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one of the revelations in this wide-ranging report on the uvalde massacre. it describes widespread failures, egregious poor decision-making that resulted in more than an hour of chaos in the, quote, lackadaisical approach by those sent to help. the report states law enforcement failed to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety and failed to adhere to active shooter training. the police chief failed to assume his responsibility of incident command, the report says. the re...

it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. im jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour with deadly storms now making their way northeast after leaving behind a trail of destruction across texas, oklahoma, arkansas and kentucky. at least 19 people are dead and dozens more injured. take a look at this. valley view, texas, gas station. officials say as many as 125 people were sheltering when a powerful tornado struck. overnight kentucky governor andy beshear declared a state of emergency as...

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>> experts say to avoid the childcare crunch, expand your search area to include more towns and zip codes. consider getting on a waitlist because openings can come up unexpectedly. ask your network of friends, neighbors, coworkers for suggestions. across the country, a balancing act for parents caught between finding care and high costs. kathy park, nbc news. >> joining me now, someone whos been at the forefront of this fight, ceo and founder of the marshall plan for moms, reshma saujani. the au...

Americans missed work due to child care challenges. many families being pushed to the brink with kids out sick with the flu, rsv, or covid. the outbreaks are happening as day care centers and public schools nationwide struggle to stay fully staffed. when infections soared earlier this month, some school districts in tennessee and kentucky shut down. >> we have sending a lot of children homesick and we got to the point where we couldnt sustain being in school. >> experts say to avoid the child ca...

Elizabeth cohen joins us now. what is happening with these women and what are the hurdles that theyre facing because of this? >> right. kaitlan, so one in four pregnancies will end in miscarriage and the same surgical procedure thats used to treat a woman who is having a miscarriage is also used for a woman who is seeking an abortion. and thats left some doctors scared to help women who are miscarrying for fear they will end up in court. we spoke to one woman who had such trouble finding care, s...

Poland is taking the brunt of the refugee crisis. nearly two out of the 3 million ukrainian refugees have chosen to flee to this country and now the polish president is pleadin with other european nations to open their borders. >> please be safe. thank you. >> finally tonight we would lik to spotlight one of our superstar medical contributors. shes not a medical mission and is overseas on the ground in speed up and finding care for ukrainians in need. shes been working alongside th humanitarian ...

They had to come early in gestational age. they were 29 weeks old, born with some complications which required them to have special services, and they needed a little extra care. i had to find child care that allowed for this and it was an extremely hard hurdle to overcome. >> when you say that finding child care was hard, i think those of us who have actively looked for child care understand that implicitly. what did that mean for you? >> there are places where child care just doesnt exist, qua...

That implicitly. what did that mean for you? >> there are places where child care just doesnt exist, quality care. there are limited number of spaces and workers that are available to work in the centers. so finding a space available for two babies, finding care that was full time that allowed me to go back to work, those were extreme hurdles. during the pandemic i actually lost my childrens father, so i became a single-income earner trying to cover the cost of this and it is extremely costly ri...