you are doing nothing. tonight, as the nra heads to texas, the uniquely american crisis of guns in this country. a former firearms executive on what he calls his battle against the industry that radicalized america. and david hogg on the possibility for progress and what we are still learning a community in mourning. win all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we are all in this country in a state of mourning for the 19 elementary school children and two teachers massacred in uvalde, texas yesterday. and there is a feeling of palpable overwhelming rage and frustration, a feeling that i share. and watching this perverse and particular ritual, which is what it is, play out, in the aftermath of a preventable tragedy like this one, hoping that some tragedy, like this one or the next one or maybe the one after that will be the thing the thing that finally cracks the resistance of the gun lobby in the republican party. but we actually have eviden
it s graduation season here. there are big photos of local graduates, on local science outside of city hall, outside of businesses. driving down main street in uvalde, texas, you wouldn t know something so terrible s happened just blocks away. two blocks away, life looks as a normally does. but something terrible did happen here. this community, this small community lost 21 of its people right here at this school, everything has changed forever, this will never be a normal spot again. this school, this town, becomes yet another name on a list that no one wants to be on. tonight, a vigil here in uvalde, texas is underway, it s paying tribute to yesterday s victims we will have much more throughout the show tonight, about the victims, the people who lost their lives. 19 children, and to teachers it s robb elementary, we re still learning the identity of some of the children who were killed. they were eight, nine, ten years old. all of them in the same fourth grade classroom, mu
there, that believe in the program. and counter mobilizing is key to understanding that. i know you understand that. june 11 that will be looking for that march. david hogg, we appreciate time, thank you. thank you. and we need people to show up, so text march to 954-954. that s it for this evening. and we go to allie who is hosting from uvalde, texas, good evening. good evening, chris, thank, you and have a good rest of your night. thanks david home for joining us this hour, i m coming to you live from outside robb elementary school, here in uvalde, texas, this is the latest american town whose name you may not have known, and yet will be shattered from a mass shooting. i ll be honest with you, the thing that strikes me when you walk around this town, main street is just up, there is how normal everything feels. the final days of school were canceled here yesterday, but