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nor did he have any issues to order. joining me now from uvalde, texas is nbc s correspondent antonia hilton. walk us through these new details and revelations. who was actually in charge at the scene that they? good morning michael. that is really the question, right? i think one really stuck out to me about that interview with the was that he did not know that he was the incident commander. in other words he had no idea that he would be in charge. you also mentioned that he left his radio behind, he said that was because he wanted to hands free to handle his firearm. he also described praying as he tested a key, after key, and it took him a while to find one that would actually work for the right classroom. law enforcement experts when the tribune gave them all these details, they were pretty shocked. from their perspective they say that the leader of a school districts law enforcement, the chief of police should know that they would be incident commander in this kind of
Have been hit the hardest. This is the first earthquake of such magnitude to hit the area in more than 100 years. Lets go right to nbc news Foreign Correspondent matt bradley. What do we know about the efforts that are underway . Yes so far we are seeing local authorities and the military trying to bring people out of the wreckage. As you, said the death toll is now at 8000. It was only a couple hours ago the death toll is at 800. A couple hours before it was at 600. As you know from the earthquake that happened in turkey back in february, they have a way of climbing very high after Rescue Workers are able to get in and extracting dead bodies. Thats when we start to see these numbers going up and up. As you mentioned this is a 6. 8 magnitude earthquake according to the geological survey. That is the strongest earthquake to strike this country and 123 years. As you mentioned, this was in the high atlas mountains. About 50 miles away from the historic city america. There was some damage
children in america. this topic is raw because of those statistics, and uniquely emotional, because it feel unavoidable. how can this wound he ll win the scabs toward off again and again? how can you even begin t emotionally prepared you children to attend school in a environment like this? one what you could possibly do that is through books, and b reading them together. one such book is give eight bo a gun by todd shots are, one o the first young adult novels written in the aftermath of an infants columbine school shooting in 1999 books like give a boy a gun, written explicitly for adolescents, can help a youn reader explore feelings, fierce and thoughts around thi difficult topic. the book could be a resource, way to work through very rea emotions from the safety o your own home, i started the conversation with straw survey asking him why he has received so much pushback, even calls for banning his, book when it a work that tackles such and unavoidable real life issue.
i m a bully, i ve pushed kids around, i never thought about how this affects the kids i bully, i never thought about how it affects them emotionally, how badly it hurts them. what s an amazing thing to have had that influence for your writing. todd stressor, thank you. we appreciate your time with us. todd is the author of numerous novels including give a boy a gun, today s future for the velshi banned book club. that was the latest meeting of the abel sheet banned book club with give a boy a gun author todd stressor, and of course velshi. keep an eye on twitter for announcements and information on the upcoming velshi banned book club meetings. that s all for me folks, thank you for watching as i fill the seat for my friend velshi. the cross connection with tiffany cross begins right now.