to purchase tobacco in texas to 21. and in 2021, the texas legislature lowered the able to purchase guns to 18. this individual who killed 19 of our children a day ago was 18 when he went and purchased those weapons. and that s because the legislature lowered the age in the state of texas. and so if we don t stand up for our kids, it happened in uvalde, but these are our children. if we don t protect them, who will? and the legislature passed house bill 1927, talking about the texas legislature, that now permits permitless carry. no training. no license. no permit required. lowered the age by which people can purchase assault weapons to 18, and now 19 of our babies are gone. and families will be hurting for the rest of their lives. i applaud what beto o rourke did. the time to be nuanced is over, okay? and you can t not allow policymakers, legislatures, governors to pass bills that promote the use of guns and then when people are killed say we are praying and we are offer our
thanks, don. let me say this. i have two people i will get to in a moment, linda beagle shulman and neil. linda lost she is a mother of a parkland shooting victim and neil a father of sandy hook victim jesse lewis. they were listening to what the mayor said about beto o rourke. i am going to get their response in a moment, what they thought at that moment and what they think of what s happening now. so please they are standing by patiently. thank you and we will join you in a moment. i want to bring in our reporters on the scene. boris sanchez in uvalde and evan perez in washington, d.c. good evening. boris, investigators say up to an hour passed between the time the shooter got to the school and when he was neutralized. what is the latest on this timeline? reporter: don, investigators are still trying to piece together exactly what happened throughout the 60 minutes on tuesday here at robb elementary school. what we learned a short time ago