survives and families from uvalde, but knows full well that he needs republicans on board. i think there is a realization on the part of rational republicans, and i consider senator mcconnell a rational republican, i think that there is a realization on their part that we can t continue like this. bright and early this thus mor tuesday morning, jasmine wright is in washington for us. he called them rational republicans. does that bode well for the white house? reporter: i think only time will tell, but i think that the president sure hopes that it does. he said that it was his hope and prayer that people are being becoming more rational about these things especially after the two back to back major mass shootings. now, i think that the president, he said that he is optimistic about having republicans like cornyn deputized by mitch mcconnell leading these efforts, but he also acknowledged in terms of executive actions that there are only a limited amount of things that h
before. we are told that some clerks are so alarmed, they re exploring seeking counsel. let s bring in cnn s joan biscupic with the exclusive reporting. joan, tell us what you re learning. sure. first of all, remember, this is the most important case of this term, in many years, potential to roll back a half century of abortion rights, privacy rights. midway through negotiations of this case a draft document was leaked, as we all know, it was leaked from last february. so not only did the public see where the court was headed to roll back roe v. wade but seriously disrupted negotiations in terms of justice where is they were going to head by june. chief justice john roberts launched an unprecedented investigation four weeks ago today. apparently that has made absolutely insufficient progress, i would say. and they have taken this new step to have clerks sign affidavits. i m not sure exactly of the wording. but there would be denial of any responsibility. and also starting
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
indicated he would like an assault weapons ban sank it makes no sense for people to be able to purchase a weapon with 300 rounds. he called on congress to cooperate and say his powers don t go that far. this saturday he also urged our country to unite honoring sacrifices of our troops. president biden remembering americans you made the ultimate sacrifice in what he calledle a sacred ritual. we must never betray the lives [indiscernible] hety depended democracy amon the war in ukraine. he stood alongside goldstar families. he addressed the families of th service members who lost their lives in afghanistan but make specific mention of the 13 who died under his watch during the withdrawal, the only armed forc to diet by enemy attacks since he took office. the ceremony is coming one day after he privately grieved for the shattered community in uvalde, texas, telling reporter there s some hope for gun control agreement in congress, encouraged by mitch mcconnell to find com
the kind of strawberry we ve now learned is behind that hepatitis a outbreak is it in your kitchen? and this memorial day, we travel the country. the sights and sounds honoring our heroes, the men and women we will never forget. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening while this memorial day is an occasion for fun, relaxation, and remembrance, for 21 families in uvalde, texas, this marks the beginning of what will be an unimaginably painful week a funeral services for all those lives lost begin to take place. yesterday the president and first lady spent hours with the families, pledging to make sure the pain they are experiencing will lead to progress and change today, however, we are learning more about what exactly happened after the shooter arrived at the school, what law enforcement did and didn t do. plus the spotlight growing on the school s police chief who was in charge at the time and now we ve confirmed that the u.s. department of j