know needs to be done? this is andrea mitchell reports in washington. it s devastating. another school shooting. 19 children, two teachers, 21 families suffering unspeakable losses. the worst school shooting in texas history and the nation s deadliest mass shooting since the sandy hook tragedy a decade ago. the victims, teachers and four of the 19 children identified as fourth graders. a devastating loss for their families, their community. 10-year-old xavier lopez s mother told the washington post her son was funny, never serious and his smile, that smile i will never forget. she said it will always cheer anyone up. and young jose flores receiving an award for making honor roll hours before the shooting. the 18-year-old gunman from the area shot his grandmother tuesday morning. then crashed his car before running into the school. the question, will the senate do anything this time when it s done nothing for decades? joining me now, nbc s morgan chesky, a neighbor there
anyone can get this disease, but one community may be more at risk right now. thank you so much for joining us. it is election day in america. voters are heading to the polls in five states today. much of the attention right now is on georgia. the key battleground state in 2020, sure to be important in 2024, and right now it is a test of donald trump s sway with american voters. the represent can primary for governor is its current governor, brian kemp, versus former senator david perdue. it s also basically turning into a mike pence versus donald trump matchup as well. and in the final minutes, there is a question today of what is david perdue trying to do, really, on camera making racist remarks about the democratic candidate in this race, stacey abrams. let s get to it, let s start there. kristen holmes is live in atlanta for us. kristen, early voter turnout has been huge and today is the day. reporter: this is huge. it has become a proxy war between the maga election
motivation, what was his connection to the school. i say his. i m assuming it s a male we re talking about. they ll go back first and speak to friends, relatives, family members, people who knew him in whatever school he s attended. they ll go back and look very closely at any sort of social media presence that the shooter maintained, whether he posted any statements about his intents, about his purpose and his motivation, and even if not about those things specifically, they ll try to come up with some sort of a character sketch, if you will, as to what was in this person s mind in the days and weeks leading up to this. they ll look at his browsing history, his contacts on email, text, social media, on his telephone if in fact he had one, which he probably does. so it is a massive effort to try to paint as rich a picture as you possibly can of this likely deeply disturbed person who committed a horrific act. it s important for us as a society to understand more and more abou
but even so, that one, to my line, is actually the most astonishing of all the races in all of the states that are holding elections tomorrow. it is basically a shoe in for this guy, and that is amazing. so, you ve got that story, and that coverage coming up this hour. we re also gonna get some expert help this hour as well, on the potential impact, potential consequences, of a very unexpected high-profile resignation from a russian diplomat today. today, he not only resigned from the russian government, he put them on blast over putin s invasion of ukraine, and putin s corruption, and what putin has done to russia. one of the consequences of that, in terms of public morale, and the sort of guys of public morale in russia, and potentially, one of the consequences for that guy who resigned today. so, that expert help on that, and we got a bunch of news to get into tonight. but when i start with something that is taking us more than a year to figure out. it was last year, last
we re also tracking the final day of president biden s trip to asia, including the key moments from his meeting with india s prime minister after urging him to do more to help ukraine. p ukraine. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 24th. i m jonathan lemire. polls open in just a few hours, for one of the most consequential primaries in the midterms, georgia. there are several state and congressional races on the ballot but the ones everyone will be watching are the republican primaries for governor, secretary of state, and senate. and the new york times describes the background of today s races like this. georgia s got everything. disputed elections. rapid demographic change. celebrity democrats. a restrictive new voting law. and open criminal investigation into donald trump s meddling into the 2020 election. a deep urban divide. and it is a fun one. former senator david perdue whose loss in the state two years ago helped give democrats contr