speaker. at home we re watching a major test of former president trump s influence over the republican party. in the five states where voters are headed to the polls today to vote in primary elections, all eyes will be on the slate of candidates who the former president endorsed and have embraced the big lie that the 2020 election was stolen. will that message resonate with republican primary voters? today will also be a big test for these three house republicans who were among the ten who voted to impeach the former president. will they survive after taking a critical stand? one of today s biggest tests will happen in kansas where abortion rights are on the ballot for the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. we ll have the latest into the massive implications of that vote. let s get right into it with nbc s steve kornacki at the big board. steve, what are you looking for this morning? a couple things, jose, you touched on. i think this referendum in
who learned about his daughter while aiding other victims. plus, new details raising questions about why it took police so long to stop the killer. we ll have the account from the witness who says police were gathered outside while the gunman was on his rampage inside. tempers flare after democratic candidate for texas governor beto o rourke interrupts a news conference of a man he is trying to replace. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, may 26th. i m jonathan lemire. we re glad you joined us. this morning it is not clear why a teenager in uvalde, texas, attacked an elementary school, killing 19 children, and two teachers. while investigators work to find the motive we re learning more about tuesday s attack and what led up to it. after crashing his grandmother s truck outside the school, the gunman ran into the building, armed with an ar-15 style rifle and at least seven 30-round magazines. the gunman then fired at a school resource officer who
harboring this particular terrorist. what i will tell you is there are probably morale kai da operatives that operate throughout the entire country. you say they re complicit in it, both haqqani and the taliban. how do you think that is represented? how were they complicit? yeah, well, if you ve been to kabul, there are certain places where you have folks living, particularly the drug lords, and this is the neighborhood where the drug lords, we know, this is a very prominent neighborhood, drug lords hang there. we also know the taliban recently took over that location as well. it is very close to the u.s. embassy, very nice homes and so forth. so there s no doubt in my mind that the taliban did not that the taliban knew that we had the terrorists living in this
does struggle with mental illness, how does law enforcement, how do officials flag that, to prevent someone who potentially could be violent? so impulsively, it is really important, a past history of violence, access to weapons is really important. look, you know, physicians need to be able to ask about gun safety in the home. and we know that during the pandemic, we saw a rise in gun purchases, five million more children were exposed to having guns in the household as a result of these increased purchases. and we need to be able to look at thes have. and as well as looking at violence in the community. when we look at these factors, n-folks living with mental illness are no more likely to commit the crimes than folks not dealing with mental illness. we look at history of abuse, a father being abusive, and a parent, having substance abuse, a history of what we call lack of empathy, lack of remorse, and