i trust we ll have you back soon. thanks for being here. we are at the top of the hour now. it is 9:00 here on the east coast. 8:00 in uvalde, texas. let s get to several major discrepancies. let s go to morgan who is on the ground in uvalde. morgan? reporter: another tough morning here in uvalde as authorities are shifting what happened and when here inside robb elementary school. this is coming after we heard from parents who were just outside the school saying police were not acting fast enough when those gun shots rang out inside. now as authorities try to provide some clarity with answers, there are only new questions rising about why they didn t engage that gunman fast enough. this morning, growing confusion and outrage about why it took so long to take out that lone gunman. our job is to report the facts and have those answers. we re not there yet. reporter: police now say it took over an hour from the first 911 call to stop the massacre. in that time, 19 child
we say if the act of congress to pass new gun legislation, we re helpless. we can t do anything. but at the individual level, something as simple as safe storage of firearms in the home. if you ve got a teenage, lock up the gun. at the institutional level, being attune to signs of violence. they are leaving a trail of bread crumbs. they re crying out for help before the shooting ever occurs. let s make sure we spot those warning signs. put those pieces together and make sure this doesn t happen. then there is that societal piece. we need legislation to improve our social safety net, but also ensure that firearms cannot fall into the hands of young people, dangerous people, that shouldn t have guns in the first place. criminal justice professor, the book is the violence project, how to stop a mass shooting epidemic. such an important conversation.
when he woke up the gun went off. no charges expected. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, august 1st. from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. that is one dangerous sleepwalker. yeah, if you re going to sleepwalk, lock up the gun. very good advice. thursday, throwback thursday. we ve got good stuff going on throwback thursday. first, cars. talk all about cars and our first jalopies. pictures of them, too. yes, we do. that s all right. you got to start somewhere. you ve got to start somewhere. i m still driving one. you re not driving your first jalopy. no, a new jalopy. as long as it s not your first jalopy. we re good. all right. we have to start somewhere. we ll start with baseball s doping scandal. could today be the day that alex rodriguez of the yankees and other players are suspended by
i wonder what happened there. note to self, if you re a sleepwalker, lock up the gun. lock up the gun no matter what. no matter what. we all know that president obama is a big basketball fan. yesterday was a very big day for him. that s right. that s because he had a chance to welcome the university of connecticut huskies to the white house. it was the eighth time the ladies from uconn got to visit with the president. the team awarded him with an autographed basketball and a warm-up jacket. he thanked them for being role models for women including his own daughters. i want to see one-on-one. i know he likes to play. i d like to see them out there. the huskies, by the way dynasty. invincible. eight times, we re going to the white house again. again we ve got to go to the white house. incredible. that s amazing. i wonder eight times, what s the timespan? has it been in the last eight years? last ten years? i don t have the answer to that. i think it s more