who learned about his daughter while aiding other victims. plus, new details raising questions about why it took police so long to stop the killer. we ll have the account from the witness who says police were gathered outside while the gunman was on his rampage inside. tempers flare after democratic candidate for texas governor beto o rourke interrupts a news conference of a man he is trying to replace. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, may 26th. i m jonathan lemire. we re glad you joined us. this morning it is not clear why a teenager in uvalde, texas, attacked an elementary school, killing 19 children, and two teachers. while investigators work to find the motive we re learning more about tuesday s attack and what led up to it. after crashing his grandmother s truck outside the school, the gunman ran into the building, armed with an ar-15 style rifle and at least seven 30-round magazines. the gunman then fired at a school resource officer who
border security which republicans have insisted be added to the package, zelensky met with top lawmakers including the brand-new house speaker, mike johnson, many republican holdout to meet with zelensky say a deal remains unlikely, let s go straight to mj lee who was at the white house, what are we expecting here on the two leaders beyond just a pitch to get this money from congress to ukraine? jake, this press conference obviously has been quite delayed but we did just see the ukrainian delegation in the u.s. delegation take their seats in the front row, secretary blinken, secretary austin, other officials are in the room so we should see president biden and president zelenskyy enter the room any moment, i think white house officials and u.s. officials had made the point this visit is about so much more than the issue of u.s. funding for ukraine which clearly on capitol hill right now, fans at an impasse. they re saying the world is watching right now including russian pr
where the statues are still wrapped in sandbags for fear of an attack, there are also trophies of war. burned out russian tanks. and amphibious vehicles. and troop carriers. and you can see families coming and gathering there, and some of the kids climbing on those tanks like a jungle gym. so it is a very strange mix here right now. not something that is ordinary at all. nbc s jay gray, we really appreciate it. and certainly it s hopeful to hear signs of life returning to normal there. in kyiv. even as the fighting intensifies in the east. and president zelenskyy reaffirming his vow to not give any territory to russia. a long conflict ahead. jay gray, thank you again. still ahead on way too early, we re live on cnbc with an early look at the markets and what could be driving the trading day on wall street. way too early will be right back with business news.
exactly as they planned in the white house as they coordinated and planned it. it came alarmingly close to happening exactly as they had collaborated and planned for it to happen. three of the very best of the best on these stories. we ll hear more about these requests from the committee in the next hour when january 6th committee member pete aguilar will be our guest, for now our thanks to luke broadwater, carol and frank, stick around. when we come back, we re learning more about what the ex-president wanted to do to protesters marching in washington on a very different issue. they were there in the wake of the killing of george floyd. this report backed up the highest levels of the u.s. pentagon. plus, ukraine, resident of mariupol finally being evacuated weeks after russia took over their city. a live report on what is next for them, this after a weekend in which nancy pelosi and several of her colleagues met with president zelenskyy