nbc has obtained a copy has already condemned systemic failures and egregious poor decision making on the part of nearly 400 local state and federal law enforcement officers on the scene. at robb elementary on may 4th. let s go to nbc news correspondent, priscilla thompson. priscilla, you ve been in uvalde speaking with parents and anticipating where we may hear from this report that they just released. what are some of the big takeaway so far? one of the things that you already mentioned, the sheer amount of the police presence that was here on that day. we re talking about hundreds of officers from nearly two dozen agencies, from federal, state and local law enforcement. the majority of them where texas department of public safety and border patrol. we are also learning about what happened in regards to the incident command. there was a lot of talk over the past several weeks over the school police chief, pete arredondo, being the incident commander. what is clear in this r
damning report on the police response at robb elementary. right now, i will hand things over to reverend al sharpton for politicsnation. over to reverend a good evening and welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead, systemic failure. tonight we are following breaking news that texas house investigative committee a few hours ago releasing its preliminary report on the horrific shooting that claimed the lives of two teachers and 19 children at robb elementary school in uvalde texas. two months ago. the committees leaders are slated to beginning after meeting with victims families today to share the report s findings. of course, we will take you live to the press conference once it begins. but the report itself of which
crisis. we have a chance to pick up seats in the senate, but we must keep senator warnock and we can pick up a female in north carolina, and even maybe another member in ohio to the u.s. senate. congresswoman, the mayor of ohio has lifted the city s recent curfew this morning following more than two weeks of protests over the police shooting death of jalen walker. what does it say to you that this is still a response to police shootings? we still have a problem in america. i think that is why we pushed hard and we were able to pass, in the house and democrats, people have to understand, when people lose their lives, that should not be partisan. the american people should be chastising, republicans who won t stand up, who won t vote to save lives and we have done that. we are looking at the registry.
they are hiding behind this systemic failure. listen, we can sum the report up. law enforcement failed miserably. it quite probably cost lives of several of the individuals, these children and the teachers that were killed there in uvalde. the law enforcement was fully trained, equipped and still remained paralyzed at the scene because they lacked affective leadership, without a doubt, they lacked courage and good old-fashioned common sense. also, what is important is an attempt to further lionized law enforcement, the police community, and to the profession. politicians reflexive leap misled, covered up and some would say lied about some important information in regards to what happened there in uvalde. it really is a failure. absolutely. and to have no villains, well, it disturbs me at best.
we ve got the no-show call, the no knock warrant. we have to make sure that we do more with these gun laws, whether it s on the policing side, but what s also important is we have to make sure that everybody is voting for these gun lives, it will make a difference in some of the lies. we are putting money back into the community, reverend al. we put the most money in the history of the congress back in to make sure that we curb violence in our community. $250 million. it s more than we ve ever had that was led by a member of the congressional black caucus i have to interrupt you. standby. we are going live to uvalde, texas. the committee issued a report earlier today and met with uvalde families and is now holding a press conference. let us listen. you can still ask your questions, just send an email to page and she will get it to