for instance, officials initially said an officer had engaged the gunman before he entered the school. but now we re being told that is not true. in fact, the shooter was outside the school for about 12 minutes before entering through an unlocked door. bill: all that adding to the confusion after police waited for about an hour before entering the classroom and killing the shooter. texas dps on the front lines of the investigation. the shifting timelines, the shifting facts were the focus of a contentious news conference that took place yesterday afternoon that went a bit like this. it was reported that a school district police officer confronted the suspect that was making entry. not accurate. he walked in unobstructed initially. how did he get in? it was supposed to be locked during the school day. so right now during the investigation it appeared as unlocked. so we will look at that and try to corroborate that if that s what we can. wasn t there a school officer
Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. We begin with that defining moment late this afternoon, the governors signature that will end a decadeslong battle. The Confederate Flag in charleston will come down in just hours. By tomorrow morning at 10 00. Strong reaction coming in now on both sides. There have been Death Threats for lawmakers after votes in the house and senate. Governor nikki haley ending the fight with her signature. Champions of the flag argue that its part of their history. Critics say its racist, a symbol of our nations divided past. The governor revealing what shell give to those nine families who lost loved ones in that bible study. Abcs solve in charleston leading us off. Reporter tonight, the end of a bitter fight thats lasted for decades with this signature, South Carolinas governor is ordering the removal of the confederate battle flag from the statehouse grounds by tomorrow morning. By her side were the families of the nine kille
Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. We begin with that defining moment late this afternoon, the governors signature that will end a decadeslong battle. The Confederate Flag in charleston will come down in just hours. By tomorrow morning at 10 00. Strong reaction coming in now on both sides. There have been Death Threats for lawmakers after votes in the house and senate. Governor nikki haley ending the fight with her signature. Champions of the flag argue that its part of their history. Critics say its racist, a symbol of our nations divided past. The governor revealing what shell give to those nine families who lost loved ones in that bible study. Abcs solve in charleston leading us off. Reporter tonight, the end of a bitter fight thats lasted for decades with this signature, South Carolinas governor is ordering the removal of the confederate battle flag from the statehouse grounds by tomorrow morning. By her side were the families of the nine kille
I was doing what you told me to do gladly. Former board member eddie wright a marine who lost both hands in iraq told abc news he was appalled. For him to be paid to raise money for veterans that were wounded in combat under his orders i dont think thats right. The charitys lawyer says bushs appearance helped raise an extra million dollars. If george bush wanted to get paid and we were able to make a million extra dollars, it was good use of the money. Did anybody ask him to do it for free. Thats george bushs conscience. President bushs spokesman pan says helping veterans is one of his highest priorities. He has hosted other events on their baffle for free. Former first lady laura bush. Also charged the charity to appear 50,000 on a night she accepted the groups patriot award. By comparison a spokesman for former president clinton who has made lots of money in speaking fees says mr. Clinton has never received a fee for speaking to a veterans charity. Brian ross abc news new york. It wa
Below 25000 and 2027488001 for all others. James, you are next from massachusetts. Hello . Caller mi actually on tv . Host you are, go ahead. Caller i had no idea. Im site i was not prepared. I am an individual who spend a lot of time in school. I have a lot of education yet i found myself making basically welfare wages. Im curious what you would say about this middle class. I have 200,000 in student loans. I make about 25,00030,000 dollars a year. I have no idea where this is going, frankly. Guest it is a very good question and something we have been tracking at the Pew Research Center for a while. Looking at the ways americans exceed themselves and rather not they see themselves as part of the middle class and to what it takes to be part of the middle class. Perhaps one of the most interesting Public Opinion results we have had is that we take a look at you asked americans, do you expect or chip in to have a better standard of living than you do now . You start to see Many Americans