greetings everyone, you are watching symone, after the long anticipated chaos, united states southern border is roads to flee calm at this hour. more than 36 hours after title 42 expired. an influx of people seeking entry into the united states has slowed down. but overwhelming challenges remain. we are talking to the mayor of mcallen, texas, for more of what he is seeing on the ground. former president donald trump found liable of sexual abuse and defamation just before getting a free primetime platform to spew more lies and fallacies. we are digging into how exactly he uses the media apparatus to plus, oklahoma s republican governor moved to defund the pbs station there, stripping residents of one of the only free resources of news and educational programming they have. all because of lgbtq inclusive shows. we will hear from one of the state senators who is pushing back. i am symone sanders-townsend, and i have something to say. there has been a lot going on this
and rumors like how many shooters there are. other police outside a riot. it was really scary. there is a woman who had to stay behind a little bit for evacuation. she was changing her diaper for her child. it was terrifying, actually. the gunman was killed at the scene by a police officer who happened to be at the outlived responding to a different matter. but neither his avidity nor those of the victims had been released as of yet. according to a database maintained by the associated press in usa today, this is the 27th mass killing the sierra. and the second deadliest after the monterey park massacre were 11 people were killed during lunar new year celebrations in january. joining me now, live from allen texas is nbc news correspondent morgan chesky also with us is jim kavanaugh, retired atf special agent in charge who was previously facing dallas for a period of time. msnbc terrorism analyst. morgan, one of the league is my friend that your hearing on the ground about t
up and talk about these issues and push, and push, and push republicans to get it together and wake up to the deaths and the tragedies that are happening in communities across this country. congresswoman sydney kamlager-dove, thank you so much for joining us. i hate that was for this tragedy but i appreciate your insights and the work that you and your colleagues are trying to do in stopping this pandemic of gun violence that we have in our country. thank you, congresswoman. thank you. good evening to you, i am ayman mohyeldin, it is 9 pm here in new york, 8 pm in allen, texas. where we are following reports of a mass shooting at an outlet mall. if you re joining us right now, that incident reportedly took place just after 3:30 pm local time. according to the authorities, at least nine people have been hospitalized. the shooter is dead. we do know there were fatalities. local officials though do not have an accurate count at the moment. police say there is no longer an
ayman wilkie dean and new york, we are continuing to follow the tragedy out of allen, texas this hour. police reports are at an outlet mall just north of dallas. and moments ago, local officials made a very brief statement saying a police officer and an unrelated call at that mall heard shots ring out at about 3:36 pm local time. officials are confirming there are casualties, they have not yet released the exact numbers on those dead, or injured. police also say they s believe the suspect has acted alone. they re saying they plan to hold another press conference in about two hours from now. as you can imagine, lots of questions. we are going to bring you more updates the money they come into our newsroom. a short time ago, governor greg abbott issued his statement writing in part, quote, our hearts are with the people of allen, texas. tonight, during this unspeakable tragedy. we are going to, as we mentioned, bring you all the information that we get as it happens. joining
in uvalde if they make that choice. the only reason we are living with these recurring nightmares is because our politicians have made the choice that the status quo is acceptable. we have to get them to make a different choice. congresswoman donna edwards, thanks so much for making time. press secretary james talarico, please stick around, we will talk to you again shortly. we just want to reset because it is the top of the hour. to any of our viewers who may be joining us right, now as i mentioned, it s 10 pm eastern, 9 pm in allen, texas. you re seeing a live picture there, the city of allen texas. we are expecting a briefing to get underway. good evening, everyone. i am ayman mohyeldin in new york. we are continuing to follow the breaking news of a mass shooting in allen, texas. as we await the briefing from local officials which we expect to begin at any moment now, here s what we know so far at this hour. police say they received reports of an active shooter just af