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the airport to meet with grieving families here today. try to bring some comfort to a community traumatized, absolutely traumatized by the loss of 21 innocent people. 19 of them children, as young as 9 years old. they were murdered in their classroom. this is a community just trying to understand not only that, but why 19 law enforcement officials waited an hour outside the classroom as the children made desperate 9-1-1 calls for help. the president lands here as lawmakers in washingto...

hi, thank you for joining me. im jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield. im joined by dana bash in uvalde, texas. president biden there to meet with the grieving community. dana, tell us what youre seeing there. >> reporter: well, president biden and first lady jill biden are here today. hes playing a role that he has played so many times before, comforting families following an unspeakable tragedy. right now the president and first lady are meeting with families at a community center...

for the victims of the deadly mass shooting at robb elementary school. they also met with families as well as community and faith leaders. in the meantime the u.s. justice department announces it will conduct an independent review of the law enforcement response to the shooting. the d.o.j. says that review comes at the request of you alls mayor. jeff has the latest there. >> in this community, there very much in the beginning stages of grieving. they have come to terms with the unthink...

hindsight, hay hey, standby, standby. hey, standby. standby. of got it. from the benefit of hindsight where we are sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision. >> tonights, hearts in uvalde raking all over again as we get a clearer picture of what happened before and during the horrific massacre at a texas elementary school. a public safety officials is a teacher propped open the locked door and later the commanding officer made a series of tragic ma...

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he was preparing for the funeral of his wife of 24 years. they were college sweethearts. they were high school sweethearts. his death leaves their four children paralyzed. it is a reminder, as if this town needed one, the tuesdays tragedy is not over. the shockwaves will reverberate across this community in, countless ways, for countless weeks, months, and years. the raw grief among the residents here, of course, is no less than it was on tuesday. increasingly, the sadness is mingled w...

with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. we will have a very special 11th hour. enough is enough. were going to break down whats happening, why and where the hell we go from here. go from here they say a picture is worth 1000 words, this is perhaps more. this is the leader news today. the date is may 24th 2022. this, of course, is the day, two days ago. its been 48 hours killing 19 children, and two teachers. here, at the robb elementary school, in texas. today, another death. t...

timeline of attack is, frankly, confounding. initial reports suggested, when the shooter approached the school, an armed resource officer, a school resource officer, exchanged fire with him. but, the gunmen was able to get past him, and into the school. then, yesterday, the director of the texas department of public safety said in a briefing, the school resource officer had, quote, engaged the shooter in some way, but not fired his weapon, and the shooter then entered the school. today...

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 whats 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 thats when the suspect wrecked his truck just outside of robb elementary school after shootin...

creating liabilities for people who provide access to firearms to kids. these are things that can be done. its just requiring some politicians to put the politics aside and put the children and their needs and lives first. >> well, nicole hockley, i know that this is a difficult time for you as you wrote in your op-ed, retraumaized, but i thank you for spending a few minutes with us to help us understand whats ahead for these families and what you believe should be ahead for our countr...