begging for help. this morning the justice department is stepping in at the request of the mayor to investigate the police response to this mass shooting. specifically why it took so long to take down that gunman. today we will see the first of several funeral services remembering the lives lost in this tragedy. over the weekend, president biden and the first lady met with the families of victims and with first responders in uvalde, the president vowed once again as we ve heard so often in america, to do something about gun violence. it was the second time in less than two weeks that the president mourned alongside families whose loved ones died in the mass shooting. we are covering this story, of course, from every angle. our reporters and corespondents are standing by. let s bring you our senior legal correspondent, paula reed. great to have you here. you broke this yesterday, that the justice department is going to step in. they will review all aspects of the law enforceme
the airport to meet with grieving families here today. try to bring some comfort to a community traumatized, absolutely traumatized by the loss of 21 innocent people. 19 of them children, as young as 9 years old. they were murdered in their classroom. this is a community just trying to understand not only that, but why 19 law enforcement officials waited an hour outside the classroom as the children made desperate 9-1-1 calls for help. the president lands here as lawmakers in washington and around the country are renewing calls for action again, but it is unclear whether the president and those in power will be able to get anything done. as we watch pictures of the president, i want to bring in arlette saenz. arl arlette, you are also here in uvalde over at the school at robb elementary waiting for the president to arrive with grieving families and arlette, unfortunately, this is the kind of meeting that this president has had all too often in his career. reporter: yeah, th
Rows of friends and family quickly filled the Saint Augustine Ampitheater Saturday morning, May 6, and watched proudly as the Flagler College Class of 2023 made their way down the aisles- the conclusion of their undergraduate experience just minutes ahead of them.
the 19 children and 2 teachers killed in the uvalde mass shooting, we continue to hear more and more harrowing accounts from children who were there and survived it all. our dana bash sat down with daniel, a survivor of the shooting, and his mother, brianna ruiz. his cousin, ellie garcia was one of the 19 children killed in the attack. just listen to this. she just like shot four bullets into our class. but, like, her nose broke and then our teacher got shot in her leg and her torso, but she s all right. he was never in your classroom? uh-huh. because your teacher is it right that your teacher locked the door and broke the key? uh-huh. did you see his face? yeah. through the window? uh-huh. and describe what happened when you finally saw daniel.