right now on "america this morning," the tragedy in texas. new clues about the moments before 19 children were gunned down inside robb elementary school. new online messages revealed. the teen police say carried out the massacre was apparently chatting with a girl overseas. what we're learning about the social media platform they used. plus, the faces of the young lives lost. the impact they had on their families, friends and classmates. and the call for action. this morning in washington, a glimmer of hope. the new bipartisan talks under way on gun reform. the surprising new development in the baby formula shortage. did a mix-up in the mail help cause the crisis? what the head of the fda is revealing in new details about the sanitary conditions inside

that crucial formula plant. johnny depp back on the stand in his defamation trial addressing explicit text messages about women. plus, twitter paying up. accused of privacy violations. and later, school safety in the spotlight. after 9 the tragedy in texas, a closer look at what some schools are now doing to protect kids in the classroom. good thursday morning, everyone. we begin with several new developments in the texas school shooting tragedy. >> investigators say the shooter was barricaded in the school for up to one hour getting inside even though he had been confronted by an armed security officer. the town of uvalde came together last night for a prayer vigil to mourn the 19 children and 2 teachers killed. the pastor saying, we pray for the little children who saw what happened to their friends. >> the faces of those friends now cover newspapers around the world. we're learning more about each of them and the impact they had

but first the investigation into the question, why did this happen? this morning, messages obtained by abc news reveal a chilling warning just minutes before the elementary school shooting in uvalde. the messages appear to show the suspected gunman texting a 15-year-old girl in germany on the morning of the massacre, first describing an argument with his grandmother over paying his phone bill and then texting, quote, i shot my grandmother in the head. later he writes ima go shoot up a elementary school right now. that last message was sent at 11:21 a.m., 11 minutes before authorities say he entered the school. speaking to "the new york times" the girl says after seeing the news, she asked a friend to contact police and said, quote, maybe i could have changed the outcome. just could never guess that he'd actually do this. sources say the alleged gunman met the girl on yubo, a social media platform, which claims to have 60 million users.

according to multiple users on yubo, the suspect live streamed himself abusing animals including putting a cat in a bag and throwing it at a house. authorities are investigating the yubo profile but say they cannot confirm its validity. it comes as a new time line emerges. authorities say the gunman spent 40 minutes to an hour inside the school opening fire on anyone in front of him. >> they did engage immediately. they did contain him in the classroom and put that together in a very orderly way and, of course, breached. >> reporter: officials are confirming agents from the border patrol's elite specialized units took down the gunman but not before he killed 19 children and 2 teachers including cousins, annabell rodriguez and jacklyn jaylen cazares. and makenna lee elrod, she loved softball and gymnastics. amerie jo garza had just turned 10. her father taking this video of amerie fishing just days ago. >> she was the best person that i know.

full of life. gone too soon. always smiling. she was artistic. she was smart. >> reporter: authorities say the suspect legally purchased two ar-15 style rifles, one on may 17th, a day after his 18th birthday. the other one on may 20th. they say he also had more than 300 rounds of ammunition. one focus of the investigation has been the home of the suspect's grandparents where police say he shot his grandmother before driving to the school. his grandfather saying he had no idea the teen who was living in the home at the time had guns. >> i didn't know he had weapons or nothing or this or that thing. if i would have known, i would r ve reported it. own on >> yes. m against all that. >> reporter: investigators say no documents found so far have shed any light on a motive for the school attack. at last check six people injured in the shooting remain hospitalized including the suspect's grandmother. students in at least three other cities have been arrested in connection with possible school threats. in richardson, texas, a student

was seen walking toward the high school with a rifle. in boulder, colorado, a 14-year-old allegedly threatened a middle school and in roseville, california, a student allegedly brought a gun to school and identified people to harm. also in california officials say a gun and loaded magazine were found inside the desk of a second grade student. in washington there is some progress in tackling the gun issue. new bipartisan talks are under way. abc's ike ejiochi is here now with the very latest. ike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mona. there are some positive signs coming on from capitol hill in terms of lawmakers addressing gun reform. still they are keeping their expectations low. in uvalde, a familiar argument over gun safety erupting at this news conference. >> sit down. and don't play this. >> reporter: beta o'rourke, a democrat running for governor interrupted the current governor greg abbott calling his response to the shooting totally predictable. >> you're doing nothing.

>> no. >> you said this was not predictable. this is totally predictable. >> sir, you're out of line. sir, you are out of line. >> this is on you until you choose to do something about it. this will continue to happen. >> reporter: but in washington the familiar arguments are leading to new discussions, at least for now. senator susan collins, a moderate republican, has already met with other senators to discuss maine's so-called yellow flag law similar to red flag laws in other states allowing authorities to temporarily take guns away from people determined to be dangerous. >> i certainly hope that the senate will take action. this was a horrific crime. >> reporter: and republican senator mitt romney is now signaling he's open to revisiting a bill proposed by democrat joe manchin and republican pat toomey which would expand background check including online and at gun shows. senators mansion and toomey introduced the bill after the sandy hook shooting in 2012.

it fell short of passing after five democrats joined republicans in opposing it. then president obama said this after that bill failed to pass. >> all in all this was a pretty shameful day for washington. but this effort is not over. >> reporter: the 60 senate votes needed to pass any new gun legislation still seems highly unlikely with most republican senators avoiding questions on the issue. >> did you support extended background checks? the majority of americans support it. do you support it. the majority of americans support background checks, do you support it? >> reporter: polls show 56% of americans support an assault weapons ban. 86% support a red flag law and 89% support background checks. now, texas governor greg abbott once supported a red flag bill in texas but backed down from the idea after pressure from republicans. since then texas has repeatedly loosened its gun laws. mona. >> ike, thank you. our coverage continues in just a few moments. we'll look at the debate over

protecting schools including one city's new approach. in other news new details from the january 6th investigation. former president trump reportedly reacted with approval as rioters chanted, hang mike pence. sources say aides told the january 6th committee that then white house chief of staff mark meadows said trump was complaining that pence was being evacuated as a mob stormed the capitol. trump was angry over the vice president's refusal to block the certification of joe biden's election win. oklahoma's governor has signed the strictest abortion law in the nation. from now on nearly every abortion is outlawed from the moment of conception. the only exceptions are to save the life of the mother and/or reported cases of rape and incest. new details in the search for the woman accused of killing professional cyclist anna moriah wilson. authorities believe kaitlin armstrong fled from texas to new york city. she's been missing since police in austin questioned her about the murder two weeks ago. wilson once dated armstrong's

boyfriend. armstrong is accused of shooting her in a jealous rage. time now for a look at your thursday weather. heavy rain has been soaking the south. this storm rolled through central mississippi. some areas got three inches in one hour. more rain and flooding is expected today from the gulf coast to tennessee. elsewhere storms will be rolling through the midwest with an isolated tornado possible, and another storm system hits the pacific northwest with damaging hail possible in the northern rockies. checking today's high temperatures, over 100 degrees in the southwest. 60s and 70s across the midwest and northeast. coming up, the bear that showed up in a hotel lobby. also ahead, is a mix-up in the mail to blame for the baby formula crisis? surprising new details with parents forced to wait even longer for formula. and the woman who wrote how

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back now with a bear visiting the hotel lobby in steam boat springs, colorado. the receptionist who shot the video stayed safely behind her desk. she said her skreex scared the bear and it randal out. now to the baby formula shortage. it turns out a mix-up in the mail may have played a crucial role in the crisis. >> reporter: this morning, the fda blaming its mail room for what ultimately led to the baby formula shortage crisis. one of the major producers, abbott, and the fda facing tough questions on capitol hill yesterday. >> i'm actually livid and quite frankly, it is pretty disgusting what we heard.

>> reporter: in october, a former employee sent the fda a report detailing health violations at abbott's plant in michigan. but the fda said it didn't receive the whistleblower complaint until february. four months after it got to the agency's mail room. the fda blaming the failure on the lack of staffing due to covid-19. >> literally, we're blaming the mail room that was too slow and there were decisions that were sub opt malalong the way. >> reporter: by that time, an infant had already died and two others were hospitalized after drinking formula from the abbott plant. the fda that inspected the plant in january finding egregiously unsanitariy conditions. >> bacteria growing from multiple sides and many signs in this product that are so essential to the lives of our most precious people. >> reporter: in mid-february, the fda closed the abbott facility and the formula was recalled. since then, more than 40% of

baby formula has been out of stock nationwide. abbott said it will restart production early next month. but it could take eight weeks, possibly until the end of july, before store shelves are restocked. >> i'm not surprised it will take you a while to get your act together and clean the place up. >> reporter: abbott apologizing. >> we are deeply, deeply sorry. and we are determined to make sure this never happens again. >> reporter: in the meantime, the government has flown in more imported formula and abbott says it is coordinating 50 flights a week from its plant in ireland to increase supplies. but many parents say it's too little too late. mona? andrew? >> thank you. an oregon woman who published an essay, how to murder your husband, has been found guilty of murdering her husband. she shot her husband daniel. she said the motive was his $800,000 life insurance policy. just ahead, twitter pays up

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kid's backpack because the world is crazy. >> reporter: law enforcement and school officials are ramping up security. in dallas police are using new software to monitor social media for potential threats. >> that allows us to filter those and monitor them in live time then as we see alerts we can start making realtime decisions. >> reporter: some schools are also moving to fortify their buildings. >> a lot of schools have gone to two sets of doors, some have actually reinforced those doors and made them bullet resistant. >> reporter: some want to go further. many republicans have called for the training and arming of teachers to deter and combat potential shooters. >> maybe a select few on each campus just like being on an airplane there's sky marshals, right, on airplane there is to protect us. why not have marshals in our school that are just educators who are ready to take on an enemy. >> reporter: opponents note that in uvalde and in parkland armed school officers were present,

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children and teachers killed in that texas school tragedy. what we have learned about victims identified. >> investigators are trying to piece together exactly what happened. the new information about messages the government sent just before the shooting. >> today marks one year since a mass shooting in the south bay. nine people were killed at the railyard. the tribute we expect this morning. >> weather whiplash after a stretch of warm weather. tracking a dramatic drop today. good morning. it is thursday, 26. >> have a lot to get to. we start with a check of the forecast. drew: the hot weather yesterday and tuesday is out of here. we are turning sharply cooler. we are 11 degrees cooler in hayward. seven degrees cooler in oakland. you will feel cooler temperatures later this afternoon.