welcome to a special edition of "early today. i'm frances rivera with phillip mina >> many of these victims are only 10 years old or younger

their summer vacations were two days away and now cut short. one of the victims' aunts says that she was killed trying to protect her students >> the nation was shocked when 20 children were shot in connecticut. and overnight, the father of jaime guttenberg shared this message for the parents in texas who've now had their world shattered. >> you will be okay. you will find a path forward but, for the next bunch of days and weeks, you have to get through this this horror. because people failed. i, i'm done. [ bleep ] failed our kids again. how many more times?

>> authorities identified the gunman as 18-year-old salvador ramos. a texas state senator says ramos purchased his weapons legally. >> this young man had purchased these guns, first thing he did on his 18th birthday was go to a shop in uvalde to buy these weapons legally. and that's a very sad state of affairs unfortunately, in texas. this is something that's going to haunt the people of yewuvalde for months and weeks to come >> we do know this took place, it was initially a domestic disturbance between the suspect and his grandmother in which he shot the grandmother she is alive she is in critical condition local law enforcement received a call of a crashed vehicle and armed gunman nearby, close proximity to the school.

at that point, the gunman made entry to the school, in complete disregard for human life, an evil person. started shooting anyone in the way. >> just walking through the school opening fire. >> right he was armed with some type of long rifle we're still trying to determine how he obtained that we have other law enforcement trying to make determination but once he made entry to the school, he continued shooting teachers, children, brave law enforcement, i want to praise the law enforcement. coming together and going into the school, an active shooter situation and trying to encounter this gunman who were met with gunfire the gunman was wearing body armor. we had a tactical team arrive, they were met with gunfire

it shows how evil this gunman was. he did not care about anybody. they were able to shoot the gunman and right now the gunman is deceased. >> reporter: officers ran inside this school as the gunman was opening fire indiscriminately on teachers and kids. >> that's right. i want to praise the brave men and women who went in there. several officer were shot. it goes to show you the braveness from these men and women that went into that school to prevent any further loss of life unfortunately, there are 19 children killed by this evil gunman as well as two teachers from the school. >> this is now the worst school shooting in texas history. how do you begin to break down this investigation >> it's really hard to put this in perspective right now it, as a father, as a parent, everybody else that's parents, even a law enforcement officer that went into that school, families that lost their children and the witnesses, the

small children who witnessed it, are going to be traumatized. even the small community right now of yewuvalde, it's important offer prayers for everyone who's been involved in this incident meanwhile, on capitol hill, chris murphy is urging lawmakers to put politics aside and work to stop the shootings. chris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. here in washington, you can feel the frustration of democrats like senator murphy, who have been unable to take any action on passing gun legislation in the equally-divided senate senator murphy took to the senate floor with a plea >> what are we doing days after a shooter walked into

a grocery fstore to gun down african-americans, we have another. school shooting on our hands there were more mass shootings than days in the year. our kids are living in fear. every single time they set foot in a classroom because they think they're going to be next what are we doing? why do you spend all this time running for the united states senate why do you go through all the hassle of getting this job of putting yourself in position of authority if your answer, as the slaughter increases, as the kids run for their lives we do nothing. >> president biden learned about the massacre while returning to the u.s. from asia, aboard air force one. in a passionate speech from the white house last night, he renewed his call from congress to enact new gun reform laws

>> why why are we willing to live with this carnage why to we keep letting this happen where in god's name is our backbone to have the courage to stand up to the lobbies. >> but there's still a wide divide between democrats and republicans on what if any actions could stem the violence in the u.s. >> you see politicians try to politicize this. you see democrats whose immediate solution is to try to restrict constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens. that doesn't work. it's not effective it doesn't prevent crime >> reporter: senator cruz went on to add that schools need more armed police officer on their campus, though you heard in morgan's sound that's correct a texas law enforcement official

said three officers tried to confront the gunman and were unable to stop him because he was wearing body armor it took a tactical team to take him out. former president obama confirmed the shooting he said in part the parents are wore worried about what might happen to this kidsthis, to their kids drop them off at school. he said he and michelle grieve with the families affected >> amanda gorman posted a poem to 201twitter and asked for donations for gun safety

and actor matthew mcconaughey said we all know we can do better lebron james said when is enough enough kids are being put in harm's way at school. and steve kerr had a passiona plea >> we've had asian church goers killed in southern california, and now we have children murdered at school when are we going to do something! i'm tired. i'm so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there. i'm so tired of the, excuse the, i'm sorry, i'm tired of the moments of silence enough there's 50 senators right now who refuse to vote on hr-8,

which is a background check rule that the house passed a couple years ago. it's been sitting there for two years, and there's a reason they won't vote on it to hold onto power so i ask you, mitch mcconnell. i ask all you senators who refuse to do anything p about t violence and school shootings, 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 what we do every week. i want every person here, every person listening to this to think about your own child or grandchild, mother or father or sister, brother, how would you feel if this happened to you today. >> kerr added that people cannot, quote, be numb to this and called senate action on universal background checks

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he was with his mother at an awards ceremony just hours before the shooting. >> reporter: good morning to you from a stormy south texas. it's just adding insult to injury here in a heartbroken community, where there are still four people in critical condition. so the death toll could still rise another mass shooting in america. this time shots fired and lives lost at an elementary school >> it was a mass casualty incident at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. >> reporter: according to the texas department of public safety, 19 students, 2nd through 4th graders and two teachers were killed. the gunman abandoned his vehicle, walked into the school before midday tuesday, armed with a handgun and possibly a rifle, then opened fire. police swarmed the campus. >> they locked down the school really quickly and they started evacuating

children out through breaking windows and pulling children out through the windows and getting them to safety >> reporter: but the school not the only crime scene >> in addition to that, it is being reported that the subject shot his grandmother right before he went into the school >> reporter: the gunman, identified as salvador ramos, a 18-year-old resident of uvalde the dead and acted alone the deadliest school shooting in texas history. >> my heart was broken today >> reporter: another community pleading for prayers, for more lives cut tragically short this is just such a horrific story. right now wry e are also being l from a state lawmaker that they spoke with texas rangers, and

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right now, an unthinkable and unimaginable tragedy at a texas elementary school. 19 innocent children and teachers killed on campus. the moments leading up to this mass shooting, and a community that will never be the same. >> parents will be taking their kids to school with so much on their minds. how schools throughout the bay area are ensuring that children are safe in the classroom.