rifle. that he was able to legally purchase, just like the gunman here and eovaldi. the vice president and the second gentleman will be in buffalo later today to attend the funeral of one of the victims of that massacre. meanwhile, as authorities we can continue to piece together the events of the tragedy here in uvalde, the nra is holding the second day of its annual convention in houston, just 270 miles east of here. joining me now, nbc news national security and intelligence correspondent, candlelight ian and, correspondent sam brock live in uvalde texas. can, the timeline of events of tuesday s tragedy keeps shifting. what has changed over the past few days in law enforcement s account of just what happened? good morning alicia well. you really had a shift from the department of public safety from defending the law enforcement response and saying that actually saved lives, to yesterday laying out a timeline that really made it clear that there was a series of colossal mis
talk. [speaking spanish] joining me now is sam brock in uvalde with the latest on the shooting. also he s in houston where the show must go on for the nra. first use them, it s very hard to watch, to hear, and process what happened there. then we learned of the injured children calling 9-1-1 for help. didn t get there in time. it all feels impossible and we are not even there. here in the studio. but you there on scene? what are you learning sam? well certainly it s gut wrenching alex. you talk to parents here, and they say it feels like the floor falls from underneath them every time they hear these press conferences. the changing narratives. also that the help was there on. time there were 90 law enforcement officers inside at 12:03, that s the same time the 9-1-1 calls were coming from the classroom. the incident commander based on the volume of shots, and initially they re 100 shots fired in the first few minutes, and then slowed down, that incident commander made
now. statements from authorities today only added to the confusion and criticism and the concern from parents. correspondent jeff paul is live in uvalde tonight with the search for answers, good evening, we now know from the time the suspect crashed his truck it took him about 12 minutes to get inside this school but it s the hour that took place between when officers first engaged with the shooter and they killed him that is now raising more questions than answers. life will never be the same again. never. piecing together the puzzle of tuesday s mass shooting in uvalde as a small texas community warns a painstaking investigation into what happened before and during tuesday s massacre. we now know there was not an armed school security guard and the gunman walked through an unlocked door. it was reported that a school district police officer confronted the suspect that was making entry. not accurate. he walked in unobstructed initially. police say the gunman was insi
The pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. Potentially within days as opposed to weeks. That doesnt rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that congresswoman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. We know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. They had wanted ties to strict immigration laws, Stricter Border security with the us mexico border. That particular vote failed. They needed a two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. Instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it than actually voted in favour. We know that Republican Congress woman Marjorie Greene has signalled her intention to potentially oust the Republican House speaker mikejohnson over this filing a motion to vacate. She said s
President biden has called to advanceit advance it swiftly so you can head to his desk in the oval office so he can sign off on it. The pentagon for its part watching the political infighting going on has been trying to pre position weaponry where it can so that those weapons can head to ukraine, head to troops on the ground sooner rather than later. Potentially even days as opposed to weeks. That doesnt rule out the prospect of further political infighting despite the fact that Congress Woman nancy pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. We know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. They had wanted tied to strict immigration laws, Stricter Border security with a us mexico border. In that particular vote failed. They needed to two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. Instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it. And actually voted in favour. We know that republican Congress Woman Marjorie Greene has