there s active shooter. how an 18-year-old can get this militarized weaponry anywhere is beyond me. please stay engaged. don t forget them, please. i beg you. show them to the world. when he died, i died with him. we cannot outlaw tragedy but can he can make america safer. we can finally do what we have to do to protect the lives of our people and of our children. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. it is member aerial day wee memorial day weekend, a time to honor and men and women who have served the military. and there is grief and shock over two horrific shootings over the last two weeks. tomorrow president biden will travel to uvalde, texas to mourn with a community heartbroken by two state school massacres. look at your screen, these 19 children, mere fourth graders, slaughtered along with their two teachers. tonight, long lines of people are enduring near 100-degree heat to place flowers and other remembrances at the memorial outsi
press for a blockade on ukrainian grain k3 exports. where the possible discussions stand and how the impact is felt far beyond the battlefield. and we begin in uvalde a community still very much in mourning after the massacre that left 19 children and two teachers dead at an elementary school. amid the devastation, we re also seeing an outpouring of support from that community and beyond. on saturday, you see them there is a long line of mourners waiting to lay flowers at a memorial set up outside robb elementary school. 21 empty chairs placed outside a local business, one for each life lost during tuesday s rampage. and as the community and in fact the entire nation reel from yet another mass shooting, outrage is growing over why a group of law enforcement officers waited so long to rush the gunman. and adrienne broaddus is in uvalde. reporter: we ve seen a mix of emotions. anger, frustration an disappointment after that 911 call time line became more clear. but folks ha
and we do begin in uvalde, texas, a community still very much in mourning beset by grief after a massacre that left 19 students and two teachers dead. you see them there, a long line of mourners laying flowers at a memorial set up outside robb elementary school. outrage is growing over why a group of law enforcement officers waited so long to rush the gunman. we have seen a mix of emotions, anger, frustration and disappointment after that 911 call timeline became more clear. but folks have wrapped their arms around the folks of uvalde and its community. i ve seen long lines like that for folks waiting to purchase concert tickets or receive free food or other items. but these people are not waiting in line in the oppressive heat to get something, they re here to give and show their support. many have traveled from fear and beyond. i talked to a person from el paso. some people traveled from san antonio, which is about 85 miles away to lay flowers, balloons and stuffed animal
was holed up frantically called 911. top police officials now admit it was a mistake to not engage the shooter earlier. have a listen. why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? you know the on scene commander considered a barricaded subject and that there was time and there were no children at risk. of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision. parents of the victims obviously outraged at these missteps with one father telling cnn he wonders if his daughter and others might have survived if authorities had actually acted more quickly. and we now know the names and the faces of all 21 lives cut short with funerals set to begin next week. the texas governor says police have a lot to answer for. cnn s ed lavandera picks up the story from here. i was misled. i am livid about what happened. reporter: explosive reaction from the texas governor to new information about law enforcement s response on the day of the uvalde shooti
do something about it. i beg you. show it to the world. when he died, i died with him. you cannot out law tragedy but we can make america safer. we can do what we have to do to protect the lives of our people and our children. i m pamela brown in washington. you re live in the cnn newsroom. ch it s memorial day weekend, a time to honor men and women who died served in military. this year the nation approaches this holiday in grief and shock after two horrific mass shootings over the last two weeks. tomorrow, president biden will travel to uvalde, texas to mourn with the community heartbroken by tuesday s massacre. 19 children, mere 4th graders slaughtered along with their two teachers. today in buffalo, new york, vice president kamala harris attended the funeral of ruth wlhitfield. she s the last to be buried. i cannot even begin to express our collective ive pain nation for what you re feeling in such an extreme way. to not only lose someone that you love but throu