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Talk about a mess. but counting their lucky stars today at this very same time. amazing. let's turn now to this, what could be a very important new chapter in the fight against covid. the white house is preparing to end the official covid-19 national and public health emergencies in may. the measures have been in effect for nearly three years at this point. president biden spoke about his decision earlier today. >> -- exit, we've extended to may 15th to make sure we get everything done. that's all. >> joining me now for more on this. what does this mean now that the national emergency status...

State who called the police response to the shooting in uvalde an abject failure and a disturbing new piece of information. he testified that with all the evidence they have now, they had enough officials, enough officers on the scene at the massacre to stop the gunman three minutes after he entered the building. again, as you know, it took nearly an hour for the gunman to be stopped. the testimony from the texas public safety chief is that it could have happened within three minutes. we have our reporters on this story. we'll have much more on it coming up. also this morning, just learning ...

Winfield. one of the ten people killed in a mass shooting of a grocery store on may 15th. yesterday, the president and first lady were down in uvalde, texas where they met for hours with families of the 19 young children and two teachers who were killed in last week's school shooting. which of course came just ten days after buffalo. as biden left the church service in uvalde, he was met by a crowd of people chanting, do something. he responded by telling the crowd, we will. the president sounded a very similar note in the commence speech this weekend at university of delaware, telling graduat...

Leaders. demand action in your community. but do not ask me for those pictures. it has been an incredibly difficult week. >> are you okay? >> together with shanay and the mothers who are standing, asking for the right things. we are going to be okay for our kids and for ourselves and for our families. >> what about you, shanay? >> i wasn't okay this week. just two weeks ago, i had to visit kendrick's grave site, two weeks ago was the tragic anniversary of the death, may 15th. so between that and the daily toll of gun violence in buffalo and uvalde, i wasn't okay. i will get comfortable with sa...

Prerogative, yes, which is, so? i wanted to stay in the job and advance a really good agenda going on at the pentagon, and proposing a new navy and taking care of our people, and at the same time beating back or reshaping some of the outlandish ideas coming out from others. on top of that i did not know who was coming in behind me. i was concerned it would be an uber trump loyalists. i could have resigned -- >> there was a lot of uber trump loyalists. >> and i spoke to many and they said you need to stay. >> i say this, and i understand your rational, and here's you on may 15th of 2020 praisin...