still chief among the questions out there and why is the police department now backtracking on some of their basic findings? officials are going to be holding a briefing in texas in the next hour. let s begin though at this hour with cnn s rosa flores live in uvalde. rosa, what are you hearing from some of these children who managed to survive? reporter: well, kate, we are hearing about those intense moments when the shooter was inside the classroom, those intense moments when children were trying to do everything they could to survive. they describe the gunfire at first. they thought it was fireworks. you mentioned a little girl who covered herself in blood and played dead to try to survive, to make sure that she could do what she could do at that point in time to survive this terrible tragedy. but here they are, children describing what they lived through in their own words. take a listen. it was very terrifying. that didn t stop one of my friends getting hurt. i got
speaking about loss and grief because of his own personal experiences with grief and loss. but then the question turns to what will he do about these shootings and how can he galvanize the action that he says is so desperately needed and we know that president biden has said recently that he believes that he there is, quote, not much that more than he can do from an executive action front. some gun reform groups disagree with that and believe there is more that he could do but certainly the white house said they believe the ball is now in congress court for congress to act. we ve seen small signs of potential action there but expect the president to continue to encourage those steps, expanding universal background checks, restricts access to assault weapons and so much more, kate. jeremy, thank you. coming up for us just days after this massacre the nra is holding its annual convention in texas. one top republican announced he will not be there. details and a live report next. l
unconstitutional. will he maintain this executive order i don t know. i ll have to get back to you on that one. i don t know we ve gotten that far on the list of executive orders. i ll be glad to get back to you. what s that again, i just don t know the answer. i ll try to get back to you. yes, sir? on immigration, the chief of staff seemed to indicate over the weekend an executive order shutting down the daca program is ruled out. is that officially ruled out as you go forward? and does the president support action in congress that would essentially permanently establish those protections i don t have anything further on the executive action front. i think i ve asked and answered the daca piece in terms of his priorities right now. i think we ll have we don t have athing in front of us right now to sign onthat, so give us a little time. we ll see what congress moves forward with. i m sure we ll have a further
i think what he s trying to do is lay out a road map, lay out a vision for how the middle class can succeed in this country. i think he put a bunch of specific things on the table. some of which i think he can get legislatively. immigration reform probably tops that list. some of those he s going to have to do using the authorities he has as president of the united states. he was specific about that respect to clean energy and moving attacking the problem of climate change. but i think when it comes to raising the minimum wage, universal preschool, the other issues that are really bread and butter issues, kitchen table issues for people, he s building support, he s building momentum. i think he ll put the pressure on the republicans to try to get some of that done. and is that sort of the advice you ve been giving i know you were a big advocate of the executive action front. you said that s what obama