elementary school shooting since sandy hook a decade ago. a family member is confirming to cnn that eva morales a fourth grade teacher was killed. none of the victim identities have been released by police so far. it was a gut-wrenching day for so many parents, many waiting helplessly into the night with no word about the fate of their sons and daughters. cries of anguish could be heard from the local civic center where they were gathered every time a child was identified through dna sachls. there would be too many empty seats at the dinner table for so many devastated families. and i m joined by adrienne broaddus. just so people get a sense of where we are, behind us again is the school, all these vehicles people see here are part of the emergency response that have been here for hours and hours. at this point families are wait being in a separate location, but this entire town just devastated. indeed, this is a time where parents are learning to have a greater capacit
classroom, barricade himself inside that classroom and that s when just he started shooting children and the teachers that we talked about, two teachers were killed inside that classroom. is it a 911 call or what is the call? they received the call was it a 911 call? it was a call, called into the police department regarding a crashed vehicle. a 911 call? a 911 call. they received that call. that was the initial call. that s when law enforcement responded to the scene. was there a chase? were they chasing him? no. there was reports of that, that s not confirmed. there was no chase involved whatsoever. the initial call as i mentioned was that the vehicle crashed near the school, and that there was an individual armed with a weapon going inside skthe schoo. there was no chase with law enforcement. is it your belief he was driving to the school, the school was a target? we re trying to determine that, we re working with fbi to look back and see if there
the victims and their families. it s not just littleton. we know that lots and lots of places. we been through this too many years, took decades now. as i said just a few months ago, and i said a few months before that, and i said each time we see one of these mass shootings are our thoughts and prayers are not enough. schools should be places of safety and sanctuary and learning. perhaps now america would wake up to the dimensions of this challenge. if can happen in a place like littleton. and we can prevent anything like this from happening again. and now, president biden once again joins his predecessors in what has become a sick ritual of addressing the nation after a horrific mass shooting inside an american school. this was the scene from the white house yesterday. after the latest massacre in texas. american flags were also lowered at federal buildings. military installations and at u.s. embassies around the world. we ll go live to texas in just a momen
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
as protesters smash windows and light fires, the dangerous seen as to be leaders looks to refund the police. benjamin: drive-through throw down. a customer checking the suspect trying to run from police at chick-fil-a. fox and friends first starts right now. hands up for the weekend oh my god it s the weekend hands up for the weekend jillian: that picture on the right is a live look in london, i am concerned you made it into work, what is going on over there? benjamin: when i woke up this morning and came to the studio it was a beautiful sunny day. i can also say, we weren t thinking about using that shot. london weather is a joke. jillian: the other thing, that far, it s the weekend, thank goodness we made it. it is friday morning, good morning, good morning. benjamin: we start with this. president biden addressing the nation, one year since the coronavirus pandemic began. no one could have imagined was we were about to go through, but now we are coming th