Laws a special edition of early today starts right now. Good morning im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena in el paso, texas. The nation is in mourning today after the deadliest and darkest 13 hours in the country, with back so back Mass Shootings here in el paso, texas, and in dayton, ohio here in el paso, chaos and gunfire erupted at a walmart near the cielo vista mall. The gunman opening fire on dozens of families on a busy saturday morning, killing 20 people and injuring 26 others. Special coverage on early today with phillip in his hometown of el paso. No doubt covering another mass t especially so, phillip, when it happens where you grew up, where your family is, and when are you call home. Reporter itl, frances on saturday i was getting ready to go to work and anchor an hour of msnbc and i got that email alert, and it started to it didnt really hit until i started to flooded with Text Messages from my mom and then from friends. And then i started getting alerts and then my mom t
Please top the rhetoric early today starts right now. Good to be with you this morning. Im frances rivera. Im philip mena in el paso, texas. The country is reeling after two Mass Shootings one in texas and one in ohio. Two cities, 1,600 miles apart both grieving. In el paso a 21yearold gunman opened fire near a cruded walmart. Dozens of people sent scrambling 20 killed and 26 injured we have cover aage, no doubt covering another mass shooting is tough, but especially when it happened where you grew up and where you call home. Its deeply personal, frances. My brother is a firefighter and was among those who were the First Responders on the scene. I worked at the mall that so many people were running from, including my aunts and cousins who were inside. Thankfully they were safe. But 20 people and 20 families that are grieving this morning and they are not coming home from the day of shopping they were allegedly targeted because they were hispanic and look just like me. This community is
A shell shocked america. A special edition of early today starts right now. Good monday morning. Im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena in el paso, texas. The country is reeling this morning after two mass shoot ings in el paso and ohio claim the lives of 29 people in just 13 hours two cities, 1600 miles apart, both grieving. Here in el paso, a 21yearold gunman opened fire inside a crowded walmart inside cielo vista mall people went scrambling for cover. 20 people were killed and 26 people were injured. We have coverage with phillip in his hometown of el paso phillip, especially when it happens to be where you grew up and where you call home. Its surreal, frances, its something that i could have never imagined would happen here i got the news on saturday and then it hit me like a ton of bricks, especially when i found out i had family members that were i cousin were inside that cielo vista mall when they got word that shots were ringing out and chaos ensued and they were able to run out
The globe. Plus stocks tanked for their worst day of the year. Will today be any better a special edition of early today starts right now. Good Tuesday Morning im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena in el paso, texas. The country is once again grappling with grief after the unspeakable tragedies in dayton and here in el paso where the pain deepens after reports that two more people who were shot at walmart have died. Bringing the death toll to 22. Authorities now zeroing in on the alleged gunman Patrick Crusius and how the allen, texas, native ended up 11 hours away here in el paso but one thing is clear this community is not letting this divide them in the face of intolerance and hatred and violence, this community is coming together and displaying an extraordinary strength that i dont think this country or the world has ever known. And, phillip, with el paso being your hometown, youve seen that strength firsthand with your family and friends who know people who didnt survive this yeah
Dayton, ohio. Phillip mena is in el paso, texas. Peter alexander is at his post at the white house. Gabe, what more, if anything, do we know about what happened just a few feet behind you and why . Reporter well, an incredible act of rinse yesterday. We are learning more about the gunman as investigators dig more into his past. We are also seeing just some horrifying video, craig, from inside that bar as the shots rang out. We want to worth you some of that video is disturbing, but it does show those panicked moments that unfolded just a short time after midnight on sunday. Now, Authorities Say they were able to recover 41 spent shell casings in and around this area that suggests that, you know, the gunman was firing at a very rapid pace. They say this could have been even more deadly if Police Officers had not stepped in and taken him down within 30 seconds. Again, 41 spent shell casings. They say he had the capacity to have up to 250 rounds, although its unclear exactly how many did