vigils are underway in uvalde, texas for the 19 children and 2 teachers gunned down inside robb elementary school by an 18-year-old high school drop-out. memorials outside the school from the community not far from the border with mexico. a friend of the gunman says he had a history of fighting as we see here in video obtained by cnn. texas authorities report he had no criminal record, no history of mental illness. more now on the investigation from cnn s ed. i m going to shoot an elementary school. that was one of the chilling text messages the uvalde gunman sent to a 15-year-old girl in germany at 11:21 central time in texas just 15 minutes before the shooting at robb elementary school. evil swept across uvalde yesterday. the 18-year-old gunman drove to the elementary school where he would kill 19 children and the faculty members 2 days before they were heading out for school break. the gunman wrote messages that foreshadowed the carnage he was about to inflict.
Lasted 40 to 60 minutes. police, state troopers and even parents went around the school, breaking windows trying to help children escape. we saw the teacher get shot and another kid get hit in the face. you saw another class mate get hit in the face. a class mate from across the hall. reporter: the gunman barricaded himself inside the school. it was 40 minutes after i arrived that the shooter was neutralized. reporter: posing with rifles, the gunman lived at his grandparents home blocks from the school. on tuesday after he shot his grandmother, he took her truck and hit the road, driving without a license. he crashed the vehicle at that point in time. he exited. he exited with a backpack. he took a rifle with him. he went toward the west side of the campus. reporter: he had two assault style riffles purchased legally for his birthday. he used one weapon, which was an ar-15.
Group, naming the colorado river america s most endangered waterway. we re facing an unprecedented crisis. reporter: 40 million people depend on the river daily and since 2000, water levels have dropped 20%, threatening the environment, agriculture, and reliable water supplies as it winds through seven states. major cities throughout the southwest rely on the colorado river. the l.a. basin, maybe a quarter 0 of their water supply comes out of the colorado river. las vegas is 90% dependent on the river. reporter: reserves in lake powell and lake mead plummeting to all-time lows. we haven t irrigated our lawn in four years. reporter: fifth generation colorado ran chers trying to conserve water. as part of one of the largest restoration efforts on the upper basin, you have installed five of these riffles right there on a 12-mile stretch. that is correct. it is this region s adaptation to climate change.
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Quite naturally, this is likely to make things a little easier for the security forces in the area. And more importantly, ensure that this extraordinary amount of brown sugar does not reach young people. Manipur police, Assam Rifles bust drug manufacturing laboratory in Thoubal
In an area, where there s a strong link between the drug trade and insurgent violence, the recovery of 112 kgs of brown sugar is a big break. Acting on intelligence inputs, the state police and the Assam Rifles busted a drug manufacturing laboratory in Thoubal in south Manipur today. They found brown sugar, the finished product.