known, but this is important. a failure of preparation. if you look at the video, you read this report, it s clear these officers were not prepared, they were not trained or acting upon training they did receive when it came to an active shooter situation. just to give you an example, i grew up not far from uvalde in a small texas town. we had a resource officer at the school who spent much of their time busting kids for truancy and pot and writing tickets in the bus lane, not do diminish those efforts but if you re in a department like this, low tempo, you have ample time to be preparing, to go through the motions, to bring your team into the hallway, to practice, what do we do if there s a threat inside, a threat outside. it appears as we learn new information, we see the report, the video, they were not adequately prepared. we cover so many mass shootings, often hear victims say, we never thought that would happen to us. that s understandable for a victim. but for a police departmen
worked for victims rights and raised money to build it. now, her name is inscribed there too. the victim as prosecutors told it, that in the, and had nothing to do with no in too much about a notorious scandal, but a victim simply of an all-consuming jealousy. that s all for this edition of dateline, i m craig melvin, thank you for watching. ion of dateline, i m crai i m craig melvin, and i m natalie morales. and this is dateline . i fell to the floor. and i just remember, she is, that she is dead. and i was so confused. i was like what s going on? what happens? a small texas town, to super
stopped sooner. i was so angry that two people had to die in order for someone to believe me. the story begins in a small texas town. but it s not just any town. this is college station, home to texas a&m and in 1999 the home to 21 year old student jamie hart. i was immediately struck with her beauty. chuck crews was her boyfriend at the time. he says jamie was the light of his life. he remembers when he first laid eyes on her. i could barely speak when i saw her, she was so pretty. it was like when the color came on in the wizard of oz. i had been living in a dark world and she showed me a world full of color. and she was a loyal friend, funny, outspoken. she would tell you exactly what was on her mind at all times. it was early one morning in may. jamie s roommates couldn t find her. they called chuck. i got a call asking me if i
to rush in immediately and take down the gunman. he was set to take his place on the city council tonight. we ll tell you what the town s mayor is saying about that. and the latest in the debate over gun reform. more on what the key players are thinking and saying ahead of a senate meeting that is scheduled for today. along with joe and me today, we have former aide to the george w. bush state departments and white house, elise jordan. and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. the white house bureau chief at politico. the senators led by chris murphy and john cornyn of texas will hold a meeting tonight. many issues should be held at the state level, but they said mental health, background checks, and red flag laws are something congress can address. after spending four hours with families on sunday in uvalde,
he was traveling with volunteers in the donbas region, evacuating a village under russian attack. he was covering the evacuation for broadcaster bfm-tv when he was hit by shrapnel from a russian shell that killed him. president emmanuel paid tribute. i share the pain of the family, relatives, and colleagues of frederick leclerc-imhoff, to whom i send my condolences. to those in theaters of operations, i want to reiterate france s unconditional support. coming up, continuing coverage from uvalde, texas, as the town now begins the painful process of saying good-bye to the 19 children and their two teachers who were killed one week ago today. plus, president biden says fighting inflation is a top domestic priority. we will talk about his new plan to address it with a leading white house adviser. and we will tell you about the new action from the january