time we met them. we have the guide, the tool kit for them to follow now. when they are able and say progress, we will still be there to talk with them, to them through this. most important thing for them now is they get trauma therapy immediately. not trauma informed, now grief counselling, trauma therapy. we have the ability with another woman that we work with to bring in 25 trauma informed therapists to uvalde for free. they are paying out of their own pockets to do this. hopefully, we ll be able to get to them very, very quickly and provide real trauma therapy to them to get them moving forward again. sandy, i hope that no one else will have to use that tool kit. sandy and lonnie, i m sorry to cut it short. i m are you positiving into the next hour. thank you so much for being with us. that s going to do it for me today. halle jackson picks up our coverage now. here is where we are. we have new details about the time line about the school door being unlocked. even
mirror on another topic and ask ourselves what kind of country do we want to be? a long list of communities have been ravaged by a senseless mass shooting. residents of uvalde, texas, face the task of burring 21 members of their community. that includes 19 third and fourth graders. those 21 victims were killed by an 18-year-old gunman armed with an ar-15 style rifle, the same type of rifle used in the shootings in parkland and sandy hook. the shooting taking place just two days before those students summer break was going to begin. texas department of public safety spokesperson lieutenant chris olivara described how police officers had faced someone who as he puts it, had no regard for human life. the shooter was involved in a domestic disturbance with his grandmother prior to the shooting at the school. he did shoot his grandmother at that point. he then fled in a vehicle, and was in close proximity near the school when we got calls. local law enforcement at the uvalde po
House building on capitol hill where shortly agriculture secretary sonny perdue is set to testify. Hell update members on the state of the Rural Economy. Actually, governor perdue, seen on your screen right there, live coverage here expected to get underway momentarily on cspan 3. Many which we dont even know. On this occasion, we ask a special blessing on our agriculture industry, and that your blessings come upon our new secretary of agriculture, sonny perdue. Dear heavenly father, finally we thank you for your holy spirit. For oftentimes we know not what we should pray for as we ought, but your holy spirit intercedes for us with groanings that cannot be uttered. We thank you for that. And we ask your holy spirit to enter this room today. These and other blessings we ask in your son, christ jesus name, amen. David, thank you. Mr. Secretary, welcome. You and i have had several conversations before this morning. Let me officially congratulate you on becoming our nations 31st secretary
[ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. Thank you, john. Thank you. Thank you and congratulations to the class of 2017. Great job. And general kelly, i want to thank you for your leadership as the Coast Guards Service secretary. You have really been something very, very special to us as a country and to me and our administration. Youve done throughout your entire life an incredible job defending your country. Thank you very much, john. Thank you. [ applause ] and john and all of his folks are also doing an incredible job protecting our homeland and our border and im thrilled that my first address to the Service Academy is the Graduation Ceremony of the United States coast guard. Believe me. Its a great honor. N. Applause ] ive been here before and its a very, very special place. Every cadet graduating today as your commander in chief, it is truly my honor to welcome you aboard. [ applause ] and you should take a moment to celebrate this incredible achievement. Govern governor mall
The senate would hold a test vote to repeal the Affordable Care act. Now we take you to the meeting republican senators had with President Trump earlier. I wasnt hard. I was not hard. Were close. I think were a lot closer than people understand and we have to pull it through. So important, but were in this room today to deliver on a promise to the American People to repeal obamacare and to ensure that they have the health care that they need. We have no choice. We have to repeal and replace obamacare. We can repeal it, but the dress is repeal and replace and lets get going. I intend to keep my promise, and i know you will, too. Since 2013 obamacare premiums have skyrocketeded. In alaska they went up over 200 recently. We know that. In arizona, theyve been up 118 , and those states are good compared to some of the numbers that are coming out. Despite the promise that premiums would decrease by 2,500 on average, they actually increased by almost 3,000 and even much more than that in some