school. with us, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. and special contributor mike barnicle. we begin this morning with the questions about the police response to the shooting in uvalde. some of the key details provided by texas officials in the first 48 hours after the attack have turned out to be inaccurate. here is what has changed. texas officials first said the attacker exchanged gunfire with a school resource officer before entering the school. then later said the school resource officer engaged with the attacker but did not exchange gunfire. well, yesterday, officials now said, in fact, there was no school resource officer there at all, and the killer walked into the school through an unlocked door, unobstructed, and began firing. the amount of time the gunman spent outside before entering the school also has changed. we initially were told after he shot his gra
just ten years old killed with her cousin in the same classroom. her father joins me. and canceling the nra, i ll speak to a musician coming up, who just pulled out of a performance at the nra s annual convention which kicks off in just hours. let s go outfront. i m pamela brown in for erin burnett, outfront tonight, confusion and anger as serious questions grow over the police response to the massacre inside rob elementary school in uvalde, texas, today, officials laying out a timeline of the shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers. government entered the school without any resistance and would take an hour before tactical teams arrived and killed the suspect. also a crucial detail from that press conference today was very different than what we were told yesterday and again this morning. there was a brave school district resource officer that approached him, engaged him, and at that time, there was not, gunfire was not exchanged but the subject was able
but then they sounded like bangs but then our teacher kept saying, no, they re justifier works. a tactical team arriving, breaching the door and killing him at the scene the growing questions, what was the motive also tonight, the victims many just 10 years old or older one girl shot while calling 911. two cousins among the dead the teacher killed while shielding her students what we re learning about the lives lost and the stunning moment. the shooting. nothing texas republican greg abbott s news conference on the shooting interrupted by beto o rourke, the democrat challenging his re-election bid. o rourke escorted out of the room president biden today doubling down on demands for tighter gun laws will congress take action? our team in uvalde with complete coverage of this texas tragedy announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. good evening from this city of sorrow. uvalde, texas, a small town that has become yet
as investigators worked to piece together a motive. ramos s aunt shelby telling me she s in disbelief. my heart hurts for everyone right now. do you have any idea why he flipped. people go through things and nobody understands. everybody has, i don t know what was going on. reporter: while he had no known criminal history or record of mental health illness, a series of private messages posted on facebook give a chilling warning. the third post, less than 15 minutes before arriving at the school was i m going to shoot an elementary school. across texas, emotions running high. former congressman beto o rourke running for governor in texas disrupting his opponent greg abbott s news conference on wednesday saying another shooting would happen without real reform. you re doing nothing. no. he needs to get his sir, you re out of line. reporter: as so many others struggle to make sense of yet another mass shooting. this morning the painful images are continuing t