this comes just ten days after the mass shooting in buffalo, new york. nine days after the shooting at a church in california. cecilia vega with word coming in from the white house tonight, president biden set to address the nation this evening. and pierre thomas on the concern from federal authorities tonight and the warning signs in these times. the other news this tuesday night, primaries under way in five states. the georgia race tonight. former president trump supporting one candidate for governor. his former vice president mike pence supporting the other republican candidate. where this race stands at this hour and what this says beyond this race. we re also tracking the monkeypox outbreak here in the u.s. at least eight confirmed or suspected cases across six states now. the cdc releasing some of the vaccine from the national stockpile. who this is meant for and what authorities are now saying tonight. the war in ukraine. the brutal push by russia in the east and
strength in the darkness they feel right now? education staff are preparing feel right now? education staff are preparing counselling - are preparing counselling sessions for those affected. my heart is sessions for those affected. m heart is broken today, sessions for those affected. mg heart is broken today, our small community, we need a press to get us through the. one of the headline the sour, russia says it is ready for a prolonged conflict in ukraine as its forces continue to make progress in the east of the country. we report from the front in ukraine s easternmost region luhansk. thank you forjoining us. a gunman who shot dead at least 18 pupils and at least one teacher at a primary school in the us state of texas. the pupils were in second, third and fourth grades, that s means they were aged between seven and ten years old. the mass shooting within the small town of uvalde, west of san antonio, at robb elementary school, made up at robb elementary school, made up
classroom, barricade himself inside that classroom and that s when just he started shooting children and the teachers that we talked about, two teachers were killed inside that classroom. is it a 911 call or what is the call? they received the call was it a 911 call? it was a call, called into the police department regarding a crashed vehicle. a 911 call? a 911 call. they received that call. that was the initial call. that s when law enforcement responded to the scene. was there a chase? were they chasing him? no. there was reports of that, that s not confirmed. there was no chase involved whatsoever. the initial call as i mentioned was that the vehicle crashed near the school, and that there was an individual armed with a weapon going inside skthe schoo. there was no chase with law enforcement. is it your belief he was driving to the school, the school was a target? we re trying to determine that, we re working with fbi to look back and see if there
18-year-old gunman opened fire on second, third and fourth graders at the robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. the gunman shot his grandmother before carrying out the attack at the school, she is now fighting for her life in a hospital. authorities say the suspect is dead. killed by police. we know he was wearing a tactical vest, does not appear, though, that there were panels in that vest. and responding officers faced fire from the suspect as they tried to stop the killing in the school. at least one border patrol agent, they were called in to help, was wounded. while it remains unclear exactly what weapons the killer used, these photos showing two ar-15 style rifles posted to an instagram account linked to the gunman, one of the social media bios read, quote, kids be scared. the unimaginable wait for families fearing the worst overnight. some of them telling cnn authorities had asked them for dna samples to help identify the dead. in an emotional speech, president bi
good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. it is another unspeakably horrifying day in america, i was 14 children and one adults, at least, were murdered and one of the worst school shootings in our nation s history. the number of right now is somewhat influx. we have had reports from the spokesperson for the texas state juan gutierrez, he says that 18 were murdered. we don t know at this moment which is true. it began this morning in uvalde, texas, a small city 18 miles west of san antonio, about an hours drive from the u.s. mexico border. according to governor greg abbott, the shooter shot his grandmother and then abandoned his vehicle before entering robb elementary school with a handgun and then possibly a rifle. the school serves about 600 students in second third and fourth grade. about 90% of the students are hispanic. nearly the same amount are economically disadvantaged. the last day of the school year, scheduled for this thursday, but the superintendent just a