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that s 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 week s 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. that s where we begin this morning. the president once again taking on the role of consoler in chief. in a few hours, president biden is set to visit this area and the memorial that has been set up at robb elementary school. the scene of only the latest mass shooting in the united states. president biden is scheduled to attend church here, and meet with family members of those who were killed. the president meeting with 21 families, 21 people killed, 2 teachers, 19 students, most of them third and fourth graders. 21 families forever marked ....
and unimaginable loss. young children full of enthusiasm and hope for their future. this next saturday on the 4th, she would have been 10. a look at who was lost this week. hello, i m dana bash in uvalde, texas, where the state of our union is so sad and wondering when enough will really be enough? i m joining you today from a community in shock. a community grieving the 21 people brutally murdered in an elementary school on wednesday. a community so overwhelmed by loss, the parents of 9, 10 and 11-year-olds have to wait weeks to bury their own children because the funeral homes are so busy dealing with the small, broken bodies from robb elementary school rooms 111 and 112. as these patients learn about the excruciating delay by law enforcement officials who waited outside the door where children were trapped with the gunman as they learn about a young man who made violent threats but able to buy a weapon of war. as they call for action from their elected official ....
that said, we still, what we don t have is a full picture of why the response seemed to take so long that a number of anguished parents on the scene were reduced to begging police to take action while others demand they be allowed to go in themselves to rescue their children. earlier today, bodies of all 19 kids released to funeral homes and we learn more of their names so we want to start tonight telling you little bit about them. eliana garcia, known as ellie was about to turn 10, loved basketball and cheer leading, according to grandparents, dreamed of one day becoming a teacher herself. annabelle guadalupe rodriguez on the honor roll, ten years old, in the same classroom as her cousin jacqueline cazares, her father one trying to get into the school. her friend, also saving up for a trip to disney world, her sister said she loved tiktok dances, ariana grande and the houston astros, eliana also ten years old, was to play her last softball game tuesday and waiting to h ....
years since columbine. plus a debate on gun legislation in the age of partisan gridlock. and, anguish in america: we speak with angel garza, after the loss of his ten-year- old daughter, amerie. i just want my baby back. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. dokoupil: good evening to our viewers in the west on what is really anything but a good evening. and thank you for joining us. i m tony dokoupil, in for norah, who is recovering from covid. and tonight, we are here in uvalde, texas, a community shattered by one of the deadliest school shootings in american history. 21 victims, 19 of them innocent children. they ranged in age from ten, down to as young as eight. one victim described by family as the sweetest little boy i ve ever known, so full of life. others loved baseball, they loved swimming, loved dancing to tiktok videos in other words, these are your everyday american kids: extraordinarily l ....
gun violence epidemic: the staggering numbers of deaths and school shootings in the years since columbine. plus a debate on gun legislation in the age of partisan gridlock. and anguish in america: we speak with angel garcia, after the loss of his 10-year-old daughter, amerie. i just want my baby back. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. dokoupil: good evening on what is really anything but a good evening. and thank you for joining us. i m tony dokoupil, in for norah who is recovering from covid, and tonight we are here in uvalde, texas, a community shattered by one of the deadliest school shootings in american history. 21 victims, 19 of them innocent children. they ranged in age from 10 down to as young as eight. one victim described by family as the sweetest little boy i ve ever known, so full of life. others loved baseballs, they loved swimming, loved dancing to tiktok videos in other words, these are your e ....