scathing remarks and new details about the school shooting.
This coming from the head of the texas department of
public safety that the law enforcement response to the attack
at rob elementary was an abject failure and antithetical to
everything we've learned over the last two decades since the
call of mine massacre. In a hearing Tuesday DPS
Director steven McCraw said that the classroom doors may not
have even been locked and that the on scene commander
quote, decided to put the lives of the officers
ahead of the lives of Children. The police were
on the scene within minutes but they had waited more
than an hour to enter the classroom, 19 Children
and two teachers died in that May 24 attack and
the U. S. Is on the cusp of
getting its first new gun safety law in years.
This procedural vote in the Senate late last night puts
the bipartisan measure on track to likely become law.
It tackles the boyfriend loophole, mental health school safety
, red flag laws and more enough republicans are on
board to help senate democrats overcome a filibuster and pass
the bill. The chamber's second ranking republican is not
citing concerns over red flag laws, those take away
guns from people determined to be a safety risk and
the world of politics, waking up this Wednesday morning
, Ariel Hickson is live in our nation's capital,
bringing us the biggest stories unfolding their aerial more incredible
revelations yesterday from that january 6th committee. That's right
baker. The 4th January six hearing in the past
two weeks focused on the pressure put on state officials
to overturn the election in their state in favor of
former President Donald Trump the committee prompted the officials to
method to really try to share how they took steps
to confirm the vote counts in their states and their
subsequent pressure from trump and his team, here's Georgia
Secretary of state, brad, raffensperger refuting those claims
with what he did in his state. Take a
listen. The numbers don't lie. We had many
allegations and we investigated every single one of them that
I challenged my team. Did we miss anything?
They said that there was over 66,000 underage voters.
We found that there's actually zero. You can register
to vote in Georgia when you're 17.5, you have
to be 18 by election Day. We check that
out. Every single voter. They said that there
was 2423 non registered voters. There was zero.
You heard it right there. The numbers don't lie
. But perhaps the most compelling testimony of the day
came when the officials shared the harassment and threats they
received from trump supporters because they were just doing their
jobs. Shaye Moss of former Georgia election worker and
her mother, ruby Freeman became the center of a
conspiracy theory pushed by trump and Rudy Giuliani. The
subsequent death threats forced them to quit their jobs and
leave their homes for safety. I felt horrible for
picking this job and being the one that always wants
to help and always there never missing out one election
. I just felt like it was, it was
my fault for putting my family in this situation.
Well it wasn't your fault. Heartbreaking testimony there baker
. Oh my goodness, your heart just broke when
she was saying that yesterday. Ariel. Now we
do have another hearing scheduled for thursday. What are
we expecting from this one? So the next hearing
will be Thursday at three p.m. and we can
expect that hearing to focus on Trump's effort to push
his election misinformation within the Department of Justice and install
a loyalist as attorney general who would use the might
of the Doj to help his cause. Real Hickson
for us live in our nation's capital. Thank you
so much Hannah Elsewhere, a strong earthquake hit the
eastern part of Afghanistan. Early Wednesday, killing nearly
1000 people after many homes collapsed. A government spokesperson
released the news of the magnitude 6.1 quake after it
struck near the border of Pakistan. The death toll
rose from an earlier account of 300 to 1000 with
an additional 500 injured. This is a developing story
that we will keep you updated on as we get
more information throughout the day. Alright, well,
Elon musk has now moved a step closer and he
has$44 billion offer to buy twitter and the Securities
and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday. The company's board
of directors unanimously advised shareholders to approve that deal that
must have proposed back in april and if it goes
through, Shareholders will get$54.20 a share in the
company. The stock was trading about$34 before Musk
bought 9% of the company and the first native american
was named the 45th Treasurer of the United States.
The White House appointed the lifetime chief of the Mohegan
tribe Maryland erba as U. S. Treasurer.
Her appointment means a tribal leader and native american woman's
signature will appear on U. S. Currency for
the first time. Well, Herbal will directly oversee
the US mint, the borough of engraving and printing
and forth Knox. She will also serve as liaison
with the Federal Reserve is predicting nearly 48 million people
are going to travel for the fourth of july and
analysts expect travel over the holiday weekend to reach 98%
of the pre pandemic levels. 42 million people are
forecasted to travel 50 miles or more by car.
That's a figure triple A says is even higher than
before. The pandemic. An additional 3.5 million travelers
going to take to the skies for travel triple A
warning that the most congested routes will include highways around
Atlanta boston Chicago, los Angeles new york and Seattle
and broadway theatergoers will no longer have to mask up
. Starting next month, the broadway League is announcing
that mask wearing will be optional. Starting july 1st
. After that, the league will evaluate the no
mask policy on an ongoing basis. While masks will
not be enforced, the broadway league still encourages audience
members to wear them. There are currently 27 shows
running on Broadway.