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>> she was a good girl? >> she was. >> shannon: parents and family members in shock and grieving over lives cut way too short including 8-year-old garcia who loved playing football with his grandpa and 9-year-old ellie garcia who danced along to tiktok videos. we'll tell what you we're learning about the victims who are being remembered tonight at vigils all across country. new details about the investigation into what law enforcement believes was a preplanned attack, what the shooter posted on social media beforehand with his motive still unclear. our law enforcement panel weighs? >...

democratic politician who has had enough and the governor of texas defending his state's gun laws. in washington halle jackson with garrett haake and tom llamas in texas. garrett, we're specifically talking about this warning from the shooter, that he was going to not only shoot his grandmother but he was going to attack an elementary school. a spokesperson clarified these northern the facebook posts, no the public posts. these were private messages that apparently or presumably were only found after the fact. what else are we learning? >> reporter: yes, that's right. we heard about ...

legally -- legally -- with an ar-15 rifle, all done one day after he turned 18. he shot his grandmother, as we reported last night. crashed his truck near the school, as you see there. greg abbott, governor of texas did try to confront the shooter but he did not engage and the shooter was able to enter the school you see here. he also barricaded himself in his classroom. he distributed part of his plan to kill in what we are told was a private facebook message about 15 minutes before this shooting. he also reportedly sent text messages to a 15-year-old located in germany. >> the gunm...

Sympathetic senate. >> i believe accountability votes are important, but sadly, this isn't the case of the american people not knowing where their senators stand. >> reporter: previous efforts as you probably know on gun control have failed in the senate unable to overcome the 60-vote filibuster threshold. while there are new calls tonight to abolish the filibuster, democrats like joe manchin of west virginia are pushing back calling on both sides to find some common ground. >> if we can't get 70 or 75 senators that won't vote to have a commonsense protection of your children and grandchildren...