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this morning students and faculty at michigan state university are back on campus after the deadly, horrible shooting there. only, though, with an fbi escort so they can recover personal items left behind in the chaos. >> were also learning more about the three young lives that were cut short. 20-year-old brian fraser, 19-year-old arielle anderson and 20-year-old alexandria verner were killed in that shooting. were getting details about the gunman and what he left behind. were also wat...

talk. >> [speaking spanish] >> joining me now is sam brock in uvalde with the latest on the shooting. also -- hes in houston where the show must go on for the nra. first use them, its very hard to watch, to hear, and process what happened there. then we learned of the injured children calling 9-1-1 for help. didnt get there in time. it all feels impossible and we are not even there. here in the studio. but you there on scene? what are you learning sam? >> well certainly its gut wrenchi...

from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome everybody to alex witt reports. welcome to breaking news from uvalde, texas. this is what it looks like outside robb elementary school today. 21 crosses, one for each person killed and the deadliest school shooting in a decade. -- also, growing outrage to the police response to the shooting in the heartbreaking details of children calling 9-1-1 begging them to police and the police now. grief stricken parents and state officials are an...

19 babies and two teachers were murdered on tuesday and yet another mass shooting in america. this time it was at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. the latest accounts of law enforcements response pain to woeful portrait of a potentially deadly inuktitut. in the days since the massacre, we learned that officers waited for 45 minutes just outside the classroom where the shooter was barricaded. this despite active shooting trainer that these officers were trained to engage with th...

supermarket in the middle of the black community here to saturdays ago and killed ten people and wounded others. at the services today, it was highlighted by the vice president of the united states kamala harris, journey to buffalo to attend the services. she said she didnt want to speak, she just wanted to sit in the services. she met with members of the other ten victims families and private and came down to the services. but being the eulogist, i broke pour a protocol and asked her ...

alive, what goes through your mind? >> its heartbreaking. its heartbreaking, because we never see anything like this in this community. its hard for the families that lost a loved one to this tragedy. >> reporter: when you see this happen perhaps way too many times in our country, what do you ask yourself? what do you wonder needs to happen? >> i believe the government needs to get tougher laws on purchasing of guns. thats my main thing. >> reporter: thats not a new thought after this?...

and thats why the american academy of pediatrics is saying, look, were going to change things. the american academy of pediatrics has now come out and said were going to change our recommendations for feeding babies. lets take a look at what those changes are. theyre saying instead of waiting until the babys first birthday to introduce cows milk, whole cows milk may be an option for babies older than six months, babies who usually would take regular formula. this is not ideal, they say...

the assault a racially motivated act of white supremacy, describing the suspect as a hate filled soul. were learning tonight about the victims. 32 to 86 years old including the beloved security guard, a retired police lieutenant working security at the store, confronting the gunman, shooting him, but the gunman had body armor and police say the suspect then killed that guard. stephanie ramos on the scene tonight. >> inside the moments of terror were now hearing from some of the survivo...

19-year-old peyton gendren is expected to be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. >> omar jimenez joining us with more. family members beginning to give the victim impact statements. what are we hearing so far? >> this is likely going to be a lengthy hearing, an emotional one at this stage of the legal proceedings. up to 17 victim impact statements are expected and we just got started. one just finished. the wife of aaron sultar, the security guard, who engaged the shooter when t...

Payton Gendron, 19, is scheduled to appear in court Monday, according to court records. His lawyers didnt respond to phone messages or emails Thursday and prosecutors declined to comment.