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inside. matt gutman in texas tonight. meantime, the memorial growing for the 19 school children and two teachers. and this evening, adding to the tragedy, we have now learned the husband of teacher irma garcia who was killed at that school, that husband has now died of a heart attack. married for nearly 25 years. and what the family is saying tonight about what they say was a broken heart. and the children here tonight, what their families want the country to know about them. tonight, the call for action across this country. texas senator john cornyn, after returning to washingto...

children and two teachers. and this evening, adding to the tragedy, we have now learned the husband of teacher irma garcia who was killed at that school, that husband has now died of a heart attack. married for nearly 25 years. and what the family is saying tonight about what they say was a broken heart. and the children here tonight, what their families want the country to know about them. mireya villarreal on the scene for us again. tonight, the call for action across this country. texas senator john cornyn, after returning to washington from the heartbreaking scene, now directed...

This morning, a grad student was booked on a first degree murder charge after a deadly shooting rampage forced the unc chapel hill campus into lockdown yesterday. one faculty member was killed in the shooting. it happened at a science building. this morning, police have identified the gunman as tailei qi, and charged him with first degree murder charge and having a handgun on educational properties. nbc news correspondent ali vitali has the details. ali? >> reporter: less than 24 hours ago, this campus was on total lockdown, a scary start to the semester here. just one week after classes began...

One of our faculty members was killed in this shooting. this loss is devastating. >> reporter: after the initial call for shots fired, the entire campus went on lockdown. a school alert warning and armed dangerous person on or near campus, go inside now, avoid windows. heavily armed officers swarmed the campus. some students walking down the street put their hands up. some sheltering in place. >> so immediately we all just stayed hiding in the stalls, squatting on the toilets, just scared. we didn't know what was happening. >> reporter: other terrified students fleeing through a first floor wi...

Sending the campus into lockdown. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern. i'm lindsey reiser reporting from new york in for ana cabrera. we begin with hurricane idalia. the storm intensified overnight, now expected to strengthen further and make landfall in florida as a major hurricane, packing dangerous winds and a potential 12-foot storm surge. today, millions are under hurricane warnings and evacuation orders are now in place in more than 20 counties. nbc news meteorologist angie lassman is following the storm's track and priscilla thompson is in cedar key, florida. >> we have seen it strengthening thi...