tragedy in nashville. overnight police release surveillance video showing the shooter accused of taking the

lives of six people at a school in nashville, including three young children. we have the latest on the victims and the investigation. president biden addresses the latest tragic gun violence in america, urging congress to take action on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. after carving out a path of destruction, families in mississippi rebuild. and the prime minister of israel shifting course. and an american couple kidnapped in haiti, snatched by a street gang, now demanding a ransom. inside the family's desperate plea for help from the u.s. government. it's tuesday, march 28. "early today" starts right now. good morning, i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. we begin with the breaking news out of nashville. overnight police releasing video showing what they say was a

targeted attack on an elementary school. video shows a former s walking through the school with a large gun. the shooter was killed 14 minutes after the first 911 call. >> three victims were students, only 9 years old, and three adults. the aunt of haley scruggs tells our affiliate that the third graders what the daughter of the school's pastor. hill would send an encouraging text message out of the blue. and the hid of school, dr. kathryn koonce, parents described her assaint who knew every single student by name. >> reporter: the start of the school day shattered by gunshots

at the covenant school in nashville. >> we're under a mass casualty alert. the school shooting, multiple victims down. >> reporter: police rushed to the small private christian elementary school where authorities say a former student entered the building through a side door and fatally shot three 9-year-old students and three adults. the suspect, audrey hale who identifies as transgender was killed by police. the first call came in at 10:13 a.m. central time. responding officers entered minutes later and heard shots on the second floor. at 10:27 a.m., the shooter was dead. >> we've determined there were map the drawn of the school in detail of surveillance, entry points, et cetera. >> reporter: amid the chaos, panicked parents anxiously waited outside for updates while their pre-k through sixth grade

students were ushered to safety. >> they weren't letting the parents in there, they were rushed up the street. and the ambulances started pulling away from the school. >> reporter: inside the school. avery's mother was teaching when the shooter opened fire. >> i texted her, and i said just like what was going on. she said she was hiding in the closet and that they were shooting all over. >> reporter: the shooter lived in the nashville area, according to police, and they're still investigating potential motives. the nation is no stranger to gun violence. this marks the third major school shooting of the year. >> something's got to be done. this is, three people lost their children today. it's hard to imagine. >> folks -- >> reporter: the president consoling heartbroken families while calling on congress to pass assault weapons ban. >> we have to do more to stop gun violence. it's ripping our communities apart. >> reporter: grief gripping another community, this time a deadly day inside an american

school. >> how is it still happening? how are our children still dying, and why are we failing them? >> our thanks to kathy for that report. nashville mayor jon cooper appeared on the rachel maddow show and talked about how the city's coping. >> this is our worst day. we're a resilient city, but it's a shock to have to add our name to the list of places where there've been mass killings of children. >> cooper also confirmed that he spoke with president biden over the phone on monday night. biden ordered flags at the white house and several other government locations to be flown at half-staff until friday as a mark of respect for the victims of the shooting. during monday's news coverage of the horrific nashville school shooting, a reporter from our nashville affiliate revealed that she is a school shooting survivor. >> yeah, there's actually no

words for what's going on today. i'm actually a school shooting survivor myself. it happened years ago. i was in eighth grade, and all of this is just bringing, it's just flooding back flashbacks for me and what i went through with my classmates. i was actually in the hallway during break when the gunman opened fire, shooting one of my peers and killing them, and just, after hearing the gunshots, i just knew to run and hide. i hid underneath the risers in my choir class, and those minutes and hours of waiting to be released by police officers. it just felt like a lifetime. >> according to the gun violence archive, there have now been 131 mass shootings in the united states so far this year. in mississippi this morning, residents there are working to pick up the pieces after a deadly tornado tore through communities, leaving rubble in its wake. the powerful storms taking at least 21 lives there, and one in alabama. and leaving a massive trail of

destruction. families who lost everything are now coming together. nbc's tom llamas is in rolling fork, mississippi with stories from those survivors. >> reporter: in parts of central mississippi, turn down any block, and you'll see home after home, business after business, reduced to rubble. and for so many, it's not just their town that's gone. >> all i know is i lost everything. and we really need help, man. >> reporter: d'angelo white and diamond walthington lost their mother, stepfather and brother when the storm tore apart their mobile home. danny was a welder. their son was only 14. >> she had seven kids, eight grandkids, that's all we know is our mom and dad, and they're gone. >> reporter: they're staying with family because they lost their homes as well. >> who we got now? man, it's hard. >> reporter: in all, reports of

at least 25 tornados in four states since friday. there's evidence tornado alley is expanding, with fewer twisters in the great plains and more in the southeast. this is the small town. rolling fork before and after the catastrophic ef-4 tornado. in many case people still can't believe just how strong this tornado was. they point to these two big rigs. they say they were parked side by side when the tornado came in. it lifted them up and tossed them to a different section of the neighborhood and left them like this, mangled on top of each other. so why was this tornado so destructive? it happened at night and was incredibly long lasting. its path a staggering 59 miles and tore through vulnerable communities. >> i got a bunch of clothes under the tree there. >> reporter: henderson has lived here his whole life. but when we met him he was looking for his home. it was right there? >> right there. nothing, man. >> reporter: all that's left, debris and a few beloved damaged

momentos, but his neighbor lost his life. so he's counting his blessings. >> my daughter and granddaughter are safe, and i'm alive. so everything else is secondary. >> reporter: in all, 22 people are dead, including several friends of ophelia stewart. >> it was the worst experience of my life. >> reporter: her home was blown apart, but she was safe because she was at a church meeting at a friend's home. >> we looked out, everything was gone. >> reporter: ophelia hasn't been able to recover much, but she did find her bible, a source of strength as she grapples with all that's been lost. what have you told god? >> told him thank you, for sparing my life, not only my life, my brother's life. he lost everything. my sister, she lost everything. my nephew, they lost everything. >> our thanks to tom for bringing us those powerful stories. in israel, prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will pause his controversial plan for

judicial overhaul, after long-running protests reached a fever pitch over the weekend. hundreds of thousands took to the streets. a major tel aviv highway was blocked and barricades near the prime minister's res difference were breached. a senior biden administration spokesperson says for now they have abandoned the plan. the legislation would, among other thing, permit the government to override supreme court rulings. the 18 leopard battle tanks promised to ukraine by germany have arrived in ukraine. that's according to the german ministry. two armored recovery vehicles have also been delivered. germany committed to providing tanks in january after initial reluctance to sending heavy weaponry. the new york grand jury investigating the alleged hush money payment by former president trump heard testimony

from david pecker, the former publisher of the national enquirer. despite continued anticipation, the grand jury ended their day without voting on any indictment. it's not clear when the group will return next to consider the hush money case. mr. trump denies any wrongdoing. meanwhile, former president trump appeared on fox news monday night. he continued to deny the alleged affair between him and stormy daniels at the center of the investigation. let's get back to extreme weather in the west. gearing up for another round of storms. meteorologist angie lassman is tracking that for us. >> unfortunately, they don't need any additional rainfall or snowfall in parts of california and up the coast into washington and oregon, but think will get some into today and tomorrow. we have a system that's going to work onshore bringing plenty of rain and heavy snow to areas that are already saturated. we have it working through northern and central california and points north of that.

the heavy wind and snow will be the most impactful things. as we get into later parts of tonight and into tomorrow, we'll start to see southern california impacted as well. the wind alerts, they're totaling 9 million people. the gusts, anywhere 30, 40 miles per hour. the downed trees, power lines are all going to be possible at least through parts of florida. we'll see the potential for strong winds and even some heavy rain. and that is a look at your local forecast, guys. we'll take a look at what's going on for the southeast. we mentioned stronger storms, we'll have details on that coming up. the women's final four is all set now after two intense matchups on monday. back and forth game in seattle

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a community's heartbroken after three students and three staff members were gunned down at an elementary school. jay gray joins us. >> reporter: well, phillip, good morning, the covenant school is a small, tightly-knit campus where kids from preschool through sixth grade were starting yesterday, their last week before easter break. but this morning instead of vacation, six families are planning funerals. >> they're under a mass casualties alert. >> reporter: locked glass doors shattered by gunfire, a shooter crawling through the door frame, stalking the hallways of the covenant school with what appears to be an assault-style rifle. then minutes later. >> school shooting. multiple victims down. >> reporter: three 9-year-olds and three staff members murdered as they were starting their day at the covenant school.

>> it's disgusting, and i, yeah, i just have no words. i'm just trying to process it all. it's so terrible, so sad. >> reporter: investigators say the 28 yoeltd suspect killed by officers as they rushed into the building was a former student. >> there's some belief that there was some resentment from having to go to that school and that's why this incident occurred. >> reporter: audrey hale identifies as transgender, that information part of a manifesto uncovered by police who say the school was not the only target. >> there were going to be shootings at multiple locations and the school was one of them. there was a map of the school, detailing surveillance, entry points. >> reporter: now the stunned, scared, grieving community searches for a map of how to move forward. >> i mean, there's not much you can do as a teenager, and i mean, just someone, like, just so small in this world.

and but, i mean, i can pray. and i can bring flowers, and i can extend a hand of comfort. >> reporter: comfort that is so desperately needed here right now. >> reporter: a quick closer look at the school. it's up the hill behind us. there are only about 200 students enrolled. so, again, it is a small group of families, and they are all, obviously, phillip, struggling right now >> they all knew each other. thank you so much. the heartbreak and senselessness, never get our senselessness, never get our heads wrapped around that. when a truck hit my car, senselessness, never get our headsthe insurance company wasn't fair. i didn't know what my case was worth. so i called the barnes firm. i was hit by a car and needed help. i called the barnes firm, that was the best call i could've made. i'm richch barnes. it's hard foror people toto kw howow much theieir accident case i is worth.

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