. >> yes, erin, it's unfortunate but i was just briefed by the texas rangers, 18 children have passed on. and three adults. what i was just told about 20 minutes ago is that the grandmother is still holding on, that she was airlifted to san antonio and so these are the, it's a very tragic event as you can imagine. i can't imagine what it would mean to send your child off to school in the morning and not have him return. so devastating. >> senator, just to be clear here, i understand you're hearing that the grandmother may still be alive but for the children who did go to school in the second, third and fourth grades as we understand it at rob elementary, we understand 14 of them were killed in this horrific shooting and that number now gone up to 18 in the school? >> that is correct as of a briefing i just had with the texas rangers, that is correct, yes, ma'am. >> senator, do you know anything more about what happened or how this happened? there is so little that we know right now, other than that the shooter is an 18-year-old male. we know so little. what else have you learned? >> w

led by the texas rangers, and nowhere done yet. and on the spent specifically, the governor calling him demented, saying there is no known motive at this time and he has evil in his heart. the d.p.s. and the governor confirming also that the gunman had taken to social media, that is the crashed vehicle of the gunman there along the side of the road, confirming on social media that that gunman posted moments before the shooting that he was going to shoot his grandmother, moments later saying he had shot his grandmother and then moments before he entered that elementary school, saying he was going to shoot an elementary school. the news conference was interrupted as you all saw by the democratic gubernatorial candidate beto o'rourke, he stormed the governor and said this is on you, accusing him of doing nothing on gun control. many in the audience said he was out of line, he was escorted out. lieutenant governor dan patrick went on to speak saying we are better than this. a sad day in texas and for this country. we'll have continuing

there's a texas ranger, literally, every 30 seconds, they walk up to put flowers down. there is a lineup of people, who are handing flowers to the texas rangers, complacent this memorial. coming up next, we're talking about the nra. it is still holding its annual meeting, here in texas, tomorrow. it is not the first time the annual gathering of the gun lobby, runs right up against a mass murder, committed using the product that they push. more on that, ahead. it was 11 days after the shooting at columbine high school in littleton, colorado, that killed 13 people. five students were still hospitalized. but the nra's big annual meeting that year had already been planned. it was set to take place in denver, about a half hour drive from where the shooting took place. the nra decided that the show must go on. >> a feeling that, out of respect for the victims, the national rifle association should not have held its annual meeting here, just 15 miles from littleton. the mayor had asked the group not to come. >> it was my hope that they, as an organization, would say that they

the texas rangers you see are behind them. there are also fbi agents behind him. and that is the map. it looks like of the school. and here we go. >> starting now. >> he's the director of the texas department of safety. >> i'm director of department of public safety. on tuesday the district of the 28th judicial district requested the texas rangers under the department of public safety assume lead responsibility of this horrific murder of 19 innocent childs and two adults. our goal today is to provide the parents, the community of uvalde, the public, as much information as we can and where we are on the investigation. we're here to report the facts as we know them now. not to defend what was done or to criticize what was done. or the actions taken. i'll begin first and foremost with the timeline as we know it. second, the second timeline i'll discuss is the 9-1-1 timeline. then we'll talk about the relevant social or digital media footprint of the subject. we'll also have plenty of time for questions at that point. at 11:27, we know from video evidence, at 11 :27 t

before i get started, texas rangers are leading this investigation. but we can't do it alone. we cannot do it alone. we have atf, fbi, cbp, border patrol, uvalde county district attorney's office. the list goes on and on and on. but the agencies i told you are the main ones that are assisting with this investigation. we want to know what happened, recreate the scene. that takes days. that takes hours. that takes time. lot of information. then we have to do a lot of interviews. so we just started. we started on tuesday. today's thursday. we're still grabbing a lot of information. we also -- what's important to us is why? why did he do this? why did he do this? who is this man? the suspect. we're going to find out. with all the different agencies that are involved, we're working every angle that's available. we won't stop until we get all the answers that we possibly can. so, again, i want to thank these men and women that are behind us, supporting the dps and the rangers. so, there's a lot of information. i'm going to give you -- there's some new information as of tuesday that

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the texas rangers are leading the investigation and are supported by the texas department of public safety, highway patrol, texas department of public safety criminal investigative division, dps aircraft, dps intelligence counter terrorism division, dps crime and victim support. they are also supported by the texas division of emergency management, the fbi, as well as multiple federal partners, including the dea, hss, and border patrol. and the valiant local officials. the uvalde sheriff's department, police department, independent school district police, uvalde county constables, county mayor, county judge, district attorney's office, local public works and surrounding police departments. and the san antonio police and fire department also. let me walk you through some of the facts of what has happened. there's been a lot of things said, some are correct, some are incorrect. let me tell you the best information we have at this time. understanding very importantly this is an ongoing investigation. ongoing investigations often reveal new information as those investigations progress. the fir

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uvalde, texas, where the the shooting happened and who spoke to a texas ranger. the shooting happened in uvalde, about 80 miles west of san antonio. it began when the 18-year-old shooter shot his grandmother, that's according to governor greg abbott. the shooter then entered robb elementary school, we are about 602nd third and fourth graders were in class. and thursday was scheduled to be the final day for the kids. the district has now announced that it is closed for the year. officers responded to robb elementary school right around 11:32 am. they confirmed that the shooter acted alone and that he is deceased. several injured victims were transported to local hospitals. at least two patients right now, as best we know, remain in critical condition. they include a 66-year-old woman, a ten year old girl, and earlier tonight president joe biden addressed the nation from the white house, where he spoke about the horrific pain of losing a child. >> to lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away. there is a hollowness in your chest and you feel like

according to a state senator briefed by texas rangers, the gunman, 18 years old, and described as a resident of the

rangers and by the fbi. every act of love those officials will be known and identified and explained to the public and i can't over emphasize enough we need to get the information to the families of all of these victims who deserve to know the most. as far as his employment status is concerned that something that is beyond my control and i have no knowledge about. [inaudible] the governor said i'm not in law enforcement and i'm the mayor of the city. once we know what to place them what went down we will get to the bottom of it. i have and just as confused as you are. as the governor was. i got the same information that the governor got. until yesterday afternoon i was blown away about the information so i don't have an answer for you yet that i can tell you if we need to make changes in that we well. [inaudible] [inaudible]

rangers and the fbi. every act of all of those officials will be known and identified and explained to the public. but i cannot over emphasize enough -- over-emphasize enough, we need to get that information to the families of these victims, who deserved to know the most. as far as his employment status is concerned, that is beyond my control and something i have no knowledge about. reporter: [inaudible] >> as the governor said, i am not in law enforcement. i am the mayor of the city. and once we know what took place , we will get to the bottom of it. i have been just as confused as you are, as the governor was, because i got the same information that the governor got. i was blown away this morning by other information. i don't have an answer for you but i can tell you, if we need to make changes in that, we will . >> c-span's washington journal. every day we take your calls live on the are on the news of the day and we discussed policy issues that impact you. 70 morning, we talk about the recent mass sho

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texas rangers. if there's any specifics i haven't covered that i might need their support on. i want to cover one thing quickly before i go to questions. some of the questions we received -- that we have already received. one of those is going around now that, in fact, the subject had been one of the two arrested by the texas rangers and the local police in 2018. that's not the case. he was not one of the individuals. in fact, we have found no links association of relationships in that investigation. it was back in 2018. two juveniles were charged with attempted or conspiracy to commit capital murder. no question that we thought and we had evidence. district attorney agreed the juveniles, one 13 and one 14, was a threat to uvalde. there was a discussion at that time, even the senior year of the one that was 14, which would make it 2022. however, that was not the subject. questions? one thing i want to say. one thing i failed to say, when we are done, tony will translate into spanish what the answers and questions are afterwards. [ inaudible ] >> none at that time. the on-scene

a texas state senator briefed by texas rangers says 18 children were killed. 18 children. that's up from 14, and three adults are now among the dead. the suspected shooter is an 18-year-old man. the governor says he is dead and may have been killed by responding officers. investigators say he went into that school with a gun and possibly a rifle. they also believe he acted alone. >> this happened at robb elementary school in the city of uvalde, just 80 miles west of san antonio around noon. surrounding schools were also placed on lockdown. heavy police presence into the evening. as of now, there is no word of a possible motive. cbs reporter jason allen has more on this breaking story. >> reporter: an army of local and federal authorities converged on robb elementary school in uvalde, texas this afternoon. here police say an 18-year-old gunman went about a shoog rampage, killing at least 14 children and one teacher. the texas governor identified the texas shooter as salvador ramos. he is from the area and died at the scene. >> it's believed he abandoned his vehicle and ente

according to a state senator briefed by texas rangers, the gunman, 18 years old, and described as a resident of the community, entered the school with a handgun and possibly a rifle it appears he was killed by officers who responded to the shootings. president biden addressed the nation a short time ago more on his message in a moment this comes just ten days after the mass shooting at a supermarket in buffalo in which ten people were killed. one more horrific and stunning act of gun violence in a nation so weary from it we begin with morgan chesky in te

ready a sack and of course, well, so i got the texas rangers presenting specifics that i haven't covered. i might need their particular support on. i do want to cover one thing before i go to questions and that's some of the questions that we received that we already received. and one of those is going around now that there's that in fact, the subject had been the 2 arrested by the texas rangers and the local police back in 20018. that's not the case. he was not one of the individuals. in fact, we have found no links associated the relationships that investigation 30 was a threat. it was back in 2018 to juveniles were charged with attempted or conspiracy to commit capital murder. there's no question that we thought we had evidence. totally. a district attorney agree that these bugles 13114 years old, was a threat, the evolving and it was a discussion at that time, even the senior year of the one that was 14 years old, which would make it 2022. however, it was not the subject questions, the while you've been watching a police briefing in you describing in detail the timeline of what happe

the investigation includes not only the department of public safety and the texas rangers, but you have federal agencies here, as well. you have the atf, alcohol, tobacco, and firearms and the fbi. we saw a short time ago, they're going door to door asking people for what they might have seen in recent days or weeks. something that might answer the question was this something that was rehearsed? something cased? did they look at the area? they would like to know that. of course, inside the forensic teams, many hours later, are still here doing work. all the victims' bodies have been taken out. there's so much more. and, of course, at the end of the day, they have probably the most difficult security video to ever look at. they have some security camera footage inside that will detail the horror of what unfolded here. meantime the authorities have been able to determine that the gunman was wearing, you know, we've been calling it body armor. it sounds like it was more some sort of tactical vest that maybe had sleeves where you can put in some protection. some armored protection. but, als

is the law enforcement leaders leading the investigations which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. >> reporter: after damning new admission from texas authorities, the incident commander making the decision not to immediately enter the classroom the gunman was in. >> decision was made this was a barricaded subject, that there was time to retrieve the keys and wait for a tactical team with the equipment to go ahead and breach the door and take on the subject at that point. >> reporter: officials explained how the shooter got into the school. >> we knew the shooter entered, ramos, the door was propped open by a teacher. >> reporter: investigators clarifying the timeline as police arrived. >> the three initial police officers that arrived went right into the door and two received grazing wounds at that time from the suspect. while the door was closed. 11:37 p.m. more a.m., more rounds fired, 11:44 a.m., at 11:51 a.m., police sergeant and agents started to arrive. at 12:03 p.m., officers continue to arrive in the hallway an

how much confidence do you have in the texas department of public safety, texas rangers specifically, the premier law enforcement agency in texas that they will get answers for this community? >> well, i have the utmost confidence they will do that. this is a tragedy that should never have happened. if you go back and remember the church shooting in south land springs. this is an individual that should have never been able to acquire a firearm because he had gotten a dishonorable discharge from the united states air force because of the domestic violence case. he was a felon. but, yet, the air force never reported that and so, therefore, he was not in the system. so i think we need to start checking the systems that we have out there and making sure that we are reporting individuals just the same as nikolas cruz back there in parkland, there were 21 call outs to his home yet nothing was ever done. we need to have those proactive assessments that are out there. and i'm not talking about this, you know, red flag or things of this nature, but we need to have people within the community t

according to the state senator who says he was briefed by texas rangers. and yet another school in america has become the scene of a mass shooting >> there are families who are in mourning right now in the state of texas mourning with them for the reality that these parents aren't going to be able to pick up their children >> reporter: this time it happened in south texas at robb elementary school for second through fourth graders in uvalde, about 80 miles west of san antonio. at least 13 people were injured according to a hospital official two medevaced to san antonio. a woman in her 60s and a 10-year-old girl both are in critical condition. >> we'll notify the parents and the families as soon as we have some news for them >> reporter: two police officers were struck by rounds but are expected to survive. it all started at 11:32 this morning when the shooter abandoned his vehicle then entered the school with a handgun and possibly a rifle according to the governor. >> it has been reported that the subject shot his grandmother right before he went into the

texas rangers now taking the lead here on this investigation. they still have to go inside and they have to process all of this before they can come out and completely identify the victims. >> that's just heartbreaking. mireya in texas for us tonight. again, the toll, just staggering and one more community here in this country in texas. 18 elementary school children shot and killed, including a teacher. a fourth grade teacher whose name is eva mireles. i'm david muir in new york. thank you for watching. i'll see you tomorrow. good night. scene 103, take one. here we go. my name is wesley, and i'm with my knucklehead brother. my friend nafi. my boyfriend doug. i thought we'd be on the same page about this and we're not. how do i know the way i'm going to respond to it? there's not that long term research out there yet. unexplained death of a pg&e worker on the job wasn't mishandled or covered up plus edd takes money from scam victim seven on your sides michael finney helps get it back. >> tonight local reaction to the tragedy in texas, more than

okay texas rangers. if there's any specifics that i haven't covered, might need their particular support on i do want to cover one thing quickly, though, before i go to questions, and that's some of the questions that we received that we already received. in one of those is going around now that there's that, in fact, the subject has been one of the two arrested by the texas rangers. in the local police back in 20,018. that's not the case. he was not one of the individuals, in fact. we have found no links association in relationships that investigation clearly was a threat. it was back in 2018. by the two juvenile's were charged. with attempted or conspiracy to commit capital murder. there's no question that we thought we had evidence district attorney agreed that these juveniles 1 13 1 14 years old was a threat to your body. and there was a discussion at that time. even the senior year of the one who was 14 years old, which would make it 2022. however it was not the subject. questions. your answers, uh,

we are expecting a lot of texas rangers as well to be arriving tonight. as for irma garcia, the teacher who lost her life protecting her children, i want you to take a look behind me. all of the people from this town that are showing up here right off of main street in uvalde, there are 21 crosses being signed all day. we've been here for most of the day. by children, by people from out of town, but people here in texas who have driven seven hours, some of them, eight hours, just to come here and leave flowers and toys for the children. irma garcia's cross is among her children here as well as the other teacher who lost her life, and reports are that irma was literally holding her children in her arms when they found her body in the body of the children. her husband -- it's devastating -- but joe garcia came to the memorial yesterday, he came to the memorial to bring flowers for his lovely wife who had been married to for 24 years. they were high school sweethearts and according to family members, the minute he got home he collapsed with a broken heart an

you know, obviously, the texas rangers, dps have started to peel back the onion a little bit and get to the truth. you know, there's a saying, the first forces on the battlefield are greatly exaggerated. people want to embellish and cover for some of their mistakes. just by a simple investigation that dps and in suggestion with the fbi, they're finding out the initial stories were fabricated or exaggerated. and they're getting to the truth now. the truth is just, you know, i have listened to that press conference by colonel mcgraw earlier, and the truth is it's actually frightening. it's very disturbing. >> it is very disturbing. and jonathan, the incident commander treated it almost like a hostage situation rather than an active shooter. doesn't it run counter to everything officers are taught about how to respond to something like this? the other question i have is does it matter either way? why not charge in either way? >> jim, let me just first start off and be very blunt. this could turn out to be one of the worst police failures in modern u.s. history. and there needs to be acc

texas rangers back in 2018. that is not the case. it was not one of the individuals. in fact, we have found no links or associate relationships to their investigation. a threat back in 2018 of the two juveniles charged with attempted or conspiracy to commit capital murder. there is no question that we thought and had evidence. the district attorney agreed that these juveniles 13 and 14 years old was a threat to uvalde. at the senior year of the 114 years old which would make it in 2022. however, it was not the subject. questions? yeah. yeah. one thing i want to say. one thing i failed to say is when we are done, we have tony benny are with us will translate into spanish, okay? the answer some questions afterwards. [reporters talking over each other] >> did you say were 19 officers in the hallway? what were the officers thinking instead of going into another door to get inside the classroom? >> stephen: none of that time. >> why? >> harris: mxp to the commander at the time had believed it had transferred froe sho

right now, our texas rangers are the lead investigative unit in this mass shooting. any information that i receive, i receive from them. i have not been briefed as far as that information. i know the stories going out there right now, information on social media. but that has not been confirmed by our agency. of course, we have -- we are working closely with the f.b.i., a.t.f., all the local police departments here with the schools as well trying to identify any motives or any indicators prior to the shooting. >> kayleigh: thank you, lieutenant, department of public safety has done a heroic job. your entire community of uvalde are in our prayers. thank you very much. >> thank you so much. >> kayleigh: harris, coming to you. that's some new information that i heard about the local school officer. i mean, we're picking up the pieces slowly but surely. >> harris: we're starting to see the resources and this goes back to what trace was saying, you know, the timeline will be so important to see this and why is that? because you might not have thought this but, in fact now

texas rangers are leading this investigation. texas rangers are under the department of public safety. and we're just going to really need them to thread the needle. what they know. was there a manifesto? i have l.t. the pr person for the department of public safety that earlier today said he would be able to give us more information about that later. they are still processing the crime scene behind me. the vehicle that's the suspect used is still behind me. the big witness will be the grandmother. she was the first one shot. she is in stable condition. so they have to interview her and we'll wait for the press conference giving us more details about those minors still in the hospital and we expect to see them pull through. it is still fast moving. the wounds are still open right now because a lot of these parents were just notified hours ago because they couldn't even identify the bodies because they had some dna they were finally able to make those notifications. still very early, bill, very early. >> julie: at this point the i

the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations, which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. >> reporter: after damning new admissions from texas authorities. >> it was the wrong decision. period. >> reporter: the incident commander making the decision not to immediately enter the classroom the gunman was in. >> a decision was made that this was a barricaded subject situation, there was time to retrieve the keys and wait for a tactical team with the equipment to go ahead and breach the door and take on the subject at that point. >> reporter: officials explained how the shooter got into the school. >> where we knew the shooter entered, ramos, was propped open by a teacher. >> reporter: investigators clarifying the timeline as police arrived. >> the three initial police officers that arrived went directly to the door, and two received grazing wounds at that time from the suspect. while the door was closed. 11:37 there was more gunfire. another 16 rounds was fired. 11:37. one at 11:37 and 16 seconds. 11:38. 1

texas rangers are leading the state investigation in uvalde. they're the primary investigators for the dps and typically handle high-profile cases. we are now beginning to learn the names of some of the victims. a family member tells our sister station in dallas, fourth grader, uziyah garcia was one killed. the family of 9 year-old amerie garza confirmed her death. xavier lopez was killed. his mother was with him at an awards ceremony just hours before this shooting. one of the two teachers killed has been identified as a family member, she's eva mireles. she's been a teacher for 18 years. a short biography notes he loved running, hiking and biking. a family member tells "the new york times" that mireles was married and a mother. the other teacher killed is identified as irma garcia. her biography notes she was a co-teacher with miss mireles. she leaves behind a husband and four children. for more on that tom winter with us, and jonathan lemire, the chief of politico. msnbc contributor mike barnicle. and "the new york times" elizabeth milltan.

tami, i did get off the phone shortly with texas dps.ve i , i have been told that the texas rangers are conductingco the full investigation into the timeline and what occurred here. we're expecting a lot of texas rangers as well to be arriving tonight . as for emma garcia, the teacher who lost her life protectingch her children. i want you towant take a lookak behinde me. alll of the people from this town that are showing up here u right off of main street in uvalda. there are i u 20 one crosses beg signed all day. we've been here for c most the day by children, by people from out ofby town, by people here in texas who've driven seven hours, some of them eight hours just to come here and leave flowers and toys foril the children. now irma garcia's crossdrdr is among her children here as well as the other teacher who lost her life. and reports are that irma was literally holding her children in her arms h when they foundy her body and the body of the children, her husband. it's's devastating. but joe garcia came to the memorial yesterday. he came to the memorial y toel bring flowers for

enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. >> reporter: after new damming n new admissions the incident commander making the decision not to immediately enter the classroom the gunman was in. >> a decision was made that this was a barricaded subject situation, there was time to retrieve the keys and wait for a tactical team with the equipment to go ahead and the breach the door. take on the subject at that point. >> reporter: explained how the shooter got into the school. >> shooter entered, ramos, was propped up by a teacher. the three initial police officers that arrived went directly to the door and to receive grazing wounds at that time from the subject while the door was closed. another 16 rounds was fired. 11:37. 11:38. 11:40. 11:51 a police sergeant started to arrive. at 12:03, officers continued to arrive in the hallway and there was as many as 19 officers at that time in the hallway. >> reporter: the officers didn't get into the room. >> using keys they wer

he also says expect both the fbi and the texas rangers to investigate every law enforcement official that was involved with what happened. jason carroll, cnn, uvalde, texas. >> about an hour ago, i spoke about the delayed police response with former fbi special agent and asked him, how could something that even happen. >> if they had followed protocol, none of that would've been true. when you have three officers in the hall -- if you get three, you're doing well. those officers should've continued down towards the sound of the shots and eliminated the shooter. the problem with him saying we don't think any more kids were alive, that was 45 minutes after they stopped doing what they should've done. >> yeah, exactly. meanwhile, that was in the last of the shooting. do you think the children actually died because law enforcement didn't act properly? it certainly looks that way. -- not being helped -- >> i responded to one active shooter at a school and the shooting was over and the shooter had gotten off the property almost immediately. i believe 5 to 7 people shot. five of them who we

rangers are leading the investigation and they're supported by the texas department of public safety highway patrol, investigative division dps aircraft intelligence counterand terrorism division dps crime and victim support they're also supported by the texas division of emergency management the fbi as well as multiple federalal partners, including the eta and border patrol. and the valiant local officials. the uvalde sheriff's department, police department, uvalde independent school district police uvalde mayor, the county judge, district attorney's office, local public works and surrounding police department. and the san antonio police and fire department also let me walk you through some of the facts of what has happened there's been a lot of things that's been said some are correct, some incorrect. let me tell you the best information we have at this time, understanding importantly, that this is an ongoing investigate and they often reveal new informations as those investigations progresses. the first thing that happened was the gunman shot his grandmother in the face. she then

our correspondent has our report from uvalde, texas. >> i was misled. i >> tonight, greg abbott aiming his anger at law enforcement. >> my expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. >> reporter: after damming new admissions from texas authorities surrounding the commander who made the decision not to immediately enter the classroom the gunman was in. >> the decision was made this was a barricaded subject. there was time to retrieve the key to wait for a tactical team to breach the door to take on the subject at that point. that was a wrong decision. >> reporter: officials explained how the shooter got into the school. >> what we knew, the shooter entered. >> reporter: investigators clarified the timeline as police arrived. >> the three officers arrived went directly to the door and receive grazing wounds at that time from the suspect, while the door was closed. at 11:37, gunfire and another 16 seconds, 11:3

rangers and the epi, are they get to the bottom? americas biggest gun lobby has held a major convention, despite criticism over gun violence in the us, former president, donald trump, and senator ted cruz ramos. they're speaking to an engine. has mona from houston? what you're hearing right now is seeing those are members of the enter a convention coming out. and the voice is behind the camera, or on bridge it was earlier, more than 10000. i would say testers during every time and enter a member comes out. so what you're hearing right now is the response of the crowd outside to the crowd. inside. donald trump essentially said that there were no guns and really measuring who didn't help. you said that's what the left wants, but it wouldn't work. he did say he mourned for those people who died and he mentioned every name of all the children, but our history people were offended that this convention went on 3 days after 21. people were gun down that school in this state. i talked to the congressman in charge of this district, sheila ja

we have our company of texas rangers and we have the evidence response team and atf is helping as well. >> can we get you to speak up a little bit. >> we don't see a motive or catalyst right now. we're scouring and will continue to do so. >> reporter: [ inaudible ]. >> they were public, like anything else. they were out there. he was trying to communicate. of course some of the information we're going to have to continue to do interviews with people he was in contact with so we're not even close to being done yet. >> reporter: [ inaudible ]. >> i can't comment on that right now. >> reporter: [ inaudible ]. >> very interestingly in the meeting we had before coming out here, i raised that exact issue. because we talked about mental health. and, to me, someone who is as dimented as it takes to kill little kids, it goes beyond seems to me a mental health issue. listen, i'm not a doctor. i can't classify these things. i don't know the extent to which mental health would be able to address someone who has the challenges that they would shoot their grandmother and then shoot and kill all thes

he also says expect both the fbi and the texas rangers to investigate every law enforcement official that was involved with what happened. jason carroll, cnn, uvalde, texas. >> the massacre in uvalde has brought back painful memories for the victims of other school shootings, including one that shook the nation more than 20 years ago. on april 20th, 1999 a pair of columbine high school students killed 12 students and a teacher. my next two guests are both survivors of the columbine school shooting as well as teachers who are now part of a support network for the survivors of other mass tragedies, kiki lay va and heather martin join me now. thank you, both of you. i know this is painful to go all of this all over again. to this day, you teach at columbine. what was it like when you heard about the shooting in uvalde or i guess for that matter any other school shooting or mass shooting that we hear about these days? >> it's just horrific. it's sickening. it's just moving between sadness and anger and just outrage that this continues to happen. >> and heather, you were at colu columbine

so then they would charge him at that point, but then facing a whole group of texas rangers would repeating firearms. was something that was a shock to them because now these people without reloading were just recognized the hammer we're basically to able to take six shots within a minute. and so much so that colonel walker. push this idea and asked. the us government the ordinance to ordered these guns for the army and in fact call that's the beginning of called success and in fact, he promised to produce 10,000 guns when he didn't have a factory or any means of doing so so you had all these kinds of issues but cult was a very good hustler. and he eventually got to the point where he did set up his factory and he did promote the idea of the assembly line. so he was able to use the idea of having different groups on the assembly one of this claims. which is now shown to be false was the claimed that his parts were completely interchangeable. so one of the tricks he liked to do is to take say a bunch of handguns that were identical at least their same model and then take them apart and then

>> the way this is obviously a big crime scene, the texas rangers are focusing on the scene at the school, and the fbi is working on the home where he lived with the grandmother, the grandparents. and one of the things they're doing, what they spent their day today, anderson, is talking to neighbors, canvassing the neighborhood essentially trying to get information about the home life of the shooter to try to understand a little bit about what exactly may have triggered the events that happened yesterday. among the people they're trying to talk to also are friends, people who associated with him in high school before he dropped out as well as people he worked with at the fast food restaurant where apparently he was earning some money, perhaps which is what explains why he was able to pay as much as $7,000 for the arsenal that he assembled, that he was able to use at the shooting yesterday, anderson. >> what are investigators saying about the weapons they've recovered? >> well, right now what we know is that he bought two ar-style rifles. at least one of those appears that was one of the o

well, the texas rangers, local police back in. 20,018. that's not the case. it was not one of the individuals. in fact. found no links association relationships. that investigation. it was a threat. it was back in 2018. 2 goals work charge. with attempted conspiracy to commit capital murder. there's no question that we thought able to us. district attorney agree that these people, one, 31, 14 years old was a threat to uvalde. and it was a discussion at that time. even the senior year one was 14 years old. we could make a 0. 22. it was not the subject. thing a little tail of the field say we're done. we have 20, but you with us is going to translate into spanish. ok, what the answers to the questions >> none of that time. the on-scene commander at the time. believe that it hit transition from an active shooter. the barricaded subject. >> we're aware we have. you know, the austin commander considering a barricaded subject in the first time in the no child more children at risk. obviously, obviously, you know, based upon the information we have the work children