with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. we will have a very special 11th hour. enough is enough. we re going to break down what s happening, why and where the hell we go from here. go from here they say a picture is worth 1000 words, this is perhaps more. this is the leader news today. the date is may 24th 2022. this, of course, is the day, two days ago. it s been 48 hours killing 19 children, and two teachers. here, at the robb elementary school, in texas. today, another death. the grieving husband of one of the slain teacher says died. joe garcia, married to the teacher irma, collapsed, and i today, courting to his family. he was preparing for the funeral of his wife of 24 years. they were college sweethearts. they were high school sweethearts. his death leaves their four children parent-less it is a reminder, as if this town needed one, the tuesday s tragedy is not over. the shockwaves will reverberate across this community in, countless ways, for countless weeks,
on tuesday. they re a lot of outstanding questions about when the police arrived at the scene, how long the shooter was in the building, how long it was before he went into the building, what officer did, or crucially, didn t do to stop him. this afternoon, local officials held a press conference and was clear that there are still many holes in the story. we re gonna talk more about that later in the show. but something that i am certain of, is that the most wrongheaded downright dystopian response to the murder in the town of uvalde is to call for quote, hardening schools. we have to harden our schools, not soften them up. the most important thing we can do is harden the schools. harden schools. hardening schools. god help us if we don t harden our schools and protect our kids. you ever notice when that happens, like some nasty new bit of lingo that didn t exist before in all like iran is saying it. clearly there was some memmel, somewhere. that was the enraging
good thursday morning to you. i am jim shooter. and i m erica hill. the nation mourns the census loss of 19 children and two teachers. new questions are emerging about the timeline of events and how police responded. cnn say the killer was on school grounds for up to an hour before officers breached the classroom and killed him. why did it take as long as it did for the tactical team to go in? we know that several officers were off duty. they still responded to the scene. again, trying to establish exactly the timeline, as far as the response time, we know that officers were on scene, as i mentioned earlier. we had the school resource officer that was on scene. still again, they tried to establish his role. we had secondary officers that arrived on scene with gunfire upon entering the school. we know that law enforcement was there. there was immediate presence from law enforcement. again, trying to establish a timeline. we need to gather all the facts. we are trying to
hold up for you, says cities soul crushed. i think that perfectly describes the feeling here in uvalde this morning. behind me is the elementary the school. overnight, a series of crosses were put out, one for each of the 21 victims, the 19 children and the two teachers that were killed here. this small community of 15,000 people is coming together, united in grief for what happened here. about 1000 people attended a vigil for the victims last night. a solo violinist closed with a rare rendition of amazing grace. the music punctuated by the anguish of those who were there. almost everyone at that vigil, it feels like everyone in this town has some connection to the victims. including ten-year-old tests marie mata, who loved tiktok dance is, and ariana grande a. they just received the honor rolled and received a good citizen award. we are just learning about how the mask or unfolded. there are questions about how the timeline and how long it took for law enforcement to step in
shared his daughter s best friend says amerie was killed while calling 9-1-1 on her brand new cell phone. i just want people to know that she just died trying to save her classmates. she just wanted to save everyone. we have more video now that s tough to watch. it s from outside the school while the gunman was inside. these are the cries of grantic parents who heard the gunshots inside the school and are demanding the police storm it. despite the overwhelming police response, it may have taken as long as than hour for them to breach the classroom and take down the shooter. we re trying to establish every single timeline, as far as how long the shooter was inside the classroom. how long did the shooting take place. as of now, we have not been able to establish that. we want to provide facts as opposed to just providing timelines that are preliminary. we estimate anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour. right now i want to bring in my colleague alisyn in uvalde. it is now