they released 10 of the victims back to their families, to the funeral homes, so they could make arrangements. we will have 10 more of the victims being released now and being released back to uvalde and then two more, i will have the 21 victims back to their families, back where they belong , and at that point, of course, it doesn t stop because at that point the families have to make arrangements with the funeral homes, and the grieving process continues because at that point, you know, i could only imagine the distraught of having to do a funeral service for a child, for your child, a parent, have a senior in high school who set to graduate
georgia. thanks for being with us. i want your thoughts on this. officials say it could be anywhere from 40 to 60 minutes between when the shooting began, to when law enforcement officials shot the gunman. what are some of the questions that you have, when you hear this question mark i can t hear you. i think you may be on mute, can you check that i ve got you now. i appreciate that. 40 to 60 minutes, what are your thoughts? my first thought is this, and we always have to keep this in mind, jose, when you have a school shootings such as what we all just experienced there in uvalde. i ve been there, i saw it back
and he comes out. the next thing she was all bloodied. you are talking about his grandmother. she called me beto. with me here in uvalde is national correspondent gabe gutierrez, gabe, talk to me about what the community is dealing with and the many questions it s asking. certainly, josi, as you been reporting, the community is trying to come to grips with this unimaginable loss, 19 children, two teachers, more details are coming out about the victims, the focus is also shifting to the many unanswered questions, the timeline, that we still have yet to get full details on, from the texas department of public safety, as well as local officials. as far as we understand it, the first reports of the gunmen came at 11:30 local time, but
garrett, you just spoke with texas republican congressman tony gonzalez who represents uvalde, what did he have to say? he grew up near this area, so we talked a lot about what kind of community uvalde is and he had the same expense that you and i had, which is everyone who you meet in the community know someone who was affected by this and we tried to talk about potential solutions. he talked me about ideas like trying to harden schools in texas or trying to improve access to mental health services in texas which ranks last in the nation for access to those kinds of services and i tried to ask him about guns,
tomorrow and i have a child in eighth grade. this school means a lot to me, i went to robb school, my kids went to robb school, this is something we would have never imagined in 1 million years, and it s going to be a long process of healing and again, for me, personally, i go through the motions, during the day and i break down during the evening, but try to be strong to make sure that i do my job because the families are counting on me to get their loved ones back and bring them back to uvalde. justice, thank you, thank you, with capital letters. these families are going to have to now face what mr. diaz