violence in the united states. washington, new york, chicago and atlanta, some of the cities seeing deadly shootings as the country braces for a possible summer unrest. all of this ahead of a midterm election where crime will likely be a top concern for voters. anita: thank you so much, i m anita vogel in for sandra smith. a teenager is dead in the nation s capital and three others are hurt including a d.c. police officer during a shooting during a concert. the teen was screaming for his mother as chaos unfolded around him. john: a stampede as dozens attempted to escape. more than 100 officers were at the scene but organizers of the event were completely overwhelmed. park meredith to kick us off with more on the tragic events. another violent weekend in the nation s capital, and one shooting a lot of attention after a 15-year-old boy was killed and multiple other people were hurt. police have not identified the victim in the shooting but witnesses say he was calling for
woman being stabbed at an l.a. hotel when they were shot by this man, justin flores. he had a long rap sheet. his girlfriend accused him of assault just one day before the shooting. he served two stints in prison and he was facing a third for possessing a firearm as a felon. that weapons charge could have sent him back to prison for three years. but under the liberal policies of los angeles da george gascon he was instead sentenced to two years probation and 20 days of time served one year later. after that, he slaughters two police officers. up until this week, corporal morales served 22 years. he now leaves behind a wife, daughter and a son. officer santana had only been on the police force for seven months. he leaves behind a wife, a daughter and twin boys who were reportedly born just this year. those are just two of the more than 150 officers shot in the line of duty this year. at least two dozen of those shootings have been deadly. tommy, i come to you first. not just b
from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome everybody to alex witt reports. welcome to breaking news from uvalde, texas. this is what it looks like outside robb elementary school today. 21 crosses, one for each person killed and the deadliest school shooting in a decade. also, growing outrage to the police response to the shooting in the heartbreaking details of children calling 9-1-1 begging them to police and the police now. grief stricken parents and state officials are angry over the decision from preventing federal tax to to from taking immediate action. you know every officer lines up, stacks, up goes and finds where the grounds are being fired, and keeps shooting until the subject is dead. joining us now from uvalde is nbc s liz also and then from houston shaquille brewster. liz, delays by police have grabbed the nations attention. what more are we learning about the timeline today? alex, after days of confusion and conflicting reports, we are hearin
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Radicalization. A figure with maximum street cred with extremists. Stokes fear based on racial stereotypes, accuses marginalized populations of being terrorists and then throws in more rhetorical bombs and thats where we findous today. Unchartered territory pap clear escalation in the specificity and repetition of Donald Trumps violent rhetoric in recent days. Donald trump has called for the countrys top Military Official to be executed. Donald trump targeted a court clerk with a baseless smear that throwed a gag order. Hes repeatedly gone after the prosecutors who charged him with 9 1 felony accounts in total and now attacks on White Supremacist rhetoric. On this program we try our hardest not to ever amplify his most dangerous comments but were going to play them for you here today right now, because we believe you should hear the comments from the man himself. Nobody has any idea where these people are coming from and we know they come from prisons, come from mental institutions ins