he was preparing for the funeral of his wife of 24 years. they were college sweethearts. they were high school sweethearts. his death leaves their four children paralyzed. it is a reminder, as if this town needed one, the tuesday s tragedy is not over. the shockwaves will reverberate across this community in, countless ways, for countless weeks, months, and years. the raw grief among the residents here, of course, is no less than it was on tuesday. increasingly, the sadness is mingled with frustration, and anger, as people are unable to get them here on what they re happen to do here. it is over an hour before they were shot, and killed by law enforcement. they are trying to treat authorities as the massacre unfolded. in the aftermath of any horrific event, information is spotty. our understanding of what happens evolves over time, but even by those standards of breaking, and developing news, the inability of officials to give a consistent, and coherent account of a key porti
with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. we will have a very special 11th hour. enough is enough. we re going to break down what s happening, why and where the hell we go from here. go from here they say a picture is worth 1000 words, this is perhaps more. this is the leader news today. the date is may 24th 2022. this, of course, is the day, two days ago. it s been 48 hours killing 19 children, and two teachers. here, at the robb elementary school, in texas. today, another death. the grieving husband of one of the slain teacher says died. joe garcia, married to the teacher irma, collapsed, and i today, courting to his family. he was preparing for the funeral of his wife of 24 years. they were college sweethearts. they were high school sweethearts. his death leaves their four children parent-less it is a reminder, as if this town needed one, the tuesday s tragedy is not over. the shockwaves will reverberate across this community in, countless ways, for countless weeks,
timeline of attack is, frankly, confounding. initial reports suggested, when the shooter approached the school, an armed resource officer, a school resource officer, exchanged fire with him. but, the gunmen was able to get past him, and into the school. then, yesterday, the director of the texas department of public safety said in a briefing, the school resource officer had, quote, engaged the shooter in some way, but not fired his weapon, and the shooter then entered the school. today, a different official is telling the washington post, and it is going to interview the officer to find out. the just an hour after that report, a third dps official laying out the timeline, and at the very end and as of aside, this is what he said. going to mention, they want to clear up, they were coming out early on. they reported with the school district, the officer confronted the suspect that. it is inaccurate. nbc news. my question is, was there a school officer, on campus, and was th
from ceo wayne lapierre. quote, the second amendment cannot survive without the nra. and the nra cannot survive without your help right now. but at the same time, the nra had reduced spending on its avowed core mission on education, safety and training, to less than 10% of its total budget and public reporting is showing all sorts of fun ways that that money was being spent instead. $39,000 for one day of shopping in beverly hills for the ceo, wayne lapierre. and $200,000 for transportation for a two-week trip to the bahamas over christmas for the ceo, wayne up here. and this one never ended up materializing. with the wall street journal got its hand on documents confirming that the nra was going to buy a 6 million dollar mansion for wayne lapierre. and that is just wayne left here. it turns out the lots of board members were being heavily assisted by their member donation piggy bank. remarkably, wayne lapierre is still the nra ceo. he will be in houston tomorrow
going to buy a 6 million dollar mansion for wayne lapierre. and that is just wayne left here. it turns out the lots of board members were being heavily assisted by their member donation piggy bank. remarkably, wayne left the air is still the nra ceo. he will be in houston tomorrow and while the organization may tout itself as one designed to the second amendment rights of its members, the facts tell a different story. in the wake of sandy hook, the violence policy center discovered that the gun industry donated tens of millions to the nra, with nearly 2002 dozen gunmakers lining the organizational coffers. while the nra s only spending 10% of its money on its actual core mission and then a little on top of that for wayne lapierre s lifestyle, the one thing it is serious about, and does spend money on s messaging. that s messaging that helps gun manufacturers keep selling more guns. so, when you see images coming out of the nra meeting tomorrow and video of crowds of people cheering