weeks as the school district work to implement new security measures. you can see this fence behind me. this was not here from the massacre at robb elementary. it s something new that the school put in place to give a feeling of safety to the parents. as you say, parents will be walking their kids through the doors at the school in anticipation, sort of this concern over safety. and the concern over the fact, whether or not their kids will feel safe. whether or not they ll be in an environment where they can learn. and this was something that was on top of mind here, by many of the school officials. kick is up. reporter: the sights and sounds of back to school have begun in uvalde. he s got the block with the quarterback. reporter: friday night football. out of bounds! 10 yard line. reporter: the annual palomino festival. go, palomino! reporter: for the students, their families and the entire
uvalde community, the return to school today feels nothing like normal. not the same. and you always kind of feel like a little bit heavy-hearted about everything. reporter: in a community still reeling from the last days of school at robb elementary. coming back for the first day of school is hard to imagine. we feel like it s just happened yesterday, when you come, some happiness. this town has been through a lot of a lot of heartache, a lot of pain. reporter: the grief here permeates every event. theme for palomino event is strong. reporter: there s plenty of pain, too. our babies are dead. reporter: parents are still asking for answers, demanding change and accountability. we ask for justice for our grandkids, our kids. reporter: robb elementary, where 19 students and two teachers were shot to death on may 24th has been shuttered.
tonight, congressman maloney, the current share of the dccc, part of a primary challenge for progressive state senator alice on joe biaggi. perhaps the biggest races unfolding in upstate new york, which spends the bay southern border with pennsylvania. congressman chris checkups effectively pushed up by his own party, after he expressed a point for an assault weapons ban following mass shootings in texas and nearby buffalo new york. republican carl palladino, a far-right candidate, ran to replace jacobs and is not seeking reelection. palomino previously ran for governor of new york and lost by 30 points back in 2010. perhaps best known, and i am not making this up, for a scandal in which he was caught sending a video depicting piece the adi to colleagues. he recently praised adolf hitler in a radio interview. tonight, he lost again. nbc news projects as of moments ago that palatine o will
costs. it s like, okay, yeah, we could drive another half hour, another hour, but it s like, we re paying $3.50 for gas. reporter: but gas prices are falling to a seven-week low, down 20 cents in michigan in the last month to $3.22 a gallon. and for these new small business owners, every cent counts. you have a budget that you have to stick to. reporter: this year, the couple launched their wood, furniture, and decor company, palomino and co out of their garage. but then the cost of lumber skyrocketed and resources became scarce. so they turned to their own bar. all of this used to be stalls. we deconstructed those to get lumber. reporter: the price of wood has come back down, but the cost to ship their orders is up. with being out a little