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Biden will be here on the ground serving as consoler and chief and recent weeks following the deadly supermarket shooting in buffalo. >> we must stand stronger. we cannot outlaw tragedy. but we can make america safer. >> local members of the community tell me they hope nothing gets to political. we know thats difficult to do in a story like this but the bottom line at the end of the day. you 21 people who lost their lives in this community. 19 mostly fourth-graders. that is the focus the communi...

With the gunman repeatedly called 911 while officers waited to go in for at least an hour. the announcement comes as president biden arrived in uvalde just days after the horrific attack. mr biden is going to meet victims families and first responders, as well as religious and community leaders. our correspondentjane obrien is in uvalde for us now. something of a solemn ritualfor something of a solemn ritual for us presidents, jane. it is something of a solemn ritual for us presidents, jane._ pr...

Guns. there is also a ritualistic aspect connected to the office of the president. as a commander in chief and a consoler in chief. over and over, thats the way ritual works in some ways and i think its extremely important that he shows up, he and the first lady show up to extend, not to extend condolences because thats one thing we should appreciate about biden. theres a lot of issues with the presidency and the administration right now but one thing is he is, we use the word empathetic. it mea...

>> when all was said and done, 21 people had died, 19 children, a teacher, and the shooter. tomorrow, president joe biden and first lady jill biden will serve as consoler in chief once again. neil: casey stegall. thank you. i want to go to alicia acuna in houston for the n.r.a. convention. timing is everything. the number of deplayers have opted not to address the convention were invite, but most who were are there. we have the latest from alicia, who is outside the convention center. alicia. >>...

Boris sanchez, cnn, uvalde, texas. >> so sad, so much suffering here. a community, laura, with a broken heart. and one thing to make clear today is or would have been the first day of summer vacation for all the kids in this school behind me. and now these families planning these funerals. >> just shows you the blast radius that sort of continues to reverberate throughout the community and of course the larger country. but the fact that the husband has now passed away just shows you the level of...

Question about the police response. this is the situation where the president is stepping into a community that still grappling and an investigation that is still very much on the table. >> thats right. already as the president was preparing to head to texas to play the role of consoler in chief which we have seen him play so often. you had questions of white house whether he used this as a moment to call for stronger action on gun safety measures like the ones hes proposed and been unable to en...

So i think republicans, what they rely on is kind of waiting out the outrage. you know? right now there is a lot of energy. there is a lot of discussion j but what they assume and what they know to be true is perhaps in a few days or weeks time, most of the nation will have moved on. >> and so the president goes to buffalo tomorrow. he has taken some executive actions. he knows its hard to get legislation through on gun stocks and the like of that. is there any reasonable expectation in a midter...

Who responded so quickly within a minute or so so that incident, and that the losses theyre facing, and also tried to fulfill his role as consoler in chief, a role we have seen joe biden have to play so many times in his young presidency, as we experienced tragedy after tragedy. today, joe biden, you could see him with the attorney general was presenting the medal of valor to police, to firefighters, to emergency medical personnel. and he used it as an opportunity to talk specifically about aaro...

Shock. I was in a deep sleep and i heard an incredible bang. And we opened up the door from our apartment and there was a huge pile of rubble. And dust. And just havoc. Grabbed the Childrenen A St and started running out the door and everybody was screaming and panicking. Everybody was here but the wife and three children, 2, 6 and 9. Were they here visiting . Doct yes, vacation. Im just asking god because they are in the affected area. And there are still many questions. Chief among them, what ...

Shock. I was in a deep sleep and i heard an incredible bang. And we opened up the door from our apartment and there was a huge pile of rubble. And dust. And just havoc. Grabbed the Childrenen A St and started running out the door and everybody was screaming and panicking. Everybody was here but the wife and three children, 2, 6 and 9. Were they here visiting . Doct yes, vacation. Im just asking god because they are in the affected area. And there are still many questions. Chief among them, what ...