children returned after shooting that killed 21 students and teachers morgan chesky is there. reporter: in uvalde after months of anticipation a cautious first step. i was nervous at first, but then my friend devin came. reporter: the first day of school behind this community shattered by the massacre last may. hopefully, a better year for all the children. reporter: this morning as buses rolled in parents walked alongside their children the trauma still fresh. if it happens again, you know, try to make it out the window, run, don t scream, you know, call me. reporter: those first day nerves hitting some harder than others. i told all of my kids that i love them and would pick them up after school the same thing i told lexi, i promised her. reporter: kimberly and felix rubio remembered their daughter lexi, who last year was among those who didn t come home. do you feel safer
some other than others. i pulled all my kids that i love, them and we pick them up after school. it s the same thing i told lexi, something i promised her. kimberly and felix rubio brought their children to school today, remembering the daughter lexi, who last year was amongst those who didn t come home. do you feel safer dropping them off today, more so than three months ago? when my children aren t with me, i don t feel like they re safe. i don t want my daughter to just be remembered for what happened to her, i want her to be remembered for change. schools are renewing in uvalde statewide, as police officers donned coyote maroon, everyone showing support for the town, forever honoring those 21 lives lost. morgan chesky, nbc news, uvalde. with us tonight, texas state senator roland gutierrez, whose district includes uvalde. and tony plohetski, an investigative reporter for the austin american statesman. he covered the school shooting. senator, i can t imagine what
did you say maybe you shouldn t i said it. go with him? i said it, but i wasn t adamant about it. i m not going to tell her no a thousand times on text message. kelli made it safe to the bar where she texted justin throughout the night, but then there was the last rather odd text he received. justin was sure holbert had something to do with his disappearance and sent the text to cover his tracks. she went out with this kid and didn t come home. so detectives went to froggy bottoms where they found nick holbert. they discovered he was down on his luck living in the woods behind the bar. they searched his camp site and his car. not one clue. holbert also agreed to an interview at the police station where he told detectives, yes, he picked up kelli on friday, the 13th, and later dropped her off at the entrance to her apartment complex. since friday night, no contact with her whatsoever, you don t know where she is at? no. what do you know about her? nothing, real
mr billinge was 96 when he died earlier this month. our correspondentjon kay reports. it s not about me, he always said, it s about the boys who didn t come home. but today, it was about harry billinge d day veteran, fundraiser, family man and friend. the church so full that extra space had to be found in a nearby hall. for harry, it was never about him, it was always about them. we ve got to say thank you for all that he did. normandy, of course, comes to the fore. but his christian faith, his love of his family, his skills as a barber. so all sorts of things that perhaps a lot of people didn t know he did. many of those attending met harry through his fundraising. take care, my darling. god bless. in his chair at the local market, he raised tens of thousands of pounds to build a memorial in normandy for the british service personnel who lost their lives. six months ago today, he finally saw
is what lancashire police are saying. a 50 year old man further arrested this afternoon on suspicion of murder. the funeral of d day veteran harry billinge, one of the first british soldiers to storm gold beach during the normandy landings in 1944, has taken place in st austell in cornwall. mr billinge, was 96 when he died earlier this month after a short illness. our correspondentjon kay reports. it s not about me, he always said. it s about the boys who didn t come home. but today, it was about harry billinge d day veteran, fundraiser, family man and friend. the church so full that extra space had to be found in a nearby hall. for harry, it was never about him, it was always about them. we ve got to say thank