florists shaped casket sprays. the head of the texas funeral director s association brought in an extra funeral coach along with other morticians. some experts at the art of facial reconstruction to assist. all of this happening against the backdrop of persisting questions around the police response to the shooting and deep anger and confusion over why it took law enforcement well over an hour to confront the shooter. on sunday the justice department announced that it is launching a probe into the police response, what s known as a critical incident review. new york times reports out the history of this type of investigation saying, quote, other mass shootings that the justice department has looked at in its review of law enforcement agency responses have included the 2015 domestic terrorist attack in san bernardino, california, and the 2016 attack on the pulse nightclub in orlando, florida, with an eye toward understanding how officers could have been better prepared and r
lieutenant governor, it s exactly the same and nothing happened from the last time, from going back, you have had more than one mass shooting in texas in the last x number of years, but it sounds like you re saying that the character of the debate, what you re hearing from texans may be a little different, and that s what i want to focus on right now. what are you hearing from rank and file republicans? what are you hearing from people on the ground there that may be that may suggest there s a greater appetite for change or a greater outrage at the lack of change this time than have been in the wake of past mass shooting incidents? all i can say is at some point, enough is too much. this is the seventh mass murder in dan patrick s seven years as lieutenant governor. and they are horrific. this may be the most horrific thing that we ve ever seen as the details emerge and at some point, texans say, enough. the majority of texans are with me on this and want sensible gun laws. we have
families, they spent three hours and 40 minutes with them, and they waited all that time, and some came two hours early, and the pain is palpable, and i think a lot of it s unnecessary. so i m going to continue to push and we ll see how this works. and that is where we begin today, joining us fromuvalde, texas, is liz mclaughlin, and new york university law professor melissa murray, matthew dowd, political strategist, and frank figliuzzi, host of bureau podcast. all of them to a person and msnbc contributor. liz, i want to start with you since you re down there on the ground. i talked a little bit about ago the unthinkable prospect, what is the town is facing now of laying to rest, of mourning and laying to rest in a formal way the victims of this shooting. talk a little bit about what s happening down there, the
kingdom s deadliest mass shooting. he was 9 years old when a gunman entered his school and killed 16 children and a teacher. that shooting prompted the british government to enact stricter gun laws. you saw sports figures all over the weekend, these are not this is not a comprehensive list but the tampa bay rays and the yankees last week collaborated on social media to post only facts about devastation of gun violence rather than give play by plays of the game. you had on friday gabe kapler said he wasn t going to take the field for the national anthem until i feel better about the direction of our country. he did actually stand for the national anthem on memorial day yesterday, and then in mls, before the philadelphia unions 1-1 tie at the new england revolution, the union players wore orange t-shirts with the message end gun violence during
florists shaped casket sprays. the head of the texas funeral director s association brought in an extra funeral coach along with other morticians. some experts at the art of facial reconstruction to assist. all of this happening against the backdrop of persisting questions around the police response to the shooting and deep anger and confusion over why it took law enforcement well over an hour to confront the shooter. on sunday the justice department announced that it is launching a probe into the police response, what s known as a critical incident review. new york times reports out the history of this type of investigation saying, quote, other mass shootings that the justice department has looked at in its review of law enforcement agency responses have included the 2015 domestic terrorist attack in san bernardino, california, and the 2016 attack on the pulse nightclub in orlando, florida, with an eye toward understanding how officers could have been better prepared and reacted to