the only one that is truly sacred, the only truly sacred obligation we have is to prepare and equip those women and men we send into harm s way and care for them and their families when they return home, and when they don t. it s an obligation that unites americans, brings us together, make sure the women and men who were willing to lay down their lives for us in the very best to return. i want to acknowledge we are making progress in key areas, like bipartisan legislation advancing in congress to deliver healthcare services and benefits to veterans and the survivors impacted by toxic exposures. don t know how many americans and service members may have died because of what they are exposed to on the battlefield. toxic smoke from burn pits, burn pits that incinerated the waste of war, hazardous material, jet fuel, so much more. we have a duty to do right by them, and i m determined to make sure that our brave service families and members that served alongside them do not wait
there s active shooter. how an 18-year-old can get this militarized weaponry anywhere is beyond me. please stay engaged. don t forget them, please. i beg you. show them to the world. when he died, i died with him. we cannot outlaw tragedy but can he can make america safer. we can finally do what we have to do to protect the lives of our people and of our children. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. it is member aerial day wee memorial day weekend, a time to honor and men and women who have served the military. and there is grief and shock over two horrific shootings over the last two weeks. tomorrow president biden will travel to uvalde, texas to mourn with a community heartbroken by two state school massacres. look at your screen, these 19 children, mere fourth graders, slaughtered along with their two teachers. tonight, long lines of people are enduring near 100-degree heat to place flowers and other remembrances at the memorial outsi
can the press help get to the truth? and a dismissive response to senator chuck schumer s plea for change. and, later, why afghanistan needs to stay in the news. two afghan news anchors are going to join us live from kabul with another oppressive taliban ruling. breaking news this hour. president biden about to land in texas. it is his second trip to the site of a mass killing in as many weeks. the president and first lady will be landing in san antonio this hour. then they re going to board those helicopters and fly to the memorial site in uvalde. they will attend mass at the sacred heart catholic church. they will meet with victims families. cnn will have live coverage throughout the day. we ll be watching to see if president biden makes any remarks as he lands there in the next few minutes. in uvalde and beyond, people are searching for answers. people like kimberly rubio, a reporter at the local paper the uvalde leader news. the paper s front page this morning
yes, i was misled. tonight, what we know about the police failure, and the policy failure that allowed mass murder in a texas school. plus, pandering and a protest at the air on a convention in houston, and with you and i can do to break this uniquely american ritual of violence. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today, wayne lapierre, head of the national rifle association, hosted a number of republican politicians, including the ex president, at his organization s annual conference in houston. just days after 19 elementary school children and teachers were slaughtered by a gunman, a few hundred miles away. now, all of the speakers at today s conference acknowledged the shooting, and really, how could they not? and all of them blamed it on everything but the ar-15 style rifle that the gunman bought as soon as he was legally able to when he turned 18. this is standard. i mean, this is the script. we know how this goes. for nra and