perspective on the perspective and aftermath. chad pergram is exploring reaction from capitol hill and laura ingraham has more we continue with laura ingal has more. we continue with trace gallagher. reporter: the shooter is identified as 18-year-old salvador ramos. police say he was a student in the high school in uvalde. some of his classmates say they ve not seen him in school for two years. he reportedly shot his grandmother who is said to be in critical condition. ramos then fled in a vehicle and apparently was involved in some small minor car crash or incident near robb elementary school. police say he left vehicle, went into the left his hisvehicle and went into the school and started firing, killing 19 students and two adults. the victims were likely seven, eight, nine, maybe 10 years old, they were third, fourth and fifth graders at the school. the border patrol tells fox news correspondent bill melugin, an elite tactical border patrol agent entered the school
. a very good day to all of you, i m alex witt in for chris jansing. the supreme court strikes down a trump era ban on bump stock, the devices that allow rifles to fire faster, almost like a machine gun. the heated reaction coming into the decision. also breaking a major health update on the princess of wales, what we re now learning about her treatment and plans for a major public appearance tomorrow. plus, peace, according to vladimir putin. the russian president lays out his terms for a cease fire, more than two years into his gruesome war in a ukraine. what reception is that getting in kyiv. and did donald trump just empathize with joe biden? his surprising comments about being a father and having to deal with hunter biden s conviction. our nbc news reporters are following the latest developments for us. we re going to begin with nbc s julia ainsley who joins us from outside the supreme court. julia, welcome. so break down this major decision on the rapid fire gun a
they had their entire lives ahead of, them both face and graduations. weddings. it s a veteran. kids of their own. among them were also teachers, men and women who committed their lives to helping children fulfill their dreams. president barack obama wiping a single tear from his eye, joining in the nation s grief over the murder of 20 children and six educators in the sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. president obama calls december, 14th 2012 the darkest day of his presidency. the weeks and months following the massacre were also a challenge. for, once the by the administration works to pass gun reform, a bipartisan bill to expand federal background checks, something that has long had overwhelming bipartisan
a elementary school in newtown, connecticut, and killed 20 children and six adults. president obama reflected on that moment at a benefit for the victims of sandy hook last week. i consider december 14th, 2012, the single darkest day of my presidency. and like so many other people, i felt not just sorrow, but i felt anger. theory that could allow such a thing to happen. the former presidents sorrow and anger is something that people across the country share, and especially in the face of a gun violence epidemic that continues today. the children who died at sandy hook that day would be 16 and 17 years old this december. they be preparing to enter their final years of high school. and the decades since their murder, mass shootings in america have nearly tripled, according to the nonprofit gun violence archive. we ve seen people gunned down
they had their entire lives ahead of them, birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. that was the scene at the white house ten years ago today, when a 20 year old man armed with an ar-15-style semiautomatic rifle walked into a elementary school in newtown, connecticut, and killed 20 children and six adults. president obama reflected on that moment at a benefit for the victims of sandy hook last week. i consider december 14th, 2012, the single darkest day of my presidency. and like so many other people, i felt not just sorrow, but i felt anger. fury at a world that could allow such a thing to happen. the former presidents sorrow and anger is something that people across the country share, and especially in the face of a gun violence epidemic that continues today. the children who died at sandy hook that day would be 16 and 17 years old this december. they be preparing to enter their final years of high school. and the decades since their