protection to defy those orders and went in. that s according to two senior federal law enforcement officials. but by that point, it had been so long, some of the families say their wounded kids bled out. leaving them forever asking the question, what if they went in sooner? was there still time? the chief was supposed to be sworn in to the city council today a. position he was just elected to hold. uvalde s mayor says he is free to assume his position on the council but that the ceremony to welcome him is postponed. joining me is nbc news koempt liz mclaughlin and nbc news tom winters. the funerals, liz, are starting today. what do we know? reporter: katy, exactly one week at 11 minutes ago, police finally confronted that gunman and stopped the massacre at robb elementary. an event that will forever change this community. so now the focus is really on honoring and remembering those 21 lives lost. the visitation started yesterday for those two girls who mentioned funerals
hi, thank you for joining me. i m jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield. i m joined by dana bash in uvalde, texas. president biden there to meet with the grieving community. dana, tell us what you re seeing there. reporter: well, president biden and first lady jill biden are here today. he s playing a role that he has played so many times before, comforting families following an unspeakable tragedy. right now the president and first lady are meeting with families at a community center in uvalde. this morning the bidens visited a memorial site at robb elementary that, of course, is the site of the shootings on tuesday. and then they attended a catholic mass service where he was greeted by an archibishop here. these events taking on an even more solemn tone as questions continue to grow over apparent failures of law enforcement s response to tuesday s mass shooting. the visit also comes less than two weeks after they both visited a site of a different kind of massacre, a ra
kids and two teachers taken from this town far too soon. live stolen from senseless violence. the daycares honors, like most uvalde, you many the students and watch them grow up over the years. we are learning more about their lives, their unforgettable personalities behind each face, big plans for the future. rodriguez had big dreams of becoming a marine biologist. she planned to study at texas a&m. her mom said that she was carrying and cold driven. her classmate lexi rubio wanted to become a lawyer. her family said that she loved learning about feminism and played volleyball in middle school. as we honor the victims, we are struggling to understand how a gun man was able to get inside or school in the first place, and why the gunman was allowed to stay inside for as long as he did. it is a question at the forefront in today s new york times. the editorial board examining the police response, writing, quote, 17 minutes elapsed after the gunmen walk inside before police, bel
And the Biden Administrations efforts to find missing americans. Plus, well go through the new reporting on the massacre by Hamas Terrorists, that says the terror groups main backer may have been left in the dark. Well discuss how that aligns with previous reports. Also ahead, an update from capitol hill on the speakers race. Republicans have a nominee, but it is not clear if hes got the votes to get the gavel. I mean, willie, looks like more chaos. Rough timing. More chaos from republicans. We have, of course, just an existential challenge for the people of israel who are going to need support from congress. We have an existential challenge from ukraine. Yeah. And with all thats going on, i mean, you look and see what may be happening in taiwan, if, you know, one domino falls after another. We need congress and congress with a speaker. Steve scalise is the nominee, but nowhere in the neighborhood of having the votes he needs. Thats why they didnt hold a vote yesterday. They get in at
Signing off, from this special hour. Thank you for joining us. Keep it right here on msnbc. Prosecutors generally like to send the jury into the weekend a powerful testimony to chew over and it sure seems like the manhattan d. A. S office managed to do that with hope hicks. The law firm is standing by and im guessing that they have thoughts. And a donor event, donald trump took another page out of the authoritarian play with and compared Bidens Administration to nazi germany. We will speak with congressman raskin. Campus protest worries about the economic trajectory, its clear jens he will be central to this campaign. We have a conversation about this moment for young people in america. Okay, my first interaction with some of Donald Trumps senior aides was in november of 2016, two days after the election and it is still a clear memory of that time. Today trump visited the white house, met with President Obama in the oval office and while that was happening, his sonin law took a walk wi