neverending tide of gun violence. the annual convention of the nra kicked off today in houston. the keynote speaker is the arguably the most president voice of the republican party, the twice-impeached ex-president. greg abbot pulled out of an in-person appearance to return to uvalde. he ll be holding a press conference there in a few minutes, but back at the nra stage there will also be a speech from senator ted cruz who recently stormed off when he was asked by a reporter why mass shootings only seemed to happen in this country. cruz s decision to appear at the nra convention just days after 19 of his youngest constituents and two other teachers were murdered, chose how the hard line stance on guns has become so deeply embedded in the gop. even as the nra is weaker than ever consumed by scandals and lawsuits. as the washington post quotes, nearly a decade ago the massacre of 20 children and six adults through the politics of gun violence into a state of suspension for a f
Dont know the path or exactly how the shootings occurred. Where were you when you got that phone call and your heart had to have dropped . So today has baeen we last our footage there. That was the superintendent going through and taking questions there for a few minutes. Let me go down to our nbc correspondent who has been on the scene for the last few hour, Tammy Leitner. What codo you feel like you kno factually and what are some of the Unanswered Questions youre trying to get answers to . Reporter first i want to take you through what weve been seeing the last hour and a half on the scene here. A very emotional scene. When we first pulled up, there were parents lining the street for literally blocks. Parents standing outside of their cars, standing on the side of the road, waiting for answers. Waiting for their children. Literally standing there, some in tears, some hugging each other, others desperate just to hear from their kids. And as the minutes and hours started going on, we
it will cover the travel ask lodging costs of families who have lost lovered ones, healthcare cost to families impacted by this tragedy will also be covered by texas insurance companies and donations from private citizens. the texas housing and community affairs, for example, they have a fund to pay for needed supplies right now whether it be food or gas or other essential needs and that money is available right nows we speak. also at the family assistance center, the health and human services commission whom you will be hearing from here in a second, they will assist families in finding human and health programs. the teachers retirement system and the employees retirement system will provide access to benefits including workers compensation. staff from the texas workforce commission are available to get families child care and unemployment benefits and state
project, what is it? it was started last year by a young woman emily, it wasn t honor project yet. a young woman who went to visit grandfather in arlington and sent out a tweet, hey, how can i help those who can t be here. i will visit your lovered ones graves. visited over 60 grave site that is day and joined up with us after memorial day and you guys know how to put things together and bring out volunteers and we have now formed the honor project. we have over 300 volunteers that are going to be visiting 4,000 graves in arlington. we see you with your father colonel tom manion and your son travis named after your brother. that s right, we were able to bring my son and my father and i went to place a flag at travis grave this morning and when i look at my son, 7 year s old named after his uncle, it s a reminder for me that we need to make sure that this next
backpack that is part of every student and every school in this country. is there any way around these in these first moments after a shooting? these are kids who have been hopefully texting their lovered o ones saying they are okay? we all struggle with this in the police business, but it has to be so. look at this case right here. the shooter actually escaped the scene and he was apprehended according to the sheriff and from the video we ve watched in the area of coconut creek which is away from the school, a little bit away. so he actually got away. and coconut creek pd looks like apprehended him. and he had a leg injury, that might have been from a k-9 or jumping a fence. so here is a guy that got away. there has been cases in policing and we all studiednegotiatonego