look after each other, the animals, and the global poor for me. all my love, tommy. so, he didn t have anything in there. for i gotta take some time off. and [noise] why is america such an extraordinary country? we are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity. or one ideology, or one religion. we are unified by one constitution, and one rule of law, and the values under our constitution. it is an aspiration. it s a challenge to us. the constitution shouldn t be some kind of fetish documentary. this should be the living commitment that we all have, to make democracy work in service of the common good. that is the constitution that comes out of the civil war in reconstruction. that is the constitution that we ve been fighting for since then. and we gotta keep fighting for it. [applause] please raise your right hand, and repeat after me. i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear to preserve, protect and defend t
winfield. one of the ten people killed in a mass shooting of a grocery store on may 15th. yesterday, the president and first lady were down in uvalde, texas where they met for hours with families of the 19 young children and two teachers who were killed in last week s school shooting. which of course came just ten days after buffalo. as biden left the church service in uvalde, he was met by a crowd of people chanting, do something. he responded by telling the crowd, we will. the president sounded a very similar note in the commence speech this weekend at university of delaware, telling graduates that the country can and must do something. let s be clear, evil came to the elementary school classroom in texas, to that grocery store in new york and far too many places where innocents have died. in the face of such forces, we have to stand stronger. we must stand stronger. we cannot outlaw tragedy, i know. but we can make america safer. but let s be honest, optimism is in sho
you re driving. gas prices are ridiculous. welcome to a special edition of the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper on this memorial day. and we start with our national lead. and the first funeral services for the victims of the horrific massacre in uvalde, texas. today the families and communities honored the memory of 10-year-old amerie jo garza and mighty rodriguez. and amid the grief in uvalde, a demand for answers as to why police waited out in the hallway for more than an hour before breaking into the classroom where the killing was happening. now, the justice department says it will review the law enforcement respaonse to the shooting. adrian broaddus reports on a child s desperate 911 calls from inside the school. this is how those who love 10-year-old amerie jo garza will remember her. a decade of photos showing a happy girl with a sweet smile, described by family as sassy and funny and a diva who hated wearing dresses. memories of happier times as her fam
president, and first lady tour the physical and emotional aftermath of that day. visiting the town s memorial to the slain, meeting with school s principal and superintendent, and attending catholic mass, before sitting with the family of the two teachers, and 19 students killed in last wednesday s attack. america remains in shock, as to what has been revealed about what happened at robb elementary. the growing fire storm over where and how local police failed, corroborated by frantic emergency calls from children, literally trapped in a killing field. and the justice department just announcing today, a federal review of the law enforcement response. but that cannot take precedence over two things. remembrance which is the debt we owe, the grieving and the taking, and action which is the price our society must pay if we truly condemn what happened. so tonight i join the president in his condolence, and i m certain his sanger, because two weeks his anger, because two weeks a
who lost their lives defending our nation and our freedoms. we re glad you re with us. with us today, we have my friend msnbc contributor mike barnicle. we re going to jump right into the news. the justice department is opening a review into the law enforcement response to the school shooting in uvalde, texas, after authorities there admitted to a stunning string of failures last week. this as the president and first lady jill biden visited robb elementary school yesterday and met with grieving families. nbc news correspondent sam brock has the very latest from texas. sam? reporter: jonathan, good morning. president biden spent most of the day on sunday in uvalde, texas, trying to provide consolation to lift up a community here that s so griff grief stricken. they want answers and accountability. all day, people have been coming to the memorial. president biden and dr. biden came out and laid flowers. all of this happening as a critical incident review was announced by th