psychopath, which is what senator cruz called him, was able to legally buy an assault rifle more than 1600 rounds of ammunition, and then walk freely into an elementary school because he wanted to kill kids. there are two small funeral homes not enough to handle a massacre. that means funeral directors, morticians and volunteers from across texas are now there to help. among them are facial reconstructionists, because, yes, it was that bad. and making it even worse, just how long the cops waited to go in. they waited an hour outside that classroom before they finally confronted the gunman. more than an hour while some of those kids were still fighting for their lives. including the daughter of one family who spoke with state senator roland gutierrez. their little girl had been shot in the back with one bullet. through the kidney area, she likely bled out, according to the first responder. who should know what would have happened had officers showed up timely? had they gone
earlier they paid respect at a memorial in front of a school and attended mass. the justice department did announce it is officially investigated the law enforcement response to the shooting in uvalde. that is where we find jeff paul tonight. hi, jeff. this community is very much in the beginning stages of morning after this unthinkable loss. a big part of the reason why joe biden and first lady jill biden are here today to try to comfort the community after losing 19 kids into teachers. the president made his first stop that robb elementary school, the scene of this mass shooting. they were met with a bipartisan group of politicians including governor greg abbott in the city s mayor. while at the school, some protesters shouted at governor abbott telling them to do something that may prevent such a tragedy from occurring again. motorcades then made it to a nearby catholic church for mass. afterwards a crowd caught chanting at the president do something over and over. presi
tomorrow to meet with victims of this week s mass school shooting part however along with the morning and anguish there are now angry mounting calls for action people want to know what in the world happened in the small community after we all learned that 19 police officers waited more than 45 minutes in a hallway outside the classroom. leaving students and teachers trapped inside with a gunman armed with an assault rifle. arthel: so many questions, jeff paul is live with more questions were. days of sadness and frustration are now turning into anger for many people here in this community and uvalde texas after law enforcement community admit mistakes were made for texas investigators saying they now know there are children in the classroom with the shooter for nearly an hour who might have been helped. this all goes back to investigators saying the local incident commander at the time about the situation has shifted from an active shooter investigation into a barricaded su
trial between johnny depp and his ex-wife amber heard. the vicious accusations during closing arguments. the case now in the hands of the jury. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester tonight it was a gutting admission today from texas law enforcement that a decision was made not to enter the classroom where the gunman was with an entire fourth grade class for almost an hour police admitting today that was a mistake we also learned for much of that hour there were 19 police officers outside the door who did not go in we have shown you the video of frantic parents outside the school pleading with officers to go in. today we learned that there were children inside the school calling 911. one of them begging, please, send the police now still they did not go in 19 children and 2 teachers were killed when asked how many lives could have been saved if they acted earlier the official could only say i don t know new imag
minister borisjohnson says he will not resign after a highly critical report into lockdown parties at his government offices. i mr speaker, i m humbled and i have learned a lesson. the investigation blamed senior leadership for a series of alcohol fuelled parties at downing street which broke covid lockdown rules. and supermodel kate moss gives evidence in thejohnny depp, amber heard trial. she denies allegations that the actor pushed her down the stairs. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and six pm in texas where there s a profound sense of loss and grief, after 21 people were killed yesterday during a shooting at an elementary school. it s the worst such attack in 10 years. 19 of the victims were children between the ages of 7 and 10. one was a 10 year old boy who loved to dance. another was a girl who died while trying to call the police. the 18 year old gunman was shot dead at the scene. the attack took place in the town of uvalde in southern texas. our north amer