robb elementary school mass shooting. it suggests the top law enforcement agency in texas knew children were alive and trapped in the room with the shooter, but did not immediately act. this is new information coming out. stay tuned. ♪ [christmas music] ♪

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cnn has obtained more new audio from the day of the robb elementary school mass shooting texas. 21 people were murder had in day, including 19 children. like the audiotape presented on monday, it suggests the texas department of safety was informed that children were alive and trapped with the shooter. that would contradict previous statements from the agency about not knowing the children were trapped inside with him. it also means that the top law enforcement agency in texas did not respond in accordance with active shooter protocols. shimon prokupecz has the full story. we warn you what you're about to watch may be unsettling and hard to see. >> robb elementary? oh my god. >> a school shooting. >> which building? >> reporter: new audio obtained by cnn makes clear the top law

enforcement agency in the state of texas was told of the horrors inside robb elementary on may 24th as it was happening. >> shots fired. >> reporter: despite senior texas department of safety or dps officers claiming they didn't know children were trapped with a gunman. the uvalde dispatcher relayed that critical information to someone inside dps. it should have supercharged the dps response at the scene to take action. that call came at about 12:18 p.m. when a uvalde police dispatcher hears from someone who identifies herself as being with dps at the agency's headquarters in austin. >> hi, this is [ bleep ] with dps in austin. we have a s.w.a.t. and sst en route over there to an active shooter. trying to find out where to go and if we have any suspect information. >> reporter: but there are already several dps officers on scene in uvalde.

the dps employee says she is trying to help coordinate more tactical teams to the school. she identifies herself only by her first name and cnn has decided not to reveal it. at the same time, 10-year-old chloe torres, a fourth grader trapped inside the room is on the phone with another 911 dispatcher. >> hey, hold the channel! >> 112, 112, yes, ma'am. >> what's your name? >> please help me. there is a lot of dead bodies. >> reporter: the details of chloe's cry for help from inside the room have already been communicated to the uvalde acting chief. now they're being relayed to this dps employee. >> we have several students. >> are you kidding me? >> i am not. >> oh my god. okay. >> reporter: we don't know the caller's rank inside dps or where else she may have communicated the information within her agency. dps has not responded to cnn's

questions about the call and what happened after it was made. >> barricaded in the classroom. >> barricaded where? >> barricaded in all the classrooms. we do have an active shooter. >> reporter: if active shooter protocol had been followed, responding officers should have used any means necessary to breach the door and kill the shooter. some officers from the dps were told to stay out of the hallways and remain on the perimeter of the scene as more and more tactical resources arrived in critical time to save lives went by. even the texas ranger closest to the classroom was not clued in. ranger christopher ryan kandel, who has been suspended for failing to organize a response that day can be seen offering to negotiate with the shooter in clear contradiction of active shooter protocol. >> does anybody know this kid's name? >> nope. >> reporter: and in an interview with investigators obtained by cnn, joe bettancourt, a captain

with the texas highway patrol can be heard trying to delay a team from entering the classroom because he thought a better s.w.a.t. team was on its way, said he didn't know about the children in the room. >> the only thing that would be recorded it was a barricaded subject. there were no shots that had been fired anymore. we didn't know that there was any children or anybody that was injured in the building like we do now. at that time, it was just a person in a room. >> reporter: it's a communications breakdown that potentially delayed urgent action from dps and left victims alone with an active shooter for even longer. three of the victims who were shot survived the 77 minutes before help arrived, but later died from their wounds. speaking to cnn this week, the mayor of uvalde renewed his accusations over a cover-up inside the department of public safety over the failed response, something the agency has repeatedly denied.

>> there were a lot of officers there. a lot of high-ranking officers there. and, you know, it just needs to come out. same thing with them. they need to be accountable just like we are. and you're going have to take your lumps. and if you had people on scene that maybe they're career people or maybe they're part of the good old boy system, i don't know. but you going to have the take your lumps like everybody else. >> cnn's shimon prokupecz joins us now. is there any indication the texas department of public safety is investigating the call we just heard after it? >> right. so there is an internal investigation that's been going on by the texas department of public safety. but there is also an inspector general investigation, seven of the dps officers. but we don't really know in terms of this specific situation whether or not anyone is investigating. i'm not sure that they even understand the significance of this. is this something that we came across from our sources. and certainly, anderson, it stood out to us because it gave us indications that someone at

the department of public safety was given this information. what did they do with this information is still unclear. >> the acting police chief in uvalde on the day of the shooting resigned today in the wake of your reporting on monday. you've been talking to people in uvalde. what's the reaction been like? >> so certainly for family members, they feel they're getting some accountability. the problem is, anderson, that's not coming -- it should have come sooner for them, they feel. this information as it has to do with this lieutenant is someone that should -- they should have known this information sooner. and the mayor even says that. and therefore he could have taken action sooner, anderson. >> so has he resigned from the police force? he also was elected as a commissioner. is he still a county commissioner? >> right now so far he is still a county commissioner. he was elected just last week. it's a little more complicated to try and have him removed. so that's going to require some steps. it's not clear if he is going to

resign from that seat. but i can tell you, anderson, family members have told me, they intend to be in those meetings at the county commissioners when they have those meetings, when they have their meetings. they intend to be there and protest and try the get him to resign. >> shimon prokupecz extraordinary reporting stay ogg then story. thank you so much. coming up, new information tonight on the mysterious killings of four university of idaho students and what coroner is saying now about their deaths. there is still a lot we don't know, but more information has been coming in. plus, there is new video showing two of the victims at a food truck in the early morning hours obviously before they were attacked, offering somewhat of a new timeline of their final hours. we have a report from idaho coming up next. at to expect. ethnicity inheritance, nigerian east central from you. benin. my dad's side. there's 30% japanese. thank you, mom. i love how it gives you a little bit of history.

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confirms four university of idaho students were stabbed in to death in their off campus home last weekend. the findings come after the autopsies were completed. the suspect is still at large. investigators are looking to all possibilities. cnn is in the idaho with the latest on the mysterious killings. >> surveillance videos showing two of the four victims hours before they were murdered in idaho. madison and kaylee at a food truck at 1:41 a.m. sunday. authorities are using the video to try to establish a timeline of the events that have shaken the community. >> we do not have a suspect at this time, and that individual is out there. the four were stabbed with a knife, but no weapon has been located at this time. >> ava lives nearby. >> we're 100 feet away. how close was this person? are they still around? >> reporter: investigators say the attacks took place in the early morning hours sunday,

sometime after 1:45 a.m. but they didn't find the victims, ethan chapen, zay na, madison, and kaylee until tharch when a 911 caller reported an unconscious person. >> there was quite a bit of blood in the apartment. it was a pretty traumatic scene to find four dead college students in a residence. >> reporter: the prosecuting attorney telling nbc, police do know who the 911 caller is but will not release their name or information they received. >> the investigators are trying to ascertain why there was a delay and what actually occurred, what was heard. >> reporter: police say there were no signs of forced entry in the home. >> the evidence inside of the home leads us to believe that somebody targeted these individuals for some reason. >> reporter: these murders happening just steps away from the university of idaho campus. many of the people that live in this neighborhood are students, and they've had to walk past this crime scene on their way to

class this week. today we've seen investigators combing through evidence, taking pictures inside this house, as neighbors grapple with what has happened. before the assault, investigators say two of the victims attended a campus party. the two who visited the food truck had earlier gone to a bar in downtown moscow. police say the two roommates home at the time of the stabbings did not witness the attacks. >> they were not injured. and these two roommates actually fully cooperated with detectives and have assisted in the investigation. >> are they considered suspects? >> they haven't been ruled out. >> we are not just focusing on them. we are focusing on everybody that may be coming and going from that residence. >> reporter: some family members say they are frustrated by the lack of information coming from police, leading to speculation about the murders. >> ethan was just -- stayed the night at his girlfriend's house who was one of five girls who lived in the home. >> the campus now virtually empty, students excused from attending classes, and students also saying their sense of

security has now been shattered. >> everybody kind of just went back home because they're scared. >> and the fact that there's no answers is the worst feeling ever. >> veronica mariko joins me now. what are the questions yet to be answered in this investigation? >> reporter: anderson, one of the biggest questions that police are not answering right now is if there were multiple suspects or one suspect. they also don't know why this happened. there is no motive that they're revealing. but what they do believe happened is that this was a targeted attack based on evidence that they found inside the home. what that piece of evidence is, they will not reveal to the public. and it's why so many students went home early this week, is what we're told by people that we ran into on campus today. when we were walking around, it was really a ghost town. but the few stragglers we ran into tell us their classrooms were empty. about half of their classmates went home early this week. and the only reason they were sticking around is because they

had work or school obligations. and they were going to go home as quickly as possible. anderson? >> appreciate it. thank you. we'll be right back. [ coughing/sneezing ] dude, you coming? alka-seltzer plus powermax gels with more concentrated power. because the only thing dripping should be your style! plop plop fizz fizz with alka-seltzer plus. also try for fast sinus and pain relief!

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