we re there as families and communities grapple with the worst news possible extraordinary, in depth look at how gun violence is destroying communities and plaguing our country this is one night in one city, in the richest country in the world. how can this make any sense? this is a special edition of nbc nightly news with kate snow. one night in america. good evening. we have new information tonight about the mass shooting in uvalde, texas, that a total of 400 officers were on the scene that day a new report detailing failure after failure. but we re going to begin by focusing on the overwhelming amount of gun violence happening every single day in america more than 40,000 people are killed each year by guns and while we tend to focus on mass shootings, far more americans are killed in smaller incidents so tonight, we re going to chronicle gun violence across one night in america specifically, last night in america we had teams embedded in communities across the c
but american executives argue that biden should look stateside for solutions to gas prices. a controversial greeting with the saudis featuring fist bumps by biden at his senior administration officials in a contentious meeting with the crown prince. we start there tonight. jacqui heinrich is traveling with the president enjoins us from saudi arabia. hello, jackie. good evening to you, rich. president biden didn t directly respond to criticism. his fist bump the cia blames for a grisly murder was too friendly. and the saudis quickly seized the opportunity to burnish the crown prince s image, releasing video of top u.s. officials doing the same here president biden says he did not sacrifice his principles in promoting u.s. interests. after a broadly condemned fist bump, president biden said he addressed the murder of u.s.-based murder were with a man the cia says order date, crown prince. for an american president to be silent on an issue of human rights, is this consiste
reporter: it s not just progressives pushing back moderate democrat adam schiff calling the interaction a visual reminder of the continuing grip oil-rich autocrats have on u.s. foreign policy as republican lawmakers say it s a slap in the face of american oil and gas producers. and while the president brought home a saudi commitment to pump more oil, hopefully checking off one item on the domestic agenda the president is unequivocal by not calling mission accomplished on any of this reporter: he s still facing low approval ratings and record high inflation. inflation is absolutely killing many, many people, and can t we wait to make sure we do nothing to add to that? reporter: senator joe manchin halting the president s economic proposal. he says over tax hikes and climate spending though critics cite coal being a major economic driver in west virginia. and while the white house is touting successes in the form of climate commitments and technology progress in the middle ea
jamal khashoggi s fiance claiming that biden has the blood of the next victim on his hands. i m sorry she feels that way. i didn t come here to meet the crown prince, i came here to meet with nine nations. members of the president s party tweeting if we ever needed a visual reminder of the continuing grip oil-rich autocrats have on u.s. foreign policy in the middle east, we got it today. one fist bump is worth a thousand words. biden said the meeting supplied hope. i m doing well i can to increase the supply. based on discussions today i expect we will see further steps in the coming weeks. telling biden in saudi arabia he has vilified the wrong people. we your support, not you at every turn trying to shut us down. and the president says he has no regrets about his past about a make saudi arabia a pariah on