tragedy. ask the questions. those politicians don t want to answer. the running the clock. don t let them do it. love has to be the answer. decency must rule. nicole hawk lay, matthew dowd, thank you for joining me on this important friday night, at the end of a very heavy week. and from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of monday. be good. us i will see you and while it is common for new details to emerge after the so-called fog of war lifts, the basic facts of the police response to this particular shooting have changed. and then, they changed again. and today, officials try yet again, to lay out a timeline of the response to this attack, to an increasingly skeptical press corps and public. and this version, the one we heard today, painted a shocking picture of what now looks to be an extraordinarily inept police response, that allowed the government to be locked in a classroom with children,
Speaking while im interrupting. [inaudible] [inaudible] gentlemen, you will have your turn. [inaudible] [inaudible] and we focus On The Issues that matter . Everybody knows that. If i may. Holding joe biden accountable. [inaudible] so, if you could not understand any of that, you are not alone. The republican candidates onstage at the Ronald Reagan president ial library, mostly, focused on attacking each other rather than the front runner in the polls. Donald trump. Talking over each other a lot. Trump was instead onstage by himself. In michigan. Speaking to a crowd of mostly non union autoworkers. And criticizing the strike against detroits big three. That is a tight shot there. So really, the debate we are going to get to it. And more of the clips. But just overall. A mess. One republican later, one contributor, every, after another, after another. They were texting, and calling, all saying the same thing. What a mess. What an embarrassment. What a disaster. It was, it was a lot of w
that we have to keep talking about. in my view, the fundamental thing is leaders never lead they follow. and we have to lead them to the right place. and the right place is common decency for the common good. we have to get rid of leaders, and put people in place that belief in common decency for the common good. that ll fix it. nicole? just kind of echoing what matthew said, i think also, this is an interesting moment in time right now. there are conversations being had. you know, we talked about bookends, sandy hook and you ve all the, i really hope this is that ending book and, and there s good conversations happening right now, we just need to continue to ask our politicians and in d.c., to lean in, and have these conversations, don t just go to your party lines, the second amendment is an important right, but it s not designed to kill children. so, what can we do to build common ground and that s something that works? please keep asking our politicians. don t let this week p
tragedy. ask the questions. those politicians don t want to answer. the running the clock. don t let them do it. love has to be the answer. decency must rule. nicole hawk lay, matthew dowd, thank you for joining me on this important friday night, at the end of a very heavy week. and from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of monday. be good. us i will see you and while it is common for new details to emerge after the so-called fog of war lifts, the basic facts of the police response to this particular shooting have changed. and then, they changed again. and today, officials try yet again, to lay out a timeline of the response to this attack, to an increasingly skeptical press corps and public. and this version, the one we