ago and now a week later more and more criticism and more and more questions over the police response and the decision to wait an hour before storming the classroom. we re waiting for updates from the department of justice on their review of thattins spo. we re also live in uvalde and in washington where president biden is saying this afternoon he plans to meet with lawmakers on gun reforms. the reality check on where those stocks stand with an emergency hill meeting on thursday with some new proposals. i m hallie jackson in washington among with our nbc news team. liz mclaughlin is live for us in texas, and our investigative reporter is on capitol hill. liz are let me start with you, this is just a horrific, you could call it a milestone and maybe another step in what s going to be a lifelong healing process perhaps for these families dealing with grief, dealing with anger about this police response. hallie, so many intense emotions here. this community will never be whole
florists shaped casket sprays. the head of the texas funeral director s association brought in an extra funeral coach along with other morticians. some experts at the art of facial reconstruction to assist. all of this happening against the backdrop of persisting questions around the police response to the shooting and deep anger and confusion over why it took law enforcement well over an hour to confront the shooter. on sunday the justice department announced that it is launching a probe into the police response, what s known as a critical incident review. new york times reports out the history of this type of investigation saying, quote, other mass shootings that the justice department has looked at in its review of law enforcement agency responses have included the 2015 domestic terrorist attack in san bernardino, california, and the 2016 attack on the pulse nightclub in orlando, florida, with an eye toward understanding how officers could have been better prepared and r
responders. we re also talking about the justice department this morning announcing, in fact, it will conduct a review of the law enforcement response to the school shooting in uvalde. it is coming at the request of uvalde s mayor after authorities admitted to a string of failures in their response to the shooting. a justice department spokesperson said in part this, the goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day, and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare for and respond to active shooter events. the doj saying after its review, it will publish a report with all of its findings. we are learning more about that chaotic scene that unfolded when agents did finally move in on the shooter. a u.s. customs and border protection official, who spoke to the washington post, describing a chaotic scene, with no one really sure who was in charge. quote this, the agent saw bullet ho
psychopath, which is what senator cruz called him, was able to legally buy an assault rifle more than 1600 rounds of ammunition, and then walk freely into an elementary school because he wanted to kill kids. there are two small funeral homes not enough to handle a massacre. that means funeral directors, morticians and volunteers from across texas are now there to help. among them are facial reconstructionists, because, yes, it was that bad. and making it even worse, just how long the cops waited to go in. they waited an hour outside that classroom before they finally confronted the gunman. more than an hour while some of those kids were still fighting for their lives. including the daughter of one family who spoke with state senator roland gutierrez. their little girl had been shot in the back with one bullet. through the kidney area, she likely bled out, according to the first responder. who should know what would have happened had officers showed up timely? had they gone
just how expose donald trump could be. and later, for a moment of silence to boycotting the national anthem, at the sports world is stepping up to protest gun violence in the wake of the school school shooting. will it make a difference? good sunday morning to you. i am katie fang. some people would have you believe that our two political parties are two sides of the same coin, and that both want the best for america. but they just are different views on what that looks like. with that in mind, let s take a look at the title of two presidents in the face of a major tragedy. president biden, with the first lady, is preparing to fly to uvalde, texas. to face parents who have experienced the worst tragedy, losing a child. biden knows where this feels, like and is for his empathy. trump, glorifying violence that killed those 19 children into teachers. he held the names of the victims then had a glock, then ended his speech by doing a strange onstage dance. look at it like