washington, president biden acknowledged his own power is limited. i can t outlaw a weapon. i can t change the background checks. i can t do that. the best hope of senate working group is diving in with a source telling nbc news that the group feels a new urgency. they have met twice in person, continued to text and e-mail and will meet again virtually tomorrow. but there maybe one key voice standing in the way. the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell. as one of our guests latest put it, he s behind a deade s long effort to block gun control. so what is really on the table? lths dive right in with white house correspondent carol lee, washington post bureau chief ashley parker is also senior political analyst. thanks to both of you. carol, you re one of the reporters who wrote a story with the headline inside a biden white house adrift and it points to the texas shooting as a horrific reminder the president has not successfully pushed congress to pass legisla
but then they sounded like bangs but then our teacher kept saying, no, they re justifier works. a tactical team arriving, breaching the door and killing him at the scene the growing questions, what was the motive also tonight, the victims many just 10 years old or older one girl shot while calling 911. two cousins among the dead the teacher killed while shielding her students what we re learning about the lives lost and the stunning moment. the shooting. nothing texas republican greg abbott s news conference on the shooting interrupted by beto o rourke, the democrat challenging his re-election bid. o rourke escorted out of the room president biden today doubling down on demands for tighter gun laws will congress take action? our team in uvalde with complete coverage of this texas tragedy announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. good evening from this city of sorrow. uvalde, texas, a small town that has become yet
here in uvalde. they are heroes. they did heroic things yesterday, and they are always very humble, but they are truly humbled heroes. yesterday we lost two teachers. these two teachers i would say are the corner stone of that campus to some great degree. they were two beautiful souls. they had taught on that campus for many years. they have kids in our district, and they poured their heart and soul into what they did in educating our kids in uvalde. 19 students, 19 precious students who came to school yesterday to enjoy the day, to enjoy the awards assembly, and as i look at their pictures, you can just tell by their angelic smile that they were loved, that they loved coming to school, and they were just precious individuals. this is a difficult time for everybody. we are hurting. we have been cut deep here in our community. we will move forward. it s going to take some time moving forward. our faith has been shaken. we ask you to continue to pray for these families, these k
they did heroic things yesterday and they are always very humble that they are truly humble heros. yesterday we lost two teachers these two teamers i would say are the cornerstone of that campus to some great degree. they are two beautiful souls, they taught for years, ne have kids in our district and they poured their heart and soul into educating our kids. 19 precious students who came to school yesterday to enjoy the day, to enjoy the awards assembly. and as i look at their pictures, you can just tell by their and angelic smile that they loved coming to school and there precious individuals. this is a difficult time for everybody. we are hurting. we have been cut deep here in our community. it will move forward. it going to take some time moving forward. our faith has been shaken. we ask you to continue to pray for these families, these kids and our community and our teachers. i am a product of uvalde. i worked for this district for 30 years. please pray for our teachers,
upward. as you probably know, the texas governor as a different take on tougher gun laws. let me play what he said last week. let s talk about some real facts. that is there are, quote, real gun laws in chicago. there are, quote, real gun laws in new york. there are real gun laws in california. i hate to say this, but there are more people shot every weekend in chicago than there are in schools in texas. given the data you report out when you lock at the big picture, what do you think of his comparisons? it s kind of weird to compare the number of deaths in say city with the number of deaths in a school. but leaving that aside, the fact is new york is one of the safest states in terms of gun deaths in