winfield. one of the ten people killed in a mass shooting of a grocery store on may 15th. yesterday, the president and first lady were down in uvalde, texas where they met for hours with families of the 19 young children and two teachers who were killed in last week s school shooting. which of course came just ten days after buffalo. as biden left the church service in uvalde, he was met by a crowd of people chanting, do something. he responded by telling the crowd, we will. the president sounded a very similar note in the commence speech this weekend at university of delaware, telling graduates that the country can and must do something. let s be clear, evil came to the elementary school classroom in texas, to that grocery store in new york and far too many places where innocents have died. in the face of such forces, we have to stand stronger. we must stand stronger. we cannot outlaw tragedy, i know. but we can make america safer. but let s be honest, optimism is in sho
where they met with the families of the 19 children and two teachers in the school shooting which came ten days after buffalo. as biden left a church service in uvalde, he was met by a crowd of people chanting do something. he responding by telling the crowd, we will. the president sounded a similar note in the commencement speech at the university of delaware, telling graduates that the country can and must do something. let s be clear. evil came to that elementary school in texas, to that grocery store in new york, far too many places where innocents have died. the face of such forces, we have to stand stronger. we must stand stronger, we cannot outlaw, tragedy, i know, but we can make america safer. but let s be honest, optimism is in short supply on whether congress will do anything at all, even as protests raged throughout the weekend outside the nra conference that took place in houston, inside the event donald trump himself and other republican political leaders
one door was open that allowed him to go in unobstructed into this school. jeff, give us an update. break down what we just heard and take it from there. yeah, very important update just wrapped up by texas dps after as you mentioned what s been a long day of questions and frustration. many members of the community wanting to know what happened and when it happens. 11:28 a.m., texas dps said that s when the suspect wrecked his truck just outside of robb elementary school after shooting his grandmother. he jumped outside of the passenger side of the truck with a long rifle in a bag. that was a bag full of ammo. two witnesses at a nearby funeral home saw what was going on, so he fired after them according to texas dps. now, he continues to walk towards the school and shooting at the school. 11:40 a.m., texas dps says he walked into the west side of robb elementary, the door was unlocked. that s where texas dps says most of the gun fire took place. texas dps cleared up there w
and in the end i may end up being heartbroken, and i m retaining a more significant way right now with democrats and republicans before. certainly, many that were unwilling to talk then, are now able to talk. are things really changing after what happened in texas? and if so will it be enough to get something done? let s discuss. i d like to bring in former florida republican congressman, and democratic strategist adrienne. i want to start with that clip i just paid of chris murphy. a republican saying that he would support an assault weapons ban if it came to the floor. he has never said this before, he represents a very pro gun district. and he s gotten approval from the and are a. do you think this is a big shift? or is this just talk? staff, this is real this time. i m very hopeful because, not only do you hear these house members starting to make the statements. but the senate is really where the action is at.
inside of the school, the nation is waiting to see if lawmakers will manage any legislative response to the shooting. tomorrow, funerals will begin in that small texas town for the many victims. a funeral service will be held tomorrow for a ten year old my tehran-geles, who is an honor student, recognized for her achievements at a school ceremony that very, day that morning before the shooting. on wednesday, there will be a joint funeral for irma garcia, one of the two teachers killed in the massacre and for her husband joe. it s hard to even think about it. he collapsed and died just two days later. many people, he said, he died from the grief. they leave for children behind. nbc sam brock s reporting for us in uvalde. he s reporting for us now. sent, thank you for being there. i want to start by asking, what has this been like for you? you ve been in this town for days now. it feels like we are seeing