Can virginia voters help her stop a trump Super Tuesday sweep and keep her in this race . Tracking the protest vote. How the president s handling of the war in gaza could affect todays primary in minnesota. And big clues for a battleground. Why the race for governor in North Carolina could offer a preview of the president ial matchup. Our nbc News Reporters are fanned out across the country as millions head to the polls on the largest day of voting outside of the General Election. And we start in california where high stakes swing races could determine the Balance Of Power in congress. What are you hearing there . Reporter weve moved to downtown los angeles. Its a big, big day for california politics, but not so big when it comes to turnout. Something we were expecting on primary day. Its going to get very dark because this is, Black Box Theatre here, but come on in. This is where the Polling Location is. Most of the people weve seen today come in and drop off ballots. California does
i trust we ll have you back soon. thanks for being here. we are at the top of the hour now. it is 9:00 here on the east coast. 8:00 in uvalde, texas. let s get to several major discrepancies. let s go to morgan who is on the ground in uvalde. morgan? reporter: another tough morning here in uvalde as authorities are shifting what happened and when here inside robb elementary school. this is coming after we heard from parents who were just outside the school saying police were not acting fast enough when those gun shots rang out inside. now as authorities try to provide some clarity with answers, there are only new questions rising about why they didn t engage that gunman fast enough. this morning, growing confusion and outrage about why it took so long to take out that lone gunman. our job is to report the facts and have those answers. we re not there yet. reporter: police now say it took over an hour from the first 911 call to stop the massacre. in that time, 19 child
in just a few hours, the national rifle association s convention will get underway in houston, texas, going on as planned despite pressure from critics. texas governor abbott no longer will attend. his office says the governor will be in uvalde instead, but will record video remarks that will be broadcast at the convention. protesting expected outside the event. shaquielle brewster is there and joins us from houston. reporter: good morning. those protests have not started yet. but you will have several thousands people going to the convention center behind me. you saw some vendors going in. some early attendees going in for this nra convention and you mentioned it will begin with a speaker series. we ll hear some of those politicians. senator ted cruz. christie norton.