breaking overnight, new details surrounding the latest mass shooting, this one inside a tulsa hospital four people were killed. the gunman is dead we'll have the latest just ahead. the yuvalde police official who's largely been silent is confronted as more victims are laid to rest a jury finds that amber heard defamed her ex-husband, awarding him $15 million she's also getting $2 million. as president biden seeks to

solve the baby formula crisis whilst battling inflation, a wall street giant warness to bre yourself and a break through treatment in one of the deadliest forms of cancer, "early today" starts right now >> good thursday morning, i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. another deadly rampage is ripping a community apart. this time, a tulsa, oklahoma hospital of four people have been killed after a gunman opened fire. police believe the shooter, a man described as 35-40 years old also died of a self-inflicted g gunshot wound. officer were on the scene four mince

minutes after reports of gunfire. the county commissioner spoke on msnbc. >> we have to, as a nation, address this issue about gun control. and we've got to do background checks we can change the age. we've got to deal with the mental health crisis that's evident everywhere and, you know, let's talk about what weapons should and should not be on our streets. because other countries have done this. >> the hospital ceo is requesting prayers for those affected, calling this a senseless act. >> there's nothing more this community could do for us than to p to pray for the families and loved ones and the victims >> a motive is still under investigation. all right, let's turn now to the latest in uvalde, texas. for the first time in a week, we

hearing from the embattled police chief he's pushing back after officials said he stopped cooperating with a state investigation. our morgan chesky has the details. >> reporter: newly obtained video shows the moments the attack unfolded. a group of armed officers rushing into the school, and terrified children running out this as mixed messages raise new questions about the shooting texas dps says the police chief has not responded to requests for an interview but he told cnn otherwise. >> i've been on the phone with them every day >> that you'ren talking to them avevery day. >> reporter: his first public comment this is more than a week the uvalde mayor confirmed

arredondo was among several people privately sworn in to city council he cancel ed a public meeting ou of respect for grieving families as the city returns to remembering those lost, a huge turnout to honor irma garcia and her high school sweetheart, joe, who now leave behind four children >> i can't imagine what the parents are feeling right now. >> my heart hurts right now. >> reporter: the uvalde superintendent says other plan also made for student this is fall not a teacher or student will ever set foot in robb elementary, ever again the world is reacting to the shocking verdict in the johnny depp-amber heard defamation trial. on wednesday, a jury sided with depp and award him is$15 millio ying the jury gave him his

life back. w plans to appeal, says she was heartbroken and disappointed by the ruling >> do you find that mr. depp has proven by clear and convincing evidence that ms. heard acted with actual malice answer, yes. >> reporter: actress amber heard listened as a jury ruled in favor of her ex-husband, johnny depp in his libel lawsuit the actress left court without comment but released a statement saying in part, the disappointment i feel is beyond words, adding, i am sadder still that i seem to have lost a right i thought i had as an american, to speak freely and openly

depp supporters outside the fairfax, virginia courthouse cheered the outcome of the six-week trial the actor cited previous music commitments in the uk pour his absence but cited endless barrage of hateful contact and said the jury gave me my life back >> today's verdict support what is we have said from the beginning. >> reporter: the jury did award heard $2 million in damages, ruling she was defamed by statements made by one of depp's former attorneys the verdicts coming after more than a dozen hours of deliberations over three days. meanwhile, parents are becoming more desperate by the day as the baby formula shortage

drag on. president biden says more shipments are on the way, but the crisis could last for two more months. what kind of relief might we see? >> reporter: good morning, steven president biden met with baby formula manufacturers yesterday saying they are making more progress more shipments are coming. for parents who need formula now, it's not enough retail data assembly reported on the out of stock numbers >> i became aware of this problem sometime after april, this early april about how intense it was and so we did everything in our power from that point on

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jubilee including her first appearance moments away from the balcony. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special report. here's savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. hi, everybody. good morning, live picture from london as the kickoff events to the queen's platinum jubilee celebration are well under way. >> this is a four-day party by the way, and it's a big one. we're about to see her ma jessty for the first time. she's taking a special trouping of the color salute from buckingham palace. kier simmons has his eye on it all.

kier set the scene for us. >> reporter: i sure do. we've been watching charles and william ride bolt upright in a sea of red and gold on the world famous mile behind me there. i don't know if you can see the procession still headed down to buckingham palace, what a historic moment for a queen making history. what they are doing, hoda, they just held the world famous parade and the parade ground behind us. they are going to buckingham palace now. and i think this is a first, they are going to go and salute the queen on the buckingham palace balcony. what a way to pay respect, a way to salute a queen who has given so much in the past 70 years. three generations, hoda, of royals on display here for this day of history and pomp and pageantry and cheering crowds. but it really is three young royals who have stolen the show because william and kate's

children rode past here now twice, twice in a carriage. both times looking excited, smiling, and waving and i do think, hoda, we're about to see -- we may be getting ready to see the queen herself on the balcony for that salute. and i think you can see the live pictures. there she is, her majesty in pail blue. >> let's pause and let the queen have her moment.

>> we've been waiting for this moment they said it was going to happen at 7:20, right on time the queen is appearing on the balcony. >> i was thinking what must be going through her mind. 70 years ago she was a 26-year-old young lady suddenly thrust into having to take the throne and be queen of england. now she is the longest serving monarch. this is a celebration of her, no small accomplishment. >> i think people were waiting to see how she seems, i don't know but she looks good from this point of view, looking in, taking in the crowd. >> our colleague at cnbc, willeford, who is british and -- what do you think of this moment? >> this is the first time we see her, which is so wonderful to see her looking happy and well.

this is the most formal appearance as the next four days go on, there will be more relaxed moments, including when the people get a bit closer. she'll be able to see how they are and hopefully see how grateful they are to her. this is the formal salute with the military. in an hour and a half we'll see the fly past and it'll be fuller with the public instead of the returning horses. >> later in the day we'll see the queen on the balcony flanked by all the royals, is that right? >> flanked by all the working royals. that's how she worked through it. it won't include prince andrew, harry and meghan. we'll expect to see the other members later in the weekend. she rather masterfully has thread the needle to have as

much people involved without upset anybody. the people will be closer to her as well for the fly past and we'll get more of their celebrations. >> we saw the troops, so that's the view the queen is observing right now. the gent beside her, the duke of kent, her first cousin. thoughts turn to prince phillip, i'm sure she would have loved to celebrate with him at her side. >> today is a celebration in stark contrast to the last time we were covering an event like this, which, of course, was her husband's funeral. i think it's not pure jubilation this time around in a way it was ten years ago or 20 years ago because of his absence. i do always think of what she said of him, he was her strength in stay. i think that's what she is to our nation, to the entire country. i think people will show their

apreeshs for that. >> you look at this moment, people filling the streets, people gathering, that shows in this moment unity. i don't know the queen's popularity in the uk but i'm imagining it's sky high. >> 85% some of the polls. she carries a great personal approval rating. i get when people question what is this silliness, the pomp and ceremony, passing something down via bloodline, that's crazy. meantime we have a separate head of state from government in a way america loves to rally around the flag we rally around the crown. she is our queen, our national icon, one of the reasons she has such persistently high approval ratings. >> our cameras are trained on the view the queen is seeing. kelly has a different vantage point, one of the hundreds of thousands of the queen's best friends outside the palace. what is the mood there? >> reporter: it's one thing to see this on tv, so different to

be here in person. you hear the clip-clop of the horses' hooves. you can almost feel the military pant, it's not that far away from me right now. but the whole atmosphere just kind of envelopes you. when the queen came out on the balcony and you could hear the crowd erupt, it really brought that moment home. what strikes you is not this is a completely different trooping the color, the queen taking the salute on the balcony behind me. the parade, as kier said, coming to her at the age of 96. but also how long she's been in this role, not just as the queen but as a public figure. as a high-ranking member of the royal family, as heir to the throne. her very first solo royal engagement, guys, was at 16 years old. it was on her 16th birthday. and she was out observing the troops, performing that role,

that military role that is so much a part of being a member of the royal family. observing the troops on her 16th birthday, on her own in 1942. and here she is, 80 years later, standing on that balcony and once again now performing the role of commander in chief. it's something that really is special to be here in person to feel it, to see it, and to see her majesty up on that balcony. >> our own stephanie gosk is there, she's made her way to london. how is it from your point of view? >> reporter: it's terrific, the pageantry, the ceremony, this is what we expect to see from the royal family, what we love to see in the united states. it's important to remember that the queen has a practical role as well and has throughout history. just to tick off a few

remarkable things she's done essentially as chief diplomat for this country. in the '60s she visited germany at the end of a painful reconciliation process after world war ii, in the '80s she went to china, the first british monarch to go to china and in the '90s she went to russia. that was in the time the rubble of the soviet union. so she has more than this role and as you were talking about earlier, the fact she was thrust into that job in her mid 20s, age 25. back to you guys. >> i actually, as i'm sitting here and reflecting on it. she was not born to be queen. it was her uncle to abdicated to mary american wallace simpson and at that point she became heir to the throne at age 10 and later when her father died unexpectedly, young elizabeth became queen. and as stephanie remarked, you

can trace history through her. wilford. >> you can. there are articles around her saying look how the world has changed since 1952 and in the uk it's a more liberal and merritt based place from when she came to rule. she is the opposite of that and has an 85% approval rating. you can't do that unless you adapt with the times and perform your duties as well as she has. imagine any job for 70 years. unbelievable. >> she's also in recent years had to tackle some fairly thorny family issues and has done it with grace. >> great grace and tackled the pandemic. the snapshot of her on her own abiding the rules and today is great to see. >> wilford thank you for being

with us. >> i remember you on cnbc. >> much more continues from the platinum jubilee. the grant military we played some tough finals, but not in our line. right now. an unexpected visitor. outlined is up at a high school. where it is now and what is next. and gas prices hit another record across the country. a new for you, a warning about how soon we could be heading for dangerous economic waters. and you just saw the royal celebration. preview of the queen's jubilee.