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nick queststead. he will be one of the key witnesses on thursday and he is expected to reveal more previously unseen video of the proud boys that day. we are also expecting to hear from u.s. capitol police officer caroline edwards, who was injured in the attack. she told nbc news garrett haake in october january 6th felt like a war zone. they started ripping down barriers. that s when the moment i knew this is not like any other protest. they approached our line. they injured me and a couple of officers by tearing down you know our barricade and then the fight on the west front began. it was chaos. i ve never seen anything like that. and now breaking just a few minutes ago, new reporting from the washington post that president trump had been insisting for two weeks before the insurrection that he wanted to march alongside his supporters to the capitol. joining me now is nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly, politico investigative reporter josh to besee and luke ....
the airport to meet with grieving families here today. try to bring some comfort to a community traumatized, absolutely traumatized by the loss of 21 innocent people. 19 of them children, as young as 9 years old. they were murdered in their classroom. this is a community just trying to understand not only that, but why 19 law enforcement officials waited an hour outside the classroom as the children made desperate 9-1-1 calls for help. the president lands here as lawmakers in washington and around the country are renewing calls for action again, but it is unclear whether the president and those in power will be able to get anything done. as we watch pictures of the president, i want to bring in arlette saenz. arl arlette, you are also here in uvalde over at the school at robb elementary waiting for the president to arrive with grieving families and arlette, unfortunately, this is the kind of meeting that this president has had all too often in his career. reporter: ye ....
and more about your life than many of your friends, why can t they detect online chatter about potential school shootings that could theoretically prevent another tragedy? plus, a disturbing new find. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians forced into brutal camps in russia. sources say it s happening at a much larger scale than originally feared. today should have been a day of celebration for the children of robb elementary school in texas. the last day of classes before summer vacation. for the second graders, third and fourth graders in uvalde, texas. 21 families today are, instead, planning funeral services for 19 students and two teachers. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. amidst the grief, the heartbreak, the shock and despair, are also serious new questions today about how that 18-year-old with a rifle got inside that school and stayed for more than an hour before police entered the classroom and killed him. this afternoon, the texas department of public ....
school. reporter: lexi rubio loved sports, and at 10 years old, she dreamed of traveling the world. she wanted to go to australia. and she wanted to go to law school. at st. mary s. reporter: jackie s father called her a firecracker. posting his range of emotion. first at the freaking cowardly way his daughter was killed, it hurts to our souls. then a note to his daughter. be in peace with the rest of the angels, sweet heart. baby girl, we love you with all our hearts. at a community vigil last night in uvalde, the dead are mourned. they include teacher you remembera garcia, who was in her fifth year. both teachers died shielding students from gunfire. not lost here, the children still being treated in the hospital. a pediatric trauma director describes hem as critical but stable, wishing there were more lives she could save. i think that s what hit us the most, not of the patients that we did receive, but we are honored to treat them. but the patients we ....
who learned about his daughter while aiding other victims. plus, new details raising questions about why it took police so long to stop the killer. we ll have the account from the witness who says police were gathered outside while the gunman was on his rampage inside. tempers flare after democratic candidate for texas governor beto o rourke interrupts a news conference of a man he is trying to replace. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, may 26th. i m jonathan lemire. we re glad you joined us. this morning it is not clear why a teenager in uvalde, texas, attacked an elementary school, killing 19 children, and two teachers. while investigators work to find the motive we re learning more about tuesday s attack and what led up to it. after crashing his grandmother s truck outside the school, the gunman ran into the building, armed with an ar-15 style rifle and at least seven 30-round magazines. the gunman then fired at a school resource offic ....