we re there as families and communities grapple with the worst news possible extraordinary, in depth look at how gun violence is destroying communities and plaguing our country this is one night in one city, in the richest country in the world. how can this make any sense? this is a special edition of nbc nightly news with kate snow. one night in america. good evening. we have new information tonight about the mass shooting in uvalde, texas, that a total of 400 officers were on the scene that day a new report detailing failure after failure. but we re going to begin by focusing on the overwhelming amount of gun violence happening every single day in america more than 40,000 people are killed each year by guns and while we tend to focus on mass shootings, far more americans are killed in smaller incidents so tonight, we re going to chronicle gun violence across one night in america specifically, last night in america we had teams embedded in communities across the c
following his first trip to the middle east. we ll go through what if anything was accomplished in his controversial visit with the saudi crown prince. good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, july 18th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we begin with the latest fallout from the massacre that killed 19 children and two teachers in uvalde, texas. a damning investigative report released over the weekend said that nearly 400 law enforcement officials responded to the mass shooting but that quote egregiously poor decision making let the shooting continue for more than an hour. that report written by an investigative committee from the texas house of representatives is the first to criticize state and federal law enforcement for their role in the response. it makes the fullest account of what happened during the very worst school shootings in u.s. history. uvalde mayor don mclaughlin said the acting police chief during the shooting was placed on
this is cnn close captioning brought to you by meso book.com her, firm only represents mesothelioma victims and their families. if you or a loved, one has been diagnosed with ms ophelie oma kalisa. now a critical ruling on presidential immunity bites the supreme court majority finding presidents are immune from prosecution in some cases, while a dissenting justice binds, the court is breaking quote, new and dangerous ground, how this impacts the cases against former president trump and not going anywhere. a defiant message from the biden family after last week s debate on cnn as the president s wife, vowels that joe biden s campaign for president will go on that will not silence his critics and his own party. we want another name at the top of the ticket. we were following these major stories and more all coming in right here to see the new central we begin with breaking news indeed, monumental decision from the supreme court on donald trump s claim of presidential immunity
in las vegas police say two small single engine planes collided this afternoon at north las vegas airport. each had two people on board. there were no survivors. the faa and the national transportation safety board will be investigating the crash. president biden is back from his trip from the middle east and defending his visit to saudi arabia, but also disputing the kingdom s version of events, and the political fallout has already begun. laura barrett reports. reporter: returning home overnight, president biden shielding himself from criticism of his trip to the middle east the saudi foreign minister says he didn t hear you accuse the crown prince of khashoggi s murder is he telling the truth? no. reporter: but to those across the political spectrum, it does matter. i don t think that type of government should be rewarded with a visit by a president of the united states.
prison. according to the justice department s office of legal counsel a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime, and the same is not true for prosecution at a state level. however, any attempt to put trump on trial will likely make its way to the supreme court. back lear in the united states, president biden is facing questions and some criticism over his visit to saudi arabia which wrapped up on saturday. nbc news correspondent laura barrett has details. returning home, president biden shielding himself from criticism over his trip to the middle east. tri to those across the political spectrum, it does matter. i don t think that that kind of government should be rewarded with a visit by the president of the united states.