gun violence epidemic: the staggering numbers of deaths and school shootings in the years since columbine. plus a debate on gun legislation in the age of partisan gridlock. and anguish in america: we speak with angel garcia, after the loss of his 10-year-old daughter, amerie. i just want my baby back. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. dokoupil: good evening on what is really anything but a good evening. and thank you for joining us. i m tony dokoupil, in for norah who is recovering from covid, and tonight we are here in uvalde, texas, a community shattered by one of the deadliest school shootings in american history. 21 victims, 19 of them innocent children. they ranged in age from 10 down to as young as eight. one victim described by family as the sweetest little boy i ve ever known, so full of life. others loved baseballs, they loved swimming, loved dancing to tiktok videos in other words, these are your eve eve
happen? where in god s name is our backbone to the courage to deal with this and stand up to the lobbyists? it s time to turn this pain into action. for every parent, for every citizen in this country, we have to make it clear to every elected official in this country, it s time to act. president biden reacting after yet another mass school shooting in america. good morning and welcome to a special edition of way too early on this wednesday, may 25th. thanks for joining us a little early today. i m jonathan lemire. we re going to start with the latest developments in this tragic story out of texas. at least 19 children and 2 teachers are dead after yesterday s shooting at an elementary school. the attack about 80 miles west of san antonio is now the second deadliest school shooting in the history of the united states. the texas department of public safety says there are more victims both children and adults who are in hospitals this morning. investigators believe the 18-y
stand up to the lobbyists? it s time to turn this pain into action. for every parent, for every citizen of this country, we have to make it clear to every elected official in this country, it s time to act. an emotional and angry president biden reacting after yet another mass school shooting in america. good morning and welcome to the second hour of an expanded way too early on this wednesday, may 25th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for being with us. we ll start with the latest developments in the tragic story out of texas. at least 19 children and 2 teachers are dead after yesterday s shooting at an elementary school. the attack in uvalde, about 80 miles west of san antonio, is now the second deadliest school shooting in the history of the united states. the dps says there are more victims, both children and adults, who are still in hospitals this morning. investigators believe the 18-year-old suspect shot his grandmother at her home, then fled crashing his truck in a
to pass laws that make this less likely. dickerson: plus, president biden set to address the country. that and tonight s other top headlines. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting from the nation s capital. dickerson: good evening, and thank you for joining us. ickersoni in for norah.ing, tonight, another mass shooting in america, this time at an elementary school, where at least 14 children and a teacher were killed. on the brink of summer vacation, lives in the small town of uvalde, texas, have changed forever. this is the deadliest school shooting since the stoneman douglas high school shooting in parkland, florida, in 2018. police said the shooting happened at 11:32 a.m. local and ikely shot by atary schoolid responding officer. the f.b.i. and the department of homeland security are involved in the investigation. flags have been lowered to half-staff at the white house, and the white house says the president will address the nation at 8:15 p.
here is what s interesting, i would say. there is a theme. we have seen several races in which the conservative media, the republican establishment, others folks, even donald trump, have come in and tried to take out a candidate or persuade their voters not to go down a certain road. we saw it with certain attacks on kathy barnette who had a late surge in that race and pennsylvania. she still in it but not ahead as of now. we saw a bit with mastriano. it has followed on deaf ears. donald trump endorsed him over the weekend and, he now appears to be the winner. there s no real, i don t think there s a theory here yet about what does and doesn t work when you re trying to get manga era republican voters to turn against a candidate. but that is a thing that a lot of paid professional politicos are trying to do and it s used for powerful power to have if you re working for mitch mcconnell and want to steer things in your direction. the thing i m looking forward to that i don t