that s correct, this is a memorial near the town square in uvalde, where people have gathered around a fountain. and as you can see, they have laid out candles and balloons and messages to those that were lost in last week s tragic shooting and to their families as well. we actually moved away from the elementary school in part because the president is visiting uvalde, today, and preparations are under way right now for his arrival. that s where we begin this morning. the president once again taking on the role of consoler in chief. in a few hours, president biden is set to visit this area and the memorial that has been set up at robb elementary school. the scene of only the latest mass shooting in the united states. president biden is scheduled to attend church here, and meet with family members of those who were killed. the president meeting with 21 families, 21 people killed, 2 teachers, 19 students, most of them third and fourth graders. 21 families forever marked when
take a stand and start a new day with trelegy. ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy. and save at trelegy.com. we re learning heart breaking details about the 19 children and 2 teachers who lost their lives in the mass shooting at robb elementary school. and that includes 11-year-old layla salazar. cnn s gary tuchman spoke with her family who graciously shared with us, with all of us, what they re left with now. reporter: the girl wearing the gray shirt is 11-year-old fourth grader layla salazar, about to win this race at robb elementary school field day. her family was there. today, they mourn. her parents, two brothers, and grandparents have lost their little girl. she loved to run. her favorite thing was, you
so we have that detail to report to you this afternoon, phil. just a lot of information coming out about the maintenance of that building or lack thereof that may have contributed to the collapse. again, we may not know the real cause of this for months. yeah, just so many details seem to keep coming out every day. great reporting by you and our colleagues, yet it still feels very tip of the iceberg. we focus on the building but we re learning heart breaking details about one of the victims. a 7-year-old victim is the daughter of a city of miami firefighter. what more can you tell us about that tragic story? reporter: well, phil, this is really difficult to talk about for anybody looking at these pictures of this little girl, any parents out there. we do have some detail. there was a letter named nicole mejias who told us that five family members were in champlain south when it collapsed, including a picture of this little girl, 7-year-old stella catarosi.
ed: ten americans among 12 people killed in a fiery plane crash in costa rica yesterday. among the dead, a family of five from suburban new york city. plane slamming into a wooded area shortly after takeoff. the crash happened near juan santa maria airport in the northwest part of the country. laura ingall is covering from our new york city news room. such a tragic story. it is, ed. we are learning heart breaking details as some of the american victims have been identified. a mother and father from scarsdale new york and their three sons were among those killed. according to published report, they told friends they were looking forward to taking their sons william, zachary and matthew on an adventure through costa rica. the family known for being very involved in the local jewish community, loved to travel the
that airs at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. developing now, we re learning heart breaking information about one of the six american service members killed in that suicide bomb attack in afghanistan just four days before christmas. new york city officials revealed one of them is veteran new york city police detective joseph lemm who was serving his second tour of duty in afghanistan with the national guard. he also served a tour in iraq. two and a half year ago, he made a surprise visit home from afghanistan to hear his 14-year-old daughter perform at a local singing competition. they also have a young son. jim miklaszewski joins us now. seeing that video and knowing those kids will be without their father reminds us of the important conversation we always must have when we talk about sending people into these war torn regions. that s right, tamron. we learned since that all six of those killed were either air