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

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,

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

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

not just in texas. we passed another legislation that said you can meet with professionals outside of texas. the telehealth and telemedicine situation were addressed late in october of this past year. many programs are being rolled out right now. >> [indiscernible] >> we have other ways of addressing it. >> [indiscernible] >> i'm not exactly clear on your question. but i think i have the just enough of it well enough to answer this way. we will all consider the best strategies for schools to employee. more important, we do it in conjunction working with schools. we won't be imposing policies on schools without working with them. we need i is d's, schools, school leaders, and safety professionals at the table for the discussion purposes if we are going to achieve the best standards possible. thank you all. >> c-span is your unfiltered government. including comcast. >> are you thinking this is just a community center? it is way more than that cared comcast is partnering with a thousand community centers.

>>> new details emerging on the texas school tragedy. what we're learning about those very young victims and how the community is coping. >>> california leaders announcing emergency actions to try to curb gun violence here in our state also. >>> good afternoon, i'm sara donchey. our top story at 3:00 on kpix 5, a texas town dealing with what can only be described as unimaginable grief. and across the country, people are also grieving. they're frustrated. some are just angry after the latest deadly school shooting. what we're learning about what happened is very dark and disturbing. i want to warn you about that. the 18-year-old who opened fire at an elementary school barricaded himself inside of a single classroom, killing 19 little kids and two teachers. people have been gathering outside the civic center in uvalde, texas comforting one another. this was the deadliest school shooting in the u.s. since sandy hook. reporter aaron jones is live in uvalde with the very latest. aaron? >> reporter: sarah, the grief here is just overwhelming.

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

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

texas has loosened gun laws. i mean, they passed a bill last year to allow hotel guests to store and carry firearms. they seem to continue to find ways to loosen restrictions on guns. people wonder why there's no action on the federal level >>well, chuck, it's the biggest fallacy of all that having more guns around is going to make us any safer. if that were true, it would be the safest country in the world. texas would be one of the safest states. what the facts tell us is looser gun laws, more guns in the hands of civilians, and in this case, completely untrained, unbackground checked civilians only makes our communities less safe. only puts our children more at risk. arming teachers, arming guards it raises risk of our children being exposed to gun violence. it doesn't make them safer. the big lie, the fallacy about guns making you safer has, unfortunately, lead to so many shootings in this country and now school shootings, as well. until the american people are willing to actually look at the facts and hold o

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

and in you val, d, texas. as many of you know, the reports are that it was in mass shooting in an elementary school. and the preliminary reports are that 14 children have been killed and, and the details are so coming in and of course the president nire monitoring the situation closely. so while we don't know all the details yet, we do know that there are parents who have lost children and families that have lost children and their loved ones, of course, and many others who may have been entered. so i would normally say in a moment like this, we would all say, naturally that our hearts break, but our hearts keep getting broken. you know, i think so many, there's so many elected leaders in this from, you know, what i'm talking about every time a prag, a tragedy like this happens, our hearts break in our broken hearts are nothing compared to the broken hearts of those families. and yet it keeps happening. so i think we all know and have said many times with each other enough is enough enough is enough. as a nati

>> mireya villarreal in texas again for us tonight. mireya, thank you. >>> now to the calls for action across this country. texas senator john cornyn, who was there in uvalde while we were there yesterday, now back in washington tonight. and today, he was directed by republican senatorit leader mitch mcconnell to now meet with democrats for a possible bipartisan solution. so, tonight, t question, is there actual movement on this with the vast majority of americans now wanting something done? abc's rachel scott on the hill tonight. >> reporter: texas senator john cornyn returning to washington from the scene of the tragedy. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell encouraging him to meet with democrats and see if there's a path forward. >> i'm not interested in the same old tired talking points. i'm actually interested in what we can do to make the terrible events that occurred in the uvalde less likely in the future. >> reporter: today, cornyn spoke with another senator whose state was touched by tragedy, democrat chris murphy from con

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. lse. it is going on what they want. so how do the people who want to see change in texas and make sure that would have been tear in uvalde matters this november. joining us now, nicole hawk lee, cofounder, and ceo, of sandy

according to texas public safety officials. students and teachers repeatedly begged 9-1-1 operators for help. during the attack, while the school district police chief told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway. those actions have now become the center of the investigation into the horrific shooting in the near one hour delay in confronting the shooter who led to discipline lawsuits and even credible charges into -- meanwhile chilling new details are emerging about the 9-1-1 calls. that came from inside the classroom. the shooter barricaded himself. in the washington post has reporting, at 12:03 pm, a girl called 9-1-1 for a little over a minute and whispered that she was in room 1:12 according to texas department of public safety director stephen c mccraw. that little girl called back at 12:10 pm, reporting multiple people dead, he said, and again a few minutes later, she called to say that there was still a number of students alive. please send the police now, the girl begged the dispatcher at 12:43 pm, 40 minutes a

pablo: uvalde, texas, el paso, texas, buffalo, new york, pero el congreso no ha aprobado ninguna ley que evite de forma eficaz esas matanzas. algunos culpan a los republicanos. [habla en inglÉs] [habla en inglÉs] pablo: " el pueblo estÁ cansado de tiroteos masivos", dijo el lÍder demÓcrata del senado. los republicanos dicen estar indignados con la masacre, pero la legislaciÓn propuesta por los demÓcratas que ponen mÁs controles sobre la venta de armas, han muerto en el senado por falta de apoyo republicano. dicen que las restricciones no son efectivas. pero en el aÑo 2019 hubo 19,384 homicidios en estados unidos con armas de fuego. el japÓn, cuatro. >> las madres y las familias no podemos estar pensando que nuestros hijos van a ser heridos e incluso van a ser asesinados en las escuelas a donde van a aprender. pablo: en el aÑo 2020 mÁs de 45,000 personas murieron en estados unidos debido a las armas de fuego. pablo gato, univisiÓn. patricia: las reacciones de las principales las fabricantes de armas aumentaron durante este tiroteo en la escuela de uvalde. esto debido a qu

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

just on texas itself, texas is a very pro-gun state. last year the governor, who held a press conference earlier, signed a law that allows anyone in the state over 21 to carry a handgun and anyone over 18 to carry a rifle without license or training. another thing, the annual conference of the nra, you mentioned their powerful national rifle association, the pro-gun lobby is holding its annual conference here this weekend where you will see texas senators, the texas governor in attendance as well. that gives you a sense of how comfortable xas is with guns and the idea of guns. generally, the country is swamped with guns. the u.s., u.s. firearms make -- mars produce more than 139 million guns for the commercial market over two decades from 2000 and imported another 71 llion. what do americans think? the latest poll shows that 53% want stricter gawuns. l how t gidivided the country is on it. roz: thanks for that update. in a few minutes time, after this new report on lockdown parties in downing street has been published, we look at the st

mireya villarreal right here in texas with us. >>> and good evening tonight from texas. we are here in uvalde, a community in mourning. the mass shooting at the elementary school right behind me here, leaving so many parents, so many families would their sons and daughters. 19 school children and two teachers were shot and killed. tonight here, we honor them, their names, their stories, the awards given to some of the students just hours before the shooting. this is the second deadliest school shooting in u.s. history now after sandy hook ten years ago. tonight, new reporting here on the 18-year-old suspect, salvador ramos. in fact, he turned 18 just nine days ago. and the next day, authorities say he bought his first ar-15-style rifle, days later, buying his second. and then a little more than a week after his birthday, showing up at the school right here behind us. tonight, we've learned in the hours before the attack, that he sent three private messages on facebook, signaling his plans. tonight, the memorial growing outside robb elementary school. the school-year-ol y

and that's a very sad state of affairs unfortunately, in texas. this is something that's going to haunt the people of yewuvalde for months and weeks to come >> we do know this took place, it was initially a domestic disturbance between the suspect and his grandmother in which he shot the grandmother she is alive she is in critical condition local law enforcement received a call of a crashed vehicle and armed gunman nearby, close proximity to the school. at that point, the gunman made entry to the school, in complete disregard for human life, an evil person. started shooting anyone in the way. >> just walking through the school opening fire. >> right he was armed with some type of long rifle we're still trying to determine how he obtained that we have other law enforcement trying to make determination but once he made entry to the school, he continued shooting teachers, children, brave law enforcement, i want to praise the law enforcement. coming together and going into the school, an active shooter situation and trying to encounter this gunman who

, 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

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

they are out of touch with the people of texas. they ignore the real problems and they make other problems worse. >> the democrats filed more than 50 bills on gun safety. more than 50. none of which have come to reality. i saw that you were also advocating that it is time to reenact the federal assault weapons ban restrictions. are you looking for more guidance and help from the federal government. it is not necessarily going well for any of us across the united states? >> i think that the texas legislator needs to act. and no am i suggesting that this is on congress. they need to take action in texas. we need federal solutions to this. it is little good for -- me to have a one set of laws in one state and someone go to another state and purchase a gun without the same level of scrutiny and bring it across state lines. a federal solution is what is needed. i look back i would president clinton and other democrats did in the 90s to pass the background checks and assault weapons ban. we have seen since the assault weapons ban was all

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

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

texas, florida, and other states around the country. i think it's an important theme that you and alexi hit on. even as we analyze what is the power of donald trump in his endorsements, every other republican figure have endorsed this platform of voter suppression, this platform of culture wars of angry immigration policy, of dividing the country, not uniting it. we saw it in pennsylvania. oz had the trump endorsement. kemp he has nothing but flattering things to say about trump and trumpism. so yes, the imprint of an endorsement matters. i think in the larger analysis, the entire party has already shifted to trumpism. that's not going back. >> david, let me follow up with you. i think that's right. and i think measuring the outcome as a read on trump's powers is the wrong measure. i think the outcome of the republican party is totally and firmly in the grips of anti-democratic policies, whether it's describing the media's enemies of the people and keeping them out of an event as happened i

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

i'm not here bragging about, texas. texas accounts for about 10% of everything in america the population gdp but for food fuel transportation, it is a critical state. and once if the system had gone black getting it restarted after going system black would have been effectively impossible not just for days but perhaps for weeks. it would have caused a nationwide recession. so, let's be clear about the stakes here at about what almost happened because of mismanagement of the texas grid. okay, so the key point here. what is the key, you know after the the ercott disaster all kinds of reports came out a lot of academics, so don't blame renewables. don't blame renewables. oh and those silly texans, you know, those silly republicans down there. they're saying oh, oh the renewables were partly to cause for this. yes, absolutely. 66 billion. these are screen grabs. i'm going to show you a lot of screen grabs today. these are screen grabs from the wind industry lobbies own website and the solar industry's lab their own numbers

that's what former texas congressman beto o'rourke shouted at texas governor greg abbott today during that news conference we showed you. o'rourke after being shut down inside, spoke out in the parking lot outside the gathering. >> he's refused to support a ban on ar-15s and ak-47s. this 18-year-old who just turned 18 bought an ar-15 and took it into an elementary school and shot kids in the face and killed them. why are we letting this happen in this country? why is this happening in this state? year after year, city after city. stop selling ar-15s in the state of texas. you want a solution? have universal background checks. we don't have them. you want a solution? red flag laws or extreme risk protection orders which stop a shooting before it happens. you want a solution? safe storage. it's absolutely wrong. in fact, it is insane. the governor talks about mental health. it's insane that we allow an 18-year-old to go in and buy an a. -15. what did we think he was going to do with that? >> here's what went down minutes earlier inside the press conference. o'rourke trying to deliver th

what happened in texas. and right now you've got all of these families mourning the deaths. >> of 19 children and 2 teachers there were killed in an 18 year-old gunman opened fire, killing. >> those students and those teachers at an elementary school in all the texas police say it all started when salvador ramos first shot his grandmother then drove towards the school and a crashing his pickup truck. but ran to the school nonetheless and opened fire once coming inside. they say in the end it was a border patrol agent who rushed into the school without waiting for backup and shot and killed ramos. and police say that they really don't know of motive at this point. >> many of the families gathered in the town civic center to wait to hear what happened to their children if they were ok or not. many had donated dna so that they could find out if their children were among those who were killed. ramos is grandmother who, james, as you said, was shot. word we have from a sergeant which they're police information of

so will texas make any changes the in the wake of what happened in uvalde? unlikely. last summer when governor abbott was making it easier for texans to carry weapons he said texas will always be the leader in defending the second amendment and at a press conference in uvalde seemed not interested in any change. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. >>> joining me now from san francisco executive direct yoofr of the law center to prevent gun violence. thank you for staying with us. i want to start talking about democratic nominee owe o'rourk this is at the the governor's news conference on wednesday. -- >> the main accusation is the governor of texas has done nothing to prevent this from happening it's reality is less than nothing as they have made it easier to carry firearms. >> absolutely in last several arms texas has done nothing but make firearms laws weaker, not that much was in place to begin with but now even what was in place is basically gone. as bad as any state can be when we rate the states on the strength 6 the gun laws, texas gets an f for how weak their gun law

jorge: estamos en vivo desde texas. hoy hubo otra masacre y esta es una historia que hemos repetido una y otra vez. esta masacre ocurriÓ en una comunidad latina cerca de aquÍ y la Última cifra que tenemos es muy espantosa, plÁstica y terrible. son 18 niÑos muertos en una escuela primaria, un maestro y un tirador. despuÉs de que fue abatido el tirador, nos damos cuenta de la dimensiÓn de destaquen una tragedia y es que son niÑos muertos y lentes documentos de muchos niÑos que estÁn siendo buscados por sus padres. tiffany: muy buenas noches. en las Últimas horas hemos logrado de alguna forma entre testimonios que hemos escuchado de familiares, vecinos y oficiales del departamento de seguridad pÚblica de texas que nos dieron un poco de informaciÓn y tenemos una idea un poco mÁs completo de lo que ocurriÓ esta tarde. primero comenzamos con el seÑor eduardo trinidad de 60 aÑos familiar del sospechoso y Él nos comentÓ dÓnde comenzÓ todo. >> todo comenzÓ en la casa de ella. el chico quiso ir para afuera c

texas, unfortunately, -- we gigive a letter grade rating to every state and texas has an "f," just probably not surprising. as you heard in the clip from beto o'rourke earlier come all texas has done despite the tragic shootings that have occurred, el paso, sutherland springs, odessa just to name a few, they have only rolled back gun laws. they have actually made it easier to carry concealed weapons no questions asked, no training, no permit, no requirements whatsoever for anyone to carry a concealed firearm in texas. they have made it easier to do that. really, this is by design. the american gun lobby, which are supported by mayor kincannon manufacturers, is alive and well . the national rifle association has been weakened to self-inflicted wounds of greed and his management of funds. another organizations at the national shooting sports foundation is alive and well. the national shooting sports foundation spends more on lobbying against gun violence prevention measures here in washington and the nra does. so there is -- they are the true face of the american corporate come lobby. quite f

which already me now from the texas school in you've older texas is our correspondence to find simon stefan. it's good to see you. unfortunately, under these circumstances, but you've reported on so many mass shootings in the united states. this being the latest. tell us more about how people in this tight knit community, how they are reacting in coping a day after the shooting. um they cope with being devastated with being traumatized with being shocked with being ra . i don't think that many have any tears left many of the families who lost a 10 year old 9 year old 8 year old. their childs there is a and an out poor off of sympathy, of course enough enough and of sadness and of a terminal and despair from neighbors. families extended families from a regular citizens he in this tiny community, 60000 people lithia on. so that is them how to seals, and this is you can grasp that of course year when i stand in front of a camera and have the school in the background. i at that doesn't really translated says little slice of what we can show when we do this year. but across town, it feels

chief ramsey, the texas governor abbott, he said today that tougher gun laws in texas, he said aren't, and i'm quoting him now, a real solution. aren't a real solution. what is your reaction to that? >> well, there is no one solution, but it's part of a solution. i think we do need to have better gun laws, especially when it comes to allowing an 18-year-old, for example, to purchase an assault weapon. having universal background checks, so there are things we can do. nothing is going to be absolute, but to do nothing means that we just have this conversation over and over again. it's the inaction from washington that's a big part of the problem. but it's not the only problem. i mean, if we have people hiding behind the second amendment and think about it. i mean, our founder fathers would not want to see this sort of thing going on right now. so we have to do something about it. >> we certainly do, and i keep saying, commonsense gun control legislation is so, so important. chief ramsey, andrew mccabe, thank you very, very much. >> just ahead, we'll take a closer look at the long histo

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. about 80 miles from san antonio. late today, governor abbott confirming the staggering toll there. the alleged gunman also dead. the governor identifying the suspect as 18-year-old salvador ramos, a student at uvalde high school. authorities also believe he shot and killed his grandmother beforehand. tonight, what we have just learned about the suspect and the heartbreaking scene now 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 pi

texas state representative, congressman castro of texas called on the fbi to use their authority to investigate and provide a full report on what happened in uvalde. we will stay on this topic here on msnbc this afternoon. "deadline white house" picks up our coverage right now. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> hi there, everyone. 4:00 in new york. brand-new reporting and inquiries about the police response to tuesday's trajic and horrific school shooting in uvalde, texas, the rampage that took the lives of 21 people including 19 young children and two heroic teachers. after a press conference that left many with a whole lot more questions than answers. officials told reporters that the gunman was not confronted by anybody when he entered the elementary. that's after they initially said that an officer on site had engaged with the gunman. this official adds that the shooter was on the premises for an hour before he was shot dead by the police. sources are also telling nbc news that law enforcement which included a tactical team from customs and border patrol was unable to enter the

." >> tonight, tragedy in texas. a gunman opening fire in an elementary school. >> he starts shooting and all kinds of smoke is in the room. >> killing at least 19 children. >> we need to respond to south grove and mill street, establish a perimeter -- >> a parent's worst nightmare. >> i can't find my daughter. >> how law enforcement says he got inside the school. >> what are we doing? >> impassioned pleas from the senate floor. >> what are we doing? nowhere else do little kids go to school thinking that they might be shot that day. >> the shared pain. survivors and parents of children killed in past school shootings speak out. why they say enough is enough. this special edition of "nightline," "texas tragedy: horror at robb elementary," will be right back. ♪ >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. america, here we are again. this is not a new nightmare, it is a recurring one. another mass shooting, this time in texas. at least 19 children murdered, shot dead with a high-powered rifle. two teachers also killed.

contains donald trump, texas governor greg abbott and texas senator rafael cruz. joining our discussion now is charles blow columnist for the new york times and msnbc political analyst. charles, i just got a look at your next column, which begins with, the line, the republican party has turned america into a killing field. please expand on that point. >> well, for decades now, republicans have engaged in a propaganda campaign and maybe they wanted to say -- or some other people want to say -- that they would be held hostage by the nra. but they are joined at the hip because it's good politics for republicans. they have pushed the proliferation of gun ownernship in this country while at the same time lowering the threshold for that ownership and reducing the laws that would prohibit people from carrying in certain places and in certain ways. and refusing all the while to limit the sale of certain types of guns that are preferred by killers in this country. and so this is a product of republican propaganda. they keep telling america that there is a menace coming for

in a special one hour edition next from texas. t a special onr edition of nightly news from uv uvalde, texas. a small town in shock. 19 children and 2 teachers gunned down in the same classroom. the chilling new details the warnings the 18-year-old suspect posted on facebook jt minutes before the rampage police saying he shot his grandmother, crashed a truck, then entered the school barricading himself inside a classroom and opened fire with an ar-15 style rifle the terrifying moments. >> did you hear the shooting >> two times, yes. but then they sounded like bangs but then our teacher kept saying, no, they're justifier works. >> a tactical team arriving, breaching the door and killing him at the scene the growing questions, what was the motive also tonight, the victims many just 10 years old or older one girl shot while calling 911. two cousins among the dead the teacher killed while shielding her students what we're learning about the lives lost and the stunning moment. >> the shooting. >> nothing >> texas republican greg abbott

en uvalde, texas, carolina sara sea como univisiÓn. jorge: en estos momentos hay muchÍsimas preguntas sin respuestas, ¿cÓmo posible que salvador ramos haya llegado hasta este lugar y asesinado a 21 personas?, ¿cÓmo lo hizo?, ¿cÓmo se habÍa preparado en cÓmo obtuvo las armas?, ¿ por quÉ tenÍa armamento de guerra? galo arellano tiene los hechos. galo: vivÍa a media cuadra de la escuela primaria robb elementary school, le disparÓ a su abuela en la cara y robÓ la caminata de su abuela y condujo a toda velocidad hasta la escuela, chocÓ el carro, a las 11:30 otra llamada de la policÍa de uvalde advirtiÓ que un individuo armado con un rifle y una mochila caminaba la escuela, habÍa un agente armado del distrito escolar de uvalde que intercambiÓ disparos, pero ramos logrÓ entrar. el gobernador de texas asegura que 30 minutos antes de llegar a la escuela ramos publicÓ en su perfil de facebook que le iba a disparar a su abuela con un nuevo pÚblico que le disparÓ a su abuela, a 15 minutos de la matanza escribiÓ que iba a d

this one in uvalde, texas, which is west of san antonio and the southern part of texas. an elementary school was targeted. the governor of texas, greg abbott, said 14 elementary school children have been killed, in addition to a teacher. so that's at least 15 dead as of now. it's also possible since the gunman was using a firearm, that there are others who are wounded, who are fighting for their lives right now. we're told the shooter is 18 years old. i want to go back, and we're also told the shooter is deceased. let me go back to ed lavendera who is reporting on all of this for us from texas. tell us more, ed, about what you're learning. >> well, as we have mentioned, the gunman is believed to be an 18-year-old man from uvalde, and the governor also adding some details, kind of the moments that led up to the shooting. according to the governor, the suspect, the 18-year-old suspect, abandoned his vehicle just outside of robb elementary, then went in with a handgun and may have also had a rifle and began shooting. so sounds like there might have been multiple weapons use

fallin of texas -- fall listen of texas, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. fallon will vote yes on h.r. 6824. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. nehls of texas, i inform the house that mr. nehls will vote yea on h.r. 6824. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. dunn of florida, i inform the house that mr. dunn will vote yea on h.r. 6824. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from virginia seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. porter, ms. bourdeaux, mr. allred and mr. mceachin, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 6824. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from iowa seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. spartz of indiana, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that representative spartz will vote yea on h.r. 6824. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the

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

that is how they are spending most of the afternoon, in texas. focusing on the families and meeting them with their grief. after that, they will meet with first responders before heading back to wilmington, delaware. the whole day will be a full affair. they won't be getting back until late tonight. we know that the shooting has been on president biden's mind. yesterday during a commencement address, he brought up the buffalo and you've all the shootings in his remarks. take a listen to what he said about this moment. >> so, calling it americans this hour. join hands and make your voices heard. we work together to make this what's a occasion should be. i know we have done. this and we can do this. you and i act as we the people, seeking a more perfect union. >> now, president biden needs to be more than a consoler-in-chief in this moments. and that he needs to lead on action in response to this shooting. katie? >> obviously this visit is important, but what is the president going to do? whether his plans when he gets back to washington, to be abl