hello, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. we are following breaking news this hour. another tragic mass shooting here in the united states. the deadliest at a grade school in almost a decade. a lone gunman in southwest texas has shot and killed at least 19 children and two adults. authorities say 18-year-old salvador ramos acted alone and was killed by law enforcement officers. his motive right now is unclear. three sources tell cnn ramos shot his grandmother before going to the school. a state senator says the woman was air lifted to the san antonio and is in critical condition. the texas department of public safety says the gunman ran into the school wearing body armor after crashing his vehicle nearby. a texas lawmakers says he legally purchased the two rifles

used in the shooting from a federally authorized dealer on his 18th birthday. this photo of two ar style rifles was posted on an instagram account tied to the gunman. just three days before tuesday's shooting. authorities are still trying to identify the victims, parents waited late into the night at a civic center on tuesday hoping to be reunited with their children. cnn is in texas with more. >> reporter: late into the night, many family members were at a civic center in uvalde, texas. learning the grim news that their children didn't survive the shooting at rob elementary school in uvalde, texas, earlier on tuesday. a families were told to go to the civic ner where they could be reunited with their children. but as the hours have dragged on, many of the people left at the civic center are the parents and families of the at least 19

children that were murdered. senselessly on tuesday. we were told that authorities are using dna swabs of family members and parents to help identify the victims. that is the reality of the gruesome scene that investigators are dealing with. right now what we know is that this attack was carried out by an 18-year-old named salvador ramos. who lives there in uvalde. at some point he attend the the high school there in town. this shooting came in the last few days of the school year. officials said the entire school year is essentially over at this point. the high school is supposed to be having its graduation this weekend. but right now, there are dozens of family members desperately waiting for any kind of news and holding onto the slight glimmer of hope that perhaps their loved ones or children are recovering in a hospital somewhere and just haven't been identified. the reality is, at this point,

what many family members are dealing with is waiting for authorities to give them the news they do not want to receive. we're learning more also about how this attack unfolded. we're told that the 18-year-old gunman drove up to the school, actually wrecked his car and got out wearing body armor and ran into the school. he engaged in a shoot out with several law enforcement officers that were there at the scene. we're told a border patrol agent suffered a gunshot wound but it's not life threatening. he will be okay. but, the gunman was able to get inside the school where he carried out this deadly rampage. right now we really don't have much information on what might be the motive behind this attack. cnn, dallas. >> on tuesday, u.s. president biden addressed the nation after returning from his trip to asia. a visit now bookended by two

mass shootings in the u.s. first at a grocery store in buffalo, new york. and now in texas. the president was emotional as he called for more action on gun legislation to prevent future tragedies. >> i am sick and tired of it. we have to act. and don't tell me we can't have an impact on this carnage. i spent my career as a senator and vice president working to pass common sense gun laws. we can't and won't prevent every tragedy. we know they work and have positive impact. we pass the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. when the law expired mass shootings tripled. the idea that an 18-year-old kid can walk into a gun store and buy two assault weapons. it's just wrong.

what in gods name do you need assault weapon for except to kill someone? >> first lady biden expressed her frustration as well. tweeting, lord enough. little children and their teacher. stunned, angry, heartbrokenment. vice president kamala harris addressed the shooting while speaking at an unrelated event in washington. >> i would normally say in a moment like this we would all say our hearts break. our hearts keep getting broken. >> joining me now is the retired lapd police officer sergeant. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> and another tragic day in america involving gun violence. this time a mass shooting at a texas elementary school. and of course we know the 18-year-old shooter first shot his grandmother. and later crashed and exited his

vehicle entering this elementary school and tragically killing is the children and two adults. we know the shooter is now dead. what are you learning about this and what do you make of what we know so far? >> there's still much to learn about what may have motivated this shooter in the first place. he started this off in the home. so obviously there was some sort of domestic discord. i believe there were probably red flags in the home. what i want to know is who is allowing these young people, these young men to have access. close proximity to weapons when they know they have a problem. when they demonstrated surely at home that they shouldn't be within proximity to a weapon. shouldn't have access. yet they go unfettered. >> whenever there's a mass shooting we search for a motive. even though of course it changes nothing to perhaps help us

understand why this happened. authorities have nothing to go on right now except that he was an 18-year-old male. so what would those authorities be doing right now to try to piece together why this happened? >> i would imagine they probably executed a search warrant on the shooters home. probably are scouring through social media posts by the individual. if they exist. to try to understand what was going on in this person's head and i think probably most likely if there's no association to this school, this was just someone who because they seen others get attention, decide to do something that's outrageous and egregious in order to garner media attention. >> and president biden in his address, he called on congress to stand up to the gun lobby and said that we need to act.

vice president kamala harris said enough is enough. and we know that biden tried when he was vice president during the obama administration to get legislation passed with no success. because there's no political will in congress to do that. so what needs to happen to stop the mentally ill from gaining access to assault weapons. particularly. and to establish common sense gun reform. especially when we know that most americans around 90% want to see that happen? >> listen, we're in the middle of a midterm election. so for governor's like greg ab about who only offer prayer and sympathy when we have the incidents occur, here's an opportunity to put someone in a position of authority what may in your state actually take measures to make sure that we don't have these kinds of mass shootings again. listen, when we had the sandy hook shooting and we saw 20 beautiful children shot and

slaughtered dug that, we would have assumed that was sufficient enough to make legislators around the country want to do something dicfferent and we haven't seen that happen. we get prayers and thoughts and nothing to stop this. so unless and until someone is held accountable. maybe the parents of the shooters who make the guns accessible to them. we'll continue to have this happen. i think also we need to look at being inconvenienced. everywhere we go, schools should be locked up. i know it sounds horrible to do. but i think we should air on the side of caution to make sure we don't lose anymore precious lives. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you. still ahead, why texas governor is coming under scrutiny for his stance on gun control in the wake of tuesday's horrific school shooting.

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days after a shooter walked into a grocery store to gun down african-american patrons. we have another sandy hook on our hands. what are we doing? i'm here on this floor to beg, to get on my hands and knees and beg my colleagues. find a path forward here. work with us to find a way to pass laws that make this less likely. i understand my republican colleagues will not agree to everything i may support but there is a common denominator we can find. >> that was u.s. senator chris murphy begging republicans to work with him and other democrats to pass gun reform. his plea for action comes in response to the mass shooting at

rob elementary school in texas on tuesday. authorities say an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults. more than a dozen children and two adults were injured and were taken to hospitals. investigators believe the shooter acted alone and was killed by law enforcement. witnesses saw the gunman wearing body armor, carrying a rifle and backpack. once he entered the school, he barricaded himself inside. a person living nearby heard the attack unfold. >> something didn't feel right. i don't know if i had like sensed something or heard something and i just dismissed it. when i sat down, i thought i heard a couple pop pops. and in my brain it was like that sound like gunfire. >> tuesday's rampage was at least the 30th shooting at a k through 12 school in the u.s.

this year. cnn has the latest on the investigation. >> federal investigators are trying to uncover the motivation behind the mass shooting in uvalde, texas. at this point they have more questions than answers. what we know at this point is the gunman attacked a shot his grandmother and then some point shortly there after ends up at the school where he kills at least 19 kids inside their classrooms court local authorities. at this point one of the focuses of the law enforcement is talking to friends of the shooter. we have talked to some of the friends who said that he was a quiet young man. he was a loaner. they said he had a very difficult home life. he appeared to have developed a an affinity for firearms. some of which he posted in social media posts in recent

weeks. now one of the things that law enforcement is looking into is how he afforded to buy these firearms. we have seen the pictures of the firearms, he is 18 years old. would have only been able to buy these guns in recent days after he turned 18 in texas. but at this point for investigators, trying to figure out why this event happened. why he first shoots his grandmother and then goes to shoot carry out this mass shooting. again they have more questions than answers. >> gun reform advocates long criticized texas governor for his stance on gun control legislation. last year he signed off on a wide ranging law that he described as the strongest second amendment legislation in texas history. the law opened the door for

texas to carry handguns. without obtaining a license or training. it allows virtually anyone 21 and older to legally own a gun to carry one in public. earlier congressman castro of texas told cnn lawmakers at the state and national level haven't done enough to address gun violence. take a listen. >> the congress hasn't done enough. many of us tried. the state legislature in texas the governor in particular i think is made it worse in texas. made it more dangerous in texas. >> in the wake of the tuesday's horrific massacre a tweet he posted in 2015 has resurfaced. in it he calls on texas to buy more guns. saying he was embarrassed texas fell behind california for new gun purchases. this all comes as the national

rifle association is preparing to hold its annual meeting in houston, texas this weekend. among the speakers scheduled to appear at a leadership forum on friday, texas governor as well as texas senator ted cruz who actually doubled down tuesday saying gun control legislation would do little to prevent crime. >> a murder of this kind, you see politicians try to politicize it. you see democrats and a folks in the media whose immediate solution is try to restrict the institutional right of law-abiding citizens. that doesn't work: it's not effective. it doesn't prevent crime. >> those comments are doing little to convince cruz's senate colleague chris murphy. >> my hope is that after today there's a newfound interest from some of republican colleagues to do something. i don't need the perfect.

i don't need them to support everything i support. i just want to make progress here so we can show parents out there that we care about their kids. >> despite the tragedy in texas, violent shootings aren't uncommon in the united states. still to come, how schools have gone from safe havens to targets. this happens during the formative years of your life. they go back to school soon and are going to live lives completely formed by this tragedy. what i have seen with parkland and other shootings, it changes people forever. ♪ ♪

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one texas official described what happened next. >> he was observed exiting the vehicle with a rifle and backpack. he had a body armor with him. that is when ever the i believe the police officers engaged him. then there was a second call where he entered through the south door of the elementary school. he entered and that's when he started with his gunfire. >> and we are just learning the identity of one of the victims. the aunt of the fourth grade teacher says she was among those killed in tuesday's shooting. she had been an educator for 17 years. new data from the fbi reveals the amount of active shooter incidents across the u.s. increased more than 50% last year compared to 2020. it's not a new trend.

cnn looks at the history of school shootings in the united states. >> even with the number of fatalities unsettled, this has already been recorded as one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history. and that is saying something because we have had a lot of them. look at this list. these are the deadliest ones that occurred in the past 25 years. it's worth noting that they are all within that period of time. such shootings of this magnitude were virtually unheard of before that time. columbine high school down in 1999. many law enforcement people say that has been an inspiration and a pattern for many shootings that followed after wards and the numbers keep mounting and mounting year after year. these are just the big shootings in terms of fatalities. there are many more smaller shootings where one person, three people, five people end up being shot. a group called every town for

gun safety is tracking it says between 2013 and 2019 there with were 549 incidents of gunfire on school grounds. not counting suicide or self-inflicted wounds. 129 deaths and 270 people wounded. if you are thinking these are just happening more often on for example college campuses or kids might be more mobile and have more money be able to get guns, that is not the case. this same group says the majority of the shootings are happening in kindergarten through 12th grade schools. and this new shooting that just happened now, very sadly fits directly into the pattern. >> as you heard there this tragedy in texas is the deadliest school shooting since february of 2018. when 15 students, a teacher and football coach were killed at the marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland,

florida. the father of one of the victims spoke to cnn and shared reaction upon hearing about this latest violence. >> shock, horror. anger at the fact that these shootings are preventable. but they are also predictable. anger the fact as i speak tonight i know we're going to have this happen again. because we haven't done anything. i've listened to all the talk tonight about why did this happen and listen, when my daughter was killed four years ago, you had 300 million weapons in america. now we're at 400 million plus and ghost guns. this isn't rocket science. this isn't hard to figure out. we are making it easier for those who intend to kill to have the means to do so. >> joining me now is james he is

a criminologist and author of the book the violence project. how to stop a mass shooting epidemic. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you if for having me. >> this country has seen about 30 school shootings so far this year and more than 200 mass shootings in total this year. those are shocking statistics and other countries look at america and can't believe this keeps happening. we can't believe it. it's a daily tragedy. so, how do we stop it? >> well, yeah, you really asked the million dollar question there and the thing we noticed with our research is this gun violence is preventable. it's not inevitable. there are common sense solutions to this. and they can be structured at different levels. we are sitting here waiting frustrated for an act of congress to do something about this. the society level. there are things we can do as institutions and individuals

that can also prevent gun violence. so, a case in point would be for the vast majority of school shootings sometimes something as simple as safe storage of firearms within the home could have prevented a tragedy. so, that might not be the case with this particular shooting that just occurred in texas today, but in our data we see that time and time again. just a gun had been stored safely in the home it wouldn't have gotten into the wrong hands and used in a shooting. >> what impact does a mass shooting like this have on the children who witnessed it? the parents who had to go through this horrifying experience not knowing if their child survived this. the siblings and teachers and of course the police who arrived to stop it. >> this is actually one of the most heartbreaking things about this. our initial minds of course go to the victims who lost their lives. but a mass shooting like this completely devastates a community. so if you think about the names,

parkland, sandy hook. columbine. they're not nouns anymore they have become verbs. they describe an action and it sticks with that community forever. community never really recovers from an event like this. worse than that is the trama, the trama that families, children, first responders go through, witnessing the things they had to witness is just unspeakable. and there's the secondary trama the trama that all of us are going through as you mentioned at the top of the interview, we keep going through this. it's not good for us it's not healthy for us to keep having to witness this much tragedy. this much death and devastation. on repeat con ststantly on medi and be talking about it and have our kids running through lock down drills and reminded of the events over and over again.

it's really hurting us as a people, and to think is feeds into the shootings. for those individuals who are troubled and looking for solutions, they see these shootings time and time again. and some cases inspired by them. so, it across the board it's a devastating set of circumstances at the moment. >> you mention that. because this shooter was an 18-year-old male. as was of the shooting suspect in buffalo recently. is there a particular vulnerability to mental illness for young men of this age because a lot of time it is young teenage men, isn't it? >> what we see with the mass shooters is they reach a point when effectively they no longer care whether they live or die. and it's a sense of hopelessness and self-hatred which then also brings them to a point trying to understand why they feel the way they feel and looking for

somebody to blame for how they feel. if it's a school shooting, typically the target is the school because there's a grievance with the school. or we saw with the shooting in buffalo, a couple weeks ago, the target there were african-american individuals because there was a deep racial hatred that was driving that. then of course when you have the factors in play, it's the easy accessibility of firearms that tips that over the edge. that goes from somebody who is just desperate and thinking about a shooting to actually being able to perpetrate it. when we're in a country awash with guns, that is a massive risk factor. particularly for the young people it's so easy for them to get access. >> i do want to ask you this, timing is incredible here. the nra is holding an event on friday in houston, texas, where donald trump, ted cruz and the governor are among others will be speaking. are they complicit in these mass shootings along with the nra?

a lobby group that it has to be said has incredible influence over many american politicians. >> i would say they are. it really is clear and blatant as that. when you look at other countries across the world, when they have had a major mass shooting event, a school shooting event even, i'm from the united kingdom. i lived in the united states a long time. we had a mass shooting at a school in scotland. it was swift action on firearms following that. we have not had a school shooting a mass shooting at a school since. that is 25 years later. here in the united states, it's happening on almost a weekly basis at the moment. we have to ask ourselves if we know there are common sense solutions that can stop this and politicians are not willing to act because they are worried about the position of power or worried about who will fund their campaign, they are c complicit in this and that's frustrating about it.

we know that if the courage was there, this could be fixed. it won't solve every plroblem bt it will make a difference. what message is this sending to kids afraid to go to school. parents tucking their kids in worried about their safety in school. if politicians aren't acting, that's the message that is being sent to them. we don't care and we're not doing anything about it. that's unacceptable. >> it is. hopefully more politicians across america will find the courage to do something. james, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you. of course you'll recall connecticut was of the scene of a deadly mass shooting ten years ago at sandy hook elementary. on tuesday, new town school district superintendent was quick to react to the massacre in texas. she offered prayers to the students, families and staff in

uvalde. and says she'll reach out to officer port during this difficult time. sandy hook parent is also offering her support, her son was killed in the 2012 tragedy. she helped create a foundation dedicated to protecting children from gun violence. >> i'm there for anyone of them as is any member of the organization and lots of people that would be willing to be there for them and whatever way they need. generally speaking, it all comes down to acknowledging that everyone's journey through this is individual. and unique and to respect that and the choices that people make and that there's no way you can really fathom the dark path that's ahead of you. you will find a way through it. back into hope and life and even joy.

embrace those there to support you and love you. allow them to and honor what you lost by allowing that love to show in whatever way you choose to. >> sandy hook parent there offering her support for the parents and families grieving in texas. still ahead this hour, republican voters in georgia deliver a primary win for governor brian kemp. in the latest test of donald trump's political.

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it was a rough night at the polls for donald trump's hand picked candidate in the georgia governor race. brian kemp will win the republican nomination over former senator david purdue. kemp will face democrats stacy abrams who he beat in 2018. >> i want to also thank david purdue. for the nice phone call that he gave me just a little while ago. pledging his full support to make sure that stacy abrams is never our governor.

i want to be crystal clear with you tonight, our battle is far from over. tonight, tonight, the fight for the soul of our state begins to make sure that abrams is not our governor or the next president. >> former vice president mike pence campaigned for kemp in a direct challenge to trump's endorsement of per due. his candidate for secretary of state which over sees elections in georgia has lost. to incumbent. meanwhile, the republican primary for the u.s. senate seat in alabama will head to a run off between political aid and congressman mo brooks. and cnn projects former white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders will win the republican primary for governor in arkansas. on the heels of the u.s. president's trip to japan and south korea, north korea carried

out three new missile tests and the south korea military believes one of them was an ballistic missile. the north has carried out 16 weapons tests so far this year. and they are concerns a nuclear test could be in the works. so let's bring in cnn joining us live from tokyo. good to see you again, blake. there have been concerns that north korea would do this while president biden is in the region. instead kim jong un did wait until he bedeparted. what are you learning about the timing and what more do you know about the three new missile tests? >> as for the timing of today's test, experts say pyongyang always calibrates the level of provocation associated with each missile launch. and waiting until president biden was no longer in the region it's clear that the decision was that now is not the time to take tensions to a new level. also waiting gave north korea

leader the spotlight all to himself rather than sharing the air waves with the other headlines being made during the president's trip to asia. and yesterday's quad summit the four leaders from japan, australia, india and united states agreed to work in partnership to advance the denuclearization of north korea. as far as the test today, defense officials are determining exactly what kind of missiles were fired. say the missiles launched flew at varying distances and altitudes and according to to defense minister, flew at irregular trajectories which is significant, take a listen. >> we cannot ignore north korea's recent noticeable developments for nuclear and missile related tests. repeated launches and actions are threat to the country. the region and international community peace and security.

and we cannot tolerate that. >> so far this year north korea has conducted 16 weapons tests testing various types of missiles almost on a routine basis. and south korea and u.s. officials believe that the country seventh ever nuclear test since testing started in 2006 could be imminent. in response to north korea missile tests this morning, south korea and the united states each fired ballistic missiles to demonstrate the joint rapid strike capability and to the point, the biden administration has made it known that they are all in for dialogue and engagement with kim jong un but will not drop sanctions as a price to sit down with pyongyang. >> all right. blake joining us live from tokyo. many thanks. newly declassified u.s. intelligence shining a light on the russian blockade of ukraine. it shows the invasion has effectively halted all maritime trade at a ukrainian port.

cutting off exports and risking a global food crisis. this as we're getting a better sense of the absolute devastation left behind by russia's unrelenting attacks on the port city of mariupol. adviser to the mayor says it's believed that at least 22,000 residents were killed during the last three months. though that number can't be independently verified. he says mariupol is now quote a city of ghosts. >> it's absolutely dark inside the city. any lights just lights by russian troops. by russian patrols and everywhere the smell of death. and really the smell of the fire. the smell of the smoke and smell of the death. it's mariupol reality. >> ukrainian officials say russian missile attacks have caused extensive damage in the

city of -- today the regional counsel says at least one person was killed. three injured. and about 62 buildings in the residential sector of the city were damaged. russian missile strikes were also reported in the region. condolences pouring in for the victims of the shooting in texas. the messages of comfort and calls for political change when we return.

our thoughts and prayers are also at the victims of the horrific shooting today at rob elementary school in uvalde, texas. bemourn with their families -- >> the nba held a moment of silence before game four of the western conference finals in dallas in memory of the victims of the victims in the mass

shooting. and 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults before law enforcement killed him. before the game, the head coach for the golden state warriors shared this message. >> we have had elderly black people killed in a supermarket in buffalo. we have had asian church goers killed in southern california. now we have children murdered at school. when are we going to do something! i ask you, mitch mcconnell. all the snenators who refuse to do anything about the violence and school shootings and i ask you are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children and our elderly and our church goers? because that's what it looks like. >> our hearts go out to the victims and families of the horrific events in uvalde,

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good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is a special early edition of early s.t.a.r.t. >> and we begin with americans grieving this morning once again in the wake of a senseless school shooting, this i'm in uhe va valuedy texas. at least 19 small children and two adults killed on a teen's attack on an elementary school.