ago and now a week later more and more criticism and more and more questions over the police response and the decision to wait an hour before storming the classroom. we re waiting for updates from the department of justice on their review of thattins spo. we re also live in uvalde and in washington where president biden is saying this afternoon he plans to meet with lawmakers on gun reforms. the reality check on where those stocks stand with an emergency hill meeting on thursday with some new proposals. i m hallie jackson in washington among with our nbc news team. liz mclaughlin is live for us in texas, and our investigative reporter is on capitol hill. liz are let me start with you, this is just a horrific, you could call it a milestone and maybe another step in what s going to be a lifelong healing process perhaps for these families dealing with grief, dealing with anger about this police response. hallie, so many intense emotions here. this community will never be whole
florists shaped casket sprays. the head of the texas funeral director s association brought in an extra funeral coach along with other morticians. some experts at the art of facial reconstruction to assist. all of this happening against the backdrop of persisting questions around the police response to the shooting and deep anger and confusion over why it took law enforcement well over an hour to confront the shooter. on sunday the justice department announced that it is launching a probe into the police response, what s known as a critical incident review. new york times reports out the history of this type of investigation saying, quote, other mass shootings that the justice department has looked at in its review of law enforcement agency responses have included the 2015 domestic terrorist attack in san bernardino, california, and the 2016 attack on the pulse nightclub in orlando, florida, with an eye toward understanding how officers could have been better prepared and r
hey, everyone, and namaste, it is 4:00 in new york city. i m john highland in for nicolle wallace for the rest of this week. the shattered, traumatized ask grief stricken town of uvalde, texas, has been beginning finally the nearly unthinkable process of laying to rest 19 slain school children and two of their teachers, the victims of a soul destroying shooting at robb elementary school on this day one week ago. the services are scheduled to take place over two weeks through june 16th, and and the washington post reports this from on the ground in uvalde, quote priests who last week comforted still bleeding children and pastors who prayed with anxious parents on monday, turn to the familiar ritual surrounding christian burials. volunteers flew and drove in from across texas and all over the country to help with the various aspects of the funerals. operators of a food truck handed out food and water.