--garnell whitfield jr. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> good morning.me is dr. roy carrillo --g urello. it is honored -- an honor for me to celebrate the first major gun legislation in 30 years. [applause] it has been 40 days since the massacre and the nation's in downtown body --ulvalde taken down, and the drive way roses and a tape there having taken away and stored. what remains is a hollow feeling which turns to pain and anger. i am using this pain to speak to you today and just speak for their parents and victims who need the truth, transparency and accountability. [applause] these parents need sa to secure environment for the children. it has been tough being a pediatrician for a community where children don't want to send them -- go to school. i see children daily that -- with the tnt -- with ptsd and depression. i tried to convince them that no one is coming for them but how do i convince them when the weapons used for the app are free available. let this be the start of the movement towards banning assault weapons. [applause] as i have said bef

whitfield was placed on leave after the accusations. >> the school board voted to not renew whitfield'sly out as principal at colleyville heritage. >> whitfield says this all started back in the summer of 2020 when he penned a heartfelt note to the school community after george floyd's murder. >> can you read some of the letter for us? >> dear family, i trust this message finds you safe and well as i type these words, it's 4:30 in the morning, and i can't sleep. i encourage us all to not grow weary in the battle against systemic racism, commit to being antiracist. while there are great obstacles to face, please know that i am with you on this journey towards conciliation of our nation. sincerely, james. >> had you ever been targeted like that in your education career? >> never, never. never had any issues, any concerns. my time in the district was great up until that july 26th school board meeting. >> i was first made aware of mr. whitfield's extreme views on race when a concerned friend of mine shared with me a letter. >> stetson clark school board candidate was the first person to cal

renew whitfield's contract meaning he's officially out aspirins pallate colleyville heritage. >> whitfield20 when he penned a heartfelt note to the school community after george floyd's murder. >> can you read some for us. >> dear family, trust this message finds you nice and well. as i type these words it's 4:30 in the morning, and i cannot sleep. i encourage us all not to grow weary in the battle against systemic racism, commit to being anti-racist. while there are great obviousicles to face please know i'm with you on this journey to reconciliation. sip seriously james. >> have you ever been targeted like to in your education career? >> never, never. never had any issues or concerns. my team in the district was great up until that july 26th school board meeting. >> first meeting where mr. whitfield's extreme view on race when a concerned citizen shared with me a letter. >> stetson clark's was the first person for you called to be fired. >> right, right. >> because of his extreme views i asked this a full review of mr. whitfield's tenure in our district be examined an his step you're can

whitfield. [applause] >> good morning.adam vice president, thank you for your kind introduction, but more importantly on behalf of my siblings, our father, and our entire family, but on behalf of especially my mom, we are eternally grateful and comfortable -- comforted by you in the second gentleman's sincere expression of compassion and love as we shared with you then, she was a big supporter of you and we are certain she is still dancing around heaven all day just knowing that you were there. i would like to begin my remarks by saying the names of the domes of the buffalo massacre. roberta drury, andre mackneil, heyward patterson. catherine matthews, marcus morrison. geraldine talley, pearl young. and then are 86-year-old mother, all of whom went to the only supermarket in their community on may 14 to pick up groceries leaving that they were safe but they were not to. -- but they were not. an individual armed with a weapon of war walked in with cameras rolling and massacred them in the name of a hateful ideology. my fami

for joining me this saturday, i'm fredericka whitfield. we begin this hour with the rising death toll after that catastrophic flooding in eastern kentucky, you just heard the governor right there reiterate, 25 people have been killed including four children who were all siblings. but many people remain missing at this hour. you heard the governor say they continue to be in search and rescue mode. right now, rescues and recovery efforts are under way full throttle, days after torrential rains burst river banks. towns are inundated. and they were cut off from resources as roads and bridges were washed away. rescuers are scrambling, working around the clock to find families who still may be trapped, some residents losing everything. >> animals are without people. homes are destroyed. we need as much help, please, i'm begging anyone who sees this, help my town, help my people. >> cnn's joe johns is live for us in hazard, kentucky. and the debris field is tremendous, joe, and we heard the governor there say they continue to look for people beca

. >> ...in the county of dallas in the state of texas, the honorable judge katina whitfield presidingion. >> good morning, everybody. let's get started here. sir, can you hear me? >> um, yes, ma'am. >> oh, okay great. >> in texas, a federal court judge did state that the cdc moratorium is not constitutional. i have mixed feelings about it, because we have the tenants that we know were affected. i see that there is going to be a lot of emotional cases that will be before me. i have to visit the moral obligation a lot more, because the legal obligation is in black and white. it does not take into account the grey areas. and that's the reason why i listen to both sides, because once you do that, that gray area is going to be exposed. so then is the $2,219 the current amount owed? >> $1,921. >> have you tried to... okay, first, i don't, you don't have to go into your particular circumstances of what caused you to fall behind. but if you would like to explain what happened, you can do that. >> a lot of the people who were truly affected by covid, they're no better now than they were a year

i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with new developments in the january 6 investigation. today republican liz cheney, the vice chair for the committee, not only put ginni thomas, the wife of u.s. supreme court justice clarence thomas, on notice that she could be subpoenaed to testify but cheney also accused former president trump of serious misconduct and dereliction of duty and says the committee is not ruling out recommending criminal charges against him. >> do you believe that your committee has successfully made the case that donald trump committed crimes and, if so, which ones? >> well, i think that the committee has produced and provided and gathered a tremendous amount of information. we're not finished yet. certainly it's clear if you look at judge carter's opinion that he believes that it's more likely than not that president trump committed at least two federal crimes. i think we certainly -- we have not decided yet as a committee if we will make criminal referrals, but that is something we are looking at. we've seen very serious misconduct, and certainly suprem

for joining me this saturday, i'm fredericka whitfield.hour with the rising death toll after that catastrophic flooding in eastern kentucky, you just heard the governor right there reiterate, 25 people have been killed including four children who were all siblings. but many people remain missing at this hour. you heard the governor say they continue to be in search and rescue mode. right now, rescues and recovery efforts are under way full throttle, days after torrential rains burst river banks. towns are inundated. and they were cut off from resources as roads and bridges were washed away. rescue a

but people also have a nation, whitfield for the safety, particularly when they have to shave landscape for deliverance. what are, what a long term research indicated that nearly 71 percent of human deaths, instincts do deliverance occurred when people had no idea what else from presence. so that's all we thought that we can actually and shake estimates based text tellers and was called systems for people are deemed tracks elephant during the day . and we also gather information from other sources about where they opened up present this information is going to get into people who've subscribed was those to receive these messages primarily to take the question before they step out the next door. why these extra blinkers with in with a little more a group of 4 different and they've been defending, chased by the local people who are wanting a good day. and you know, really go to mr willis again tomorrow. so one then under foster, i'm with you how to plan to go on a level r dondo was there, but it was on a lily walked in daily track, marty and then they go on though a lot of it, but none of

i'm fredericka whitfield. we begin this hour with new developments in the january 6th investigation. the house committee probing the insurrection has now issued a subpoena to the u.s. secret service for text messages sent on january 5th and 6th of 2021. this comes after the homeland security's inspector general accused the secret service of erasing those texts after his office requested them. the ig met with the committee yesterday and according to a source, he told the panel the secret service has not fully cooperated with his probe. the secret service denies deleting any texts maliciously. the subpoena is the first time the panel has publicly targeted an executive branch agency. cnn's katelyn polantz joins us now. what more do we know about 0 how this subpoena came about, the response, and what are the other things the secret service is saying? >> reporter: right, fred, so this is a very fast-moving story. we only learned there may be a problem or confusion around these secret service text messages from janu

i'm fredricka whitfield. we're following breaking news on a damning new report with heartbreaking details into the massacre at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. the report just released by the texas house investigative committee found systemic failures and egregious poor decision making by multiple entities including law enforcement, the school and the shooter's family. the report also says the attacker likely murdered most of the victims before responders were able to get to the school. 19 children and two teachers were killed in may when an 18-year-old gunman broke into the school and opened fire. we are joined now from uvalde, texas. this is the first we're hearing now in this report that in this fact-finding report that the committee believes that most of those 18 children and two teachers killed were killed before the first responders got there even though in the surveillance video you can hear rounds of gunfire. so help us understand the report. >> reporter: well, some of this is, sadly, they're

i'm ryan nobles in today for fredricka whitfield. an travel plans turning turbulent for many americans on this busy holiday weekend. more than a thousand flights canceled in the last two days as the tsa now said airports have hit prepandemic levels. agents screening the most passengers since february of 2020. and there is no relief on the roads. aaa is estimated 42 million americans are hitting the highways for july 4th. so we have reporters at two of the biggiest airports in the country. camilla bernal is in los angeles at l.a.x. and first let's go to cnn's nadia romero at hartsfield jackson in atlanta. we've seen the lines stretch all day. what are people saying about their travel this weekend? >> reporter: yeah, well it is a really a mixed bag, ryan. you talked to some people who may sort of come to the airport, a lot earlier than normal. one couple came three hours early just to make sure they were able to make their flight. but we also heard from a gentleman who is just trying to get from atlanta to vegas. his flight has been ca

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fredricka whitfield picks up our coverage right now. >>> hello everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield in new york. ana cabrera is off today. we begin this hour in kentucky. death toll has doubled today and is expected to double again. at least 16 people including children are confirmed lost to catastrophic flash flooding in the eastern part of the state. the flood waters were so strong and violent they swept an elderly man and woman from their homes. and in some areas the homes themselves were washed away. at last count about 300 people had been rescued. some had scrambled on to their roof tops and some just ran for their lives. >> we've never seen something like this. folks who deal with this for a living have been doing it for 20 years. have never seen water this high. we still can't get to a lot of people. there's so much water, the current is so strong, it is not safe for some of the water rescues that we need to do. we'll be in the search and rescue certainly today and tomorrow and then we'll be looking at a year's worth of rebuilding. >> president biden h

i'm fredericka whitfield.ents in the capitol riot investigation. the panel just got key testimony from one of the most important witnesses yet, former white house counsel pat cipollone, testifying before the january 6th committee for more than seven hours on friday. a source says cipollone provided a great deal o

i'm fredericka whitfield.e operations are under way in eastern kentucky, floodwaters engulfing entire communities following torrential rainfall. there have been deaths from the flooding, including four children. officials say the numbers may rise as many people are missing as of this hour. governor andy beshear saying this earlier today. >> this is still an emergency situation. we are in search and rescue mode. that count is going to continue to go up. and we don't lose this many people in flooding. this is a real tough one. >> search and rescue teams are wading through the waters, looking for survivors around the clock. the national guards from kentucky, tennessee, and west virginia air lifting hundreds to safety. so far more than 660 air rescues. roads and bridges have been swept away, cutting off access and complicating the rescue efforts. cnn's evan mcmorris-santoro is in kentucky for us. evan, at that command center, what kind of activity are you seeing, what kind of optimism about these ongoing search an

>>> hello, everyone, thank you so much for joining me this saturday, i'm fredericka whitfield.here stunning video captures the arrest of a 25-year-old man following a failed traffic stop. an investigation is under way into why two police officers chased brandon calloway into his own home after he allegedly ran a stop sign. the officers beat calloway bloody with a ba

i'm fredericka whitfield. the heat wave scorching the u.s. from coast to coast is bringing dangerous high temperatures to several cities this weekend and fueling wildfires in the west. residents in mariposa county, california have been told to evacuate immediately because of a growing wildfire. the oak fire near yellowstone national park has burned northeastern 6,500 acres. it's now zero percent contained. right now more than 85 million americans are under excessive heat warnings and advisories and in the northeast, the heat forced organizers of the boston triathalon to postpone the event. new york city's triathalon will go forward as scheduled tomorrow but there will be changes to ensure safety of participants. cnn'sdoval is in new york with more on how the city is trying to keep people cool. >> reporter: you may say it is july, it is supposed to be hot. but meteorologists are saying by the time we finally get some relief here in new york possibly next week, new yorkers will have experienced temperatures above 90 degrees for seven straight d

i'm fredricka whitfield. the u.s. secret service is pledging to respond swiftly to a subpoena from the january 6 committee. the house committee probing the insurrection issued that subpoena to the secret service on friday for text messages sent on january 5th and 6th of 2021. this comes after the homeland security inspector general accused the secret service of erasing those texts after his office requested them. the secret service denies deleting any texts maliciously. cnn's kaitlan pollance is joining us now. so what more could you tell us. >> reporter: well this story is fast moving. it is only 72 hours since we first learned there was a problem at the secret service where text messages from january 5th and 6th on agents' phones were erased or lost because of a data migration tech process that that agency had ongoing around the 6th, this pivotal event. but here is the story of how this played out over the last couple of days. so the department of homeland security inspector general, a watch dog that would look into

i'm fredericka whitfield. we continue to follow major new developments in the capitol riot investigation. the panel just got key testimony from one of the most important witnesses yet, former white house counsel pat cipollone, testifying before the january 6th committee for more than seven hours on friday. a source says cipollone provided a great deal of new information. and we also are learning of chilling new details of alleged plans by members of the oath keepers to prepare for violence in washington on january 6th. a new justice department filing says at least one member of the far right extremist group transported explosives to the dc area and another member had a death list that included the name of a georgia election official and their family member. for more on these stunning new allegations, let's bring back marshall cohen. marshall, what more can you tell us about this court filing? >> reporter: hey, fred. it was a significant filing from the justice department in what very well might be the most imp

i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin in tennessee where stunning video has captured the violent arrest of a 25-year-old black man following a failed traffic stop. an investigation is under way into why two oakland tennessee police officers chased brandon callaway into his own home, after he allegedly ran a stop sign. the officers beat him bloody with a baton and tased him, and all of this caught on cell phone video obtained by cnn from callaway's girlfriend. and we do want to warn you, what you're about to watch is disturbing. >> stop, stop! stop hitting him. stop. stop it. stop it. stop it. stop. stop. stop. stop it why are you hitting him? he has no weapon? he has no weapon, sir. there's no weapon. you're being aggressive. i have all of this on video. i need to report you. don't put your hands on me. do not put your hands on me. i need to call my mom. i need to call his mom. stop. stop. stop resisting. stop resisting. stop. stop. get on the ground. get on the ground. >> all right, cnn naddo romero is here now

i'm fredricka whitfield. new this hour, the u.s. secret service is vowing to respond swiftly to a subpoena from the january 6 committee. on friday the house committee issued a subpoena to the secret service for text messages sent on january 5th and 6th of 2021 after the homeland security security inspector general accused the secret service of erasing the texts after his office requested them. the secret service denies deleting any texts maliciously. cnn's kaitlan pollance is joining us now. what more do we know about the subpoena and what the secret service is willing to say? >> reporter: well, fred, this story is very fast-moving. we just learned three days ago about this problem that there are lost text messages from the secret service on january 5th and 6th. what exactly that means, that is something that the house select committee and other entities are really trying to figure out. so let's walk through what happened. three days ago, july 13th, the dhs, the inspector general which was looking into the secret service handling of

i'm fredricka whitfield. >>> this just in to cnn.dent biden's covid diagnosis. cnn's arlette saenz is at the white house for us. how is he doing? >> reporter: president biden's physician, dr. kevin o'connor just released a letter detailing that president biden's symptoms continue to improve. he gave a little bit more specificity of what the president is experiencing in this moment. dr. o'connor said that the president's primary symptoms, he says they're less troublesome, and that includes sore throat, rine rea, which is nose drip and loose cough and body aches. dr. o'connor says the president continues, when he appeared virtually during a meeting with economic advisers and additionally, the blood pressure, and the respiratory rate and temperature remain entirely normal. he adds his oxygen saturation continues to be excellent on room air and his lungs remain clear. dr. kevin o'connor says that the president will continue with that anti-viral bax lovid treatment, he is also -- paxlovid treatment, he is also doing oral hydration as well

i'm fredricka whitfield.on a damning new report on the massacre at the robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. the report released by the texas house committee found system failures and egregious poor decision-making by multiple entities including law enforcement, the school, and the shooter's family. the report describes lackadaisical approach by authorities who responded to the scene. 19 children and two teachers were killed in may when an 18-year-old gunman broke into the school and opened fire. cnn's shimon prokupecz and rosa flores joining

. >>> hello, i'm fredricka whitfield. welcome. i want to take you straight to this press conference under way right now with kentucky governor andy beshear talking about the devastating floods. >> 25 fatalities across five counties. that number will continue to grow. and to be refined. remember, we don't have cell service in some areas to please be patient as we get new information or if it changes. we continue to pray for the families that have suffered ununfathomable loss. some have lost almost everyone in their household. rescuers at the kentucky department of fish and wildlife has been the forefront of these recovery efforts. they've had to ultimately gather the bodies more than just about anybody else. so, please also pray for those first responders. the mission has been specially challenging and what they're experiencing firsthand is tremendously stressful and difficult. we thank them for what they're doing. deaths include four in breather county, two in clay, 14 in knot, two in lecher, and three in perry. again, those will

i'm fredericka whitfield. investigation. the house committee probing the insurrection has now issued a subpoena to the u.s. secret service for text messages sent on january 5th and 6th of 2021. this comes after the homeland security's inspector general accused the secret service of erasing those texts after his office requested them. the ig met with the committe

fredricka whitfield picks up our coverage right now. >>> hello everyone.w york. ana cabrera is off today. we begin this hour in kentucky. death toll has doubled today and is expected to double again. at least 16 people including children are confirmed lost to catastrophic flash flooding in the eastern part of the state. the flood waters were so strong and violent they swept an elderly man and woman from their homes. and in some areas the homes themselves w

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whitfield, our 86-year-old mother. >> victims of gun violence showing president biden at the white house. hailing the passage of the nation's first major gun legislation in nearly 30 years. >> as we have seen, no community is immune to the fallout. rather, the fallout is landing in our backyard on a weekly basis. >> congress passed the bill last month. >> this new law requires young people when they're 21 to go on enhanced background checks. >> the father of a 17-year-old killed in parkland, florida, in 2018 shouted at president biden to do more. president biden is calling for the return of the assault weapons ban of 1994. that he helped pass when he was a senator. >> in that ten years it voila, mass shootings went down, and the law expired in 2004, and those weapons were allowed to be sold again, mass shootings triples. >> last week, another shooter used a high powered military assault weapon to kill seven people at a july 4th parade in the chicago suburb of highland park. >> we believe in protecting our citizens from these kinds of weapons. but if the states around us don't, then what

left is a phys all it is a studio becomes fear, media, commencement, whitfield of medic, medical by hundreds of people in the study were treated with lots of medications or fashion up to 5. as i recall, the study showed that it was probably the wrong approach. the intensive decreases in glycemic, all could reduce complications in the nurse and eyes house in fact. but what we really wanted was to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes, but that didn't happen lawyer. and so that's why the correct approach is not to focus on blood sugar levels in the short, but rather on the study of diabetes. so now you need an overall picture of the cardio metabolic syndrome is um, with all the risk factors. and that's how we succeeded cool factor. on 400. it was done, cynthia, for could it be anything he said ok. single puzzle is stuck, approves of its cyclone. so hyperglycemia is toxic. the evidence is incontestable. the more sugar you have in your blood, the greater the vascular toxicity schools have you, but it doesn't follow that if you have hyperglycemia, lowering the level will reduce the risk of

i'm fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour with breaking news and sad news, and one of the greatestill russell passed away. the longtime boston celtic, and five-time mvp passed away peacefully today at the age of 88. his wife janine was by his side. russell is considered not a champion just on the court, but of civil rights.

. >>> hello and thank you for joining me, i'm ryan nobles in for fredricka whitfield.r a busy fourth of july holiday. right now huge lines are greeting travelers at airports across the united states. airlines are predicting pre-pandemic numbers of passengers this weekend. but cancellations and delays are creating frustrating bottlenecks for many. it is even busier on america's highways. aaa predicting an all-time record of 42 million people are taking a road trip this weekend. nadia romero at hartsfield jackson airport. how are the travelers doing there? >> reporter: well we have a lot more agents out, airport operations and tsa agents so their helping travelers make their way from outside parking, checking in their luggage, then making their way to tsa areas, p pre-check and standard and that is where we saw the longest lines. so a back-up behind me when you check in your bags and the longest lines were at tsa. that is cleared up now that we've surpassed that morning rush and we're in this like afternoon lull period right now.

i'm fredericka whitfield. we're following new developments in the capitol riot investigation. the u.s. secret service is for you vowing to respond swiftly to a subpoena from the january 6th committee. the house committee probing the insurrection issued that subpoena to the secret service on friday for text messages sent on january 5th and 6th of 2021. this comes after the homeland security inspector general accused the secret service of erasing those texts after his office requested them. the secret service denies deleting any texts maliciously. cnn's katelyn polantz joins us now. katelyn, where do things stand right now? >> reporter: fred, this is a fast-moving story. we didn't even know this was an issue, with the secret service losing text messages from january 5th and 6th, until 72 hours ago, when the inspector general over that agency announced in a letter to capitol hill that they had learned the texts were missing, that there was a data migration in process at dhs at the secret service to caused the erasure of some text messages from secret service phones. the inspector

it was notable to hear from darnell whitfield who lost his mother to the shooting. was the oldest victim at 86-year- old in buffalo. he said his life has been changed and he advocates for stronger gun laws moving forward. that is something i've heard the president say so often. as he has met others with similar loss, his advice is to have the tragedy give them purpose in life. whether it is garnell whitfied or fred guttenberg who you have spoken to, with the pain of the tragic shootings, they become outspoken advocates and convincing advocates for gun safety reform. that is part of what the president wants to galvanize moving forward. it is notable as well that he get thanks to senator chris murphy at the forefront for of working toward the legislation, but also republicans. he singled out john cornyn of texas and thom tillis of north carolina. he said at one point, i hope i'm not getting you in trouble by acknowledging you and thanking you for your work. if there is to be further meaningful legislation on gun safety, there will have to be a change in the congress t

i'm fredicka whitfield. we begin this hour with breaking news this sunday. >>> multiple failures.inary report by the texas house committee looking into the massacre at the robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. 19 children and two teachers were killed that day. this nearly two months after the horrific mass shooting took place. investigators are also

i'm fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour with breaking news and sad news, and one of the greatest nba champions of all time, bill russell passed away. the longtime boston celtic, and five-time mvp passed away peacefully today at the age of 88. his wife janine was by his side. russell is considered not a champion just on the court, but of civil rights. andy shoals is going to take a look back at russell's incredible career. >> i took basic skills and eg egotistically speaking, i had the best skills of anyone who played. >> reporter: and bill russell had the best skills of anyone playing, and he had one thing on his mind -- winning. >> one thing that i would love to do is to be back on defense of myself, and have a three-on-one fast break coming to me, because over half of the time i could stop it. i brought defense to a level where it was as important or more important than offense, but my defense was part of the offense. >> reporter: the 12-time all-star for the boston celtics revolutionized the game with the shot-blocking game, but he put more emphasis on the victories than the i

i'm fredricka whitfield. more next with jim acosta. >>> you are live in the cnn "newsroom." i'm jim acosta in washington. we have breaking news in to cnn this hour. a man accused of attempting to stab republican congressman lee zeldin arrested on federal assault charges, video of the incident there. the 43-year-old man is charged congress with a dangerous weapon. cnn's evan perez is following this and other developments for us. evan, what do you know about the suspect? >> reporter: jim, we know he was facing, first, a state charge. he was released almost immediately after he was charged with a second-degree assault at the state level and now federal prosecutors have decided to charge him on a federal charge. that charge is for assaulting a member of congress. of course he is running for governor in the state of new york. obviously the justice department looks at this in a different lens. they view this as part of, frankly, a lot of these types of incidents around the country attacking not only trying to threaten members of congress, members of the supreme court, other public

i'm jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield. it's another day at headaches for america's airports.ing up this holiday weekend. so far today more than 250 flights cancelled. another 1900 have been delayed. and there's not much relief on the roads.

i'm ryan nobles in today for fredricka whitfield.many americans on this busy holiday weekend. more than a thousand flights canceled in the last two days as the tsa now said airports have hit prepandemic levels. agents screening the most passengers since february of 2020. and there is no relief on the roads. aaa is estimated 42 million americans are hitting the highways for july 4th. so we have reporters at two of the biggiest airports in the country. camilla bernal is in los angeles at l.a.x. and first let's go to cnn's na

i'm fredricka whitfield.estimony from one of the most important witnesses in the january 6 investigation. former white house counsel pat cipollone testified before the panel for more than seven hours on friday. and a source said he provided a great deal of new information. he was among a handful of people who spent time with then president donald trump as the riot

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i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with key testimony from one of the most important witnesses in the january 6 investigation. former white house counsel pat cipollone testified before the panel for more than seven hours on friday. and a source said he provided a great deal of new information. he was among a handful of people who spent time with then president donald trump as the riot at the u.s. capitol unfolded. the committee is trying to determine what trump was doing and how he reacted to the violence in realtime. for more now, let's bring in reporter marshall cohen. what more could you tell us about what cipollone did or did not say behind closed doors. >> fredricka, how are you? this is a big one. it is a real break through for the committee. they had been pushing for months to get pat cipollone to come in and give a deposition and they clinched that yesterday. as you mentioned, more than seven hours behind closed doors. so what did they possibly ask him about. he was there when donald trump's

i'm fredricka whitfield. we're following breaking news on a damning new report on the massacre at the robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. the report released by the texas house committee found system failures and egregious poor decision-making by multiple entities including law enforcement, the school, and the shooter's family. the report describes lackadaisical approach by authorities who responded to the scene. 19 children and two teachers were killed in may when an 18-year-old gunman broke into the school and opened fire. cnn's shimon prokupecz and rosa flores joining us from uvalde. shimon, you've obtained the report and read it. tell us what you've learned. >> reporter: the lackadaisical response, they talk about how there was no command, no control, no leadership essentially on the scene of the shooting. it was just truly chaos, every officer doing their own thing. we're also learning what the police chief, the school police chief, pete arredondo, told the committee. he appeared before the committe