andrea mitchell reports. the review of the law enforcement response to the deadly robb elementary school mass shooting is underway. they are expected to select a leader in the coming days. much of the scrutiny is on the uvalde police chief whose swearing in as a city council member has been postponed while the community holds funeral services for the victims. chris murphy has been in talks with texas republican senator john cornyn as their staffs trade legislative language today ahead of bipartisan zoom meetings starting tomorrow to see if they can break years of senate gridlock blocking gun safety proposals. moments ago at the white house, the president telling reporters he will be meeting with lawmakers about guns. there s an awful lot of suffering. i ve been to more mass shooting aftermaths than i think any
have already been many more shootings in the short time since that tragedy last week, exactly a week ago. this headline from the washington post, u.s. marks memorial day weekend with at least 12 mass shootings including, quote, on saturday evening where six teenagers were injured by gunfire in chattanooga, tennessee, in what mayor tim kelly says was probably an altercation between other teenagers. joining me is chattanooga mayor tim kelly. first tell us what went through your mind when you were your own community, so soon after so many other recent high-profile mass shootings, had a shooting under way? i was heartbroken, obviously, and angry and frustrated. again, as has been said in uvalde, you think it can t happen here until it does happen here.
european union commission president saying this package helps to finalize a ban on nearly 90% of all russian oil imports by the end of the year. we begin this hour with uvalde, with nbc s shaq brewster and nbc justice correspondent pete williams. shaq, today the focus is on the victims. there continues to be scrutiny of the uvalde police chief. tell us where that stands. reporter: another visitation starts just this hour. over the course of the weekend we ve seen so much pain, grief and sadness. this is one of the memorials in uvalde where you have people coming to pay their respects. you can see the constant flow of people we have here. so many flowers, candles, teddy bears, flags. people coming to just write a note. so much grief in this town. you have a feeling that so many people are coming out to do whatever they can to honor the victims of this shooting. you mentioned, the first
visitation we saw started yesterday. it was a visitation for am merry jo garza who was shot while making a phone call in the room. she s described as a beautiful and loving girl. there s also a marine biologist, she wanted to be. her oh built air read knows who know and loved her were blessed with her kind, ambitious, friend left-hand asweet soul. one thing we see is the grief that s here, that sense of sadness, but there s also a building sense of frustration that s mounting combined with the sadness. the last update we got from state officials who are investigating this shooting was on friday, and that s when we learned what they called the string of errors that took place. including the decision not to engage the shooter, but instead hold officers outside of the classroom. much of the attention and much of the focus has been directed at the police chief of the
for the youngest victims are being held in uvalde, texas, today. as more scrutiny focuses on the police response to the mass shooting. the latest from texas just ahead. you are watching andrea mitchell reports. this is msnbc. s getting graded on her green investments with merrill. a-plus. still got it. (whistle blows) your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. trelegy for copd.