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Joining me now priscilla thompson in allen, texas for us. and justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian. it must be awful there. what else are you learning? >> reporter: it is awful and sadly at this hour, we are learning more about the youngest victims of the shooting. the wiley school district superintendent announcing that a 2nd grader, sophia mendoza is among those deceased. a 4th grader daniela mendoza, also deceased and their mother, ilda remains in critical condition. we know t...

The absolute horror of the elementary school shooting in uvalde, texas, two weeks ago got very real today on capitol hill as this mornings house meeting on gun violence, lawmakers heard a 4th grader bravely describe how she survived a shooting that killed 19 classmates and two teachers. >> he came in the door. and he shot my teacher. and told my teacher, shot in the head, and then he shot some of my classmates. and he shot my friend.

Bolster states red flag laws, dealing with mental health issues and the like, and also expanding the background system. even an expansion of the background check system wont go as far as one proposal thats stalled in the after math of the sandy hook massacre in 2013. that bill stalled that would expand background checks to include gun show sales as well as internet sales. im told theyre looking at a narrower version of that proposal. a lot they have to sort out. next week is the decisive week. s...

Dedicated and caring. more now from lucy cavanaugh. >> reporter: they are the faces of the future lost to a nations violent present. jose flores jr., a 4th grader full of energy, his father said, ready to play until the night. lexi rubio, a little girl who wanted to go to law school just like her mother. >> my baby. >> lexis family overcome as they recall her sweetness and to plea that her life has impact. >> all i could hope is that shes not just a number. >> one of 19 children that were all gu...

To felix and kimberly rubio. their 10-year-old daughter, lexi was a 4th grader here at robb elementary school. just very quickly, what had happened is they thought it was going to a great day. they had come to the school on tuesday morning because lexi made the honor role. there was a big award celebration. they were here in morning to celebrate that. they went home and 30 minutes later they got the call that there was a shooting. turns out that lexis father is a uvalde county sheriffs deputy. y...

Mother of a 4th grader. >> your school district says we are not listening to the governor. >> right. >> we want our kids in our school to still wear their mask. how do you feel about that? >> i feel they are protecting us. they are protecting our kids i love it. >> notably, one of the governors children goes to a private out of state high school that does are a mask mandate. we wanted to ask the governor about that. and about school districts in his state defying his order but our request to spe...

Mask map date. >> reporter: jason is the superintendent of richmonds 55 public schools. here in richmond and a number of other school districts across the state, there is concern that without mask mandates, the spike in covid cases will only get worse. anna mason is the mother of a 2nd grade daughter at the west overhills school. she says despite her superintendents stance, the governors order which takes effect next monday is very concerning. >> feel really disappointed. >> why? >> because im s...

Before this year. our 6th graders were in 4th grade when they were last in school. um, and so, meeting the -- the bar that is kind of expected of a 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, whatever grader, they are being asked to meet that behavioral and developmental bar and that academic bar and they miss both of them so it is hard to meet the academic one, when you are still trying to figure out how do i stop being a 4th grader? >> its 1:45 p.m. on a thursday. hi. >> hi. >> im evan. cnn, nice to see you. how are ...