that s correct, this is a memorial near the town square in uvalde, where people have gathered around a fountain. and as you can see, they have laid out candles and balloons and messages to those that were lost in last week s tragic shooting and to their families as well. we actually moved away from the elementary school in part because the president is visiting uvalde, today, and preparations are under way right now for his arrival. that s where we begin this morning. the president once again taking on the role of consoler in chief. in a few hours, president biden is set to visit this area and the memorial that has been set up at robb elementary school. the scene of only the latest mass shooting in the united states. president biden is scheduled to attend church here, and meet with family members of those who were killed. the president meeting with 21 families, 21 people killed, 2 teachers, 19 students, most of them third and fourth graders. 21 families forever marked when
realistic hope right now, as we sit here, that this time will be different? greg abbott would like us all to think that this is a mental health problem, every expert will tell you that these people that there are no indicators of mental health. that they re rational people, that they plan these things out. they re psychopaths, sure. but you re never going to really truly isolate them and identify them beforehand. and the experts around the country suggest that. there s mental health problems all over the world, but you don t have incidents like this happening all over the world. just here in these united states. i m in this business, because i have to find solutions to problems. and i hope and i have hope, that we can change things. so, let s see what greg abbott does. because i m calling on him right now to call a special session to bring us back in. we are seven states that meet every other year. we re a part-time legislature. we need to get back in there. because the
communication in our drills to be able to communicate in classrooms administrators and key personnel use radios that allow us to communicate so these are all parts of those procedures. i d add to that in a lockdown procedure that even those doors that lead to the interior of campus are locked at that moment. so the intention is to not only lock students and staff inside of classrooms, but to lockout anyone that is attempting to enter the building that is unauthorized. based on the lockdown procedures, should there have been an announcement over the intercom that went through the entire building saying there is a threat, there is a shooter in the build something. again since i am not there, i hesitate to speculate on the procedures that are currently used by uvalde. i can share with you that on the campus that i am currently the principal of, that s precisely what we do. we use the p.a. system as the primary means to initiate a lockdown. when you were in there, last ques
deadly insurrection and that threatens to unravel our democracy, well, it s on the ballot in several states today in gop primaries that are just as much a measure of the trumpification of the republican party as they are a test of the disgraced ex-president s political power. in georgia, governor brian kemp and secretary of state brad raffensperger are facing primary challengers entirely because of their refusal to overturn the results of the 2020 election there. trump s conduct in georgia is notably under criminal investigation now. a pair of trump-backed candidates, that would be former senator david perdue and congressman jody hice are hoping to unseat republicans kemp and raffensperger. new york times reports this, quote, along with representative jody hice, david perdue is running a campaign that s almost single mindedly focused on trump s baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, and in true trump style, perdue is ending a campaign that is staked
And what will the long awaited Special Grand Jury report reveal, a very big week, coming up. And just what the doctor ordered, the Biden Administration moves to lower Prescription Drug costs for millions of older americans. Big pharma is promising a big fight. Domestic Policy Adviser to President Biden joins me live to discuss. All of that and more is coming up. And a good Sunday Morning to you all. I am katie phang. We begin with a look at the week ahead on capitol hill. The senate is back in session on tuesday and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is making his First Priority crystal clear, funding the government. In a letter to his colleagues, he says that the country, quote, cannot afford the brinkmanship or hostage taking we saw from House Republicans earlier this year. But that could prove to be difficult, with some republicans of the house already tightening or threatening with a shutdown, while also pushing for an Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. And once again, Congress N