the kids who lived and died there, the distraught parents and community trying to rally around them. a lot we haven t learned yet, maybe we never will about motive behind this senseless killing and the police response and time line of what happened in small town on awards day at the end of the school year. all those families that will never be the same again. she was the sweetest little girl who did nothing wrong. she listened to her mom and dad. she always brushed her teeth. she was creative. she made things for us. she never got in trouble in school. i just want to know what she did to be a victim. that s one of the interviews i mentioned to anderson. it s heartbreaking. a small town that will never be able to forget what happened. ever. there s so many unanswered questions tonight but we re learn more about the 18-year-old shooter and what happened yesterday morning an exclusive details about chilling warnings minutes before shooting started. the gunman texting with a te
to purchase tobacco in texas to 21. and in 2021, the texas legislature lowered the able to purchase guns to 18. this individual who killed 19 of our children a day ago was 18 when he went and purchased those weapons. and that s because the legislature lowered the age in the state of texas. and so if we don t stand up for our kids, it happened in uvalde, but these are our children. if we don t protect them, who will? and the legislature passed house bill 1927, talking about the texas legislature, that now permits permitless carry. no training. no license. no permit required. lowered the age by which people can purchase assault weapons to 18, and now 19 of our babies are gone. and families will be hurting for the rest of their lives. i applaud what beto o rourke did. the time to be nuanced is over, okay? and you can t not allow policymakers, legislatures, governors to pass bills that promote the use of guns and then when people are killed say we are praying and we are offer our
. i am trying to handle it here. this is not the place to do that. this will continue to happen. somebody needs to stand up for the children of the state or they will continue to be killed just like they were killed in uvalde yesterday. what do you think, mayor? do you agree with what he did or do you think it was mistake to confront officials who were updating the public on investigation? i applaud beto o rourke. and let me tell you why, don. 19 of our children are dead. 19. two other adults. in 2019, in the state of texas, the legislature raised the age
investigation for some other reason, there s no reason to think the mezages wouldn t have come to attention of law enforcement unless the other correspondent in these conversations sent it to law enforcement which people should do and that s a message we need to get out to to public. it doesn t afear have happened in this. law enforcement is in a very tough spot. number one to even know about these kinds of conversations and two to assess them as to whether or not it s puffing or young kids kind of saying silly stuff to each other or whether it s actual planning up to an attack. he was planning this for a while. this was cooking for a while with him. andrew, thank you. appreciate it. thanks, don.
shock but today she s doing a little bit better. i know that lexi s dad and uncle are both in law enforcement. i cannot imagine having to deal this investigation and such an enormous personal loss at the same time. what has that been like for them? do they talk about it? sorry. i did not understand the question. i understand her uncle and another family member are in law espe enforcement and they have to deal with the investigation and this enormous loss at the same time. i really don t have any information on that. i ve talked only to kimberly and her husband, mr. felix rubio who is a county sheriff deputy here