in texas, in texas you have the bustling new tesla factory in the home base of elon musk. in california, they have 39 empty cheesecake factories and h homeless guy living in front of each one, so one states as building cars in the other make people live in them. in texas you have to build a wall to protect the border, in new york we had to build a wall to protect women from our governor. in texas the state bird is the northern mockingbird in new yor it's a greasy with one eye and human finger and his mouth. we call that the ducey. in texas you have joe rogan, in new york they have cnn or what is left of cnn.ed everyone someone gets fired or arrested, they are so low on employees check out their new office assistance. yeah. they are so desperate at cnn, some employees have been forced to harass themselves. new york has hillary clinton, texas does not have hillary clinton. texas has rodeos, new york has this. there you go. that's what you call a new york rodeo. a rat with a slice of pizza. they both go well together in texas you have real cowboys who speak lightly and know h

in uvalde, texas. learning the grim news that their children didn't survive the shooting at rob elementary school in uvalde, texas, earlier on tuesday. a families were told to go to the civic ner where they could be reunited with their children. but as the hours have dragged on, many of the people left at the civic center are the parents and families of the at least 19 children that were murdered. senselessly on tuesday. we were told that authorities are using dna swabs of family members and parents to help identify the victims. that is the reality of the gruesome scene that investigators are dealing with. right now what we know is that this attack was carried out by an 18-year-old named salvador ramos. who lives there in uvalde. at some point he attend the the high school there in town. this shooting came in the last few days of the school year. officials said the entire school year is essentially over at this point. the high school is supposed to be having its graduation this weekend. but right now,

texas governor greg abbott giving i security of our schools. texas. governor greg abbott giving us security of our schools. texas - governor greg abbott giving us the latest details that he had at that point in time about what has happened today talking about that awful tragedy and what parents expect when they drop their children off to school, it's to be able to pick them up at the end of the school day. we can speak now to as a dare, i know the information is coming in fast. it's very fluid situation right now. what is the latest that you've heard about the latest that you've heard about the latest developments in this? figs latest that you've heard about the latest developments in this? as we mentioned earlier, _ latest developments in this? as we mentioned earlier, we _ latest developments in this? as we mentioned earlier, we know- latest developments in this? as we mentioned earlier, we know that i latest developments in this? as we mentioned earlier, we know that 15j mentioned earlier, we know that 15 people have died so far, that includes 14

all of that began in texas. in 1966. when charles whitman, a name that became one of the most famous names of the 1960s, went to the top of a texas tower, the university of texas in austin tower. and with his rifle, he aimed down at people walking across the campus and he shot and killed 16 of them before he was shot and killed by police. that's before going to the tower. like many of the mass murderers who followed his footsteps, charles whitman shot and killed his wife, shot and killed his mother. the mass murderer in sandy hook, in connecticut, shot and killed his mother before going to the elementary school they are to murder 20 kindergarten and first grade students. and six adults working at the school. the latest reports indicate that as many as 18 children and three adults were shot and killed today at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, the town of 15,000 people about 60 miles from the mexican border. some reports are indicating that the children murdered were mostly in grades three and four. the mass murder

for more, we go to texas go to the capital, austin, speak with nicole golden, executive director of texas gun sense. welcome to democracy now! on this horrific day. first of all, our condolences on the horror that has taken place in uvalde. i was just saying 10 days ago to the people of buffalo. but if you can respond to what happened, the climate in texas, and what you think needs to happen. >> i will be honest, we are all barely hanging in there. it is nothing compared to what the community must be experiencing. i'm sitting here talking to while i'm exhausted and my own kids are getting ready for school. i have to compartmentalize what happened in order to do the work that i do, but is so critically important. i have been involved in gun violence prevention in texas for almost a decade. i have sat through brutal hearings, state legislature. i have heard unbelievable arguments to are very sensible ask for common sense gun laws, laws that most texans support, law-enforcement support, laws that are working to prevent gun violence in other states. but we have a political climate here that m

god love you. >> will you go to texas, sir? will you go to texas? >> president of the nsa suggesting the country tonight. clearly grief stricken and weary. a man who will, of course, famously knows grief. knows the grief of losing a child. and then of an adult son. of loved ones. why are we willing to live with this carnage, was the question he asked. i caution that people are asking since 1999, columbine shooting. i've been asking particularly since the send excluding in 2012, which any policy responses seemed increasingly difficult to achieve. one of the other people who knows this grief, sadly, so who has met with the president to discuss this issues, fred guttenberg, his daughter was killed in a mass shooting back in 2018. fred, thanks for joining us. first, i just want to say, i imagine this is very difficult emotionally for you, i offer my deepest condolences, and thanks for making time to talk to us tonight. >> thank you. i honestly just listen to the president, it just continues to pull me back to a moment that is unfathomable. i mean, the r

shooting incident uvalde school in texas. school has children that are in second, third and fourth grade. >> jesse: this is every parent's worst nightmare, children gunned down in their own school. the situation is still developing but texas governor greg abbott addressed the tragedy earlier. >> the shooter was saffold ramos, an 18-year-old male who resided in uvalde. it's believed he abandoned his vehicle and entered into the robb elementary school in uvalde with a handgun and he may have also had a rifle that is not confirmed to the latest report. he shot and killed incomprehensibly 14 students and killed a teacher. mr. ramos, the shooter, he is -- he himself is deceased. and is believed that responding officers killed him. >> jesse: abbott would also add that the shooter killed his own grandmother in a domestic incident before entering the school. fox news national correspondent bill melugin updates us now with the latest. bill? >> >> bill: jesse, good evening to you. i want to give you an idea of some of the heartache tha

robyn, 'ust those in texas safe. robyn, just listening _ those in texas safe. robyn, just listening to _ those in texas safe. robyn, just listening to you - those in texas safe. robyn, just listening to you and i just listening to you and obviously so passionate about this issue, i understand your organisation, since the tragedy of sandy hook in 2012, helped pass more than 350 gun safety laws in 45 states. i'm interested to find out what is the resistance that you face when you speak to people on the other side of this debate? i other side of this debate? i think some of the problem is, as we're hearing with ted cruz simply meant information. —— misinformation. the belief we don't have solutions to this problem. i think some of it is understanding the research and statistics, knowing they're solutions and we need to be able to take steps to implement them. i think the second amendment comes up a lot. what we do have one, it certainly does protect some rights of individuals to hold guns, even the supreme court decision interpreting the second amendment talk

a lot of them live in texas. and the degree to which this thing that we have that we see, where we make the sacrifice to moloch is a deal with the devil. it seems a discomforting number of people are okay with it. and as someone who wants to represent them -- what do you say about what public opinion really is in texas? >> would i see is that there are a lot of folks, folks who owns gun. people who use them for sporting, at a shooting range. and perhaps they agree not with the entire range of policy solutions on common sense gun reform. but they agree with, for instance, universal background checks or red flag laws. there is a place where we can start. the problem, though, is that you have the nra creating this myth that people are going to take your guns if we go down this path. and that we are going to start a domino effect that means you will lose your gun. they have been successful at that. with they have created is a greater intensity in who shows up to vote. single issue voters on the other side of this --

texas believed the laws enshfined texas? texas believed the laws enshrined in _ texas? texas believed the laws enshrined in the _ texas? texas believed the laws enshrined in the us _ enshrined in the us constitution should not be tampered with and, indeed, there is considerable support for gun ownership and a lot of gun ownership in texas but not only in texas because the last two decades have shown a huge spike in the number of gun purchases in this country and that number has accelerated over the course of the last three years in particular. around 400 million firearms in this country which is more handguns, more rifles than people. the very influential pressure group, the national rifle association, is due to hold it annual meeting this coming saturday and sunday. ironically, in texas, where former president donald trump is among to be among the guest speakers. 1 is among to be among the guest seakers. ., ., ., ,~' is among to be among the guest seakers. ., ., ., i. ., speakers. i want to ask you one more question _ speakers. i want to ask you one more question befor

in texas. texas's other senator, john corden was also scheduled to speak at that event, but he pulled out at the last minute claiming he's got a scheduling conflict. well, the voters of texas continue to support those leaders, if the response to those tragedies is to push for more guns, and more hands, in more places. joining us now is rachelle garza, she's a democratic candidate for texas attorney general, who is challenging the republican incumbent ken paxton, whom you just heard talking about how texas should be army arming teachers. >> thank you for having me here. >> what do you think about attorney general paxton solution, it's not far off from most state level republicans in the state that the answer to problems like this is more people with guns, more security, heartedly these places, blood banks, things like that, or not dealing with the fundamental underlying problem. >> i think that's absolutely the wrong solution, he has not given us any sort of help for these communities. look, i'm

just texas isn't open. but make sure it got anywhere in texas. and i understand you can also carry on school grounds or maybe even a school ground. i don't know. >> yeah, that's all information that we're going to learn in the the coming days about how this suspect got these 2 guns. the governor said he possibly had a handgun and a rifle and also find out about what, if any type of security was at that school, if there was any type of a security officer that was allowed to carry a weapon or any of the teachers that were allowed to carry weapons, that they had them. if there is even a chance to use them all that information will come out during the investigation. the video that our viewers are watching right now is of grieving parents either outside the hospital or outside the school or at reunification center waiting to find out information about their students, about their kids. that could be anywhere from second 3rd or 4th grade. i i wonder what representative, but you would say to parents here in the bay area who have, you know, kids that age

uvalde texas, texas, the governor will speak about the school shooting massacre. 19 students and two teachers were all killed inside one 4th grade classroom. 17 others were hurt. >> john: mark another tragic day of mourning in america. i'm john roberts in washington. this is america responds. exchanging fire with the barricaded gunman and breaking windows to get others out. and texas rangers look for a motive behind the attack. 18-year-old gunman was reported a loner with few friends, and plenty of problems at home. >> sandra: texas d.p.s. chris oliveras with more on what we are learning in just moments. >> john: fox team coverage from across the country. >> bill will begin things for us on the ground in uvalde, texas for us. our coverage continues. bill. >> bill: sandra, a lot of conflicting reporting whether or not there was a school police officer on campus when the shooting took place. texas d.p.s. tells me there was a school officer on campus who exchanged gunfire with this gunman. i'm told that the officer was shot and injured and that is when the shooter ran inside the school,

school in uvalde texas. he said he was misled about the response of local police and he is absolutely livid about it. this is 35 minutes. >> one thing i must emphasize. that is, we are going through short-term challenges right now. the reality is many of the challenges will be long-term challenges. texas stands with who validly -- you validly -- uvalde, to help every single citizen feel as much as they possibly can. we will be heroes long as it takes. among other things, i know there have been offerings to ensure the cost of funerals will be taken care of. during the course of a meeting, there was an anonymous donor who attended the meeting and provided $175,000 to ensure every cost of every family concerning everything about the funeral services will be taken care of. we appreciate that anonymous donor for his generosity and we will ensure those resources get into the right hands to make sure that no family who is suffering from incalculable heartbreak at this time will have to worry about a single cost wit

elementary school in uvalde, texas. this is 35 minutes. >> one thing i must emphasize. that is, we are going through short-term challenges right now. the reality is many of the challenges will be long-term challenges. texas stands with who validly -- you validly -- uvalde, to help every single citizen feel as much as they possibly can. we will be heroes long as it takes. among other things, i know there have been offerings to ensure the cost of funerals will be taken care of. during the course of a meeting, there was an anonymous donor who attended the meeting and provided $175,000 to ensure every cost of every family concerning everything about the funeral services will be taken care of. we appreciate that anonymous donor for his generosity and we will ensure those resources get into the right hands to make sure that no family who is suffering from incalculable heartbreak at this time will have to worry about a single cost with regard to anything concerning this travesty. in addition to that, there are all kinds of nee

a gun in the state of texas. this is crazy, what we're seeing in the state of texas by this governor and the republican legislature in the state of texas, and that's why these things happen and why children die every single day. >> representative hinojosa, we heard people in uvalde pleading with president biden do something. that was -- that was their plea, as simple and raw as that. you must be getting that same kind of plea in texas. what do you tell people about a republican-controlled government in which you're trying to do something? >> well, we need to hold them accountable. i will say i am hearing from even republicans now that we need to do something and that we need to do something about the gun. please understand that this is not who we are as texans in terms of our culture and our history. it wasn't until 1994 that you could even carry handgun in public in the state of texas. in the it years under republican control we've obliterated our gun safety laws to the point, where my dad was saying a minute ag

jackson lee of texas, ms. sewell of alabama i inform the house that these members will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. reschenthaler of pennsylvania, i inform the house that mr. reschenthaler will vote yes on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by members cardenas, mccormack, swalwell, gomez, i inform the house that these members will vote -- these members will vote no on the motion o recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. kaw thon of north carolina, mr. brooks of alabama i inform the house that these members will vote yes on the motion. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oregon seek recognition? >> madam speaker,

, your district in texas. give us a little more, if you can, congressman, about this area around uvalde, the people who live there. >> you know, it's really like a salt of the earth kind of place. these are for the most part h humble hard-working people. it's considered a rural area. it's about 15,000 people. but it's one of the main cities. if you drive from san antonio on highway 90 going west toward del rio and really toward the u.s.-mexico border, it's the big town that you come across, believe it or not, at 15 now people. it's kind of like the halfway point and the big town you come across. and it's a great community. it's a tight-knit community. it's almost 80% latino, really mostly mexican american. you know, overwhelmingly mexican american. so i realize we don't know the motive yet and we don't have all the information. my heart just sank because i'm just hoping that it's not another situation like el paso or buffalo where people were targeted because of their race and because of their ethnicity. you k

the people of texas are with us. the majority of the people of texas are with us, but we've got to stand up to this. or we just accept this theater and business as usual, and we accept the next shooting. texas has some of the most gun friendly laws in the united states. today the republican governor, abbott focused on mental health issues and argued that tougher gun laws and other states, including right here in california are ineffective. and today, california's governor and state lawmakers announced more steps that the state is taking to reduce gun violence are heather holmes joins us now she's in the newsroom tonight with how governor newsom responded to those remarks by the governor of texas. heather governor newsom forcefully denied governor abbott suggestion that gun laws do not reduce shootings. newsom said that in 2020, texas's gun murder rate was 67% higher than california's. and he said california will continue to lead in gun control. do not give up. and do not give in to the cynicism. and all the #### that

that's the texas revolution. so taxes that republic of texas was not recognized by mexico mexico did not ratify the treaty that santa ana signed under duress. after having been defeated, so this is a republic of taxes. and at first they don't have any desire to enter the union. they're just another republic it's almost like jefferson's dream of that north american continent of six or seven republics all governing themselves, but not all under one one government. so that's 1836 then. back a little bit to to the territorial growth. so here's the here's where the the push for territorial growth is coming from in the united states. politically. it's coming from the jeffersonian side. first the republicans really the democratic republicans who then rename themselves a democratic party in 1827, and they're the agricultural party and their sense. they do not have a sense like the whigs do that wealth can be created through innovation and a division of labor. you got to pull it out of the ground or you have to grow it. t

that is scores of people of texas right now. we cannot give up hope we have to stand into the spare, we need to stand, and fight. >> what then? with a country that has led the abortion restrictions, and discriminatory transgender laws, and now, with guns. how do you feel you move the needle on this? aren't texans prepared to say, enough, we won't go down that road? with republicans who are on the wrong side of these issues are on the rocks are the issues here. >> there will be a reckoning, and an accounting, on the 8th of november of this year. i just want to make sure, every texan have the opportunity to make the choice. asking the people are working on this campaign, meet, and their fellow texans, without regard for party affiliation, passed voting history, and anything else. it is going on what they want. >> they want to see change in texas, and what happened here in uvalde. joining us now, nicole hawk lee, cofounder, and ceo, of sandy hook promise. her six-year-old son, dylan, killed in the mashudu at sandy hook elementary s

for more, we go to texas go to the capital, austin, speak with nicole golden, executive director of texas gun sense. welcome to democracy now! on this horrific day. first of all, our condolences on the horror that has taken place in uvalde. i was just saying 10 days ago to the people of buffalo. but if you can respond to what happened, the climate in texas, and what you think needs to happen. >> i will be honest, we are all barely hanging in there. it is nothing compared to what the community must be experiencing. i'm sitting here talking to while i'm exhausted and my own kids are getting ready for school. have to compartmentalize what happened in order to do the work that i do, but is so critically important. i have been involved in gun violence prevention in texas for almost a decade. i have sat through brutal hearings, state legislature. i have heard unbelievable arguments to are very sensible ask for common sense gun laws, laws that most texans support, law-enforcement support, laws that are working to prevent gun violence in other states. but we have a political climate here that mak

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he took out texas law enforcement. and the citizens of texas on a high speed chase that ended at a school, and went into the school and did that horrific incident. >> mr. white, i'm sorry to interrupt, we know those details. what we want to know is what your solution is, and the reason i ask is because we've all seen how quickly and creatively texas, your local legislature, can act when it wants to, say, protect the unborn embryo. why not act with that alacrity to protect living, breathing 10-year-olds in this school behind me. use that same blueprint that you used for that abortion law. make there be waiting periods, make them have to come back to the scene more than once. make them have to answer questions. why can't you protect living 10-year-olds? >> well, thank you for that question, and let me tell you why we will not -- have not taken that approach consistent with the legislation you brought up as it relates to innocent unborn life in the womb is because we have this thing called the constitution. okay. and what

what is this like for texas? >> unfortunately, this is the result of a state that has made it very easy over the last two decades to get a hold of guns. just recently, greg abbott and texas leadership footage later us constitutional carry that anybody over they do a team without training or apartment can go and get a gun. they instituted open carrying any number of different measures that have celebrated those gun culture, and have refused even basic common sense gun safety reforms. they've actively oppose them. that also goes for the two senators. look, you've all days the town of only about 20,000 people. it's a small town of hardworking folks, people know each other. there are a lot of guns in that town. people enjoy hunting around uvalde, and that area of texas. they have weapons to protect themselves. but will they talk about people and you've all the or other parts of the state, or a nation, they don't support this guy being able to get a multi-stella sullivan, and also we find that he had. i think that's p

the horrific scene unfolding in texas. the deadly mass shooting at an elementary school in uvalde, texas. 14 children and a teacher killed. the awful images coming in from robb elementary school. late today, governor abbott confirming the staggering toll there. the alleged gunman also dead. the governor identifying the suspect at 18-year-old salvador ramos, a student at uvalde high school. authorities believe he shot and killed his grandmother beforehand. tonight, what we have just learned about the suspect and the heartbreaking scene unfolding. the parents gathering late today, waiting for official word on their children. mireya villarreal on the scene in texas tonight. aaron katersky and what he's now learned about the suspect. >>> this comes just ten days after the mass shooting in buffalo, new york. nine days after the shooting at a church in california. cecilia vega with word coming in from the white house tonight, president biden set to address the nation this evening. and pierre thomas on the concern from federal au

the encouraging thing that i can share with you from texas, is that the people of texas want better a majority of us do. we had a rally on saturday in houston for reproductive health care rights. 5,000 people came out on three days' notice it was the largest reproductive health care rally in the country, and it happened in the place you'd maybe least expect it to happen in, which is texas. but i think that reflects the majority of us there, who not only want to make sure that our rights are protected, but they want us to get focused on the big things that we can all actually agree on, like the kind of jobs we want to create, focusing on our public schools, getting the backs of our public school educators, expanding medicaid, which we haven't done in texas, though most of the rest of the country has, so that people are healthy enough and well enough to live to their full potential those are the things that we want to do the abortion ban, this crazed focus on transgender kids and arresting their parents for child abuse, permitless carry, the failure of the power grid, that's reflective

for safety south texas region. give us the latest on the state of the investigation in terms of the number of victims and the latest we know. >> so we have 19 children are deceased as well as two adults, two of those being teachers, for a total of 21 victims. we are still processing the scene at the school with our texas rangers as well as working with federal partners, local law enforcement. we know all the victims have been removed from the school, all the families have been notified as well. >> all the victims have been removed, all the families have been notified, so all the victims have been identified. >> that's correct. >> okay. >> how difficult has that been for the -- a lot of what i want -- for me, the families and how difficult that must be for them and your officers have been doing a lot of the notifications, i assume. how has that been going? >> i can tell you it is hard to put into words. as a parent myself, you know, to even think about what these families are going through right now, not only the fa

a lot of them live in texas. and the degree to which this thing that we have that we see, where we make the sacrifice to malik moloch is a deal with the devil. it seems a discomforting number of people are okay with it. and as someone who wants to represent them -- what do you say about what public opinion really is in texas? >> would i see is that there are a lot of folks, folks who owns gun. people who use them for sporting, at a shooting range. and perhaps they agree not with the entire range of policy solutions on common sense gun reform. but they agree with, for instance, universal background checks or red flag laws. there is a place where we can start. the problem, though, is that you have the nra creating this myth that people are going to take your guns if we go down this path. and that we are going to start a domino effect that means you will lose your gun. they have been successful at that. with they have created is a greater intensity in who shows up to vote. single issue voters on the other side of th

many of these schools in texas have gone into this type of program. it takes dedication it takes th right person it takes the selection process that is very unique to take a person who is an educator and put them in thi kind of role. >> a think you make an excellen point and on the five last night , geraldo rivera had a very insightful line where he said that he thinks that schools should be guarded like banks because children are more valuable than money. so i think there may need to be a fundamental shift in how we see the dangers that children face in this day and age. one thing i wanted to ask you about, one of the most grueling moments for all of these parent yesterday was the waiting game. a lot of parents that they couldn't find their children or didn't know where their childre were in the hours after this school shooting took place. some parents may even still be wondering at this very moment where their children are. you know why that is? to keep the violent aftermath o a mass attack like this it's up by its nature chaotic. the systematic lay

a texas community searching for answers that may never come. why did an 18-year-old gunman open fire inside an elementary school killing 19 children and two teachers? for now the small town of uvalde near the border with mexico is in mourning. ♪ vigils are under way and families are making funeral arrangements. a makeshift memorial with flowers and balloons is growing outside robb elementary school. u.s. president joe biden will travel to texas soon to visit the families of the victims. >> we must ask when in god's name will we do what needs to be done to if not completely stop, fundamentally change the amount of carnage that goes on in this country? to state the obvious like a lot of other people here i'm sick and tired. i'm just sick and tired of what's going on and continues to go on. >> and former friend says the gunman, salvador ramos, had a history of fighting as seen here in a video obtained by cnn. investigators say he was inside the school for 40 minutes to an hour barricaded inside two adjoining classrooms before he was shot and kil

jackson lee of texas, ms. sewell of alabama, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6604. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from alabama rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. brooks of alabama, i inform the house that mr. brooks will vote no on h.r. 6604. and as the member designated by mr. cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that he will vote yes on h.r. 6604. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from utah rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. garbarino of new york, i inform the house that mr. garbarino will vote yea on h.r. 6604. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 412. the nays are one. 2/3 2/3, the rules are -- 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from marylan

this texas shooting is now the second deadliest on the school campus in the u.s. history. the deadliest was in 2012 when a shooter opened fire in connecticut. he killed 26 people and 20 of them was first-graders. the shooter then killed himself. then in parkland, florida a former student shot and killed 17 people at marjory stoneman douglas high school. here in the bay area a mass shooting at the korean christian college in oakland. in 2012 a former nursing student killed seven students and wounded three others. he was later found mentally unfit for trial. we will continue to follow every development on the story and bring you updates as soon as you learn them. you can track the latest of almonds any time at www.nbcbayarea.com. if you feel you need some help processing the strategy there is a resource here. the california youth crisis line and the line is open to everyone 24 hours a day. you can find the number on our website www.nbcbayarea.com and you can see it there on our screen. you can also search youth crisis line. >>> i am chief meteorologist jeff ranieri and we ar

of the state of texas. flying here, visiting the community of uvalde to pay their respects. a very somber time during a time in which we should be celebrating the beginning of summer after two and a half years of being in a pandemic and yet here we are instead mourning the loss of these beautiful babies and those two teachers. after this mass shooting. i want to talk about where we're going to be expecting today of course from the president along with what this community wants to hear from that president. i want to bring in joel chester who is on the ground for in washington d.c. along with some rock who's here with me in uvalde texas, has been doing some incredible reporting on the ground for us here in uvalde speaking with families. as well. jewels, let me start with you on this one as i just mentioned the president here visiting arriving around 11 am or so. this is the consoler-in-chief president. he knows what it's like to lose a child. he'd visited buffalo just 12 days ago as well. the vice president b

." >>> "outfront" tonight, the horror in texas. i'm erin burnett covering the breaking news of the mass shooting at an elementary school in a small town in texas. 14 children dead, tieacher, dea, 15 people dead in their elementary school. school is rob elementary in texas and more than a dozen we understand now are fighting injuries right now in the hospital. we do not know the full status there. governor abbott of texas says the shooter who is also dead was an 18-year-old male who attended the local high school. officials believe he acted alone and had a handgun and possibly a rifle. there is so much we do not know tonight, we do know, though, it is the worst school shooting in the united states since 17 people died at marjorie douglas high school in parkland florida in 2018. i said it's a small town, it is, about 16,000 people live there in the southern part of the state, about 85 miles west of san antonio. moments ago, president biden arrived back at joint base andrews. he is headed to the white house. administration officials s

the state of texas. this is crazy. this is what we are seeing in the state of texas, by this governor, and the republican legislature in the state of texas. and that's why these things happen. that's why children die every single day. >> representative hinajosa, we heard people in uvalde pleading with president biden, do something. that was their plea. as simple and raw as that. you must be getting that same kind of plea in texas, what do you tell people about a republican-controlled government in which you're trying to do something. >> well, we need to hold them accountable. i will say i am hearing from even republicans now that we need to do something, and that we need to do something about the guns. please understand that this is not who we are as texans in terms of our culture and our history. it wasn't until 1994 that you could even carry a handgun in public in the state of texas. in the 30 years under republican control we have obliterated our gun laws that as my dad was saying you don't need a bac

we'll get an update from texas state senator roland gutierrez, who represents uvalde and confronted texas governor abbott to call for a special session on guns. as questions mount over the hour it took for police to break into the classroom and kill the shooter, we'll also eak with brandon wolf, a survivor of the pulse night club mass shooting in orlando, florida, where police took three hours to break in at the gathering place of the lgbtq community. 49 people were killed. it was a second deadly shooting by a single gunman in u.s. history. then we go to colombia where the presidential election is headed to a runoff. >> what is in dispute today is change. the political parties allied to president u.k. --duque's government. amy: leftist candidate gustavo petro will face the right-wing populist rodolfo hernandez who surprisemany bplacing second. many have described hernandez as colombia's version of donald trump. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in uvalde, texas, funerals are underway for the 19 fourth grad

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texas. we are here today to not only help the families of the teachers who tragically lost their lives and provide the benefits they are due but also help all employees of not only this school district but surrounding school districts to make sure they have access to mental health and behavioral health services. we recognize not all employees of these districts are members of our system and healthcare program but we want to thank our partners for extending the benefits to everyone employed in this district or surrounding districts. thank you. >> now texas employees retirement system. >> i'm the executive director of the employees of texas. retirement benefits but more important, health insurance benefits to state employees but also employees of higher education in the community so local community college employees will get health insurance from health selected texas providing blue cross blue shield of texas and we have activated 24 hour crisis hotline to help connect medical and mental healt

of the texas workforce commission. the workforce commission has a local presence on main street in our local workforce development office. through that office, we'll provide child care services for not only the families of the victims but also anyone who is associated in the school or first responders. we'll also look to protect any tana or s.n.a.p. benefits an individual is receiving. so that they don't lose those benefits because they're unable to work or to continue their training. we'll also assist with anyone needing priority concerning unemployment benefits or businesses that need assistance during this time. we're available locally, so please, and we're also out at the assistance center as well. thank you. >> thank you. and now the head of the tdhca. >> good afternoon. i'm bobby wilkinson, executive director of the texas department of housing and community affairs. we have a very flexible pot of grant funding that we're funding our local partner, the community council of south central texas. they're at the assis

so texas authorities say ramos bought these legally. but texas governor, greg abbott was asked today about that. >> the ability of an 18-year- old to buy a long gun has been in place in the state of texas for more than 60 years. and think about during the time over the course of that 60 years, we have not had episodes like this. >> a federal law passed in 1968 set the minimum age for buying a long gun at 18 and advocates of gun control say back then that meant hunting rifles, ar 15 type weapons didn't become popular until the late 80s early 90s, so they say it makes no sense to allow the sale of those weapons at 18 but not handguns until 21. governor abbott said today california, new york and chicago all have strict gun laws but still have a problem with gun violence.>> how likely is congress to raise the limits on buying guns? >> it seems very unlikely because these are among one of the most popular weapons, one out of every five firearms sold in america today is one of these weapons. >> pete williams, thank you. we are going to show y

ryan young, cnn, houston, texas. >>> ashton p. woods is the he co-founder of black lives matter in houston, texas and he's been involved in organizing those protests against the nra that we were just looking at right there. he is joining me now live from houston, and i really thank you for being here on the end of what i'm sure was a long day. we heard some things there in that report already from the nra conference. but you know, just to repeat some of them, you've heard them all before, right? here's the -- what they're saying. their quote, what stops armed bad guys is armed good guys. you heard it from ted cruz. the existence of evil is one of the very best reasons to arm law-abiding citizens. and then some very passed pleas saying hell no, we will not go and you will not take them. >> so given all this, it is surprising to me that outside there in houston that some people are now saying that there is hope, that there might be a middle way, that some kind of reform is possible. what do you think? and what does that best case sc

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texas authorities report he had no criminal record, no history of mental illness. more now on the investigation from cnn's ed. >> i'm going to shoot an elementary school. that was one of the chilling text messages the uvalde gunman sent to a 15-year-old girl in germany at 11:21 central time in texas just 15 minutes before the shooting at robb elementary school. >> evil swept across uvalde yesterday. >> the 18-year-old gunman drove to the elementary school where he would kill 19 children and the faculty members 2 days before they were heading out for school break. the gunman wrote messages that foreshadowed the carnage he was about to inflict. >> i'm going to shoot my grandmother. i shot my grandmother. >> the suspect is described as a drop-out of the local high school. after crashing his grandmother's truck in a ditch, officials say he entered the school district and classrooms shooting students and teachers. >> officers with the school district approached the gunman and engaged with the gunman at that time. the gunman then entered a back door and went down two sho

texas had the massacre few years ago. we've had shootings in florida and texas and connecticut. you know, it's hard not to reach the conclusion at some point that, you know, that -- that there are policy-makers who are okay with this happening because they are not doing anything about it. they are not trying to do anything about it, and yet, you know, again here, just like sandy hook where you had many kids killed, you have 14 kid killed, so what is the congress going to do about it, and what is the texas governor and the legislature, what are they going to do about it? greg abbott made the state more dangerous over the last few years by allowing for permitless carry, basically no questions asked carrying a gun, you know, and it's made the state more dangerous, and so, yeah, i mean, people are frustrated with congress and think congress is worthless because congress hasn't done anything, but there are many of us who have tried to do something. but as you know, this is a representative democracy. it's not a monarchy. we can't force republicans to vote a certain way, you know, and