5 PM ET: Uvalde meeting, Mar-a-Lago hearing, US drought expansion & more

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Texas’ top law enforcement officer declined to step down during a meeting about his agency’s response to the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde. Police say the rifle used in the St. Louis school shooting had been taken from the gunman about a week before the attack. President Joe Biden praised the third quarter GDP report but economists say it masks a potential slowdown. Former President Donald Trump’s legal team and Justice Department prosecutors met in a sealed court hearing related to classified documents seized from Mar-a-Lago. Lastly, we’ll tell you where drought is expanding in the US.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy