good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is memorial day, monday, may 30th. i m brianna keilar with john avalon. john berman is off. on this day set aside to honor fallen members of the u.s. military the town of uvalde, texas, is preparing the first of many good-byes to the children and the teachers murdered last week inside of an elementary school there. this afternoon there will be visitation and rosary for 10-year-old amerie jo garza, her father told cnn that amerie died trying to call police and save her classmates. uvalde s funeral homes so overwhelmed that it will take weeks to bury all 21 victims. the president and first lady visited uvalde sunday to meet with the grieving families and comfort the grief-stricken community. president biden promised action on gun reform after the crowd pleaded with him to do something. the justice department is now planning to investigate how the police responded to this shooting. let s go now to cnn s ad
photo is paired with her obituary but in that obituary her family says she was a sassy little girl, also sweet and funny, who hated to wear dresses but she wore them. her biggest dream was to become an art teacher because she was creative. she loved her family says eating at chick-fil-a and her favorite drink of choice was a frappuccino, the vanilla bean one from starbucks. for those of you who aren t familiar, the vanilla bean frappuccino is so sweet and refreshing on a hot summer day and it has no caffeine in it. her family also says she was a protector of her brother and we ve since learned not only did she protect her brother, but she tried her best to protect her classmates. that tuesday using a cellphone she got for her 10th birthday, two weeks ago, to call 911. back to you.