issues that beto o'rourke will continue to carry on. remember, this is a state that is extremely conservative. this is a county that voted for donald trump in the 2020 presidential election, and there have been many thoughts and, you know, beto o'rourke has talked about taking away ar-15s, he has taken a great deal of criticism on that from texas republicans, but clearly beto o'rourke leaning into that and feeling very comfortable making that a campaign issue going into the rest of this year. >> ed, i remember in 2019 hearing something similar from beto o'rourke when he was running for president after the el paso shooting there, and still, here we are several years later with another mass shooting there in texas. ed lavandera, thank you. >> alisyn, back to you there in uvalde. >> reporter: okay, victor, obviously we're learning more every hour about the young lives taken in this massacre, and every single one of them is gutting. like that of lexi rubio. yesterday morning felix and kimberly rubio attended an honor roll celebration for th

but beto o'rourke's crashing of the news conference by greg abbott was not predictable. beto o'rourke went to that news conference in uvalde, texas to listen and then to tell greg abbott and other republican elected officials on the stage, quote, this is on you. >> the shooting -- right now when you are doing nothing. >> no! he needs to get out of here. >> this is totally predictable. >> sir, you are out of line! sir, you are out of line! sir, you are out of line. please leave this auditorium. [inaudible] i can't believe you are a sick son of a bleep. that would come to an event like this to make a -- [inaudible] >> it is on you. >> this is on you until you choose to do something about it. that is what beto o'rourke said to the governor and to the other elected republicans on the stage while beto o'rourke was being shouted down by the republican mayor of uvalde, john mclaughlin, sometimes guest on tucker carlson's fox news show. beto o'rourke was in new york yesterday and he was booked to appear on this program in this studio with me last night. but as soon as the news b

if you look up the definition of desperate in the dictionary, there is beto o'rourke's photo. he ran for senate in texas and lost, and then he ran for president and somehow was deemed as a potential front runner from the democratic nomination and he failed craptastically, now he's running for governor and he will lose by a country mile for every poll in texas. now he takes his press conference and makes it about himself, because he sees what happens by his own candidacy and knows he has to do something, anything, to turn things around. this is the same person called for it not only stopping border wall construction in texas but that they should tailor existing border wall down, bringing drugs to this country. it's killing young adults at an unprecedented rate, so take two seats here, because this is not about what happened to those children, elementary school kids. it's about you. trust me, i haven't slept in three days after this happened earlier this week. >> carley: i understand your passion, and he has slipped up on the gun issue, too. now he's running for governor. they w

beto o'rourke was yelling. you're offering us nothing. that man yelling him in the end, that was the mayor of uvalde that was on this morning. i don't know if you caught the interview with him. he was obviously very emotional about what's going on in his town right now and he didn't appreciate this outbust. we'll show you the rest of that whole exchange shortly. it was a shocking moment. very unsettling. we'll talk about the political ramifications of that. first, we want to get you up to speed on the information that we just got in this case. jeff paul joins us live from uvalde. >> yeah, martha. we're learning from texas governor greg abbott that there's no advanced warning signs when it comes to the shooting other than social media posts that were made 30 minutes prior to the massacre. according to the governor, he says the shooter, the alleged shooter, made a post about how he was going to shoot his grandmother. then he made a post how he did shoot his grandmother hand the post that he was going to shoot up an elementary school. from t

we're here with beto o'rourke. you mentioned -- and i don't want to just pass over it without talking about exactly how awful it is. but governor abbott made it, basically, the state of texas investigating parents who provide gender-affirming care to their children, basically investigating them for child abuse. you went on mother's day and you made dinner for one of these families >> i did >> seth: played a little music, as i know you like to do >> yeah. >> seth: and can you just tell us, you know -- and i'm sorry that so much of this is so depressing, but can you tell us, like, what is it like for a family like that, to be basically almost criminalized for being a loving parent? >> first thing i'll tell you is, i've met families like the briggles all over the state of texas, and these parents are the most loving parents you'll find anywhere they're doing their best to help their kid navigate this incredibly difficult time in their lives, and they're searching for answers, just loving the hell out of them, just try

in the meantime beto o'rourke crashing the press conference on the texas school shooting. we will show you the shocking moments coming up next. ♪ ♪ the trail. oh, man. hey! open up! the redesigned chevy silverado. with a sophisticated, high-tech interior... open the door! it's easy to forget it's a truck. ♪♪ - thanks. - nice truck! it was. find new style. find new roads. ♪ ♪ >> carley: a fox news alert, a community coming together to mourn the horrific deaths of 19 young students and two teachers killed in a texas elementary school massacre. we are learning more about the victims. one of them was only eight years old. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this thursday morning. i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: and i'm todd piro. breaking down in tears as she recalls the gunman coming down the hall outside the classroom. >> [crying] i had to protect my children. >> todd: ashley strohmier has the breaking details on our top story this morning. >> among those many victims was mary garza. his father, a first responder, finding out his little girl was killed when he

beto o'rourke shouted, talks to desktop texas republican and escorted from the room by police. we will play excerpts of that confrontation after the headlines. governor abbott has declined to say whether he still plans to attend the national rifle association's 2022 annual meeting which is that to open in houston on friday. texas republican lieutenant governor dan patrick and republican senator ted cruz still plan to attend, as does former president donald trump. he will be the headliner on friday night. world leaders continue to react in horror to the latest mass shooting in the united states. at the vatican, pope francis said wednesday he was heartbroken by the massacre in texas. >> it is time to say enough to the indiscriminate trafficking of weapons. let us all make the commitment. let us all make the commitment so tragedies like this cannot happen again. america after headlines, we will get the latest on the elementary school massacre and speak with a gun activist who helped rewrite australia's gun laws after a mass shooting in 1996. in ukraine, fierce fighting continues t

the good people like in texas. >> neil: you referred to beto o'rourke. he said this is on the very people around the governor and the governor himself for encouraging the use of guns and providing almost a thirst for guns that created this crime wave and this violent wave that we've seen across the country. the governor was quick to point out today that there are more shootings in a weekend in chicago than there are in any of these school shootings that we see pop up around the country on a given day, including texas. what did you make of that? >> you know, i agree with the governor. he's in a tough spot. but he's doing what he should be doing. he's helping the people in texas trying to get a grip on what happened yesterday. this isn't a second amendment issue right now. although you can come back to it and say this person should have been on the radar. how did the governor -- how did this fall on the governor's lap that this person decided to take it upon himself to create havoc? this is something that somebody saw on social media and should have said s

they were listening to what the mayor said about beto o'rourke. i am going to get their response in a moment, what they thought at that moment and what they think of what's happening now. so please they are standing by patiently. thank you and we will join you in a moment. >>> i want to bring in our reporters on the scene. boris sanchez in uvalde and evan perez in washington, d.c. good evening. boris, investigators say up to an hour passed between the time the shooter got to the school and when he was neutralized. what is the latest on this timeline? >> reporter: don, investigators are still trying to piece together exactly what happened throughout the 60 minutes on tuesday here at robb elementary school. what we learned a short time ago was that there was a lull in the action. apparently, when the shooter entered the school he immediately started shooting at students and teachers and then right after law enforcement arrived he engaged with them in a standoff. there was gunfire exchanged, but then officials say he stopped and barricaded himself. t

and this is from beto o'rourke. you know the guy who is so focused on taking everyone's ar-15. watch. >> pass the mclaughlin lieutenant governor dan patrick. >> excuse me. >> you're out of line and an embarrassment. sit down. >> the next shooting is right now and you're doing nothing, you're offering nothing. >> no. >> this is totally predictable. >> sir, you are out of line. please leave this auditorium. to the exit. i can't believe you're a sick son of a [bleep] to come here and making it a political issue. >> laura: the man calling him out was the mayor don mclaughlin who had one of the toughest days of any mayor yesterday and i think we can all understand his anger and translate the bleep. joining me now is lieutenant governor dan patrick who was grabbing the microphone to speak when mr. o'rourke had this outburst. dan, first of all, our deepest prayers and condolence toss everyone in texas and the people of uvalde who are suffering so greatly tonight. we have to say that before we say anything else. what happened today at that press conference? >> so laura. >> laura: so de

. >> nothing >> texas republican greg abbott's news conference on the shooting interrupted by beto o'rourke, the democrat challenging his re-election bid. o'rourke escorted out of the room president biden today doubling down on demands for tighter gun laws will congress take action? our team in uvalde with complete coverage of this texas tragedy >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. >>> good evening from this city of sorrow. uvalde, texas, a small town that has become yet another landmark for mass murder in america the bloodshed, the suffering we have seen so many times before as we come on the air tonight, here's what we know. the gunman killed 19 children here and two teachers in yesterday's attack all of them, we've learned, were inside a single classroom here at robb elementary police say the 18-year-old attacker barricaded himself by locking the door and started shooting until law enforcement officers broke in and stopped him. today the governor said that just before the shooting the gunman had warned online that he had shot his

his democratic challenger, beto o'rourke, interrupting him. tonight, president biden asking lawmakers in washington, where is our backbone? where this stands tonight. a special edition of "world news tonight" begins now. >>> and good evening tonight from texas. we are here in uvalde, a community in mourning. the mass shooting at the elementary school right behind me here, leaving so many parents, so many families would without their sons and daughters. 19 school children and two teachers were shot and killed. tonight here, we honor them, their names, their stories, the awards given to some of the students just hours before the shooting. this is the second deadliest school shooting in u.s. history now after sandy hook ten years ago. tonight, new reporting here on the 18-year-old suspect, salvador ramos. in fact, he turned 18 just nine days ago. and the next day, authorities say he bought his first ar-15-style rifle, days later, buying his second. and then a little more than a week after his birthday, showing up at the school right here behind u

whether it's beto o'rourke grandstanding for his own ego. or whether it's chuck schumer ranting and raving. you know, this is not the way that anyone acts in good faith when you are trying to have a negotiation to do something about the problem in uvalde. and whether it is going to entail tinkering with the gun laws or doing whatever else it takes to keep children safe. you cannot start from the standpoint punching your political opponents in the law. saying it's all your fault negotiate or else. it just doesn't work and it shows you the democrats are not interested in keeping kids preventing another tragedy. they look at this purely and simply as a political asset. >> pete: miranda, are we capable of having that deeper discussion. you point out in your op-ed there is a sickness in america. we had as pastor on our program earlier we have a problem of the heart in this country, politicians, pundits want to jump to the easy dog point of the political answer to fix it yet, sometimes it's something deeper. and, you look at this tragedy, it feels

and when they hear beto o'rourke, and i'm not saying beto o'rourke will now be elected by a landslide, but i think a lot of parents say, now. now is now. to say this is not the time has become a very tired piece of information. i think what whatever your view about handling this, there are a lot of people across the spectrum who will at least identify with the urgency of someone like that who stands up and says, this notion that now is not the time is pure b.s. it is the time. and beto understands that. he's right. >> if beto tapped into that passion, the only person who did it sooner and more passionately was this man, steve kerr. >> when are we going to do something? i'm tired, i'm so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there. sorry, i'm tired of the moments of silence. enough! 50 senators in washington are going to hold us hostage. do you realize that 90% of americans, regardless of political party, want universal background checks, 90% of us. we are being held hostage by 50 senators in washington who refuse to even put it to a

why beto o'rourke interrupted the governor of texas during an update on the shooting. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. as the people of uvalde, texas, mourn the loss of family and friends in the latest school shooting, there are new questions about the standoff between the gunman and police. tuesday's shooting claimed the lives of 21 people. 19 were children, ranging in age from 8 to 10. two of the victims were teachers. witnesses say frustrated onlookers urged police officers to charge into the school during the shooting rampage that lasted close to 40 minutes. it ended when the 18-year-old gunman was killed by a border patrol team. the father of one of the children killed said police were slow to move in. meanwhile, investigators continue to try and piece together a motive. danya bacchus is in uvalde with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. this morning, there are unanswered questions about how and why the shooting unfolded. we're also learning more about the young and innocent victims and the fight lunatic. >> reporter: president biden is expected to t

-- beto o'rourke. talk about the rapid politicization of tuesday's strategy is t.w. shannon. >> good to see you. >> hi, shannon, thank you for having me. >> shannon: i want to start with the "wall street journal" tonight. they say trailing in the polls, mr. o'rourke must figure he had to take a risk on politicizing the murders even as emotions are raw and they're trying to figure out ramos' motivation. on wednesday, he got his soundbite. we'll see if this was all about gun control. t.w., let's start with you on comment. >> when i first started this, it reminded me of something my grandmother used to say, a lot of class but really low. this is a defining action for our country as we come together. instead of thinking about the children and the families that suffered in such a grievous way, beto was doing what he does best, thinking about beto. the reason he does that is because his policies are out of step and out of touch with certainly texans but all of america really because he's part of the marxist

. >> could you make out what was being said by beto o'rourke? >> well, i did see what happened just before the press conference started. i was in the third i'll -- third row on the aisle, rather, and to people across the aisle from me and a moment before the press conference started they got up from their seats when he walked in. so they were see holders for him and then he sat down, so his presence wasn't really noticed in the 15 or 20 minutes that people were gathering inside because he was not in the room. so this seems thing very clearly staged by beto o'rourke and his campaign. >> sean: it was staged and he will lose this election badly, and by the way, he's all over the map now when it comes to guns, the second amendment. go back in time. remember during his presidential campaign, that run, remember he bragged often about wanting to confiscate your guns and hell yeah he's coming for your ars enter ak-47s. now as a gubernatorial candidate in an election year conversion, he's trying to defend the second amendment. if not what did before. >>

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beto o'rourke definitely did that. you know, i remember late last year when the texas tribune was writing how politically damaged beto o'rourke was. he came in, they said, as a weakened candidate because of all of his tries to take a seat in that state after being a congressperson for a short period. thirst for relevance will get you to do these things. i don't think that barack obama needs to do that. he's much more popular in the democrat party than the current president. so maybe there was some other reason why he wanted to tie those two things together. it would interest maybe a lot of us to know exactly what that was. >> kayleigh: yeah, i think that's exactly right. coming up, these are the faces of the 19 children who never made it home from school two days ago. we will share some details about their young lives next. if you're a veteran, own your home, and need cash, call newday usa. i'm tatiana, here to say you can get an average of $60,000 with the newday 100 cash out loan. that's at least 25% more cash than y

beto o'rourke rushes into the press conference, makes the scene. you wonder what gives eventually? as a country, as americans, we can figure this out. we can do it together. >> that's a good question. maybe, bill, but we've been trying to figure this out for some time and we have not come across measures that would be constitutionally acceptable, politically possible, and known to be effective. the school resource officers, cops on the scene at schools have been effective in a number of instances where they've stopped these possible killings. but in this case there appears to have been a school resource officer on the scene and remains to be seen in full measure what exactly that officer did or did not do. but that's a possible solution if it can be made to work. there is no consensus on this and it doesn't seem to me there is likely to be one any time soon, which is why these things are so painful because not only are they utterly heartbreaking to see these young kids slaughtered in their classroom, but equally disturbing almost is the fact that we don't seem to know what to do ab

what is offensive about beto o'rourke and to a different degree to the president of the united states railing against the gun lobby last night. no one is suggesting anything that really can know guarantee total protection for our children. but we can suggest some concrete steps. let me be, with all humility. i know that, you know, some might think that is -- anyway, why not recognize the erratic nature of teenagers. we all went through it. cop to the fact that sandy hook, adam was upon 20. parkland nicholas cruz 18. ramos, 18. the guy in buffalo, 18. the guy in santa fe, killed 10, 18. a juvenile assault weapons ban. i know it will not stop this totally, maybe only 1%, a juf nile assault weapon ban. if you buy a beer or drive a semiuntil you are 21, how is it okay for you to be able to buy legally a weapon of war, an assault weapon when you are 18? >> greg: you can fight and die for your country at 18. >> geraldo: you are managed by officers. >> you can't get a handgun until you are 21 legally. >> geraldo: they don't use a handgun. juvenile assault weapons ban, do something. this coul

and during that press conference that governor abbott gave, you had beto o'rourke running over there and losing it, blaming governor abbott. >> yeah. number one, i think what beto o'rourke did tells you all you need to know about the status of his campaign. he's a desperate politician doing despicable things to try to stay relevant, and we need leadership at a time of crisis not showmanship. and all i can say we have a constitutional right to bear arms, but it's not unlimited. count me in for trying to have better laws to detect the these events before they happen, allowing cops to intervene when somebody's showing a danger to themselves or others. but gun violence is a problem in this country, there's no question about it, but the constitutional right to bear arms does exist, and there has to be limitations on what you can do. so all i can say about what happened in texas, it breaks my heart. but i don't know if any law that i can pass that would deal with a man, 18-year-old man, shooting his grandmother in the face, going to a school, locking the door and killing every kid in the c

reporter: we have learned from beto o'rourke, that he was invited to uvalde to meet with families. was a specific family to ask him to come to that press conference at the high school earlier today. he was aghast in the audience became frustrated by -- a guest in the audience but became frustrated and stood up to the governor. reporting from uvalde, back to you. ama: let's look at the reaction right here at home. abc7news anchor is live in the newsroom with what governor newsom announced. anchor: legislators across the country spoke about gun violence and what should be dumb to prevent -- done to prevent mass shootings. governor newsom announced he is taking action. the governor said he will sign more than one dozen bills addressing gun violence, by the end of next month. >> we do not think they were, we know they work. i will repeat what i said earlier, those states with progressive gun still laws, as scale, has seen disproportionate impact in terms of gun related deaths and murders. it is a consequence of those policies. we know these policies work to save lives, are they exclusi

just as the governor was talking, former representatives and gubernatorial candidate beto o'rourke came up to the stage and interrupted. take a look. >> this is on you until you choose to do something different. somebody needs to stand up for the children of this state or they will continue to be killed. >> beto o'rourke said this was predictable and the governor is doing nothing. he was escorted out of the venue and later told reporters he did not plan to interrupt the press conference and he was only there supporting a victim family. also today, governor newsom addressed the shooting in texas. he says he will sign more than a dozen bills addressing gun violence by the end of next month. >> we don't think they work. we know they work to it i will repeat what i said earlier. those states with the most progressive gun safety laws, at scale, california being the largest, have seen disproportionate impact in terms of gun related deaths and murders as a consequence of those policies. we know these policies work to save lives at are they exclusively the only approach? absolutely not. >> gove

o'rourke was escorted out. >> after tense words between officials on the stage and beto o'rourke on the floor. across the state of texas, people are having theta same conversation that frankly people are having in 2019 after the shooting in the walmart in el paso, and in 2017 after the shooting in southernland springs. and what can truly be done, and how do the state and the lawmakers in the state of texas strike a balance between preserving second amendment gun rights but keeping the people and particularly the children of our state safe. >> let's talk about what we don't know yet. we have a lot of information about what happened yesterday. we're not still sure on the front end what happened, where thee shooter was, and how he g there, and what happened when he first got in, and obviously we learned more once we saw that the tactical units came in and that ended. there's a lot more investigating to do about this. >> there certainly. is and often times after something like this happens, there is a deep desire for motive. people truly want to understand exactly why a person would hav

beto o'rourke sounds like one of those lunatics from the westboro baptist church gets off on making a scene. but that's essentially the answer with gotten to how to fix and prevent it happening. please. anyone who talk like this should be quiet for a minute and leave it to everybody else to figure out why this is happening. and this is bigger than a single mass shooting or even two of them in ten days. this been a huge increase in violence in america. on our streets, public transportation, in our schools. if not i guess it's measurable. from january 1st to april 10th of this year robberies in the new york transit system are up more than 70% year-over-year. felony assault in the subway have increased by 28%, grand larceny, gordon to the nypd, is up by more than 100%. those are all crimes of violence. and that's just underground. the same thing is happening on the streets and if you don't know it, you just got back to the country after a while. according to abc news, about 11% of violent crime in the city of los angeles involved a homeless person, 2018, 13% in 2019 and 15% in 2020. if t

>> it's hard to tell who is yelling back at beto o'rourke. it might have been lieutenant governor dan patrick. they said this is not the time for politics. now is the time to be with families and that this isn't partisan but, chuck, it is partisan. there's one party that's refusing to pass gun laws. >> you brought up the comment he made at the beginning about it's been -- that 18-year-olds have been able to buy long guns for 60 years. i thought it was a strange thing for the governor to say. okay, i'll take that to your logical end there. you know what happened 56 years ago, katy? the school shooting that basically began this epidemic. 356 years ago it is and the one that unfortunately started it all. i'm not going to sit here and say that's cause and effect but it's not a good argument if you're governor abbott to say they've been able to do this in of 0 years and you're like, oh, in the last 60 years what has become an epidemic in this country and what has not? so there's that. ironically the other thing is he's talking about the issue of t

julian: beto o'rourke shouted at the current governor. he said the response from governor abbott and other leaders was totally predictable. he also predicted these attacks will continue to happen until lawmakers do something about it. >> the only thing he did was make is you to buy a gun. yeley think he did was make it easier to carry a gun and public and he bragged about the fact there would be no background check, no training, no vetting whatsoever. julian: several other little officials on the stage including texas -- including ted cruz told beto o'rourke to sit down and he was pathetic. governor abbott ordered law-enforcement to escort him out of the building. the governor said the only aspect driving mass shootings is the status of mental health in our country. kumasi: today marks one year since the mass shooting at the vta railyard. these are the nine men killed by a coworker with a gun. it is a somber day with tributes planned in their honor. amy joins us live in san jose. amy: vta employees starting to arrive for a ceremony they w

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 officer who confronted him outside. but officials say the officer did not fire any shots at the suspect. when he got inside the school, the gunman walked into a double classroom. locked the door, and began shooting. all of the victims were inside that room. law enforcement, including the tactical team from the u.s. border patrol, swarmed the school, but were not able to get into the class

beto o'rourke is also a politician currently out of office. you can hear the yelling of others who view him the, the person challenging this, as somehow politicizing it. but beto o'rourke's view and the view of many activists in this space, and we're covering all of it, is the politicizing of gun sales in texas came from governor abbott. as we showed last night, he wanted more guns in his states. he added the nra as a political right wing entity in pushing that. politics, if we are going to do this over and over and over with parents burying their children in small coffins, in schools across america over and over, can't something be done? >> i swear, if i see another child and families getting their hearts broken, i'm going to punch somebody. >> i'm done. i'm done. i've had it. how many more times? >> i'm joined now by maya wiley. >> we are hearing from so many people, they are sick of thoughts and prayers, because thoughts and prayers are keeping -- aren't keeping our kids alive. there have been 78 rounds of gunfire at schools this year alone

. >> every confirmation for what we have, for what it's worth, we thought it was beto o'rourk. our folks -- we confirmed it. >> there are -- there are family members -- there are family members who are crying as we speak. there are family members whose hearts are broken. there's no words anybody shouting can come up here and do anything to heal those broken hearts. we all -- every texan, every american, has a responsibility where we need to focus not on ourselves and our agendas. we need to focus on the healing and hope that we can provide to those who have suffered damage to their lives and loss of life. we need all texans to, in this one moment in time, put aside the personal agendas, think of somebody other than ourselves, think about the people who were hurt and help those who have been hurt. at this time, lieutenant governor will speak. >> i was about to say that there will be plenty of time to discuss and analyze what happened yesterday and do everything that we can within our power to hopefully prevent it from happening again. but now is the time people watching around t

during the briefing, beto o'rourke stood up to confront officials about doing more to prevent mass shootings.

you are at the capitol today with beto o'rourke. people in texas know the trigger law there, it could be just weeks away from abortion being banned away. and in effect, it already is, in many ways. >> it literally could be, lawrence. we've already been dealing with the six-week ban here. and the tremendous logistical challenges of making sure that people who need abortion care are able to leave our state, to receive that care. and it's only going to get worse. and, i know texas joins a number of states around the country who are bracing for that, and trying to create a kind of coordinated effort in advance that are going to meet the logistical needs of people who are trying to access abortion in the states where we still might be allowed. and the other thing we're working on, now, is just trying to help encourage people to understand that though we or a heavily re-destructed, heavily gerrymandered state, where our voices really have been neutered in district races, and our congressional and state house and state senate races, we als

i heard it from beto o'rourke. the majority -- does not agree with -- how are you going to do it, how are you going to make it has happened, when you have predominantly republican legislature? you say you're going to fight back. there are protesters out there saying legislation this to happen. schumer's going to hold a vote in the senate, they don't have the votes to do it. what does fighting back actually look like? and then, talks about the state constitutions, how there may be more protection of abortion rights in state constitutions in our own federal constitution? >> so, a couple of things. you are right in that is going to be an uphill battle, in part because the voting rights restrictions that have been placed on peoples votes in this country. the vast majority of people in america support the right to abortion, when the voting rights act has been watered down and when votes have been gerrymandered, it's very hard to vote for people who reflect your values. so, that is an issue. but we can hold our politicia

here is what texas democratic and for governor beto o'rourke said yesterday. >> unlike rid of it, we're not going to wage a war on the women of the state of texas. and try to tell them what they can or cannot do with their bodies or their health care or they're -- [applause] as governor, i'm going to make sure that everyone makes your decision going forward each and every single time. >> joining us now, beto o'rourke for the -- he is now running for governor of texas. you said yesterday, that you can't let this happen. what can you do as governor, given that these laws are already in place? in texas? >> texas is a place where so much of this started. as you know. this laboratory for extremism when it comes to voter suppression, when it comes to things like permit-less carry. and now ending the right to privacy, the right to abortion, starting from conception. but texas is off the place where we can overcome this fight it and defeated. we've got to win this race for governor. that's essential. and then we have to use this power to return power back to the people of texas. importantly, th

you heard governor abbott talk about and beto o'rourke. anybody over the age of 18 can buy a rifle, like the military-style one it is believed this shooter in uvalde used. at 21 you can buy a public places without any kind of permit. no background checks for private sales, no limit on how many guns or magazines you can get and he wants to increase access to guns signing seven pro-gun bills including the right to bring a gun into a hotel room, locking federal gun regulations from getting in the way. nicole, when you take all of this together it appears and i want to be careful with the language, but it appears that the shooter did not break a single texas law until the moment he opened fire. what has to change? >> yeah. in cases like this and always we try not to focus on the shooter. we focus the victims and the survivors and the solutions for change. we know there's not one solution to preventing every gun deaths, but we know that it's not an option to do nothing. doing nothing has gotten us into these horrifying situations and it's unacc

yesterday, after beto o'rourke confronted the texas governor, the maga republican gave empty platitudes about healing and hope. he asked people to put their agendas aside and think about someone other than themselves. my god. how dare he? what an absolute fraud the governor of texas is. and this is the same governor abbott who tomorrow -- tomorrow -- will go speak at the n.r.a. convention in houston. governor abbott, will you ask your maga buddies and your n.r.a. pals to put aside their agendas and think of someone other than themselves? like you asked the families to do? will you ask the gun manufacturing reps, who will swarm over to the n.r.a. convention, to put aside their agendas and think about someone other than themselves? of course not. the governor, governor abbott, is more likely to outline some new plan to further loosen gun restrictions. no amount of bloodshed seems to be enough for maga republicans. this nation is enraged, as well as being exhausted. it's been through this over and over and over again over the last two decades. people are sick of mourning again and again, w

and tempers flare at democratic candidate for texas governor, beto o'rourke, interrupts the news conference of the man he is trying to replace. >>> with us at the table, nbc news investigations correspondent tom winter. the host of "way too early" and white house bureau chief at "politico," jonathan lemire. professor at princeton university, eddie glaude jr. thank you, all, for being with us. wow, the past 24 hours, heart wrenching. >> they really have been. we've all been hearing from our friends. i know everybody has been hearing from loved ones. just shock. i got a note this morning from a friend in mississippi. his pastor wrote the congregation yesterday and said, "as i write these words, the sun is rising on may 25th, 2022. another day of mourning in america after another mass shooting at another elementary school. as we pray yet again for those whose lives have been torn us under by a troubled soul wielding a deadly weapon, it seems important and necessary to me to say as a christian pastor that we try to find reasonable ways to reduce gun violence, and that is not political. it is mo

plus, beto o'rourke running for texas governor confronts the current governor. >> sit down! >> you are doing nothing. >> and there are an estimated 20,000 armed security guards in america's schools. 20,000. the one in uvalde was armed. so do they work to stop mass shootings? an "outfront" investigation, coming up. computer sfx: doink. man-woman: magenta! shaq: do you suffer from cartridge conniptions? shaq: be conniption-free, thanks to the shaq: cartridge-free epson ecotank printer. shaq: a ridiculous amount of ink! and a set of replacement shaq: bottles are equal to about 80 cartridges. shaq: it's a perfect cure for- woman: i thought you said you bought- man: i did buy the magenta! shaq: the epson ecotank. just fill & chill. more protection, more sun, more joy. neutrogena® beach defense® the suncare brand used most by dermatologists and their families, neutrogena® for people with skin. it's 5:00 a.m., and i feel like i can do anything. we've got apples and cabbage. 7,000 dahlias, vegetables, and brisket for dinner. this is my happy place. we've been coming here, since 1

during the briefing, beto o'rourke stood up to confront officials about doing more to prevent mass shootings.

i go back to the grandmother and beto o'rourke, i almost wish governor abbott would have left him talk because he was there to crash, there to try to use this as a statement so i'm not going to justify his reasons but shame on him because i'm going to go back to what grandma said, remember the children. we got to protect the schools and blaming law enforcement isn't the way. alicia: i couldn't agree more. warning signs, social media about the uvalde school attacker, that's next. we are back with a fox news alert, you warning signs about the uvalde school shooter are emerging. he made threats to the you will school shooter. a social media that allows users to join live audio chat rooms. some users call it tender for kids and the washington post wrote this, he posted images of strange messages and joked about sexual assault. in a video from a live chat room listeners recorded and reviewed by the post, he could be heard saying everyone in this world deserves to be raped. tyrus, obviously there's a lot of discussion about you will, facebook and things posted but is there is culpability whe

o'rourke, quien le exigiÓ que prohibiera la venta de armas en el estado. ¿quÉ pide al gobernador y por quÉ lo interrumpiÓ? >> necesitamos cambiar las leyes del estado. necesitamos un chequeo universal para cada persona que quiera comprar armas en este estado. necesitamos banderas rojas para poder parar una masacre antes de que pase. leÓn: la tragedia de uvalde ha remitido a otras tragedias, otros tiroteos como este, entre ellos el de parkland en 2018. reportera: ella y su familia dicen estarse viviendo una pesadilla. han pasado cuatro aÑos desde la masacre, y cada vez que sucede un incidente similar, sienten el desespero de aquel dÍa. ahora lo viven con la matanza en la escuela de uvalde, texas. >> cuando me di cuenta de la noticia no podÍa respirar. el dolor no pasa y los miedos quedan por siempre. reportera: cuenta que su hija casi no puede hablar del tema. >> mi hija ha caÍdo en depresiÓn unas cuatro veces. ella escuchÓ todos los gritos y los tiroteos. reportera: algunos de los familiares se reÚnen para apoyarse cuando sucede algo similar a

why beto o'rourke interrupted the governor of texas during an update on the shooting. >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. as the people of uvalde