The president condemns White Supremacy and spreads the blame along the internet, video games and Mental Illness and says nothing about his own inflammatory rhetoric, words in regular use by white supremacist. As americans look to their lawmakers to do something, millions wondering if this time will be the time for congress to break its pattern. Its modern day tradition of inaction. All of it as the 11th hour gets underway on a monday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 928 of the Trump Administration and tonight stun aid mer cans are dealing with the aftermath of not one but two deadly Mass Shootings over this past weekend, 13 hours apart. The death toll in el paso, texas rose to 22 today after a 21yearold gunman armed with an assaultstyle rifle opened fire at a walmart on saturday. The suspect is in custody. He appeared in court on sunday. The magistrate in the courtroom said the suspect was atenl aten and held without bond. Investigatio
Was wearing body armor. The ohio shooting following another shooting in texas, at a Walmart Supercenter in el paso. Police are working through the night. The governor of texas says the el paso shooting will be prosecuted as a hate crime. First, to el paso, texas, where morgan is standing by. Bring us up to speed. Good morning. An active scene here in el paso, where this took place. The shooting was in this walmart, about 50 yards behind me. Thats where police say the man began making his way inside that building, shooting people rowbyrow. We heard from cashier who said, it sounded like someone was dropping large boxes inside the building, only to realize her Worst Nightmare was coming true. We heard various stories of that, as people realized what was happening inside the store. On the other hand, there were people that had nowhere to go. With School Coming up next week here in texas. Instead, they had to take cover wherever they could, as the gunman made its way through the building.
What do you say to your critics that believe that your rhetoric is emboldening White Nationalists and inspiring this anger . So my critics are political people. Theyre trying to make points. In many cases, theyre running for president and theyre very low in the polls. A couple of them in particular very low in the polls. I think my rhetoric it brings people together. As the president met along with the victims in dayton, ohio and in el paso, texas, demonstrators in both cities made clear they viewed trump as part of the problem. Actually, trump made the point for them. On a day meant for mourning, the president spent much of his time airing political grievances and taking cheap shots at his political enemies. In between dayton and el paso, for example, trump tweeted watching Sleepy Joe Biden making a speech. So boring. Our country will do poorly with him. He wishes. It certainly wasnt sleepy joe we saw today. Trump readily, eagerly attacks islamic terrorism, but can barely bring himsel
I never knew there was an odor to blood, but there is. Until you firsthand see that, my description of it, as far as horrific will be unserving as far as what that scene looks like. So i cant tell you what that means other than for the normal individual that doesnt have to deal with that on a daytoday basis, it will leave an impression that you will never forget. Ill just leave it at that. This has been hard for everyone to comprehend here. My colleague jim sciutto is there in el paso, texas. Jim . Well, fred, im outside whats become a particularly American Crime scene. That is 20 victims dead. Still on the ground inside and outside this walmart behind me here as you heard the police chief saying there. So overwhelmed simply by the smell of the blood when he entered there. What is new or becoming increasingly common about this crime here is it was inspired by white supremacy. The 21yearold white suspect, now in police custody, had posted a manifesto describing his anger towards his hos
Nine people, including his own sister. Listen to how it unfolded. Shots fired shots fired where are you at . Dispatch, weve got shots fired. Weve got multiple people down. Were going to need multiple medics. Somebody take each side of fifth street. East fifth and by the auditorium. Were going to need to shut the whole street down. We think theres one shooter. He is down. We have multiple down. Ive got them coming there. It looks like we have nine or ten shot. Okay. Ive got them coming in. Theyre coming in. About 13 hours before that, some 1600 miles away in el paso, texas, another mass shooting. Run, mi hija, run. People scrambled for safety when a man with a rifle started shooting at everyone he saw, starting in the parking lot. Police say this is the killer, the man who gunned down 20 people at that Walmart Store and wounded more than two dozen others. They believe he posted a socalled manifesto online filled with hate speak, racist language and antiimmigrant views. Police took him i