good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, it is wednesday, may 25th. i m john berman live in uvalde, texas. brianna keilar is in new york this morning. behind me is the robb elementary school where 19 children and two adults are dead. children, second, third, fourth graders ages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 years old. at this moment parents are giving dna samples to try to match with their deceased children as they await for some kind of news about what happened. this is what we know at this hour, all the new details we ve been getting in overnight, as i said, 21 people have been killed including a teacher. police say the gunman shot his grandmother who is in critical condition, then crashed his vehicle before entering this elementary school wearing body armor. the 18-year-old shooter has been identified, he attended the high school in this town, he was killed by law enforcement officers at the scene. a photo of two ar-15 style rifles appeared on an ins
good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. it is another unspeakably horrifying day in america, i was 14 children and one adults, at least, were murdered and one of the worst school shootings in our nation s history. the number of right now is somewhat influx. we have had reports from the spokesperson for the texas state juan gutierrez, he says that 18 were murdered. we don t know at this moment which is true. it began this morning in uvalde, texas, a small city 18 miles west of san antonio, about an hours drive from the u.s. mexico border. according to governor greg abbott, the shooter shot his grandmother and then abandoned his vehicle before entering robb elementary school with a handgun and then possibly a rifle. the school serves about 600 students in second third and fourth grade. about 90% of the students are hispanic. nearly the same amount are economically disadvantaged. the last day of the school year, scheduled for this thursday, but the superintendent just a
don t die thank you for joining us this hour. i m a myth muddiness. 1 am on the east coast, midnight in uvalde, texas, where a mass shooting at an elementary school has left 19 children and two teachers dead, as well as a shooter. several more people are injured. that makes it the deadliest school shootings since the attack on sandy hook elementary school in connecticut, a decade ago, were 20 we are the only nation in the world that has so many school shootings, that we have to rank them by body count over years and decades. let that sink in. like today shooting, the sandy hook massacre in 2012 happened at a elementary school, and in the aftermath, there was such collective national horror what had happened, that it really seemed, for a moment, like something might change. that we might actually do something. we ve gotten so used to being in this country that it is hard to remember now, but there was this genuine sense that something had finally snapped. with 21st graders
happen? where in god s name is our backbone to the courage to deal with this and stand up to the lobbyists? it s time to turn this pain into action. for every parent, for every citizen in this country, we have to make it clear to every elected official in this country, it s time to act. president biden reacting after yet another mass school shooting in america. good morning and welcome to a special edition of way too early on this wednesday, may 25th. thanks for joining us a little early today. i m jonathan lemire. we re going to start with the latest developments in this tragic story out of texas. at least 19 children and 2 teachers are dead after yesterday s shooting at an elementary school. the attack about 80 miles west of san antonio is now the second deadliest school shooting in the history of the united states. the texas department of public safety says there are more victims both children and adults who are in hospitals this morning. investigators believe the 18-y
the victims and their families. it s not just littleton. we know that lots and lots of places. we been through this too many years, took decades now. as i said just a few months ago, and i said a few months before that, and i said each time we see one of these mass shootings are our thoughts and prayers are not enough. schools should be places of safety and sanctuary and learning. perhaps now america would wake up to the dimensions of this challenge. if can happen in a place like littleton. and we can prevent anything like this from happening again. and now, president biden once again joins his predecessors in what has become a sick ritual of addressing the nation after a horrific mass shooting inside an american school. this was the scene from the white house yesterday. after the latest massacre in texas. american flags were also lowered at federal buildings. military installations and at u.s. embassies around the world. we ll go live to texas in just a momen