you re driving. gas prices are ridiculous. welcome to a special edition of the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper on this memorial day. and we start with our national lead. and the first funeral services for the victims of the horrific massacre in uvalde, texas. today the families and communities honored the memory of 10-year-old amerie jo garza and mighty rodriguez. and amid the grief in uvalde, a demand for answers as to why police waited out in the hallway for more than an hour before breaking into the classroom where the killing was happening. now, the justice department says it will review the law enforcement respaonse to the shooting. adrian broaddus reports on a child s desperate 911 calls from inside the school. this is how those who love 10-year-old amerie jo garza will remember her. a decade of photos showing a happy girl with a sweet smile, described by family as sassy and funny and a diva who hated wearing dresses. memories of happier times as her fam
texas attacked an elementary school and killed 21 people. 19 of them, children. and while it is common for new details to emerge after the so-called fog of war lifts, the basic facts of the police response to this particular shooting have changed. and then, they changed again. and today, officials try yet again, to lay out a timeline of the response to this attack, to an increasingly skeptical press corps and public. and this version, the one we heard today, painted a shocking picture of what now looks to be an extraordinarily inept police response, that allowed the government to be locked in a classroom with children, who were still alive for more than an hour! here s today s version of what happened on tuesday, may 24th. at 11:27 am, central time, a teacher at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, walks out of the building, and props the door open. and that teacher sees a truck crash behind the school. by 11:28 am, she is rushed back into the school to get her phone, lea
tragedy. ask the questions. those politicians don t want to answer. the running the clock. don t let them do it. love has to be the answer. decency must rule. nicole hawk lay, matthew dowd, thank you for joining me on this important friday night, at the end of a very heavy week. and from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of monday. be good. us i will see you and while it is common for new details to emerge after the so-called fog of war lifts, the basic facts of the police response to this particular shooting have changed. and then, they changed again. and today, officials try yet again, to lay out a timeline of the response to this attack, to an increasingly skeptical press corps and public. and this version, the one we heard today, painted a shocking picture of what now looks to be an extraordinarily inept police response, that allowed the government to be locked in a classroom with children,
As International Condemnation grows over israels attack on an aid convoy in gaza, the bodies of the six Foreign Workers killed in the drone strike have been taken to egypt. A seventh palestinian man has already been buried. They worked for the Charity World central kitchen, whose founder tonight said those killed were targeted deliberately, nonstop, until everybody was dead. Three of those killed are british nationals, including james kirby, who was a7, and from bristol. His family have told the bbc he was a selfless humanitarian, who knew the risks but wanted to help people. The head of the Isreali Military says it was a grave mistake due to misidentification, and an investigation is now under way. Well take a look at what we know about the air strike, and get the latest from Jeremy Bowen Injerusalem and james landale, here at the Foreign Office. But first, Lucy Williamson has more on the aftermath of the attack. Well, israels actions in gaza and the need to expand access for aid. The
7. 4 earthquake. At least nine people have been killed and more than a thousand people are injured on the island. Rupert Wingfield Hayes has the latest from the town of suao, around 25 miles north of the earthquake s epicentre, where over a hundred people remain trapped inside a tunnel, along a coastal highway. This is the moment the quake struck a taipei tv station in the middle of its morning news show. The shaking was intense and prolonged, even in the capital more than 100 miles from the quake s epicentre. This is what it did to Morning Traffic on an elevated highway. And to passengers on a metro train, who remained remarkably calm as the car was tossed around like a toy. Elsewhere, people ran for their lives, abandoning their coffees and breakfast. Most young people here have never experienced a quake like this and were badly shaken. Translation an earthquake | hasnt happened in a long time, so it felt really terrifying. Close to the epicentre in the city of hualien, the shaking w