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part of the republican party. and he will continue to do that. >> reporter: and joining us now is washington post national political reporter isaac ards. thank you so much for being with us. i want to start with the piece that you co-authored entitled trump plots aggressive midterm strategy seen in gop as double-edged sword. so could you mean by the double edged swords. >> in the primary, what we heard was trumps first general election rally. in the primaries he was the envy of all. hi...

where 19 children and two teachers were gunned down at robb elementary school, the president address the nation about guns and mass shootings. pleading with congress to do something. >> more kids than soldiers killed by guns, for gods sake. how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough? enough. >> the president took to the page of the wall street journal to outline his plan for tackling inflation and rising prices. i...

>> thats correct, this is a memorial near the town square in uvalde, where people have gathered around a fountain. and as you can see, they have laid out candles and balloons and messages to those that were lost in last weeks tragic shooting and to their families as well. we actually moved away from the elementary school in part because the president is visiting uvalde, today, and preparations are under way right now for his arrival. thats where we begin this morning. the president onc...

parkland, el paso, pittsburgh, brooklyn. i ask the question so many of you are asking, why are we not protecting our kids? why is nothing changing? as a journalist, ive had to cover too many of these mass shootings. perhaps were becoming desensitized. as an american, a parent, you send your kids to school on an average day and never see him or her again. its unspeakable yet thats what happened in uvalde, texas. i know this gets into background checks and red flag laws and other measure...

now they are waiting to head off to the robb elementary school. a scene that we have all witnessed over the last four or five days. the makeshift memorial, 21 crosses there. however, we should note, there are now 22, as of today, a 22nd cross was added to that memorial. the husband of teacher irma garcia. who, two days after her shocking death, died himself of a heart attack. in some cases people are calling it a broken heart. after laying flowers at his wifes memorial there. that seni...

encountered. texas governor here as well. the crowd shouting at him as he arrived in a plea for action. uvalde needs help, they yelled. hoping for something, anything. from either leader to give them hope. that things are going to change. after the mass, the president is going to meet with families of the victims of the shooting that killed 21 people, 19 of them children. he will face a community thieving with anger. after what they have learned about police mishandling of this situati...

>> if i commit a little speed limit. over the speed limit, they will stop you. you have 20 cars searching you down. but they could not go in there and break that effing door? they are darn cowards? cowards. they let those kids get slaughtered. >> texas officials say officers waited outside the barricaded classroom for nearly an hour while trapped students frantically called 9-1-1. joining me from the town square, nbcs liz maclachlan. liz, weve seen long lines at the memorial in uvalde ...

all around the world, it is thursday, may 26th. im john berman live in uvalde, texas. brianna keilar is in washington. behind me is the robb elementary school where 19 children and two teachers were killed. i want to show you what happened here overnight. behind me is this new memorial, you can see flowers, you can see balloons and now just over the last few hours you can see crosses, one for each of the victims killed here. each life taken. 19 of them, of course. just children in the ...

Uvalde schools will reopen tomorrow for the first time since the deadly shooting at robb elementary which took the lives of 19 children and two teachers. the school district is installing security improvements such as fencing, new door locks and over 500 security cameras. officers and staff are also required to take part in specific police training n. addition, the district is partnering with telehealth to connect children with mental health resources. however the "wall street journal" reports q...

Houston texans football team visiting uvalde, surprising the high school football team at dinner and picking up the tab. the nfl team also hosted football camps and clinics and attended the high schoolers first game on friday night. they wore stickers on their helmet that read uvalde strong. joining us now, reporter for the "wall street journal," elizabeth findel. we just read from some of your report that is titled back to school week in uvalde, texas, brings decisions, fear. what were some of ...