takes. among other things, i know there have been offerings to ensure the cost of funerals will be taken care of. during the course of a meeting, there was an anonymous donor who attended the meeting and provided $175,000 to ensure every cost of every family concerning everything about the funeral services will be taken care of. we appreciate that anonymous donor for his generosity and we will ensure those resources get into the right hands to make sure that no family who is suffering from incalculable heartbreak at this time will have to worry about a single cost with regard to anything concerning this travesty. in addition to that, there are all kinds of needs as well as all kinds of services. one of the needs is the need for mental health care and we have an abundance of mental health care services we will be able to provide. that includes state and private providers that will be providing mental health assistance to anyone in the community who needs it. when i say anyone,
the reality is many of the challenges will be long-term challenges. texas stands with who validly you validly uvalde, to help every single citizen feel as much as they possibly can. we will be heroes long as it takes. among other things, i know there have been offerings to ensure the cost of funerals will be taken care of. during the course of a meeting, there was an anonymous donor who attended the meeting and provided $175,000 to ensure every cost of every family concerning everything about the funeral services will be taken care of. we appreciate that anonymous donor for his generosity and we will ensure those resources get into the right hands to make sure that no family who is suffering from incalculable heartbreak at this time will have to worry about a single cost with regard to anything concerning this travesty. in addition to that, there are all kinds of needs as well as all kinds of services. one of the needs is the need for mental health care and we have an abu
at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. this is 35 minutes. one thing i must emphasize. that is, we are going through short-term challenges right now. the reality is many of the challenges will be long-term challenges. texas stands with who validly you validly uvalde, to help every single citizen feel as much as they possibly can. we will be heroes long as it takes. among other things, i know there have been offerings to ensure the cost of funerals will be taken care of. during the course of a meeting, there was an anonymous donor who attended the meeting and provided $175,000 to ensure every cost of every family concerning everything about the funeral services will be taken care of. we appreciate that anonymous donor for his generosity and we will ensure those resources get into the right hands to make sure that no family who is suffering from incalculable heartbreak at this time will have to worry about a single cost with regard to anything concerning this travest
with gunshots going off. and the trauma this entire ordeal is leaving on such young children. their parents and a nation wishing to wipe away the pain. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start today with an absolutely devastating admission about the school shooting in uvalde, texas. for the benefit of hindsight, where i m sitting now, of course, it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. that statement coming from the thead of the texas departmet of safety. he said officers on the scene should have breached the classroom door immediately. he said the commander on scene decided no more children were at risk. and they allowed the shooter to stay inside the classroom for more than an hour, despite the fact that kids inside the room were calling 911 and begging for police to help. what efforts were the officers making to try and break through either that door or another door to get inside that classroom? none at that
neverending tide of gun violence. the annual convention of the nra kicked off today in houston. the keynote speaker is the arguably the most president voice of the republican party, the twice-impeached ex-president. greg abbot pulled out of an in-person appearance to return to uvalde. he ll be holding a press conference there in a few minutes, but back at the nra stage there will also be a speech from senator ted cruz who recently stormed off when he was asked by a reporter why mass shootings only seemed to happen in this country. cruz s decision to appear at the nra convention just days after 19 of his youngest constituents and two other teachers were murdered, chose how the hard line stance on guns has become so deeply embedded in the gop. even as the nra is weaker than ever consumed by scandals and lawsuits. as the washington post quotes, nearly a decade ago the massacre of 20 children and six adults through the politics of gun violence into a state of suspension for a f