with a robust set of laws, we can significantly limit damage. why can t we do that with guns? on that point. and they always fall back on the same argument, the constitution doesn t guarantee you are right but it does guarantee your gun right. a well regulated militia being necessary to the free stay, the right to the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. the second amendment. argue that the second amendment makes america unique, exceptional, and they re right. apart from the uk, we don t have the second amendment there, it s a right that doesn t exist in canada or france, or india, or russia, or brazil. in fact, only three countries on earth have gun rights embedded in their constitution. the united states, mexico and guatemala. both those two countries say that right only extends to the home, and they both make it very difficult to purchase guns. america, of course, is different, not just because of the second amendment but how the courts have interpreted i
death of ray liotta, best known for his iconic role in goodfellas. the tributes pouring in tonight announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. good evening from uvalde where the memorial behind me is growing tonight and so are the questions. questions and anger over the response by law enforcement after a gunman walked in a school, locked himself inside a classroom, and carried out the unthinkable. today police confirm that the school door appears to have been unlocked, that there was no school safety officer present, and that it took a full hour for law enforcement tactical teams to arrive at the classroom to end the siege. parents and relatives like 10-year-old jackie cazares uncle outraged at the response he told me jackie s father tried to go into the school himself. there s all this police presence, but then he s saying, let me in, let me in he said there s 20 of them standing there. reporter: today was supposed
uvalde. how school security roundup in the wake of previous mass murders continue to fail and why all of us are concerns about margins keep getting ignored. and as the architects of america s gun crisis meet at the nra convention going all about the potential for congress. why only in the your country, why isn t only in america? why is this exceptionalism so awful? when all in starts right now. . good evening from new york, i m chris hayes what we know happened at ramallah matthew school in uvalde texas is that 90 children and two teachers were shot and killed. they were murdered by an 18-year-old who purchased two weapons as soon as he was legally able. right after his 18th birthday. there s a lot we do not know. in particular, about the timeline of just what happened on tuesday. they re a lot of outstanding questions about when the police arrived at the scene, how long the shooter was in the building, how long it was before he went into the building, what officer did, o
on tuesday. they re a lot of outstanding questions about when the police arrived at the scene, how long the shooter was in the building, how long it was before he went into the building, what officer did, or crucially, didn t do to stop him. this afternoon, local officials held a press conference and was clear that there are still many holes in the story. we re gonna talk more about that later in the show. but something that i am certain of, is that the most wrongheaded downright dystopian response to the murder in the town of uvalde is to call for quote, hardening schools. we have to harden our schools, not soften them up. the most important thing we can do is harden the schools. harden schools. hardening schools. god help us if we don t harden our schools and protect our kids. you ever notice when that happens, like some nasty new bit of lingo that didn t exist before in all like iran is saying it. clearly there was some memmel, somewhere. that was the enraging
their pain. today, big questions about the delayed police response. why didn t the school guard fire a shot? why was the school s door unlocked? why did it take an hour for a tactical team to break in? this new video shows parents outside the school while the gunman was still barricaded with the children and their teachers inside. the associated press reporting one parent who lost his daughter said authorities were unprepared and not moving quickly enough. law enforcement officials say they did engage immediately and that two of their officers were wounded. the investigation into the shooter s private facebook messages revealing he did plan to attack that elementary school. there s still no information on the motive. the nra convention in houston is scheduled to begin tomorrow. senator ted cruz is still attending and still defending his political stance in the wake of the tragedy. mr. cruz, why is america the only country that faces this kind of you know what? you can