we re talking triple digits and it will last right through the better part of the weekend. that is wild. derek, thank you. thanks so much for joining us. i m laura jarrett. new day starts right now. good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is thursday, june 9th. i m brianna keilar with john berman. we begin with the price of gas, closer than ever to the dreaded $5 a gallon mark. the national average for a gallon of regular gas hitting $4797 up nearly 2 cents overnight and this is the 13th straight day of record highs for the gas prices, it s the 30th in the last 31 days, the surge hitting americans right where they live and drive. so it is worth noting that when you adjust for inflation prices are not at record highs, not yet, but they do keep rising with no real end in sight. this is what president biden said about soaring gas prices during his appearance on jimmy kimmel overnight. look, inflation is is the is the bain of our existe
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
overnight, the cross. one for each of the 19 children and two teachers who died here. this was the digital community last night. everyone came together. you can see the pain and the tears, which really does feel like a small town, 15,000 people. it s hard to find anyone that does not have a direct connection to one of the victims. she was 10-years-old. she want wanted go to disney world. maria bravo is remembered for a young girl who put a smile on everyone s face. we are telling their stories this morning. a 4th grade teacher who sacrificed herself trying to protect the children. a grieving father who find out his daughter died trying to save her classmates. we told yesterday then of the bodies were turned over to the families of the funeral homs. the rest will be turned over this morning so that the families can make arrangements. we do have if you details about how the mass shooting up f unfolded. the 18-year-old was on school grounds for up to an hour. moments before
this comes just ten days after the mass shooting in buffalo, new york. nine days after the shooting at a church in california. cecilia vega with word coming in from the white house tonight, president biden set to address the nation this evening. and pierre thomas on the concern from federal authorities tonight and the warning signs in these times. the other news this tuesday night, primaries under way in five states. the georgia race tonight. former president trump supporting one candidate for governor. his former vice president mike pence supporting the other republican candidate. where this race stands at this hour and what this says beyond this race. we re also tracking the monkeypox outbreak here in the u.s. at least eight confirmed or suspected cases across six states now. the cdc releasing some of the vaccine from the national stockpile. who this is meant for and what authorities are now saying tonight. the war in ukraine. the brutal push by russia in the east and
all around the world. it is wednesday, may 25th. i m john berman live in uvalde, texas. brianna keilar is in new york this morning. behind me is the robb elementary school. 19 children who went to school here are dead this morning, along with two adults. the kids second, third, fourth graders. we ve just learned the identity of two of the young victims, 10-year-old amerie jo garza has been identified by her father who spent seven hours trying to find his daughter in the wake of the shooting. he now says my little love is flying high with the angels above. we just learned that 10-year-old fourth grader xavier lopez passed away. his mother snapped this photo of him at an honor roll ceremony only a few hours before the shooting. she told the washington post he was funny, never serious, and his smile, that smile, i will never forget. it would always cheer anyone up. he really couldn t wait to go to middle school. she told him she was proud and that she loved him before hugging