we re there as families and communities grapple with the worst news possible extraordinary, in depth look at how gun violence is destroying communities and plaguing our country this is one night in one city, in the richest country in the world. how can this make any sense? this is a special edition of nbc nightly news with kate snow. one night in america. good evening. we have new information tonight about the mass shooting in uvalde, texas, that a total of 400 officers were on the scene that day a new report detailing failure after failure. but we re going to begin by focusing on the overwhelming amount of gun violence happening every single day in america more than 40,000 people are killed each year by guns and while we tend to focus on mass shootings, far more americans are killed in smaller incidents so tonight, we re going to chronicle gun violence across one night in america specifically, last night in america we had teams embedded in communities across the c
we re there as families and communities grapple with the worst news possible extraordinary, in depth look at how gun violence is destroying communities and plaguing our country this is one night in one city, in the richest country in the world. how can this make any sense? this is a special edition of nbc nightly news with kate snow. one night in america. good evening. we have new information tonight about the mass shooting in uvalde, texas, that a total of 400 officers were on the scene that day a new report detailing failure after failure. but we re going to begin by focusing on the overwhelming amount of gun violence happening every single day in america more than 40,000 people are killed each year by guns and while we tend to focus on mass shootings, far more americans are killed in smaller incidents
we re back, sadly with more news about gun violence investigators in texas released the results of a preliminary investigation into one of the worst school shootings in history, the massacre at robb elementary in uvalde the new report shows failure after failure by law enforcement responding to the gunshots that killed 19 children and two teachers sam brock is in uvalde reporter: the most comprehensive report issued to date on uvalde s mass tragedy offers a scathing critique of all agencies linked to the response in the report s words, egregious decision making including this moment minutes after the gunman opened fire on two classrooms and a handful of officers retreated. the report noting they failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety the investigating committee also found
and if he would have been taken care of earlier, he would have made it. the blood loss claimed lives that could have been saved if the response had been faster? uh-huh. reporter: late this afternoon, additional action announced by uvalde s mayor, including the release of police body camera video. the announcement that the acting police chief will be on administrative leave to investigate if there was a responsibility to take the chain of command and an internal investigation by the city kate sam, thank you. when we come back, we switch gears. there s dangerously hot weather ahead for the week we ll te
rollbacks of state gun safety regulations that we have seen. here s a law in new york that has been on the books for 100 years saying that it s fair to put some regulation on people carrying guns around in public to the grocery store and to restaurants and other places. so that s the paradox that we are in this moment with what the supreme court is doing. you know, i am just thinking today is one month since the massacre at robb elementary in uvalde, texas. 19 elementary school children lost their lives, two teachers, and then the husband of one of the teachers subsequently died of a heart attack just a day after she was killed in that elementary school. i m just wonderin these things affect so many people permanently in so many ways, senator. that is so true. the human toll of the scourge of gun violence in our country, it s unlike any other place in