president, and first lady tour the physical and emotional aftermath of that day. visiting the town s memorial to the slain, meeting with school s principal and superintendent, and attending catholic mass, before sitting with the family of the two teachers, and 19 students killed in last wednesday s attack. america remains in shock, as to what has been revealed about what happened at robb elementary. the growing fire storm over where and how local police failed, corroborated by frantic emergency calls from children, literally trapped in a killing field. and the justice department just announcing today, a federal review of the law enforcement response. but that cannot take precedence over two things. remembrance which is the debt we owe, the grieving and the taking, and action which is the price our society must pay if we truly condemn what happened. so tonight i join the president in his condolence, and i m certain his sanger, because two weeks his anger, because two weeks a
weekend, right now president joe biden is in uvalde, texas. addressing privately those who ve lost loved ones and last week s horrific school shootings. at robb elementary school. all afternoon we ve watched the president, and first lady, a physical and emotional aftermath of that day. visiting, the towns memorial to the slain principle, and superintendent and attending catholic mass before sitting with the families of the two teachers that 19 students killed, and last wednesday s attack. america remains in shock as to what has been revealed about what happened in robb elementary. the growing firestorm over where, and how local police failed, corroborated by frantic emergency calls for children, literally trapped in a killing field. and the justice department just announcing today, a federal review of the law enforcement response. but that shot cannot take precedent over two things, remembrance which is the debt we owe the grieving. and the taking. and action which is the p
supermarket in the middle of the black community here to saturdays ago and killed ten people and wounded others. at the services today, it was highlighted by the vice president of the united states kamala harris, journey to buffalo to attend the services. she said she didn t want to speak, she just wanted to sit in the services. she met with members of the other ten victims families and private and came down to the services. but being the eulogist, i broke pour a protocol and asked her to have some words anyways. because i felt it was important that this nation see and hear from her. i thought it was important since this was clearly a racial shooting, that young black women and men see the first woman vice president, first black woman vice president, speak from the heart. at the funeral of an 86 year old black woman, who lived through jim crow, to raise children, one became a fire commissioner here in buffalo. let me share with you some of with the vice president had to say.
all around the world. it is wednesday, may 25th. i m john berman live in uvalde, texas. brianna keilar is in new york this morning. behind me is the robb elementary school. 19 children who went to school here are dead this morning, along with two adults. the kids second, third, fourth graders. we ve just learned the identity of two of the young victims, 10-year-old amerie jo garza has been identified by her father who spent seven hours trying to find his daughter in the wake of the shooting. he now says my little love is flying high with the angels above. we just learned that 10-year-old fourth grader xavier lopez passed away. his mother snapped this photo of him at an honor roll ceremony only a few hours before the shooting. she told the washington post he was funny, never serious, and his smile, that smile, i will never forget. it would always cheer anyone up. he really couldn t wait to go to middle school. she told him she was proud and that she loved him before hugging
alive, what goes through your mind? it s heartbreaking. it s heartbreaking, because we never see anything like this in this community. it s hard for the families that lost a loved one to this tragedy. reporter: when you see this happen perhaps way too many times in our country, what do you ask yourself? what do you wonder needs to happen? i believe the government needs to get tougher laws on purchasing of guns. that s my main thing. reporter: that s not a new thought after this? no. i ve always thought about it. they have to be strict on who owns a weapon. reporter: thank you very much. i know you re going to be in touch with those families in the coming days, weeks, months and years. appreciate that. i saw this in parkland very close to my house that after something like this happens, it s not about those first days, which of course, are horrific. it is that it lasts a lifetime. and the connections for people helping each other out and recognizing the pain, it s