msnbc headquarters in new york city. we got a lot to get to this hour. first a community in mourning as michigan state university remembers three killed during a mass shooting monday. students still trying to process the violence. all of us are numb to the whole situation. we have lived this our entire lives. i m still processing it. i honestly don t know if i can ever take a step foot into na union anymore. you see it on the news, but you never think it s going to be your school. and in fact, it is their school. we re learning more about the victims now as well, 20-year-old brian fraser was the president of his fraternity, 19-year-old ariel anderson, an aspiring surgeon, and 20-year-old alexandria verner, an all state athlete studying biology. police are still investigating the motive. we are learning more about the suspected gunman, ahead, the details about his criminal background and the chilling details that his father is now sharing. also this morning, fear a
survivors and saw some of the bodies of the first dead children that they had at the hospital. his testimony, there are parts of it that i m not sure that every word he said about what he saw with those wounds got across. there is one word that he used that i m going to get you in this hour. it is a horrifying graphic ex description. there s been that discussion about should be photographs of this so that people can really understand it. well chris, there was language there in that hearing today that is beyond anything that you would actually expect to see in such photographs. i m not sure that it had any impact at all on the republican members of that committee. i watched a clip, a long clip of the individual you re talking about. it was incredibly powerful and i agree that that is as important for people to hear as any debate about these images. my father worked in gun safety activism and one of the things that you find in those circles is a lot of the most militant peopl
struggling with. as the 11th hour gets underway on a tuesday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. tonight, exactly one week after a teenage gunman took 21 lives at an elementary school in uvalde, texas. the very first funerals are getting underway. the murder victims are being laid to rest, the investigation into the shooting, and the police response at the school is only intensifying. there are reports that uvalde police are no longer cooperating with texas authorities. nbc news reporting the school district police chief initially did cooperate. but has yet to respond to requests for follow-up questions made today s. ago texas officials say the chief prevented officers from confronting the shooter, for more than an hour. today, that very same chief was sworn in as a member of the city council. the justice department opening up its own inquiry into the police response. meanwhile, in washington, there are some in congress that believe they might be able to fi
good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. tonight, exactly one week after a teenage gunman took 21 lives at an elementary school in uvalde, texas. the very first funerals are getting underway. the murder victims are being laid to rest, the investigation into the shooting, and the police response at the school is only intensifying. there are reports that uvalde police are no longer cooperating with texas authorities. nbc news reporting the school district police chief initially did cooperate. but has yet to respond to requests for follow-up questions made today. texas officials say the chief prevented officers from confronting the shooter, for more than an hour. today, that very same chief was sworn in as a member of the city council. the justice department opening up its own inquiry into the police response. meanwhile, in washington, there are some in congress that believe they might be able to find common ground on some gun safety measures. the house judiciary committe
of american voices, live from texas, begins now. today, a push for accountability in this tight-knit community. until tuesday, uvalde was a quiet town where everybody knows your name, now the scene of america s latest mass shooting. around town, you will see uvalde strong signs hanging outside businesses and homes. families working to make sense of what happened, coming together to draw messages of hope on sidewalks with chalk on ministry. it is clear that the 21 lives lost here will never be forgotten. outside i take care, 21 chair sit outside to honor the 19 kids and two teachers taken from this town far too soon. live stolen from senseless violence. the daycares honors, like most uvalde, you many the students and watch them grow up over the years. we are learning more about their lives, their unforgettable personalities behind each face, big plans for the future. rodriguez had big dreams of becoming a marine biologist. she planned to study at texas a&m. her mom said that s