Systemic failures and egregious poor decision making.

That's just part of a new damning report criticizing the law enforcement response

to the deadly school shooting in Duvaldi, Texas.

And it also comes as the city takes action against its chief of police.

Plus, the next primetime hearing from the January 6th Committee is set for this Thursday.

Lawmakers want to lay out what former President Trump was doing during the attack on the Capitol.

But the committee is also hoping to have new evidence before then. We'll explain.

Plus, President Biden is back at the White House following his first trip to the Middle

East. We'll go through what, if anything, was accomplished in his controversial visit with the

Saudi Crown Prince.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Monday, July 18th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for being with us. We begin with the latest fallout from the massacre

that killed 19 children and two teachers in Uvaldi, Texas. A damning investigative report

released over the weekend said that nearly 400 law enforcement

officials responded to the mass shooting, but that, quote, egregiously poor decision-making

let the shooting continue for more than an hour. That report written by an investigative

from the Texas House of Representatives,

is the first to criticize state and federal law enforcement for their role in the response

and makes up the fullest account of what happened during one of the very worst school shootings in U.S. history.

Avaldi Mayor, Don McLaughlin said the acting police chief during the shooting was placed on administrative leave,

and an investigation will be launched into the police response.

But it's worth noting the report is still preliminary, and new body cam footage of the response

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