weekend, right now president joe biden is in uvalde, texas. addressing privately those who ve lost loved ones and last week s horrific school shootings. at robb elementary school. all afternoon we ve watched the president, and first lady, a physical and emotional aftermath of that day. visiting, the towns memorial to the slain principle, and superintendent and attending catholic mass before sitting with the families of the two teachers that 19 students killed, and last wednesday s attack. america remains in shock as to what has been revealed about what happened in robb elementary. the growing firestorm over where, and how local police failed, corroborated by frantic emergency calls for children, literally trapped in a killing field. and the justice department just announcing today, a federal review of the law enforcement response. but that shot cannot take precedent over two things, remembrance which is the debt we owe the grieving. and the taking. and action which is the p
if i commit a little speed limit. over the speed limit, they will stop you. you have 20 cars searching you down. but they could not go in there and break that effing door? they are darn cowards? cowards. they let those kids get slaughtered. texas officials say officers waited outside the barricaded classroom for nearly an hour while trapped students frantically called 9-1-1. joining me from the town square, nbc s liz maclachlan. liz, we ve seen long lines at the memorial in uvalde today where i am standing near robb elementary. the lions are wrapped around the corner. what are you hearing from people coming to pay their respects? alicia the crowd here has also been growing all day, people waiting in the hot sun to pay their respects to lay flowers in front of their 21 crosses here. 22, actually 21 for the victims of the shooting and another cross added for the husband of one of the teachers who died from a heart attack just a couple of days later. a lot of people from t
uvalde texas. starts right now. thank you so much, reverend sharpton. hello, everyone. i m alicia menendez live from uvalde, texas. moments ago we saw the president arrived to meet with first responders here in uvalde. this after biden and the first lady paid respects to the 19 children and two adults killed at robb elementary. three more victims are recovering at a local hospital, including a ten-year-old girl in a serious condition. it s the presidents second trip to a mass shooting memorial just this month. the buffalo and uvalde attacks killing nearly three dozen people in total. the justice department now investigating the uvalde shooting response as residents express their fury over the police is delay. it was upsetting. they did not go in there. but they are quick to stop you here for any little reason. as an if you commit