world. it is tuesday, may 31st. and i m brianna keilar with john berman. america has seen 17 more mass shootings since 19 children and two teachers were killed in one of the nation s deadliest school shootings last week. in those other shootings, 13 people were killed. dozens more were injured this is according to the gun violence archive which defines a mass shooting as four or more people being shot or killed not including the shooter. new this morning, cnn has obtained video from a facebook live stream during the uvalde shooting of a frantic radio call. listen to this. are you injured? i got shot. where? where? a kid got shot. although it sounds like the voice of a child it s not clear whether it s student or law enforcement officer. the man who recorded this said the audio came from a radio in a customs and border protection vehicle outside the school. happening today, a bipartisan group of senators will meet virtually to discuss gun shafety legislation. the
ago and now a week later more and more criticism and more and more questions over the police response and the decision to wait an hour before storming the classroom. we re waiting for updates from the department of justice on their review of thattins spo. we re also live in uvalde and in washington where president biden is saying this afternoon he plans to meet with lawmakers on gun reforms. the reality check on where those stocks stand with an emergency hill meeting on thursday with some new proposals. i m hallie jackson in washington among with our nbc news team. liz mclaughlin is live for us in texas, and our investigative reporter is on capitol hill. liz are let me start with you, this is just a horrific, you could call it a milestone and maybe another step in what s going to be a lifelong healing process perhaps for these families dealing with grief, dealing with anger about this police response. hallie, so many intense emotions here. this community will never be whole
president biden signaling back, we will. ahead this hour, a firsthand account of what it was like to treat victims here in uvalde. as you will hear it, this mass shooting is sadly not the force they responded to. speaking of calls for action, we ll speak to someone who says solving gun violence could start by convincing a new generation that they are safer without guns. welcome to a new hour of american voices. this sunday the city of uvalde remains and shocked struggling to find a way forward after 19 students and two teachers were killed inside robb elementary behind me on tuesday. the president just boarding marine one after meeting with first responders. he is now heading back to san antonio before heading back to delaware. earlier today president biden and the first lady were in town doing what they can to let uvalde know the nation is with them. president biden took the time to take in each of the victims pictures after the memorial behind me. clearly emotional. touchin
is sadly not the first, they responded to. and speaking of calls for action, that s because someone who solving gun crime once could start by convincing a new generation that they re safer without guns. welcome to a new hour of american voices. this sunday the city of uvalde remains in shock struggling to find a way forward after 19 students, and two teachers were killed inside robb elementary behind me on tuesday. the president, just warning remain first responders. he s now heading back to san antonio before heading back to delaware, earlier today president biden and the first lady in town doing what they can to let uvalde know the nation is with them, president biden took the time to take in each of the victims pictures at the memorial behind me, he bostic touching pictures stolen by americas mass shooting, the crowd nearby pleading for action join the president today greg abbott which was all about welcomed in open arms. there people jeering to their governor, looki
means. but officers resisted as the massacre played out. meantime, vigils and memorials are giving families and the community a chance to grieve and of course, begin healing. but nothing will bring back the 21 people they ve lost. and we re now hearing for the first time from the mother of the gunman, salvador ramos. translator: i have no words. i have no words to say. i don t know what he was thinking. he had his reasons for doing what did he and please don t judge him. i only want the innocent children who died to forgive me. what do you tell their families? translator: forgive me. forgive my son. i know he had his reasons. what reasons could he have had in. translator: to get closer to those children instead of paying attention to the other bad things. i have no words. i don t know. cnn s ed lavandera begins our coverage. reporter: two days after the mass shooting at robb elementary, the story of what happened when the gunman arrived on the campus has fundame