rifle. that he was able to legally purchase, just like the gunman here and eovaldi. the vice president and the second gentleman will be in buffalo later today to attend the funeral of one of the victims of that massacre. meanwhile, as authorities we can continue to piece together the events of the tragedy here in uvalde, the nra is holding the second day of its annual convention in houston, just 270 miles east of here. joining me now, nbc news national security and intelligence correspondent, candlelight ian and, correspondent sam brock live in uvalde texas. can, the timeline of events of tuesday s tragedy keeps shifting. what has changed over the past few days in law enforcement s account of just what happened? good morning alicia well. you really had a shift from the department of public safety from defending the law enforcement response and saying that actually saved lives, to yesterday laying out a timeline that really made it clear that there was a series of colossal mis
common sense solutions. you have to be 21 to by hand gun, but somehow you can get in ar-15 at fifth 18. this makes no sense. we need change. we talk about the influence of the nra and the hole that they have over the republican party. they have a fear of entering into a primary that ultimately becomes more competitive because this issue. tell me where you sit as a legislator, as someone who was looking to get things done. what is your experience of working with fellow legislators. what do you picture to be the intransigence on this issue. a government holding a redundant press conference on state services. he talks about how somebody broke the eyeglasses here. the state government can help the person pay for that. that s why i went over there. i was here at the time. i ran over to demand this special session because we have an effect list leader who was at the beginning, at the feet, of the nra for more money.