call for help from inside the classroom while police waited outside. we re going to play that audio for you in a moment. plus, there are new details about a key figure in the response to that shooting, uvalde school district police chief pedro arredondo will not be sworn in to his newly elected city council seat today as originally planned. should he keep his job as police chief? critical question. also today, a bipartisan group of senators will meet on gun reform. president biden is optimistic that this time around he will get republican support. the president says, quote, rational republicans are ready for a deal. we will see. all of this as the uvalde community prepares to bury 10-year-old shooting victim amerie jo garza and maite rodriguez today. little bodies in little caskets. let s begin this morning with cnn correspondent nick valencia, near robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. nick, cnn has new audio and video, desperate police radio calls, another warning fr
i m poppy harlow. hours from now, shooting victims will be laid to rest as the uvalde community remembers the young lives lost in last week s tragedy. visitation and rosary services will be held for teacher rosa garcia, jose emmanuel. focus tuesday is on families who lost loved ones. this as a special city council meeting supposed to be held today for uvalde school district police chief pedro arradondo was supposed to be sworn into a seat. he held off on breaching the classroom where all 21 victims were killed. plus, cnn got a crucial 911 call, appearing to be the voice of a child telling an officer they had been shot. it s not first time we ve heard of calls for help from inside the classroom while police waited outside. are you in there? i was shot. where? where? a kid got shot? let s begin with cnn correspondent nick valencia. he is near robb elementary school in uvalde. nick, tell us what more we know about the circumstances and, crucially, if we know, the tim
chairman of the joint chiefs. together they will honor the fallen service members who have died serving the united states of america. the backdrop of a country paying tribute is a country in mourning. 19 children, two teachers killed in texas. the deadliest school shooting since newtown. families, students and an entire community seized by the visceral pain of an unthinkable tragedy. funeral services begin today for victims of the school shooting in uvalde. the funeral homes are so overwhelmed, it will take weeks to bury all 21 victims and now the justice department announced it will review law enforcement s response to that mass shooting. and we want to start in uvalde with adrian on the ground there. adrian, the funeral services are starting today for two ten-year-old victims. tell us about them and what you re seeing on the ground right now. well, i ll start with the victims. we are learning so much about them. we ve learn amerie had a heart of gold. his father knows she
you re driving. gas prices are ridiculous. welcome to a special edition of the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper on this memorial day. and we start with our national lead. and the first funeral services for the victims of the horrific massacre in uvalde, texas. today the families and communities honored the memory of 10-year-old amerie jo garza and mighty rodriguez. and amid the grief in uvalde, a demand for answers as to why police waited out in the hallway for more than an hour before breaking into the classroom where the killing was happening. now, the justice department says it will review the law enforcement respaonse to the shooting. adrian broaddus reports on a child s desperate 911 calls from inside the school. this is how those who love 10-year-old amerie jo garza will remember her. a decade of photos showing a happy girl with a sweet smile, described by family as sassy and funny and a diva who hated wearing dresses. memories of happier times as her fam
before moving in on the shooter. this despite records showing that the local police chief completed active shooter training in december that calls on police to do the exact opposite. meanwhile, president biden fresh from his visit to uvalde has promised action on gun reform. the question this morning, will congress follow through. and will this latest tragedy actually move republicans the president in the last hour seems to think so. i haven t spoken to them, i think they ll have to take a hard look. plus, more heartbreaking stories are emerging from the violence, including one from a teacher, who told her students to hit the floor, just seconds before bullets ripped through her classroom windows. i just kept hearing, boom, boom, boom. it kept going off, it felt like an eternity. and i just remember praying, please, god, please, god, keep us safe. and nbc s ken brock is here with me. nbc s julia ainsley will be here in a moment. sam, you ve been here the last couple