responders. we re also talking about the justice department this morning announcing, in fact, it will conduct a review of the law enforcement response to the school shooting in uvalde. it is coming at the request of uvalde s mayor after authorities admitted to a string of failures in their response to the shooting. a justice department spokesperson said in part this, the goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare for and respond to active shooter events. the doj saying after its review, it will publish a report with all of its findings. we are learning more about that chaotic scene that unfolded when agents did finally move in on the shooter. a u.s. customs and border protection official, who spoke to the washington post, describing a chaotic scene, with no one really sure who was in charge. quote this, the agent saw bullet ho
shooter. they ran past. went back inside. what were you thinking as you were hiding in that bathroom for so long? i think i was just like, trying to be still. not like, just crying in my head, saying, don t make any noise. in the span of ten days, to 18 year old man allegedly killed 31 people 19 of them children, in two separate mass shootings on opposite ends of the country. the shooters in both massacres, a lot and they won in uvalde, texas uvalde, texas, legally purchased semiautomatic rifles. assault style weapons, they can buy, but they are not legally old enough to buy a call. this is not the american dream, it is the american nightmare. our nation is under siege. we are not even six months into the year and according to the gun violence archive, there have been 217 mass shootings. 24 of them were at schools. the centers for disease control says that guns are now the leading cause of lessons in america. we have endured gut-wrenching mass shootings this month, bu
tuesday, but the gunman was not killed until just after 1 p.m. initially the texas department of public safety said the resource officer at the school fired at the gunman but steve mcgraw, director of the texas dps said he did not. it was a brave, independent school district resource officer that approached him, engaged him. at that time gun fire was not, changed. confronted him. he followed him right in immediately. so if this version of events is accurate, that means an armed school officer responsible for the safety of the children and teachers inside saw a man dressed in tactical gear carrying an assault rifle and did not use force to stop him from entering the school and killing 19 children and two of their teachers. nbc news reached out to texas dps for comment previously. the director said the gunman was engaged, quote, immediately and that two officers were wounded. inside the school a teacher heard gunshot as end of year celebrations were in full swing. speaking
ahead in a moment. but we re going to begin in buffalo. where in the wake of saturday s supermarket terrorist attack, president biden has just finished delivering remarks about the rise of ideologies in america. the president renewed calls for stricter gun laws and urged americans to reject racism. white supremacy is a poison. it s a poison. [ applause ] it really is. running through our body politic. it s been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. no more. i mean, no more. we need to say as clearly as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in america. those remarks the president didn t just condemn americans spreading hate, he called those silent complicit. and he also issued this warning about the threat white supremacy posed to our country and the democracy. the american experiment in democracy is in a danger like it hasn t been in my lifetime. it s in danger this hour. hate and fear are being given too much oxygen by those who pr
Against him, then she did. Mika, hold on. Hold on. I have a list. Im so shocked. Im so shocked. Okay. We want to hear your list. Its a list. Im checking it off. Okay. She wouldnt run against him, then she did. Three months ago, he was too unhinged to get a drivers license. Now yeah. Now, nikki haley will vote for donald trump for president of the United States. Good morning, everybody. Willie, this is one of those, im shocked, shocked. Shes done this over and over again, right . Yeah. I will say, lets just say it off the top, this happens in politics. I mean, you know, people say nasty things about other people when theyre running against them for president. In the primary. Then they come together. I do think, though, everybody has to make a choice. In 2024, you know, nikki haley could have made the choice that a lot of conservative republicans have made. Im going to be talking to Charlie Sykes about that in a little bit. That is, you know what, stay conservative. Dont go along with th