psychopath, which is what senator cruz called him, was able to legally buy an assault rifle more than 1600 rounds of ammunition, and then walk freely into an elementary school because he wanted to kill kids. there are two small funeral homes not enough to handle a massacre. that means funeral directors, morticians and volunteers from across texas are now there to help. among them are facial reconstructionists, because, yes, it was that bad. and making it even worse, just how long the cops waited to go in. they waited an hour outside that classroom before they finally confronted the gunman. more than an hour while some of those kids were still fighting for their lives. including the daughter of one family who spoke with state senator roland gutierrez. their little girl had been shot in the back with one bullet. through the kidney area, she likely bled out, according to the first responder. who should know what would have happened had officers showed up timely? had they gone
where they met with the families of the 19 children and two teachers in the school shooting which came ten days after buffalo. as biden left a church service in uvalde, he was met by a crowd of people chanting do something. he responding by telling the crowd, we will. the president sounded a similar note in the commencement speech at the university of delaware, telling graduates that the country can and must do something. let s be clear. evil came to that elementary school in texas, to that grocery store in new york, far too many places where innocents have died. 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 short supply on whether congress will do anything at all, even as protests raged throughout the weekend outside the nra conference that took place in houston, inside the event donald trump himself and other republican political leaders
arlington national cemetery. that was just a couple hours after president biden addressed reporters outside the white house about last week s massacre of 19 children and 2 teachers in uvalde, texas. the president told reporters gathered on the south lawn that there is, quote, no rational basis for the ability to purchase high-caliber assault weapons that can fire hundreds of rounds, quote, it makes no sense. the idea that there should be at least limits on assault weapons in the wake of the uvalde and buffalo massacre, which together left 31 people murdered, was ek code by the vice president on saturday. after giving remarks at the memorial service for 86-year-old ruth whitfield, one of the victims of the buffalo supermarket shooting, vice president harris said this to reporters at the airport. you know, we re not looking for a vaccine. we know what works on this. it includes, let s have an assault weapons ban. background checks. why should anyone be able to buy a weapon th
this memorial day we know the memory is still painful of all the fallen who lost their lives during the last few decades in combat. each of them leave behind a family, a community. lives will never be the same. the same could be said of the decades of combat that american children have faced in their classrooms where hundreds of them have been shot and killed by mass murders. yesterday the president and first lady brought flowers to the memorial site outside of robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. they touched the photos of the 19 dead children and two teachers who lost their lives trying to save lives. president biden and the first lady attended sunday mass, as is his custom, but this time it was in uvalde, at the catholic church filled with mourners, including some of the family members of the victims. as the president was leaving, some in the crowd pleaded with him to do something. president biden responded by saying i will. president biden s justice department
stand up to the lobbyists? it s time to turn this pain into action. for every parent, for every citizen of this country, we have to make it clear to every elected official in this country, it s time to act. an emotional and angry president biden reacting after yet another mass school shooting in america. good morning and welcome to the second hour of an expanded way too early on this wednesday, may 25th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for being with us. we ll start with the latest developments in the tragic story out of texas. at least 19 children and 2 teachers are dead after yesterday s shooting at an elementary school. the attack in uvalde, about 80 miles west of san antonio, is now the second deadliest school shooting in the history of the united states. the dps says there are more victims, both children and adults, who are still in hospitals this morning. investigators believe the 18-year-old suspect shot his grandmother at her home, then fled crashing his truck in a