, to a nation that is grieving. so i came to the floor today and i will not engaging in partisanship other than to say it is just sad -- it is just sad that this body can't pass this bill when about a month ago they passed an identical bill that applied to churches. this one applies to schools. and, yet, it's inappropriate according to the majority leader to pass this nonpartisan bill b

we need to allow the people to grieve and the country to grieve with them. that is important, you can't heal without the grief. that is where we are at right now here. trey: bishop, i pulled up some of your remarks from earlier, you use this phrase, grieving in a healthy way. it is hard when there is anger, how do you grieve in a healthy way? >> we've seen at times across the country when people grieve. some people take things and destroy their own communities, this is not a time for destroying communities and hatred. but how do we take this moment in history, in time, and make a better not only western new york and buffalo, but a better united states of america. that is what healthy grieving does. it takes that hurt. and turns it to a positive change. let's be clear, there is never been a huge change without their being some hurt. at the end of the day that is what healthy grieving looks like. trey: all right bishop, a tough question, a spiritual question, for those wondering how god could allow this people shot while they are just shopping and working. wha

yeah, they are very much grieving. this is _ you? yeah, they are very much grieving. this is very _ you? yeah, they are very much grieving. this is very raw - you? yeah, they are very much grieving. this is very raw for i you? yeah, they are very much | grieving. this is very raw for the community share, and every single person i spoke to said that could been me, that could have been anyone in this community, here at the tops grocery store, very much is an active investigation, there are still police to come the areas taped off, but you have seen community groups popping up, serving food, offering counselling services to those in need, one of the presidents i've spoken to of the buffalo urban league talked about how this is just trauma on top of trauma because here in this community, of course, they feel the systemic issues and underlying issues of racism, of being in a community that has a lack of investment, properties being to validate —— devalued, so this is key for that a key source to be able to get fresh fruit and groceries, so as i say, a sense here that t

victim families are still grieving and trying to make sense of the tragic event. >> i worked today to make sure those in our community who depend on our service will be able to get where you can go at the same time they are grieving. >> we got 101 with the san jose mayor as bay area leaders come together to pay tribute to those loss one year ago. >> i hope that we at the community never have to experience that again. >>> this emotional day comes on the heels of another deadly mass shooting at a school in texas. the investigation unfolding as the bay area reflects and calls for new action to be taken. >> not everybody processes the evil that happened. some people block it out and i felt like i blocked most of the events out for a long time. >> this is abc bay area news, streaming live. >>> thank you for joining us for our midday newscast. >> we have a lob outlook from texas as we are awaiting a news conference expected to happen at 11:30 am this morning. it is a very somber day in texas and is a somber day in the bay area as well because one year ago a durain scum and stormed his workp

to those families, i say you do not grieve alone. america grieves with you. one of the victims was aaron salter. he was a retired police officer working as a security guard at the grocery store when it was attacked. officer aaron salter was a hero. when the gunman entered the store, officer salter didn't flinch. he leapt into action to save the lives of the shoppers and employees. but there was only so much he could do. he was armed with a handgun while the person who attacked the store was wearing a tactical vest and firing an assault rifle. like so many of our police who risk their lives for us every day, officer salter was outgnd outgnd -- outgunned. our nation's capital is welcome ing law enforcement from across the country for police week. to every officer who protects our communities, like officer salter did so valiantly, we give our thanks. no officer should ever find themselves in a situation where they're outgunned by an assailant, but that's exactly what happened in buffalo this weekend and happens far too often in cities like chicago. for decades t

i grieve for these parents and i grieve for the next set of parents who will face this set of circumstances because elected officials don't have the courage and wherewithal to come together and try to find common sense solution. >> i have an elected official here, a local elected official. the commissioner here in uvalde. ronald garza. when you see what looks like members of your community screaming, pleading with the governor, pleading with the president, do something, what do you hear on a local level? i understand that there's not much you can do on a local level when it comes to either the gun issue or the social issues that lead to this. what's your reaction to that? >> you know, dana, i'm a good listener, and i hear both sides of the story, you know, groups saying we need more gun control. the other group saying it's not a gun problem but a people problem. >> what do you think? >> personally, i think, and this is just my opinion, when it is all done and said, it's the individual that goes to purchase that automatic weapon, it makes it hard for people to defend them themselves. when a

how do you get from the grieving to hope? >> it is difficult to think about hope when you are grieving and trying to figure it out but there's never really been huge change in the country if not the world without there being some grief and some hurt so i do see the ten and the other three wounded as a way that america begins to move in a different direction because it must face there are racists out here and not act that there are people with hatred so bad that they would go in a grocery store, not in an illegal spot or something that's not wanted in the community. you wept into a grocery store. that's hatred. the hope is that this won't be a conversation. what often hopes is a conversation for a minute and then not a conversation anymore. i was grateful for so many people coming to church before who were from suburbs and other places to be there. i was clear, especially to the white clergy members. don't tell me you're grieving with me if you didn't not address racism in the pulpit today. don't say you understand the pain if

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we grieve differently. all of us grieve differently. we had a gentleman in church right there with the governor present. everybody was on stand by because we heard that word. i was very quick to say to people that people grieve in different ways and had is a moment when we have to let people grieve. people talking about the next steps. we talk about what do we do next, but we near a lot when there is a tragedy. people come to down from all over the world and they say we're here, we're here to help. right now if you want to help, some people need to allow people to grieve, but you know, i know that maybe one of your questions might be what is the next step and i will tell you when you ask me. >> i think that in talking about the present, and the pain, and the insurmountable pain that so many families are feeling now. this shooter, you know, don't give the name out, i don't want any information on this person, but -- >> thank you. >> he posted a racist manifesto days before the attack citing a vile theory that nonwhite people including im

and of course grieving. saturday family members and friends of one of the victims showed up here to the school and as they walked away from this overwhelming memorial, one of the relatives kept saying oh, my god, oh, my god. adrienne broaddus, cnn, uvalde, texas. >>> in the coming hours, u.s. president joe biden and jill biden will travel to uvalde to do something they did just a couple weeks ago after the mass shooting in buffalo, new york. they will again comfort victims of gun violence. arrest let arlette saenz has our report. >> reporter: and the president will try to offer comfort to those grieving families dealing with the losses of the two teachers an 19 young children following that shooting at robb elementary school earlier this week. the president and first lady will depart sunday morning from their home this win wilmington, delaware and travel to texas where the president is expected to meet with community leaders, religious leaders and most importantly the families who have lost their loved ones.

biden traveled to the site of a mass shooting to meet with grieving families. cnn's arlette saenz is following developments and has more now from uvalde. >> reporter: president biden spent about seven hours on the ground here in uvalde, texas, on sunday, trying to offer some sense of solace and comfort to the families grieving the loss of those 19 young children and two teachers gunned down here at robb elementary school just last tuesday. the president and first lady spent about three hours meeting with survivors of that far shooting as well as the families of the victims. cnn spoke with one of the family members who was in that meeting vincent salazar who lost his young daughter layla salazar. >> it was really just all about my daughter. that's all we talked about. like i said, they are very gracious and showed compassion. and that's all we were here for. he listened to everything, and we listened to him. he shed some tears, we shed some tears. >> reporter: the president also spent some time here in uvalde meeting with first responders and law enforcement off

president biden and the first lady mourned alongside grieving and devastated families who lost their loved ones in a mass shooting in a texas town of uvalde. the bidens laid flowers outside robb elementary school where 19 students and two teachers were killed last week. mr. biden and the first lady also attended mass where jill biden could be seen reaching out and touching the hands of several people as they walk out the isle. outside the church, some gathered, urged the president to do something to which he responded, "we will," take a listen . >> cnn is following development and has more now from uvalde. >> president biden spent about seven hours on the ground here in uvalde, texas, on sunday trying to offer some sense of solis and comfort to the families grieving the loss of those 19 young children and two teachers gunned down here at robb elementary school last tuesday. the president and the first lady spent about three hours meeting with survivors of that shooting as well as families of the victims. cnn spoke with where you know of the family members who was in that meeting. vin

e who mourn and grieve with those who grieve. our hearts are broken by the unspeakable tragedy in uvalde, texas. we are saddened by the loss of life of little ones, two heroic teachers. the entire community is on our hearts and in our prayers. what happened this week was an act of pure evil, a deranged perpetrator. in new hampshire, we also grieve the loss of life that took place just a short time ago at the supermarket in buffalo, new york, and express our deepest condolences to the families of that community as well. not surprisingly, president biden and the democrats have already sought to politicize this national tragedy. predictable calls for gun control. guns are not responsible for these heinous crimes, the gunmen consider these acts are responsible for these heinous crimes. the truth is the most violent and lawless cities in america have the most stringent gun controls. eroding the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens is not the answer. i believe there are answers. during the trump-pentz administration in the wak

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the entire nation is grieving along with that small texas town where two teachers and 19 children were murldered inside their classroom. wendy woolfolk joins us. it is hard for us to process this tragedy i cannot imagine what it is hike there. >> reporter: phillip, frances, good morning to you. there were several times i almost broke down during my live shots yesterday. i can't begin to put into words what this community is going through. you have 21 families who were supposed to be making summer plans. instead, they making funeral arrangements this entire community is asking for time and space to agood bye. grief and anger slowly replace the shock in this small, texas town after a gunman stole the living of 19 students and two teachers inside robb elementary school. r residents gather to grieve and remember >> i cry a lot, and i cried a lot today and yesterday. >> reporter: governor greg abbott describes the pain fit across the state >> to say the least, yuvalde has been shaken to its core. all texans are grieving with the people of uvalde, and people are rightfully angry >> reporter:

so their families are grieving, and will be grieving for the rest of their lives. and right now, they're planning funeral arrangements. and then, three days later, you have people who are attending the nra. and number one, no elected officials should be attending this. and the very fact that the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker, and others are not attending, i think that speaks volumes. but you can't have it both ways. you cannot personally not be there, and then, at the same time, sent a video message, expressing your support for guns, and saying guns are not the problem. but i would tell you that there were thousands of people in houston, that stood up in different boroughs across the city, saying no two guns, no two assault weapons, that we just can't pray enough of our condolences like we've done repeatedly in the past, that we have to do more. i stood with leaders in the city of houston, elected officials, and that the national president of the national educators association, the national president of the american federation of teachers, along wi

. >> reporter: so not only are parents upset, but this entire community is upset and of course grieving. on saturday family members and friend the of one of the victims showed up here to the school, and as they walked away from this overwhelming memorial, one of the relatives kept saying, oh, my god, oh, my god. cnn, uvalde, texas. >> now in the coming hours, u.s. president joe biden and first lady jill biden will travel to uvalde to do something they did just a few weeks ago, after the mass shooting in buffalo, new york. >> reporter: president biden is preparing to spend several hours on the ground in uvalde, texas to try to offer comfort to the grieving families dealing with the losses of two teachers and 19 young children. the president and first lady will depart sunday morning from their home in wilmington, delaware where the president is expected to meet with city leaders, religious leaders and the families that have lost loved ones. so often he has gone into communities to offer support in their grief. having lost his wife and young baby daughter in a car accident, then additional

president biden consoling those grieving, at one point wiping a tear from his eye. as for governor greg abbott, he was greeted with large jeers and screams. >> we need change! >> reporter: the head of state has repeatedly defended current gun policy and said this situation could have been much worse. hollow words for the family of eliano torres >> to me she means a lot. she means some part of my body and they took that away from me. >> she was a star that shined, and now that she's gone, it's just like, the star that just dimmed out. >> reporter: for families who have had some irreplaceable stolen, it's time for accountability and answers. does it feel to you like police did their job? >> no. >> no, because the clock is ticking, see, every second counts. it's not minutes it's notten hour it's seconds and they never did anything i was watching them leaning on the car, see, you know, like they're protecting themselves what about those kids? >> reporter: kids whose closest cousins share their aspirations. what did eliana want to be when she grew up >> a lawyer and a nu

grieving horrifically at yet another act of evil and mass murder inevitably when there's a murder of this kind you see politicians try to politicize it you see democrats and a lot of folks in the media whose immediate solution is to try to restrict constitutional rights of law abiding citizens.

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they need to know that they have time and space that they can take to grieve for this and as employer's, it is important to understand that everyone processes tragedy and loss differently, and to be supportive and mindful of those differences and offering flexibility and space. as far as different ages in coping with this, obviously for people who have young kids themselves, this topic becomes personal and goes into the area has where they need to be reminded of resources to be able to talk to their children about this, to be able to grieve, to explain this. for others, it is understanding how their business and purpose of everyday going to workplace into the bigger picture of what can be done to create change and build a better future for all of us. kristen: you mentioned it is ok to not be ok. but are there tools that employers are actively providing that give employees that space to not be ok? kaleana: absolutely. the work we do with clients at sequoia is a total people investment company is 24. there's a focus on resources and a focus on culture and policy. when it comes to resource

, to a nation that is grieving. so i came to the floor today and i will not engaging in partisanship other than to say it is just sad -- it is just sad that this body can't pass this bill when about a month ago they passed an identical bill that applied to churches. this one applies to schools. and, yet, it's inappropriate according to the majority leader to pass this nonpartisan bill by unanimous consent. madam president, this is a very sad day foreagues to join me ing to confirm her. madam president, i can't leave the floor of the senate today without talking about the heartbreaking shooting that took place at robb elementary school in texas yesterday. 19 children, 2 teachers at an elementary school. these were kids who were excited for summer, play dates with their friends, murdered by weapons of war. this carnage is happening right here in america in fourth grade classrooms. my heart breaks for the family and loved ones of these kids and their teachers, not to mention the kids and educators who will carry the tr

biden met with grieving families and first responders and also attended mass there. as he departed the service, a crowd outside chanted, "do something." to which the president responded, "we will." >>> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is monday, may 30th, memorial day. a day when so many of us are off from school and work, but we should not lose sight of what the day is truly about. to pay tribute and honor those who lost their lives defending our nation and our freedoms. we're glad you're with us. with us today, we have my friend msnbc contributor mike barnicle. we're going to jump right into the news. >>> the justice department is opening a review into the law enforcement response to the school shooting in uvalde, texas, after authorities there admitted to a stunning string of failures last week. this as the president and first lady jill biden visited robb elementary school yesterday and met with grieving families. nbc news correspondent sam brock has the very latest from texas. sam? >> reporter: jonathan, good morning. president biden spent most of the d

grieving families have been sharing about their children. among the victims were softball players, two pairs of cousins, and honor roll students. the father of one 10-year-old, amerie jo garza, told cnn that he learned the details from other students. >> they got confirmation from students in the other class and that she was just trying to call authorities. and i guess he just shot her. how do look at this girl and shoot her? she was the sweetest little girl who did nothing wrong. she listened to her mom and dad. she always brushed her teeth. she was creative. she made things for us. she never got in trouble in school. i just want to know what she did to be a victim. dan: while the community mourns in uvalde, investigators still have a long road ahead pieced together what happened. morgan norwood has more. reporter: a community shattered by grief. gathering to remember the 19 students and two teachers shot and killed. officers running to the scene with the 18-year-old suspected gunman already inside robb elementary school, opening fire on st

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the entire country stands alongside the men and women core grieving in -- who are grieving in uvalde today. we will get through this and we will come through this together. at the same time. it is incumbent on us to understand what is behind these people tax -- evil attacks. when we were growing up this kind of thing did not happen. people may -- kids may have worried about getting a fist fight at school, maybe a bloody nose at recess, but we never worried about a psychopath coming into our classrooms to commit murder. the elites who dominate our culture, tell us firearms why at the root of the problem. i refer to some of the most powerful politicians and their allies in the media. the leaders of the largest corporations in many of the most famous celebrities. and those who echo and amplify them. their resources are limitless. their megaphone is in norma's -- enormous. many of these same people make their accusations from behind safety, from gated communities equipped with private security or at the very least from safe and expensive neighborhoods protected by high home prices and lo

he will try to comfort grieving families, as he's done so many times before. enough times that the political reality seems to have set in. we asked for a white house official to join us to talk about solutions this morning, but no one was made available. the governor and lieutenant governor of texas and the state's two u.s. senators also declined. but we are going to focus on solutions with our guests today, as we honor the lives cut short this week. i spoke with adrian alonso, the uncle of ellie garcia, who was shot at robb elementary, just a few days shy of her 10th birthday. >> ellie was a beautiful little girl. she was filled with so much joy, so much life. she had a good heart. she was never angry at anyone. she loved everyone. she was just such a good kid. >> what did she like to do? >> she loved basketball. she loved to ride bikes. she loved to -- she loved going to church with us. she loved the lord. she loved school, dancing tiktoks. >> hey, guys. >> what a 9-year-old kid would like to do. >> she's about to have a birthday. >> birthday is next saturda

and who we grieve together. whe anyone who had lost someone could use that space to be a part of their mourning process and a part of their grieving process. i think one thing i've learned is that we have an instinct to assume that we know an awful lot about people's lives. and these last two years has reminded me that we don't know that much about the different struggles that people face and what leads to the decisions that they make. and i've tried not to make this a place that passes judgment, but rather a place that's more healing and open to create a venue for people to wrestle with their grief together and with strangers they've never met. geoff: one hopes that atne point, covid is eradicated. are you going to keep this going? alex: you know, i was doing the back of the envelope math the other day and realized that, with 7000 stories, that puts me fairly significantly under one percent of the losses that have been shared through this account. so certainly there are just countless other stories to tell. and

we just need to grieve. just come here and give us hope for tomorrow. but don't tell us politically what we need to do. most of all, the families did not want their pain to be drawn into the political disputes. patricia castanon is lost in a fog of grief at the death of her niece, annabelle. she was a happy, smiley... this is how she was with me. there's no words for me to say. she was just a good person. you know the president is coming to visit. do you think that will help? no. why do you say that? because he can't bring her back. he can't bring her back. he can't bring none of them back. and nobody can. he can't bring them back, and he's struggling to protect others. his biggest obstacle is how to prevent this happening again. i have been speaking to the us gun law expert roberts brexit. there is a gun law expert roberts brexit. there is a strategy gun law expert roberts brexit. there is a strategy that gun law expert roberts brexit. there is a strategy that says if there is an active shooter, police go in immediately. but if he stops firing and ther

kpix reports tonight grieving parents are raising serious questions about whether more could have been done to stop him. >> reporter: the 18-year-old gunman was inside robb elementary in uvalde for an hour before an elite border team shot him. >> multiple rounds are discharged in the school. >> reporter: there's new scrutiny as to whether police took too long to respond to mass shooting that left 19 whirchild and two teachers dead. >> it was confronted a school police officer confronted him. not accurate. >> reporter: the gunman had oaf 200 rounds of ammunition and more in his backpack when he barricaded himself inside a fourth grade classroom. as the whether law enforcement acted appropriately, they will examine whether they followed training and protocols. >> when law enforcement get on scene, they go to sound of gunfire. you go into the situation knowing that you are headed towards danger and you're putting your life on the line because that's what you've been sworn to uphold to do. >> reporter: this 9-year-old boy, his identify protected describes what he endured inside his classro

deal mercifully with all who grieve, forgive us the things done and left undone that might have saved those we lost. help us to accept what we cannot change. thank you for the brave and kind ones who worked so hard to care for the sick and dying, to keep us safe and our society going in the midst of a pandemic. teach us to number our days and set our hearts to wisdom, that we might end this scourge at last, not only in this country, but in your world. and in your name we pray. amen. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, please welcome members of the united states air force band singing. >> ♪ shall we gather at the river where bright angel feet have ready to with its crystal tide forever flowing by the throne of god yes we'll gather at the river the beautiful the beautiful river gather with the saints at the river that flows by the throne of god soon we'll reach the shining river soon our pilgrimage will cease soon our happy hearts will quiver with the melody of peace yes we'll gather at the river the beautiful the beautiful river gather with the saints at the river that flows by the thro

the grieving process for me has just begun. because there's nothing left to fight for. >> that's all for this edition of dateline. i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. k you for watching welcome to the show. i'm polarized. i'm in for zerlina maxwell. eovaldi texas heartbreak is now mixed with anger after more details have emerged after the massacre that killed 19 children and two teachers. we now know, from texas law enforcement officials, that the attack by 18 year old gunman who was armed with the rifle lasted about one hour before he was killed by officers. one hour. that is how long it took police at the school to wait for backup and then move on to the gunman. one hour. video shows a parents pleading with police outside of the school to go in and stop the attack. they were pushed back. we know that after the massacre was finally over, victims were not found in one or two classrooms. they were found in for classrooms. some of the most chilling accounts of what happened in the school are coming from children, like this

the family continues to grieve. funeral plans should be as soon as this weekend. >> john: the entire nation is weeping for all of them. alexis, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: a look at the capitol this hour where education secretary cardona is testifying before a house panel. comes less than 48 hours after that massacre and as the gun debate is heating up in the country with congress and republicans now pushing for new school security measures while democrats are calling for tougher gun control laws. tony gonzalez, he represents uvalde, texas. joins us now, sir, welcome. our hearts are broken, we are grieving with those families, this is just awful, all of it. and we continue to have questions about what happened in the initial moments that that gunman arrived at that school. can you add anything to what we are learning at this hour? we are awaiting an update from officials on the ground there. the texas department of public safety director steve mccraw is quoted as saying it was 40 minutes to an hour that elapsed fr

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>> reporter: it's 21 families that are grieving, but also so many more in that community, and others across the country. and in the coming days we are going to see that community hold funerals and memorial services and continue to grieve. but here in washington, d.c. the conversation, of course, has turned to gun reform and whether any kind of meaningful action is going to be possible. this kind of action, of course, has been so elusive on capitol hill, even after the shooting in sandy hook, which worth reminding everyone, took place some ten years ago. but we heard the president earlier today showing a hint of optimism about what he is seeing from some republicans on capitol hill. here is a little of what he had to say. >> i can do the things i've done and any executive action i can take, i'll continue to take. but i can't outlaw a weapon, i can't change the background checks. i can't do that. i think there's a realization on the part of rational republicans, i think there's a recognition that we can't continue like that. >> reporter: now, that hint of optimism we've also heard from

grieving families gathering to consult each other at the civic center was still of them waitin the worst news of their lives. you are watching fox and friend first on this wednesday morning. >> the school enrolls hundreds of young students in second, third, and fourth-grade freight relative speaking out about the tragedy. >> i'm still trying to process everything going on. we don't have any answers. you don't expect it very. >> especially when you use a loved one, but when you lose a young love one, that as a whole other thing. >> the latest details on those victims. >> this is the second deadliest elementary school shooting in u.s. history behind the sandy hook elementary shooting in newtown, connecticut back in 2012. the uvalde superintendent sharing how crushed his family as this morning. >> this was a senseless tragic event today and my heart is broke today. our hearts and thoughts and prayers are with all of our families as we go through this day and days to come. again, my heart was broken today . we are a small community. and we will need prayers. >> us through the spirit get a to

president biden telling grieving families and neighbors, we are here to stand with you, grieve with you. the first lady thanked them for allowing them to come to pair their respects. i'm david muir. i'll see you right back here tomorrow. good night. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. >> we do know that the booster does provide additional protection and particularly with this wave coming through. >> another emergency authorization from the fda and time for the latest surge. >> racism israel and america, cfo israel in america. >> a solemn moment during a celebration of a api month at the white house. i'm kristin z. >> and im ama dates. fda has authorized booster shots for kids five to 11 years old for visors vaccine only. >> the number of people in the united states who have died from covid has topped one million according to johns hopkins university to put that number in perspective, it is more than the total number of americans who died in world war one, world war ii, and vietnam wars combined. ama: there is new travel guidance from the c