death of ray liotta, best known for his iconic role in goodfellas. the tributes pouring in tonight announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. good evening from uvalde where the memorial behind me is growing tonight and so are the questions. questions and anger over the response by law enforcement after a gunman walked in a school, locked himself inside a classroom, and carried out the unthinkable. today police confirm that the school door appears to have been unlocked, that there was no school safety officer present, and that it took a full hour for law enforcement tactical teams to arrive at the classroom to end the siege. parents and relatives like 10-year-old jackie cazares uncle outraged at the response he told me jackie s father tried to go into the school himself. there s all this police presence, but then he s saying, let me in, let me in he said there s 20 of them standing there. reporter: today was supposed
the shooting unfolded. police now saying the shooter entered the school unobstructed, that there was no security officer outside despite earlier statements that one engaged the gunman was there a school officer on campus? no. why mounting anger tonight. why did police take more than an hour to breach the classroom and stop the bloodshed? 19 children and 2 teachers killed and now tragedy upon tragedy. the husband of one of those teachers died as he prepared for her funeral. also, the nra set to hold a meeting just hours from the site of the shooting in washington a bipartisan group of senators meeting in the hopes of breaking a gridlock on gun legislation. can they cut a deal? also tonight, the massive fire aboard a cruise ship. passengers prepared to abandon ship the monkeypox outbreak growing where new cases have been found in the u.s. and the sudden