the shooter who you see on the screen appears to have been unable to find anyone to shoot. we can also see how quick and brave the response from both staff members and the first responders was. this woman was outside the school, out in the open when police arrived. not only was she putting herself in danger by not getting into a more secure location. but listen how she communicated to the police when they arrived. that woman quickly and concisely told the police everything they needed to know, be careful, two kids might still be in the hallways, people inside are telling her that the shooter is upstairs. seconds after that, the police had entered the building. the police then cleared the room, they cleared room after room methodically and with breathtaking speed. it s clear they have trained for this moment. and when they ultimately heard gunshots, they sprinted toward them. they neutralized the shooter. it s a testament to the teachers in a building for locking down so effec
weapons can do an ungodly amount of video in no time at all there s one other piece of video, it s important in how elected officials respond every time we go through a mass shooter. last year after a shooter killed 19 students and 2 teachers in uvalde, texas. republicans were blaming one thing, doors. unlocked doors. republicans made a huff about how the policy solution after uvalde was hardened locked doors. we talked about what we need to dobo to harden schools, including not having unlocked back doors. if the school was on lockdown, could the doors have been locked? ve classroom doors should be hardened tooo make them lockabl from the inside and closed to intruders from the outside. put a pin in that for a second. take a look at this. this is how the shooter entered the school yesterday. they used a semiautomatic weapon to shoot their way through the doors. i have no idearo if the door wa lockedth or not, clearly it didt matter. i m sure republican senators would
amen. a prayer from the senate chaplain on behalf of a grieving nation. on that very solemn note, i wish you all a very good and safe night from washington, d.c. and from all of our colleagues across the network of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i ll see you tomorrow. thank you for joining us this hour and for alex tonight, the national metropolitan police department release body camera footage that left three children, three adults in the shooter, themselves, dead in the melamine tree school in the nashville suburbs. there is a lot that is notable about the footage. first off, 14 minutes went by between when police were first alerted that a shooter had entered the building and when the police ultimately shot the shooter. pretty fast. we can see that for a good chunk of that time, the shooter who you see on the screen appears to be a unable to find someone to shoot. we can also see how quick and brave the response from both staff members and the first responders
good evening from washington. i m michael steele in for chris hayes and there s a lot to get to tonight. including some really big developments in the many criminal investigations into donald trump, but i need to start with a question for today s republican party. what the hell is wrong with you? today s house maga republicans took an official party leadership sanctions field trip to visit the january six insurrectionists who they call political prisoners. this is just one step and exposing what s going on, making sure that we have the right information and really listening to our constituents. we hear about the jails regularly when we go back home and the american people are very concerned about some of the folks who are here. so we re listening to them and hear on their behalf. congresswoman, i hate to break it to you, but you don t have the right information. if you think the american people want you to waste your energy on the violent insurrectionists mob. in fact,
remains under seal but according to two sources familiar with the matter, trum is facing around 30 charges as a related to documents rob security in and around the men hat and court house who is bee beefed ever since trump bega making intimidating post o truth social directed at the manhattan district attorney office for weeks now, the twice impeached ex president has bee vigorously attacking alvin bragg online also attacking virtually the entire american justice system as the grand jury an prosecutors in manhattan get closer to indicting him. and in his first official 2024 campaign rally in waco, texas, last saturday night. his supporters held up posters that said witch hunt as he delivered a speech tha contains many baseless accusations that the prosecutors currentl investigating him ar politically motivated to tak him down given though he has been s previously occupied with the idea of being indicted, th news on thursday coming that h was actually going to be indicted sti