weapons of war. i d like you to think about that because this whole conversation defies logic, and you know what, it s actually insulting. you know what, you know what, in fairness let s just take a moment to step back and think about each of their arguments and whether that is the environment that you want or that they want for their children. let s start with mental health. as far as we know there was no mental health issue with the individual who stole the futures of 19 children in uvalde, texas. governor greg abbott even said it himself before he contradicted himself. there was no known mental health history of the gunman. we would have a problem with mental health illness in this community. greg, you flipped it around. now you said mental health was the problem. okay. yet nbc news reports abbott slashed more than $200 million from the department overseeing mental health programs in a state that is already dead last in the country for access to mental health care. abb
a killer, we just don t want any part of that. history should not remember this person s name. instead, history should remember, and we all should hear the names of those murdered here, the children and their teacher. they are the ones that matter. amory joe garza matters. she was 10 years old. her dad is going to join us in just a few minutes. he says his daughter was full of life, always telling jokes, always smiling. on social media this monk, he wrote, please don t take a second for granted. hug your family. tell them you love them. i love you, amerie jo, he said. javier lopez matters. he was 10 years old. javier attended a school honor roll ceremony just before he was killed. his mom telling the washington post that he could not wait to go to middle school. that is what he was looking forward to. she says she ll never forget his smile. it would cheer anyone up, she says. ucia garcia matters. he was also 10 years old. his uncle tells us he loved video games and anything
captions by vitac www.vitac.com it is just after 9:00 p.m. eastern time, 8:00 here in uvalde, texas, outside robb elementary school. the community held a prayer vigil tonight. i want to play you video that occurred a moment ago as people there listened to amazing grace. [ crying ] a community in mourning. we ve spoken with parents of some of the young children killed here. most of them ten years old. and told some of their stories. there s so much we still don t know. we don t know the names of all the 19 children who were murdered here. we ll try to bring them to you as we learn them. there is still so much we don t know about what happened behind me inside this school and outside, as the shooter first got on the scene. we don t know, we re not going to speculate. so, we begin the hour with what we do know and cnn s ed lavandera. ed, so, there is, as i said, a lot we don t know. talk a little bit about where the investigation is. one of the key things we l
wounded. today would have been the last day of the school year. instead of making plans for vacations, camps and cookouts, these families, right there you see them, are making funeral arrangements. grief is immeasurable. listen here to angel and how he learned his little girl was gone. she was just trying to do the right thing. she was just trying to call the cops. she was so scared of just strangers and things like this. she would lock the door when i would step out to put gas in the car. like, she this is literally like her worst fear. and she was just trying to help everyone. one little girl is covered in blood head to toe, like, i thought she was injured. i asked her what was wrong. and she said she s okay. she was hysterical saying they killed her best friend and she s not breathing and she was trying to call the cops. i asked the little girl the name, and she and she told me she said amerie. unthinkable the pain there. unthink able the pain. let s get to the sce
shared his daughter s best friend says amerie was killed while calling 9-1-1 on her brand new cell phone. i just want people to know that she just died trying to save her classmates. she just wanted to save everyone. we have more video now that s tough to watch. it s from outside the school while the gunman was inside. these are the cries of grantic parents who heard the gunshots inside the school and are demanding the police storm it. despite the overwhelming police response, it may have taken as long as than hour for them to breach the classroom and take down the shooter. we re trying to establish every single timeline, as far as how long the shooter was inside the classroom. how long did the shooting take place. as of now, we have not been able to establish that. we want to provide facts as opposed to just providing timelines that are preliminary. we estimate anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour. right now i want to bring in my colleague alisyn in uvalde. it is now