Uvalde Fourth News Today

making >> reporter: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt good evening it goes against every fiber in our being, having to bury our own children parents in uvalde, texas now facing that grim reality, beginning to lay their children to rest in a world no safer today than it was a week ago when their children became victims of mass murder this holiday weekend, nine people were killed and more than 60 hurt in mass shootings across the u.s. overall, at least 156 died by gun violenc...

states will in fact send advance rocket systems to the war-torn country. well have more on what changed the presidents mind there. along with joe and mika, weve got mike barnicle and elise jordan and the former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. we will begin in texas, where the official account has changed again, about how the gunman who killed 19 children and their two teachers entered that school in uvalde. last friday, youll rememberer the director of the...

A door to the school propped open. >> a door was propped open by a teacher. >> reporter: but the texas department of public safety telling nbc news the teacher closed the door after there was a shooter on campus but the door didnt lock. the justice department is expected to begin its review. >> theres no allegation of criminal wrongdoing, gross incompetence, maybe failure to follow training maybe. >> reporter: back at the memorial, uvalde fourth grader isaac perez sending his school mates on the...