superintendent, at least for the interim, telling us they received more than $2.5 million in donations and grants that they re using to try to do a massive security overhaul. and for all of the campuses here in uvalde. and the short term, that means putting up high perimeter fences around a lot of the schools. they have at their disposal more than 30 state troopers located in and around the campuses, protecting the perimeter, and the interim superintendent telling me their job is to protect the outside, should anything happen on the inside, that they have the local police force, who can respond as needed but keep in mind that their entire school police force is temporarily suspended. they re going to have to start from scratch there and this is something else the superintendent had to say about the task ahead of him. the monumental task ahead of him. take a listen. what are some of the security measures shall the upgrades that you can expect to see in the immediate future? fencing,
in houston the 44th presidentenr donald trump warned against disarming law abiding citizens and laid out his plan for school safety. here it is when joe biden blamed the gun lobby, he wasas talking about americans t like you and along with countless other democrats this week, , he was shamefully suggesting that republicansll are somehow okay with letting school shootings happened and not okay with it. this rhetoric is highly divisive and dangerous and most importantly, it s wrong. hasrt no place in our politics. what we need now is a top to bottom security overhaul at schools all across our country . everyy building should have a single point of entry. there should be strong exterior fencing, metal detectors, and the use of new technology to make surese that no
those folks who say nothing is going to change. proud to be an american reporter: former president donald trump rallying with the national rival association as it holds its annual meeting after 19 children and 2 adults were massacred in uvalde. the existence of evil in our world not to ban law asiding citizens can protect a lot of people. the existence of evil is one of the best reasons to arm law-abiding citizens. reporter: instead of new gun laws, the former president calling for more focus on mental health and school security. what we need now is a top to bottom security overhaul at schools all across our country. reporter: those arguments echoed by others who addressed the nra s annual convention in houston, including texas senator ted cruz. we must not react to evil and
law-abiding citizens who know how to use their weapon and can protect a lot of people. the existence of evil is one of the best reasons to arm law-abiding citizens. [ applause ] reporter: instead of new gun laws the former president calling for more focus on mental health and school security. what we need now is a top to bottom security overhaul at schools all across our country. reporter: those arguments echoed by others who addressed the nra s annual convention in houston, including texas senator ted cruz. we must not react to evil and tragedy by abandoning the constitution or infringing on the rights of our law-abiding citizens. reporter: the nra has condemned the uvalde shooting but decided to press ahead with its gathering. though several musical performers and elected officials canceled appearances in the wake of tuesday s shooting. nra! go away! nra!
i am looking right at you, the nra today. i will not let any more of my peers die in a school! [ cheers and applause ] a passionate declaration from just one of the hundreds of protestors right outside the nra s convention today. texas governor greg abbott offered taped remarks. former-president trump and senator ted cruz each spoke in person. all of them, rejecting any kind of gun reform, and instead calling for security overhaul in schools. i want to bring in democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee, who represents district where the nra meeting is being held. congresswoman lee, the nra s resounding message was that evil. no the guns were to blame for the tragedies woe are seeing. the texas governor even said