with lester holt good evening i m savannah guthrie in for lester. tonight, the impassioned calls for change in this country, from the uvalde teacher, the lone survivor of his classroom among 11 dead students, to a grieving son of buffalo in a hearing room on capitol hill to the white house briefing room where this afternoon the actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey made a surprise appearance, eulogizing the dead in heart wrenching detail, down to the green high tops the only identifying marker left for one little girl, so ferocious the wounds from the gunman s ar-15. for a moment the nation was captivated. rare roadblock coverage on cable news we have been here many times. tonight, bipartisan momentum appears to be growing for some change to the nation s gun laws what s on the table and will it make a difference nbc s gabe gutierrez leads us off reporter: tonight as the u.s. grapples with the dramatic surge in gun violence, relatives of those killed in the buffalo m
posted online. under the federal hospital price transparency rule. jason hadn t heard of it he says he was told his insurance would cover everything weeks later, a bill came for $6,500. what was your reaction i couldn t believe it i thought it was a joke. reporter: insurance covered some of it, but left jason owing more than $3,000 hospitals have been able to keep patients in the dark. reporter: cynthia fisher, founder of patient rights advocate.org, is on a mission to stop scenarios like jason s. nowhere else in our economy do we not get prices in advance of purchase. reporter: the hospital price transparency rule, born as part of th affordable care act, took effect in january of 2021. presidents obama, trump, and biden hav all openly supported it it requires health systems to publicly post costs of items and services online, standard charges and also by health insurance plan, showing patients what to expect to pay,
his family says jason hadn t committed any crime, nor did he likely understand why officers were even there. what you do you think police could have done differently? they should not have been yelling orders off the top. you ve got someone who s already confused. now you stick a gun in their face and yell at them. reporter: when shirley harrison called 911 for help she told them her son of mentally ill and needed to get to a hospital. they didn t take him to parkland. they took him to the morgue. reporter: why did the officers open fire? dallas police wouldn t talk to us you but the attorney for the officers did. was there any other option other than deadly force in this case? no. there s not because this is a deadly force encounter, and what they when you respond to lethal force, you respond to that with lethal force. a taser is a less lethal item. reporter: soon after the shooting the officers signed
james, james! within ten seconds of the front door being opened, jason harrison lay dyingen his own driveway shot at least five times, twice in the back. by officer john rogers and andrew hutchens, who was wearing the body camera. his family says jason hadn t committed any crime nor did he likely understand why officers were even there. what do you think police that day could have done differently? they should not have been yelling orders off the top. because you ve got someone that is already confused and now you stick a gun in their face and you yell at them. reporter: when shirley harrison had called 911 for help, she told them her son was mentally ill and needed to get to a hospital. they took him to the morgue. reporter: so why did the officers open fire? dallas police wouldn t talk to us but the attorney for the officers did. was there any other option