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
dispatch audio about a child trapped in the middle of the massacre in uvalde, texas. cnn has not been able to confirm this audio clip. it was first reported by abc news. it s unclear when the message was relayed, but according to the texas public safety director there were at least eight 911 calls from at least two callers inside robb elementary. we have a child on the line. he is in a room full of victims. at least 19 officers were just on the other side of the door of that classroom where the student was calling from. texas public safety officials reported the first call from a child came at 12:03 p.m. not until 12:50, 47 minutes later, would officers finally break in and kill the gunman. so the justice department will now investigate the local law enforcement response. one critic called it one of the worst police failures in modern u.s. history. in the meantime, democrats are trying to seize whatever momentum there is on capitol hill for gun reform. here is presi
Right now on Eyewitness News a beautiful memorial day weekend gives way to fog and rain. On the ocean city board walk wet weather is moving in. Take a look storm scan 3 gives us a look at the system. Foggy and dreary memorial day. Good evening im rahel solomon. These storms are the remnants of tropical depression bonnie. Lets get right to meteorologist lauren casey. Shes tracking the wet heather. Hi lauren. It was a nice weekend. We got in two good days of sunshine and summer like conditions. Conditions have been deteriorating. Getting a live look at Center City Philadelphia. Rain drops on the lens of skycam 3. Temperatures 72 degrees right now. Winds out of the south relatively light. Significants miles per hour. Dewpoints are way elevated toward the 70 degrees mark. Very humid as tropical moisture continues to saturates our atmosphere. A flood advisory for a large portion of the Delaware Valley. Does include Center City Philadelphia. We could see localized flooding in poor drainage a
In poor drainage areas. And the culprit of course the moisture from the remnants of bonnie. What is left of the circulation is still over the carolinas still well far away thats not stopping all the moisture to flow up into our backyard. Rainfall intensity is starting to pick up over the last hour or two across portions of the area now some of the heaviest rain falling across parts of Center City Philadelphia and south jersey and camden and burlington counties getting a good downpour, cherry hill, hains port and rain coming down pretty steadily weve picked up over an inch of rainfall across parts of delaware were adding to that. Chester county getting a good soaking. This attributed to the moisture from bonnie. The main portion of the system is well off to our south of that tropical influx. Moving northbound. We are going to be contending with this tropical moisture all through the day. Periods of rain, heavy at time. Thunderstorms activities events are being unfortunately canceled acr
Of scandals rocked it to the core allegations of cooked records that have wait times for patients some died while waiting for care. It often put employee bonuses ahead of sick veterans. They have violated our core values. The vas new chief is the former ceo of proctor gamble. He is promising to clean house as part of a massive restructuring. He will usher in a new era of values the i care acronym i stands for integrity. Those individuals who value our integrity is seeking disciplinary action against. He plans to fire 1,000 va workers no small task when getting rid of a single Government Employee can verge on the impossible sometimes taking months. He will have a better web site and responsive staff. Why are we treating this like an hr issue. Va has admitted the actions delay peoples access to care. Where is the criminal investigation. Despite the tough talks from the va it is difficult to say at this point how far the federal government will go in going after some of these workers. Hea