good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, it is wednesday, may 25th. i m john berman live in uvalde, texas. brianna keilar is in new york this morning. behind me is the robb elementary school where 19 children and two adults are dead. children, second, third, fourth graders ages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 years old. at this moment parents are giving dna samples to try to match with their deceased children as they await for some kind of news about what happened. this is what we know at this hour, all the new details we ve been getting in overnight, as i said, 21 people have been killed including a teacher. police say the gunman shot his grandmother who is in critical condition, then crashed his vehicle before entering this elementary school wearing body armor. the 18-year-old shooter has been identified, he attended the high school in this town, he was killed by law enforcement officers at the scene. a photo of two ar-15 style rifles appeared on an ins
small tight knit community about 18,000 people. it describes itself as the cross roads to hill country. now, now the people here nearly 80% latino, many stretching back for generations reeling from the horrors of one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history. at least 19 children and two teachers were murdered. in the wake of horror like this, we often hear the word unimaginable but here it s almost as this is becoming easier and easier to imagine tragedies like this although i ve got to tell you, that there is nothing easy. nothing easy about what uvalde and the people here are going through right now. so far, what we know from the investigation, the suspect first shot his grand mother before driving right here towards the school where we are here. apparently crashed very close to the school and then claim into robb elementary proper. a lieutenant says the suspect barricaded himself in a classroom, used an ar style rifle in addition to wearing some kind of vest, tactical
know needs to be done? this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. it s devastating. another school shooting. 19 children, two teachers, 21 families suffering unspeakable losses. the worst school shooting in texas history and the nation s deadliest mass shooting since the sandy hook tragedy a decade ago. the victims, teachers and four of the 19 children identified as fourth graders. a devastating loss for their families, their community. 10-year-old xavier lopez s mother told the washington post her son was funny, never serious and his smile, that smile i will never forget. she said it will always cheer anyone up. and young jose flores receiving an award for making honor roll hours before the shooting. the 18-year-old gunman from the area shot his grandmother tuesday morning. then crashed his car before running into the school. the question, will the senate do anything this time when it s done nothing for decades? joining me now, nbc s morgan chesky, a neighbor there
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what issues are motivating them? i ll talk with house speaker nancy pelosi and republican governor of nebraska, pete ricketts, ahead. plus on putin s border as ukraine fights, finland applies to join nato, exactly what putin tried to avoid. you caused this. look at the mirror. how will russia respond? i ll speak exclusively to the president of finland, sauli niinisto, in moments. good morning, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is heartbroken and horrified. this morning we are grieving the loss of ten people in buffalo, new york, shot and killed while shopping for groceries. three others were shot, but survived. victims of a rampage by an 18-year-old white male shooter, who authorities say traveled for hours and used an assault-style weapon to carry out the racist attack. 11 of the 13 victims were black. the shooter has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in an attack streamed live on social media as the justice department examines whether