going back to uvalde we had taseven elementary schools and uvalde. it's not just robb elementary there are six other elementary schools. we have to make sure all the parents and children feel safe in that school. part of that is investing and not only mental health resources to get through this but also some school safety measures as well. >> at the nra or gun owners for america comes out in opposition to the senate framework that has been reached a deal, would you still consider supporting it? or would you withdraw your support? >> i answer to one people not to the district of 23. at the end of the day might get asked is for mental health resources of the very beginning. at that everything i possibly can in order to do that. the framework of this bill is really a mental health bill. i think it answers a lot of different issues. does it solve everything? no it doesn't. the fact washington is actually solving anything as a kind of a small miracle in itself. i am encouraged to see the bill taxa. i'm encouraged to look at ism i. once everything gets sha

uvalde is where i learned to master a daisy bb gun. uvalde is where i learned responsible gun ownership. >> reporter: the actor now calling for concrete steps. >> we need background checks. we need to raise the minimum age to purchase an ar-15 rifle to 21. these are reasonable, practical, tactical regulations. >> reporter: his family traveled to uvalde days after the school shooting. today, one by one, he honored the 21 lives lost too soon. >> now alithia, her dream was to go to art school in paris and one day share her art with the world. >> reporter: he met with the family of teacher irma garcia. her husband joe died of a heart attack just days after irma was killed. their family saying he died of a broken heart. >> then there was the fairytale love story of a teacher irma and her husband, joe. together, they were the glue of the family. both worked overtime to support their four kids. the money she had made two summers ago paid to paint the front of the house. the money she made last summer paid to paint the sides of the house. this

wesaw it in uvalde . one of the reasons why as chaotic as it did was not all law enforcement, not allfirst responders were on the same radio network . fire departments on one thing, police on another. sure on another. that's one of the things i listened to the president two weeks ago, when i listen to the president said mister president that are three things i'm asking yourhelp on . one is $23 million for a mental health hospital and i've already gotten a few million the other is 13 and a half million dollars organization, a radio network for all of first responders on the same aspect and the last thing was $1 million for an emergency operations center. there's hundreds of law enforcement officers all the state and country, and helped out. first responders they're having to sleep in cox. they're having to work out of an old aviation museum and it's unfortunate so those are three of the things that have to haveprecedence . >> getting back to the red flag laws quickly is there any sort of due process that w

strong, uvald fuerte, antes de este crimen la ciudad de uvalde estaba en el centro de la lucha de los mexico-americanos por los derechos civiles, liderando una de las guardias escolares mÁs largas del estado. ahora, esta comunidad unida esÁa lidiando con el papel que jugaron las arma en esta masacre, en uvalde estuvo hace bien poco nuestra colaboradora paola ramos, esta es la conversaciÓn que tuvo con mi colega, felicidad. >> hola, paola, buenas tardes. >> hola, felicidad. >> cuÉntanos quÉ apreniste de la historia de la comunidad la tiran de uvalde y quÉ te llamÓ la atenciÓn. >> lo interesante es que la comunidad latina de uvalde ha jugado un papel muy importante en la historia de la ciudad, mÁs que nada estuvieron liderando la lucha a favor de los derechos civiles de los mexicanos, lo capital prendÍ es que en 1970, la comunidad mexicana de uvalde saliÓ a protestar y crearon una de las manifestaciones mÁs grandes en la historia de texas, protestando en contra de la segregaciÓn que se encontraba en las escuelas de uvalde, pude hablar con personas, felicidad e se acordaban

uvalde, texas, is where i was born. it's where my mom taught kindergarten less than a mile from robb elementary. uvalde is where i learned to master a daisy bb gun. i took that -- that took two years before i graduated to a 410 shotgun. uvalde is where i was taught to revere the power and the capability of the tool that we call a gun. uvalde is where i learned responsible gun ownership. and uvalde called me on may 24th, when i learned the news of this devastating tragedy. i had been out of cellular range, working in the studio all day, when i emerged, and messages about a mass shooting in the town i was born in began flooding my inbox. in a bit of shock, i drove home, hugged my children a bit tighter and longer than the night before, and then the reality of what had happened that day in the town i was born in set in. so the next morning, camila, myself, and the kids, we loaded up the truck and drove to uvalde. and when we arrived a few hours later, i got to tell you, even from the inside of our vehicle, you could feel t

uvalde, texas, is where i was born. it's where my mom taught kindergarten less than a mile from robb elementary. uvalde is where i learned to master a bb gun. two years before i graduated to a .410 shotgun. uvalde is where i was taught to revere the power anti-capability of the tool that we -- and the capability of the tool we call the gun. uvalde is where i learned responsible gun ownership. and uvalde called me on may 24 when i learned the news of this devastating tragedy. i had been out of cellular range working in the studio all day. when i had messages of a mass shooting in the town i was born in in my inbox. i drove home and hugged my children a bit tighter and longer than the night before. and the reality of what happened that day in the town i was born in set in. the next morning we set up, we loaded the truck and drove to uvalde. when we arrived a few hours later, even from the inside of our vehicle, you could feel the shock in the town. you could feel the pain, the denial, the disillusion, anger, blame, sadnes

uvalde, texas, is where i was born. it's where my mom taught kindergarten less than a mile from robb elementary. uvalde is where i learned to master a daisy bb gun. i took that -- that took two years before i graduated to a 410 shotgun. uvalde is where i was taught to revere the power and the capability of the tool that we call a gun. uvalde is where i learned responsible gun ownership. and uvalde called me on may 24th, when i learned the news of this devastating tragedy. i had been out of cellular range, working in the studio all day, when i emerged, and messages about a mass shooting in the town i was born in began flooding my inbox. in a bit of shock, i drove home, hugged my children a bit tighter and longer than the night before, and then the reality of what had happened that day in the town i was born in set in. so the next morning, camila, myself, and the kids, we loaded up the truck and drove to uvalde. and when we arrived a few hours later, i got to tell you, even from the inside of our vehicle, you could feel t

the day before, we visited uvalde. uvalde, texas. in front of robb elementary school, we stood before 21 crosses for 19 third and fourth graders and two teachers. on each cross a name. and nearby a photo of each victim that jill and i reached out to touch. innocent victims murdered in a classroom have been turned into a killing field. standing there in that small town, like so many communities across america, i could not help but think there are too many other schools, too many other everyday places that have become killing fields, battlefields here in america. we stood at such a place 12 days before, across from her grocery store in buffalo, ny, memorializing ten fellow americans, a parent, grandparent, sibling, gone forever. in both places, we spent hours with hundreds of family members who were broken, whose lives will never be the same. they have one message for all of us. do something. just do something. for god's sake, do something. after columbine, after sandy hook, after charlston, after orlando, after las vegas, after parkla

on sunday, the uvalde leader knew said that uvalde's darkest hour was the time between 11:33 am and 12:50 pm, where the mass murderer shot and killed 19 children, to teachers at robb elementary school in uvalde. the sunday edition of the uvalde leader news, sunday addition. it's only 20 pages long. it is not a newspaper accustomed to having the editorial opinion delivered to a national audience, or even to the leaders of texas state government. sunday's editorial was greeted by silence from texas republican governor greg abbott, who has the authority to fire the state law enforcement officials, who, he says, did not tell him the truth about what happened in uvalde. uvalde later news says the people working for governor abbott, in the texas department of public safety, have been as incoherent as a quote, drunken sailor, drunken sailors. that's what the uvalde newspaper is calling the greg abbott investigative team. the head of the texas department of public safety, steve mcgraw, right there, delivered that one meandering press conference that you see him doing there, in which much of wh

the day before, we visited uvalde, texas. in front of robb elementary school, we stood before 21 crosses for 19 third and fourth graders and two teachers. on each cross, the name. nearby, a photo of each victim that jill and i reached out to touch. innocent victims murdered in a classroom that had been turned into a killing field. standing there in that small town, like so many other communities across america, i couldn't help but think there are too many other schools, too many everyday places that have become killing fields, battlefields here in america. we stood at such a place just 12 days before. across from a buffalo, new york grocery store, memorializing fellow americans, a spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, gone forever. at both places, we spent hours with hundreds of family members who were broken, whose lives will never be the same. they had one message for all of us. do something. just do something. for god's sake, do something. after columbine, after sandy hook, after charlston, after orlando, after las vegas,

the the day before, we visited uvalde, uvalde texas. in front of rob elementary school, we stood before 21 crosses for 19 third and fourth graders and two teachers. on each cross, a name. and nearby, a photo of each victim that jill and i reached out to touch. innocent victims, murdered in a classroom, that had been turned into a killing field. standing there in that small town, like so many other communities across america, i couldn't help but think, there are too many other schools, too many other everyday places that have become killing fields, battlefields. here in america. we stood in such a place 12 days before. across from a grocery store in buffalo, new york, memorializing 10 fellow americans, a spouse, parent, grandparent, a sibling, gone forever. and both places, we spent hours with hundreds of family members who were broken and whose lives will never be the same. they had one message for all of us -- do something. just do something. for god's sake, do something. after columbine, after sandy hook, after charleston, after orlan

i speak for all of us saying our hearts are broken after what happened in uvalde. there is nothing that we can do that can undo the pain of the survivors, families, victims, the community, and the country. but the transparency of the justice department can go a long way to assessing what happened in uvalde in respect to law enforcement response and getting guidance for the future. that is what we are here for today. the justice department is undertaking a critical incident of the law enforcement response that day at the request of the uvalde mayor. the review will be comprehensive, transparent, and independent. we will be assessing what happened that day. we will be doing site visits at the school. we will be conducting interviews and among an extremely wide pool of stakeholders with families, school officials, and we will be reviewing the resources available in the aftermath. the review will come in a final report which will include our findings and recommendations and it will be made public. the department of -- is leading the review. director rob chapman in her

many pointing to the chief of police for uvalde's school district. >> anything to the people of uvalde? >> reporter: it's been nearly a month full of confusion and contradictions. >> we're going to go ahead and start. >> reporter: today's special senate hearing at the capitol in austin eliciting some of the most shocking details from the director of texas department of public safety steven mccraw. >> one error, 14 minutes and 8 seconds. that's how long the children waited and the teachers waited in rooms 111 to be rescued. >> reporter: mccraw's office is conducting one of several investigations into the law enforcement response at robb elementary alongside texas rangers and the fbi, providing another timeline of events compiled from 911 calls, surveillance, and body camera footage. and this stunning revelation. >> three minutes after the subject entered the west building, there was sufficient number of armed officers wearing body armor to isolate, distract, and neutralize the subject. the only thing stopping the hallway of dedicated officers from entering room 111 and 112 was the on-sc

shooting at robb elementary school in uvalde texas. the next day, senator murphy was quoted in the new york times. there are people in congress whose job it is to send prayers. these people are the congress chaplains and in this podcast of c-span weekly, we hear what congress said in the days after the school shootings. >> bless the families whose -- whose students lives were cut short. help them and help us all to have hope in a time of rate desolation. -- great desolation. >> you can find it on c-span or wherever you get your podcasts. >> attorney general merit -- merrick garland said that a group of investigators will investigate the response to the mass shooting at uvalde, texas. this runs for eight minutes. >> as we all know well, we have gathered here because two weeks ago at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, and unspeakable -- an unspeakable violence occurred to 19 children and two teachers. i speak for all of us saying our hearts are broken after what happened in uvalde. there is nothing that we can do that can undo the

how about that. >> reporter: uvalde is a small rural town where dr. guerrero grew up hunting with his father, a ranch foreman. owning guns, a way of life in this area. >> i believe in everyone's right to bear arms. but my question is, does anyone have the right to bear this type of arm? assault weapons. weapons that are made to destroy and to kill that are meant for war. >> that wa used on that day. >> exactly, exactly. after what i saw, and to the degree of wounds that i saw that die on these tiny children, there's no need for anyone to have assault weapons. and that's coming from me, raised on a ranch with a .-caliber gun every weekend with my dad. >> reporter: dr. guerrero traveling 3,000 miles to be a voice for the departed. the 19 students and two teachers gunned down with an assault rifle. did you wrestle with whether or not you wanted to do this? >> no, not for a second. because in my mind, it's my obligation as a pediatrician, as a physician. as we say in the hippocratic oath, do no harm. i feel doing nothing is being neglectful to that oath.

cnn's rosa flores is in uvalde, texas. rosa, before we talk about that teacher's firsthand account, we know the uvalde city council just held this special meeting, so what happened? >> reporter: you know, during the special meeting, there was an extension of the disaster declaration for the city of uvalde that extends it for another 30 days. this frees up resources for this community, and during a short question and answer session after that, the mayor did answer some questions. what we learned is that the investigation here is ongoing. he says that he has full confidence in the investigation of the texas rangers, but that he did ask the u.s. doj to investigate because there have been missteps. take a listen. >> well, we were told one thing one day, and the next day, the story -- the narrative changed. you were told for a week that a teacher propped the door open with a rock, and at the end of the week, that story was gone too. that's the missteps i'm talking about. >> reporter: absent from this meeting was newly elected p

mia testified to the committee today from her home in uvalde. >> my name is mia. [inaudible] she went to lock the door. she was back in the room. she said, go hide and then we want to go hide behind the teacher's desk and behind the desk. then he shot the window. he made it into the other classroom and then he went in. there was a door between our classrooms and he went through there. he sought my teacher. he shot her in the head. he shot some of my classmates. when i went back, he shot my friend and i thought he was gonna come back. i grab some blood and put it all over my face. >> what did you think when you put the blood on yourself? >> [inaudible] >> what did you tell 9-1-1? >> i told them that i need help and send the police. >> is there something that you want people to know about that day or things that you want to be different, but with a? >> [inaudible] >> do you feel safe at school? why not? >> -- >> do you think it's going to happen again? >> mia is right. it's going to happen again. after this break, we will be joined by another witness who testified a

>> you would hate to ever second-guess what happen in uvalde. but i would think that every police department of any size or scale has -- has dialogues and discussions with everyone in their departments, and that police departments across the country you know, have a dialogue and discussion and get prepared for just this situation. i think from what i'm hearing from reports coming in is that our police department handled this situation really, really well. >> thank you. tulsa city councilmember jamie fowler. it's stomach-turning frankly, to think about the idea of having to be continuously, perpetually prepared for tragedy as this. something to say about the state of our country. we'll keep an developments from tulsa, rest assured. another night, another mass shooting in america. even as so many shootings remain unanswered about last week's massacre. coming up, the embattled police chief that led the uvalde response is talking with our reporter next. , replacing thought with worry. but one thing can calm uncertainty. an answer. uncovered through

texas state senator roland gutierrez, who represents uvalde. senator, thank you so much for joining us. you saw what the uvalde school district's police chief told cnn. he claims to be in touch every day with authorities investigating this shooting. that's not what they say, though. do you have any clarity tonight on whether arredondo is cooperating with authorities? i think we're having trouble connecting with our audio with the state senator. we're going to try to fix that, and as soon as we do, we'll have this interview, an important interview. we'll take a quick break. much more coverage coming up right after this. l®. it's clinically shown to help managege blood sugar levels and containsns high quality protein to help manage hunger and support muscscle health. try boboost® today. hitting the road, not all 5g networks are created equal. t-mobile covers more highway miles with 5g than verizon. t-mobile has more 5g bars in more places than anyone. another reason t-mobile is the leader in 5g. time. it's life's most precious commodity, especi

over the next 17 days of families in uvalde will continue burying their dead. it will take that long in part it's a timer everyone knows everyone. day by day they will honor each one they lost. jill and i met with the owner and staff of the funeral home who is being strong, strong, strong to take care of their own. and the people of uvalde morn as they do over the next 17 days, what will we be doing as a nation? i've met with the sister of the teacher who was murdered and whose husband died of a heart attack two days later leave behind for beautiful orphaned children all now orphaned. the sister asked us what could she say? what could she tell her nieces and nephews the most heartbreaking moments that i can't remember. all i could think to say as i told her to hold them tight, hold them tight. after visiting the school we attended mass with father eddie. in the pews of families and friends held each other tightly. spoke, he asked the children in attendance to come up on the altar and sit in the altar with him as he spoke. there is not enough room. a mop and her

the day before, we visited uvalde, uvalde, texas, in front of robb elementary school we stood before 21 crosses for 19 third and fourth graders and two teachers on each cross, a name. nearby, a photo of each victim that jill and i reached out to touch. innocent victims murdered in a classroom that had been turned into a killing field standing there in that small town like so many other communities across america, i couldn't help, but think there are too many other schools, too many other everyday places that had become killing fields, battlefields here in america we stood at a place just 12 days before across from a grocery store in buffalo, new york, memorializing ten fellow americans, a spouse, a parent or grandparent, a sibling gone forever. at both places we spent hours with hundred his of family members who were broken, whose lives will never be the same they had one message for all of us do something just do something. for god's sake, do something after columbine, after sandy hook, after charleston, after orlando, after las vegas, after parkland nothing has been done this time

in the wake of the deadly mass shootings in buffalo, uvalde and tulsa. a group of democratic and republican senators have formed the outlines of legislation that would serve as a response to rising gun violence. here's some of what connecticut senator chris murphy had to say about those talks earlier on "morning joe." >> i'm confident in our negotiators and the question then is, are there enough votes in the senate to get this -- to get this passed? i don't know yet. i think i've got partners at the table right now who have a lot of credibility a lot of credibility in the republican caucus. that makes me feel good about our chances. >> get right into this. pennsylvania congressman madeleine dean sits on the house committee sits with me. congresswoman, thanks for joining me. i want to get right into it. we don't have a lot of time together. i wish we had more. let me just naught out there. first and foremost, the house is considering special conditions, raging the age limit to an all-out rifle ban. the senate is not. more incremental changes. knowing they

what would you say to the survivors of uvalde? the other children who saw horrible things, that might have been in the classroom? >> it's hard thinking that they're going to have to live the rest of their lives with this trauma. >> we completely stand with them and support them. as devastating as it is that they now have this community of pipal who have endured a tragedy, they have a community of people who understand them. and i think that has been something that's kept me going is the people around me know what i'm going through. the and i hate that they do and i hate that now these little kids are part of urcommunity but we're here for them in any way they need and i'm sorry that they're with us now. >> our thanks to martha. up next, another goodbye to a children lost to the epidemming of gun violence in america. my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...the burning, the itching. the stinging. my skin was no longer mine. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of people

i want to get to omar who's in uvalde, texas, now. we're getting new details about the initial response to the elementary school shooting there. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: there was a would-benisher stationed across the street frantically trying to reach the shooter. the mayor told "the post" he was standing next to this negotiator whose purpose was to try or whose main goal i should say was to try and get this shooter on the phone. meanwhile, of course, there's a lot being put into what happened inside this particular school. we learned from the uvalde county district attorney that she is reviewing the ongoing state investigation into this and is prepared to review the results of it and determine whether criminal charges need to be filed in regards to the law enforcement potentially response to this particular shooting, don. >> there are major questions tonight about the man who was in charge of this uvalde shooting response. is he cooperating with the investigation or not, omar? >> reporter: well, it depends who y

part of his gift to uvalde was he documented the story of what happened in uvalde in a form which is basically a storytelling form. he made prints of this and handed it out to people, and from that recollection and that documenting of the story, we're going to put to music and it's going to be the song of the angels of uvalde. >> wow. if you would please share that with us when you can and we would love to share it with all of our viewers. thank you very much. >> of course. >> for being here with us this morning and for what you went and did, what all of you went and did. >> thank you. jim? >>> coming up next, coastal communities across the u.s. are now spending millions to try to maintain their shores. it's still not enough to stop the impact of rising sea levels. look at that house there. you will see the damage already done to one carolina town. can a cream really reduce wrinkles? in blind clinical testing more than one hundred women tried revitalift triple power moisturizer, following a dedicated clinical protocol. a dermatologist showed , it was pretty astonishing to seand the w

uvalde's mayor lashing out. what he's accusing state investigators of doing. >>> the senate advancing the first major gun safety bill in decades gop lawmakers defending their support for the bipartisan deal. what's in and what's out. >>> dangerous heat more than 200 million feeling highs of 90 and over as yellowstone begins to reopen after unprecedented floods >>> the powerful earthquake killing more than a thousand people in afghanistan. the urgent search for survivors. >>> the nfl team under fire congress accusing the owner of waging a shadow investigation to discredit employees who alleged a toxic work environment. >>> the scathing testimony today from commissioner roger goodell. >>> tennis legend billie jean king on the game changing moment for women in sports 50 years ago. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. president biden tonight announcing his new plan to bring down high fuel prices the president calling on a somewhat skeptical congress to suspend the federal gas tax. that's

testifying his powerful message and at the white house, uvalde native, matthew mcconaughey joining the briefing, saying now is a window for real change. ahead, the emotional moment the actor's wife with a replica of the green sneakers used to identify one of the ten-year-old victims. >>> also, gas prices surging past $5 a gallon in 13 states. the rest of the country likely not far behind will americans start cutting back on driving? >>> primary election night in seven states. all eyes on california where progressive democrats are facing a major test on crime. >>> the severe storm threat and potential tornado danger across 15 states tonight. we're tracking it. >>> major trouble for the airlines will there be enough pilots when you fly this summer and beyond >>> and the 94-year-old who still climbs 17 stories to brighten the lives of others >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening i'm savannah guthrie in for lester. tonight, the impassioned calls for change in this country, from the uvalde teacher, the lone survivor of his classroom among 11 dead student

. >>> this just in from uvalde, texas. school police chief pete arredondo on administrative leave this after the state's top cop blamed uvalde to the slow response to the deadly school shooting sam brock joining me now. sam, why now >> reporter: yeah. lester, initially the school district said they were waiting for the investigation to finish before making personnel decisions. however, the superintendent of school said because of the lack of clarity and ongoing timing for what's to come they have decided to put pete arredondo right now on administrative leave as the city's mayor is bristling at the blame. after a withering critique of the police response in uvalde the mayor of the small texas city is pushing back. >> i wonder who the hell is in charge of this investigation because you can't get a straight answer. >> reporter: the mayor demanding accountability and rejecting the notion that uvalde school and police department deserve did brunt of the blame for the slow response >> it pisses me off i can't give you answers o

cnn's omar jimenez is in uvalde. omar, tell us what the latest findings are from the investigation into the police response. >> reporter: yeah, jim and poppy. for starters, the uvalde district attorney says it is going to be a while to use her words before she get the reports from the texas department of public safety and the fbi. so in the meantime, families, members of the community, are left either searching or waiting for answers. the mayor says he's one of them as he announced that the city requested a department of justice review into the investigation of the response at robb elementary school, that announcement to come today, he says, as he also admitted there were missteps in the initial release of information as we now know. but to use his words, we're told one thing, one day, then the next day the story and narrative changed. it has been a difficult dynamic to deal with as families continue to bury their children. matthew mcconaughey who is from here, in uvalde, was out here last week, visiting the memorial

but still do something about uvalde. now, it's not just uvalde. there's other types of gun violence in our society. at least four, this bill addresses at least four. there's the domestic violence. there is the suicide by the child. there's the gangster buying a gun to shoot people up. then there's the rampage shooting. let's talk about each of those. when it comes to the domestic violence, a guy beats up his girlfriend, he comes back with a when job and -- weapon and shoots her a month later, that happens too much. i talked to my police chief, murphy paul, in baton rouge, he told me defense violence and domestic murder spiked under the pandemic. this bill does something about it. i asked people who oppose this bill, what about domestic violence, man? what about that woman who's threatened? shouldn't we do something for her safety? this bill does something for her safety and quite likely for her children's safety and quite likely prevents a suicide by the troubled man who goes there in the first place. let's talk about crime, gapingsters -- gangste

law enforcement sources say uvalde police and uvalde school police are also not complying but the state later released a statement saying, both agencies have been cumming. several law enforcement sources tell abc news, arredondo's refusal comes after the texas dps director called the police' dlayed response the wrong decision. arredondo reportedly ordered tactical teams to not go into a classroom, wrongly believing there was a barricaded suspect. not an active shatter. abc news has learned that uvalde school police were trained in march to confront active shooters. the response last week under state and federal investigation. back to you. >> thank you. >>> gun reform talks resumed with a bipartisan group of senators hoping to reach a compromise by next week. the changes under consideration include expand background checks to take away guns from people deemed dangerous. but there is little chance of getting enough republicans on board. >> this morning as the victims in the texas school shooting are laid to rest, president biden is promising to meet with congress on guns. >> i've been to

how about that. >> meanwhile n uvalde a community still consumed by grief. this afternoon 10-year-old annabelle rodriguez will be laid to rest. her family described her as a curious child and loved playing with her twin sister, she adored the family dog and wanted to become a veterinarian. joining us with more is capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. mitch mcconnell says he's open to policy changes. what can you tell us? >> reporter: look, there is a lot going on here. on the senate side we have continued negotiations on a gun package that can hopefully get 60 votes, the senate and the senate republicans have been the obstacle to passing gun-related legislation going back to the aftermath of sandy hook but negotiators on both sides have been telling me and our team that they are now closer than ever to getting to some kind of deal on gun legislation, even mitch mcconnell has apparently our reporting indicates been privately telling people that he could be open to raising the age limit for buying these assault-style weapons nationwide from 18 to 21. now,

you want to go to morgan who is in uvalde. respond if you will to what we just heard from the attorney general, merrick garland, talking about extensive review that's going to take place. there's been so much anger and grief in the community where you are right now. how important is it to the families to get answers? >> reporter: there was one word we heard attorney general garland say that really stuck with me. that was transparency. transparency is something that would be incredibly welcome in this community, because it's important to note that the investigation has shifted from dps to district attorney buzby here. she has yet to make a public statement on any facet of the investigation and where it stands. we know this federal review by the department of justice was at the request of uvalde's mayor. i spoke with him yesterday after this emergency city council meeting. i asked him if he had received any update whatsoever from any agency regarding the status of this ongoing investigation. he says he has asked people at every

a rare interview with the mayor of uvalde. exactly two weeks after the shooting massacre, he's willing to answer a few questions from cnn including this one. >> hearing what you have heard so far from the officials, do you have confidence in the local police department to continue their duties? >> i do. >> really? should he? we'll talk about that in a moment. plus perspective from a police chief in another small texas school district. when "cnn tonight" returns. allergies don't haveve to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops yourur body from overreacting to allergens all seasason long. psst! psst! flonase all good. meet three sisters. the drummer, the dribbler, and the day-dreamer... the dribbler's getting hands-on practice with her chase first banking debit card... the drummer's making savings simple with a tap... ...round of applause. and this dreamer, well, she's still learning how to budget, so mom keeps her alerts on full volume. hey! what? it's true! and that's all thanks to chase first banking. freedom for kids. contro

in uvalde. that's what we saw on the second day, and only because reporters and the families and you've all day kept pressing for the truth have we begun to discover, just discover the holes in the police story. there are surely more to come. the police were never ever going to reveal their mistakes. never. they never do. peter are redondo hiding out and refusing to cooperate with the investigation is actually not unusual in police work. police officers who know they have made mistakes, always refused to cooperate in an investigations. and they lawyer up as quickly as they can. always. that is what they do. and governors like greg abbott, do nothing about it. no one gets fired. no one is forced to resign. the mayor of you've all day, that's mayor, who you remember, called better aurora rake a sick son of a bitch right there. just for questioning greg abbott about this, the day after the mass murder. that mayor has done absolutely nothing to reveal the truth of what's happened in his city. and to

cnn's shimon prokupecz starts off our coverage from uvalde. what else did chief arredondo tell you when you caught up with him earlier today? >> well, jake, as you know, we have been trying to make kakz with him for days. certainly after friday, when the state investigators revealed that he was the boss. he was the man that was running the show on the day of the shooting and made that wrong decision not to send those officers in. we simply just wanted him to respond to those allegations, take a listen to what he said. >> i just want your reaction -- >> we're going to be -- >> they're saying you were responsible for the decision. how do you explain yourself to parents? >> we're going to be respectful to the families. >> i understand that. you have an opportunity to explain yourself to the parents. >> just so you know, we're going to do that eventually. >> when? >> when this is done, families quit grieving, we're going to do that. >> you understand how the families feel? >> just so everybody knows, we have been in contact with dps every day. >>

-- in uvalde. i would just ask for members to respect the process of looking through and determining the facts before we pass judgment. the gentleman from florida made the gay -- the point that there is a lot of unknown facts and investigations underway, state, federal and local. i have gotten multiple accounts, even in the last two days. we saw yesterday for example, the day before, the report of the propped open door by the teacher turned out not to be exactly accurate. the door had been propped open, or as i understand it, propped open when the teacher went out. that was a violation of protocol, no doubt. but when she heard gunfire, allegedly, went in and knocked the prop out. but then the door did not lock. that is a fact i don't even know. they will pursue that fact. mike point is the entire country was saying what is wrong with this teacher who propped the store. imagine, i happen to know some facts, what that meant to the teacher. everybody across america is saying how -- blaming her. and th

democratic and republican senators working through the weekend responding to the recent massacres in uvalde and buffalo announcing an agreement in principle, strengthening background checks and allowing for juvenile records to be searched as well as more money for states to enact red flag laws and funding for school security and mental health. but the proposals fall short of what president biden has been calling for, including a ban on assault weapons or raising the age to buy one to 21. what the president is saying tonight. our rachel scott standing by on capitol hill. >>> the other major headline, the january 6th committee just moments ago releasing late details about tomorrow's hearing. former president trump's campaign manager now set to testify as members lay out the case against donald trump. what they say he did to stoke the fires of the insurrection. how he knew he had lost the election but chose to lie about it. >>> the stunning arrest in idaho. 31 members of the far-right extremist group patriot front taken into custody, accused of planning to disrupt a local pride event. authorit

do we have to wake up, i mean, this is the headline from what happened in uvalde. i mean, that's the headline. are we going to wake up year after year, a generation after generation to headlines with pictures of fourth graders, children in schools, and say there's nothing, nothing, the most powerful nation in the world can do? that is a defeatist point of view, and in addition to being wrong on the policy, it's contrary to everything we say we believe in as americans, and i think they have to, i hope they're confronting the same questions i was confronting for my four daughters and my wife but also watching the coverage that weekend, that terrible weekend in december of 2012 hour after hour and seeing what happened to those children. now that we face the reality that these children couldn't be identified, except for dna evidence. i mean, are we really saying that because of some political pressure that we're not going to respond to that? that is just a kind of madness that i don't think many americans are willing to tolerate. >> so let's talk about what could get p

different from the uvalde school district police department. obviously, it was that police chief that was the incident commander at the scene. however, we should caution that it's not exactly clear as whether or not those crucial information that was in the 911 calls whether or not all of that information made it to the police chief who was the incident commander. we still don't know that. this is one piece of information that explains where the 911 calls were going to during the attack. >> the new york times is reporting one of the deceased teachers was on the phone with her police officer husband while she was in the room with the shooter. do you know anything about that? >> it's details that were relayed to the newspaper from the county judge here in uvalde who described that scene of this officer who is an officer with the uvalde school district police department and his wife as the teacher. one of the teachers that was killed by the 18-year-old gunman. they were on phone. this is important because it's really another clue that at some poin

pd, and uvalde pd dispatches to 17 first responders. and that list was -- is not available to them, but it is available to uvalde pd. i am told that uvalde pd would have sent to the school district, but i was also told my mccrawl that for whatever reason arredondo was not getting the 911 calls. as i said, all further communications on this issue have to be addressed to the da. >> so do we know if any of the first responders were on the scene, a, that's my first question. and b, that still doesn't explain the fact that whether there was 13 officers in the hallways or 19 in the hallways, there were shots going off until 12:21, and the first 911 call went in or came in at 12:03. so there's about 18 minutes or so in which there was still shots going off, and even if they didn't know those 911 calls were coming in, officers were still aware there was an immediate threat and didn't act. >> yeah, absolutely. i think it was beyond just the isd cop. i think that people were getting those 911 dispatches. but again, i don't get that clarity anymor