i m going to go into the gate and get them! [ bleep ] [ bleep ] you know that there are kids, right? they don t know how to defend themselves! we should note it s unclear exactly at what point this video occurred, and what actions that law enforcement was taking at this moment. we have reached out to the department of safety and the director previously said the government was engaged immediately, and two officers were wounded, meanwhile, the suspects neighbor is sharing new details from before the rampage at the school. i heard two banks, two shots i looked around and i couldn t see nothing. all of a sudden the door opens, and he comes out. the next thing she was all bloodied. you are talking about his grandmother. she called me beto. with me here in uvalde is national correspondent gabe gutierrez, gabe, talk to me about what the community is dealing with and the many questions it s asking. certainly, josi, as you been reporting, the community is trying to c
another point that we should make, josi, this is a school district that had doubled its security budget over the last several years, since the shooting back in santa fe, back in 2018, across the state of texas, there was an increase in the security budget and the question is, were those measures, did they make any sort of difference, and in this case, sadly, it appears that they did not, but that s another one of the questions, were enough security measures in place with enough training in place, to adequately prevent something like this from happening again? time is critical in these moments and i think tom winter and gave gutierrez for being with us. today would have been the last day of school here, for teachers and students at the elementary school, normally filled with looking back at memories of the school year gone by but now this tightknit community is morning, and warning the 19 children and two
and he comes out. the next thing she was all bloodied. you are talking about his grandmother. she called me beto. with me here in uvalde is national correspondent gabe gutierrez, gabe, talk to me about what the community is dealing with and the many questions it s asking. certainly, josi, as you been reporting, the community is trying to come to grips with this unimaginable loss, 19 children, two teachers, more details are coming out about the victims, the focus is also shifting to the many unanswered questions, the timeline, that we still have yet to get full details on, from the texas department of public safety, as well as local officials. as far as we understand it, the first reports of the gunmen came at 11:30 local time, but
only imagine what some of them must ve felt like looking at that, those parents are still wanting answers this morning. a little while ago at our last hour, we were speaking with an msnbc news correspondent that spoke to a teacher that was near the classroom and she said it was quote the longest 35 minutes of her life, because she had her students could hear the children screaming. i read that piece as well from our colleague on one of the things that stuck out to me about that, she said the children in her classroom have practiced these types of drills for years, and just think about that, josi, children in this country now, so used to the active shooter drills that they almost instinctively knew what to do, but they must have been so terrified when this carnage was unfolding. imagine the other classroom. and i m thinking, because if, during this 35 minutes, he could hear the children in the other classrooms screaming, and again, those moments can blend
perilous family sharing how investigators say she sacrificed herself, using her body to shield and protect her young students. her heartbroken daughter writing on facebook, mom, you are a hero. i keep telling myself that this isn t real. i just want to hear your voice. among the children was promising lives were cut short, eliana torres, a student and athlete who was never far from a sci-fi field soft bifid softball field. 10-year-old josi florez jr., his uncle writing, i still can t believe this happened. my heart is broken. she told lester holt, she heard the shooter. what do you want people to know about what you went through? it was very scary. at first we didn t know what was happening but then we realized it and everyone started panicking. the archbishop has called