that we have to keep talking about. in my view, the fundamental thing is leaders never lead they follow. and we have to lead them to the right place. and the right place is common decency for the common good. we have to get rid of leaders, and put people in place that belief in common decency for the common good. that'll fix it. >> nicole? >> just kind of echoing what matthew said, i think also, this is an interesting moment in time right now. there are conversations being had. you know, we talked about bookends, sandy hook and you've all the, i really hope this is that ending book and, and there's good conversations happening right now, we just need to continue to ask our politicians and in d.c., to lean in, and have these conversations, don't just go to your party lines, the second amendment is an important right, but it's not designed to kill children. so, what can we do to build common ground and that's something that works? >> please keep asking our politicians. don't let this week pass. don't forget about this

tragedy. ask the questions. those politicians don't want to answer. the running the clock. don't let them do it. love has to be the answer. decency must rule. nicole hawk lay, matthew dowd, thank you for joining me on this important friday night, at the end of a very heavy week. and from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of monday. be good. us i will see you and while it is common for new details to emerge after the so-called fog of war lifts, the basic facts of the police response to this particular shooting have changed. and then, they changed again. and today, officials try yet again, to lay out a timeline of the response to this attack, to an increasingly skeptical press corps and public. and this version, the one we

heard today, painted a shocking picture of what now looks to be an extraordinarily inept police response, that allowed the government to be locked in a classroom with children, who were still alive for more than an hour! here's today's version of what happened on tuesday, may 24th. at 11:27 am, central time, a teacher at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, walks out of the building, and props the door open. and that teacher sees a truck crash behind the school. by 11:28 am, she is rushed back into the school to get her phone, leaving the door propped open. 11:30 am, that teacher places a call to 9-1-1, this is the first 9-1-1 call that we know of, made from the school, only three minutes now have passed since the shooter has first arrived. now, within a minute of that

call being made, the shooter is inside, firing his weapon outside, rather, of the school. and around this time, the school resource officer arrives, and contrary to previous reports, he does not engage this shooter, but actually drives past him. at 11:33 am, the shooter now enters the school, and fires more than 100 rounds in class from 111 or class from 112, we do not know which. two minutes later, 11:35 am, three of all the police officers have entered the school, followed by for more for a total of seven police officers. there is now been eight minutes since the shooter arrived to the school. at 11:37 am, 16 more rounds are fired, and we do not know by whom. 11:43 am, more police officers begin to arrive, and by 12:03 am, as many as 19 police officers have amassed in the hallway outside of the

classroom where the shooter has locked himself inside with dozens of terrified nine, ten and 11 year old children. it is at this point, it is at this time, 12:03 pm, that we get our second 9-1-1 call. this one, though, from a student. she is whispering. she whispers that she is in class from 112, and the police are still standing outside in the hallway. 33 minutes have passed since this shooter first arrived. seven minutes later, that same student called 9-1-1 again, and she's doing what every child in america has sadly been taught to do in an emergency. she tells the operator that multiple people are dead. she then places a third call to 9-1-1, three minutes after that, three minutes later. and another one, three minutes after that one, only this time, she's not counting the number

of people who are dead. instead, she is focused on how many students are still alive in that room. around this time, a tactical unit from the border patrol has arrived on the scene. and two senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news that tactical unit was instructed to wait outside by local law enforcement for at least 30 minutes. at this point, the police are still gathered in the hallway outside of the classroom. and let me just tell you, it has been now 49 minutes that have passed since this shooter first arrived, 49 minutes. at 12:19 pm, another student called 9-1-1. this is now the fifth call to 9-1-1 that we know of. and this student says, she is in room 111. a 12:21 pm, the suspect fires again. these shots can be heard on the 9-1-1 call. law enforcement moves down the

hallway. another student tells the girl on the phone with 9-1-1 to hang up, and she does. and at 12:36 pm, police receive a 9-1-1 call from a student. this is the sixth 9-1-1 call they have received in regards to this incident. this call lasted only 21 seconds. she calls back, and she's told to stay on the line, and to be quiet. seven minutes later, the child makes a plea to the 9-1-1 operator, quote, please send the police now! another four minutes past, and the child asked one more time, quote, please send the police now! and three more minutes past, and law enforcement finally breaches the room, not with force, but with a key that they had asked the janitor to retrieve. at around 12:15 pm, the shooter

is killed by law enforcement. 83 minutes have passed since the shooter first arrived on the scene. that is the timeline of events that we got today from texas officials. the first 9-1-1 call came three minutes after he crashed his car near the school. it would be another hour and 20 minutes before the shooter was killed by police. enough time to murder 19 children and two teachers. now, after presenting that timeline to reporters at a press conference involved a, reporters pressed texas public safety director, steven mccraw, answers about why after all those police have gathered at the scene, after all those 9-1-1 calls, from children fearing for their lives, were made, why did it take so long for the police to act? >> sir, you have people who are alive, children who are calling 9-1-1 saying, please, send the police! they are alive in that classroom.

there are lives that are at risk. >> we are well aware of that. >> right. but why this was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? >> again, once the commander considered a barricaded subject, and there was time, and more children at risk. obviously, you know, based upon the information we had, they were told in that classroom that they were at risk. having been at hindsight we're in sitting now, the forces have not arrived -- there is no excuse for that. >> it was the wrong decision, period. there is no excuse for that. so what happens now. how does this community, ripped apart by such tragedy, respond to this horrifying version of events that we learned about today? >> joining us now is nbc news correspondent morgan chesky. he's been recording reporting from uvalde, texas all week. and earlier today, we actually heard him question the texas

department of public safety director, about the time it took police to respond to the shooting in robb elementary school. morgan, thank you so much for making time for us tonight. i know it has been another long and difficult day for everyone there. you know, today's press conference, morgan, it confirmed some of the worst fears that parents have about the way police responded to this school shooting. what is their sense, based on your reporting, in terms of how the families are reacting to today's news? how is the community at large reacting to this version of events described? >> amen, just when you think that you can't get another heartbreaking update here, we do today in this press conference, and you see the 21 crosses behind me, the coming days will include 21 funerals. and to now know that there was a nearly 50 minute window of

time, where there were nearly 20 officers inside this school behind me, just feet away from these students in the classroom of the gunman, and they waited before reaching that door and engaging him. i think that's going to be on the minds of everyone here, and indefinitely. because what it does, then ayman, is it gives everyone the thought of how many lives could potentially been saved, had there been faster action towards that door, and engaging the gunman soon as possible, which, i should at, and as i know you know, that is typical protocol for active shooter situations these days, and move towards the threat if you are law enforcement to engage and take out. what we heard today during this press conference, that strikes me, ayman, we heard the gps director say that the commander on scene who was a uvalde police commander, at some point made that decision to transition from an active shooter situation, to what they call a, barricaded shooter situation, in which according to authorities, they said once they switched that mode, it was

because they didn't believe there was any more of a threat against those people that could have been perpetually around him. and you hear him say that, and many of us, we're in somewhat of disbelief, because we knew that there is also children inside that class. there's still so many more unanswered questions that have come out, just by having this timeout laid out for us today, as far as the community goes, i'm standing here just across the street from this memorial. we've been seeing people come from every corner of the community here to lay flowers down, to pay tribute to those 19 students and two teachers. and you can only begin to comprehend the level of grief and healing that they now face, coupled with the fact that this investigation will no doubt, potentially, only provide more heartbreak, as it did today. ayman?

>> so let me ask about that. you bring up two points that are important. one is about the decision to describe this, or consider this a barricaded situation. and police have still not explained why they made that determination, or why the incident commander made that determination, and certainly, that may emerge in the next couple of days. but we learned today something important and, that 78 minutes, morgan, passed between the time this shooting began, and the time police approached the gunman. you confronted the director of texas public department of safety, or the department of public safety, rather, about this today. was his answer enough to explain that gap? because, i also know that the border patrol agents were on-site between, by 12 pm and 12:10 pm, much, much earlier than previously known. why weren't they allowed to go in as well? >> well, according to what we heard from dps today, ayman, the initial responding agency was uvalde police department. so they became the point agency,

so that when border patrol did arrive, they at least, initially, delivered to them. and that is why we heard whatever those tactical border patrol agents were here, they were told to, according to senior law enforcement officials, to stand down for the time being, and to not engage that shooter about 30 minutes transpired, upon which we learned that those federal agents went against that guidance. they took it upon themselves to align themselves, in what's known as a stack formation. that's where you are someone in the front, giving one of the shield, making their way inside, and engage the gunman. and i should say, we use the word breach, when it comes to getting access to this classroom. and in this case, there was no explosive or something else used to go in. it gets down to a custodian's key. that was the only means they had to access this locked door. another big question that my colleague williams posed earlier is, where was this key?

did that contribute to the fact that these officers were forced to wait, because we do know according to dps today, the gunman fire arm was so powerful, he's shooting through metal doors, attempting to--. and police injured one officer that way during this time period as well. so those are just two of the questions that we hope to ask in the days ahead, as for whether or not we will find out what remains to be seen. ayman? >> not to mention whether or not any of those classrooms had windows that the police could've entered through, as well. nbc news correspondent morgan chesky, live from uvalde, texas, for us this evening. thank you for reporting, morgan. i want to turn now to texas governor greg abbott, who held his own press conference this afternoon, where he said that he was livid about being, quote, misled about initial reports that suggested an immediate police response to the attack.

these were police accounts that he personally presented to reporters as facts, in the immediate aftermath of the shooting. he also rejected calls for increased gun control measures in the wake of that attack. joining us now is texas democratic state senator, roland gutierrez, who represents uvalde. senator, thank you so much for making time to be here for us tonight. you know, despite the head of state, governor abbott, you know, he said today that he was misled, even though he is the chief executive officer of the state. and he is saying that he was misled about the response from, you know, the police. what is your reaction to that? how unsettling must that be to hear that the governor of your state basically say he was misled by the police? >> you know, yesterday, i spoke to dps, as they were formulating their timeline. they suggested to me they would have it by saturday. i said that's not good enough. we need to make sure that we

have it earlier, and were transparent. so we saw the entire timeline today. i think that the governor's, whether he was misled, or he asked for information that wasn't ready yet, that's on him. the inadequacies here that happened were failures at every level, but let's not forget, the failures that have happened at the state legislature with greg abbott controls and has failed to create common sense gun laws and that is my biggest concern here. >> you actually confronting governor abbott saying, i do want to share that video with our audience. i want to get your reaction on why that was needed. >> so, for a century and a half, 18-year-olds could buy rifles, and we didn't have school shootings. but we do now. maybe we're putting our

attention on the wrong thing, or focusing it on -- >> i'm not doing a political speech. my colleagues are asking for a special session. you're getting a letter tomorrow. in the bulk of the senate democratic caucus, we've asked to bring [inaudible] to bring us back and weeks. i don't know how to express the loss to the families, that i've talked to, we have to do something, man. >> so, how confident are you that governor abbott's gonna call a special session to reopen debates on proposed gun control bills? >> i'll start with a prosperous nurse of his conference today, letting us know what resources state agencies have, this county judge been working here every day, the mayor's been working here every day, we know the resources the state has. if he really wants to help, and needs to release $2 million to a local community, so they can bring in therapists,

psychiatrists, not just won his folks leave on june 1st, before the next two years. that's what we're gonna need in this community. whether we're gonna get a special session or not is up to him, the fact is we serve every other year, we don't come back until january, we need to come back and raise the level. how is it you need to be 21 to buy a pistol, but you can buy an ak-47 at 18? even republicans constituents have come to me and said, that makes no sense. we need red flag laws, waiting periods, greg abbott needs to come down and get realistic with us, and make sure that we're doing the right thing, people will elect us to fix problems, we have a problem of infinite proportions. when you see the evidence behind me, you see what's happened here, it's time to change our gun laws. >> yeah, and speaking of gun laws, when you and director governor abbott, it sounded like he was telling the report of the ability of an 18 year old to buy rifles has been in

place in texas for more than 50 years, way before he signed the permanentless carry bill last year, what is your reaction to the argument, to the position that he was making, but maybe it's not the guns that we need to look at something else? >> preposterous. it's preposterous. back when you go out to buy a 22 rifle to kill your squirrels in your backyard, technologies changed, the firepower has changed. it's incredible that we're allowing 18 year olds to have militarized happens, weapons we see in afghanistan, again, i've got republican constituents that say 21 makes sense, it makes zero sense that you have to be 21 to buy a handgun but you can be 18 and by an a k. i've said that over and over again. this simply just doesn't make sense, how is a young man can go into a store and its man of 48 hours and by thousands of rounds of ammunition, to assault rifles, and that isn't a red flag. because we don't have a law

where that clerk would've said, hold on we're gonna call the authorities, and let them know what's going on here. there's some real problems that we need to change in taxes, i'm not taking the i'm not here to take guns away, i won't common sense gun solutions. >> i think it's something a lot of americans would like to see happen after another mass shooting. texas democratic state senator roland gutierrez live in uvalde, texas. thank you for being with us this evening, i appreciate your time. we still don't know exactly what the authorities did at the school, but it certainly appears like they may have been able to save some lives, if they had acted differently. we're gonna more on that straight ahead. entresto is the number one heart failure brand prescribed by cardiologists

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from where i'm sitting now, of course it's not the right decision, there's no excuse for that. but again, i wasn't there but i'm just telling you from what we know, we believe there should've been an entry as soon

as you. can when there's an active shooter, the rules change -- and by the way, with texas in braces active shooter training, active shooter certification, and that doctrine requires officers, we don't care what agency or from, you don't have to have a leader on the scene, -- people across the, country and a number of chief across the country today and we are just all shaking our head. every officer lines up, stacks up, where those rounds are being fired on keep shooting until the subject is dead. >> earlier today, stephen mccraw the head of the texas department of public safety held a tense press conference providing more information but the fatal shooting at robb elementary in one uvalde, texas on tuesday. those details in the constantly evolving explanations of the police response on tuesday, may reporters and all of us have more questions than answers. why did the school district police chief decided there was no longer an active shooter situation? why was the school district

police chief in charge of all these officers, from all of these different agencies? why did they continue to wait even after a special tactical border patrol team arrived? whose lives could've been saved, in the time they spent waiting? if active shooter training means that every single officer lines up, goes in, and shoots, until the subject is that, why did they do the exact opposite? joining us now is cedric alexander, msnbc law enforcement analyst. is also former member of president obama's task force on 21st century policing. mr. alexander, thank you so much for being here tonight. a lot of tough questions, a lot of unanswered questions. does it make sense to you that the officers waited to approach the shooter? i mean, from your training, from what you know about the subject matter, what is the protocol in a situation like this? >> well, the protocol exactly, what you just pointed out. and it's been that way post

columbine. anytime that you have an active shooter inside a building, once officers begin to arrive, you go towards those gunshots. what you are creating is an opportunity for people who are not able to protect themselves, it's for the bad guy to focus now on you. you have a chance to fight and to win that fight, that's your job. that's what we were sworn to do. in this case, it just appears after each press conference there is more and more questions. and i tell you, i've never seen anything like this. i've been in and out of policing over 40 years in my life, i've never seen anything like this before, and it's a tragedy i'm in this painful that these families to have confidence, tonight quite frankly in their public safety. because outside you have people

who are parents, who themselves were fighting, going around in the back of the school, going in and getting their children. they took it upon themselves to do so, they felt like the authorities were not doing what they're supposed to be doing. i'm not saying what they did was right, but they did what any parent would've done under the circumstances quite frankly. i think this is a real tragedy, there needs to be a great deal questions answered, there needs to be a full open investigation that requires any and everybody was on the scene to give statements, to pull as much footage as you can from all directions, radio transmissions, 9-1-1 calls, you put it together and it has to be put together by an outside agency, not gps, not anybody. it has to come from outside. >> i wanted to ask you, precisely that question, given

everything we've learned right now from how this is transpired since tuesday, the changing accounts, the expanding accounts by the police. are you surprised that federal law enforcement agency hasn't stepped into say given all the questions, given the shifting timelines, given these explanations, that the public, the victims and their families, the media are losing confidence in the credibility integrity of the information that's being provided, and therefore these questions, this investigation now has to be conducted by an outside party? >> it has to be conducted by an outside party. i don't know who may happen to do it. but it certainly cannot be into those agencies that we've seen. the fbi if they choose to take it that got a lot of confidence that they'll go into a fair and open imbalance investigation for all that's involved. right now, i can only imagine the confidence of that community across this country. and i've helped a number of chiefs across the country today, and we're just all, just really shaking our heads, in terms of the last two days of press

conferences that we've seen that have been highly questionable. and in addition to that, there is information that was revealed today, where you had 19 officers under the direction of some incident commander, who decided not to go into this room. let me tell you something. when you have such fire, and you know people on the other side of that room are potentially hurt or injured, you go through that wall, if you have to. you blow that door, you do whatever you've got to do to direct that bad guy towards you, and take them away from those who are innocent and unable to protect themselves. and it is understandable why people are angry tonight at that community and across this country, because what we saw was just absolutely horrific. and this is not good. this is not good at all. i'm not gonna try to make it good. this is bad. is is bad. >> yeah, i was saying earlier, still a lot of questions as to why they considered this a barricaded suspect, as opposed to an active situation, or an active shooter.

a lot of unanswered questions this evening. cedric alexander, former dekalb county, georgia police chief -- sir, thank you so much for your time and insights tonight. greatly appreciated. >> thank you. >> uvalde residents mourning their dead today, and the rage against the police group. on the other side of texas, in the very same state, the nra started its annual meeting, as if nothing tragic had happened this week. but outside, it was clear that things were indeed different. still ahead, why the nra may not be as unfathomable as it once was. stay with us. ♪ did you know you can address one of the root causes

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the convention center in houston, texas today. thousands of people showing up to protest the national rifle association's annual meeting. just three days after 19 children, two teachers, were gunned down in the classrooms about five hours away. it is a powerful thing to see so many people stand up like this, in the face of one of the most powerful, special interest groups in this country. but it becomes even more remarkable, when you zoom in. these little boys and girls stood in a straight line, in complete silence today, outside that and are a meeting. they there were photos other victims of tuesday's school shooting around the next. they held signs that said, am i

next? and don't shoot, hoping to guilt and shame the nra members and republican lawmakers, scheduled to attend this very conference. except, they did not get facetime with as many of those lawmakers as they had hoped. texas senator john cornyn, congressman dan crenshaw, both announced they would be bailing from their plan at the nra conference, and it's not because, you, know they decided to take some kind of principle, moral stance against the gun lobby finally. now, they both, suddenly, had scheduling conflicts, and said they were no longer available to attend. also no shows today, republican speaker of the house in texas, as well as the texas lieutenant governor, and the governor himself, texas governor greg abbott. he canceled his scheduled appearance at the nra. instead, he actually went back to you all day for the second time this week. and it is almost like he

decided to prioritize his grieving constituents, whose children were just murdered over the celebration of guns and the nra. almost. >> ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately, our next speaker is unable to be with us in person today. so please, direct your attention to the screens for a message, from texas governor, greg abbott. >> remember this. there are thousands of laws on the books across the country that limit the owning or using of firearms. lost that have not stopped mad men from carrying out evil acts an innocent people, and peaceful communities. just as laws didn't stop the killer, we will not let his evil acts stop us from uniting the community that he tried to destroy. i mean, i am in this uvalde afternoon, working to heal the broken hearted. >> so, at the exact same time,

the governor of it was healing the broken hearted, he was pledging his support to the nra via jumble trump. arguing against any kind of gun control legislation in his state. and according to him, it doesn't work. so, what's the point? the mayor of houston, sylvester turner, called out this exact kind of hypocrisy and remarks to the houston city council this week. watch. >> why are elected officials coming to the nra to speak? one message that stance, and i do nothing that the governor. , or u.s. senator ted cruz or any other congressperson's going and speaking since the right message. you can't brace them, and notice one day, and be going and championing guns on the next. that's wrong.

>> i don't to be nice anymore. >> joining us now is the mayor of houston, sylvester turner. mister mayor, thank you so much for making time for us this evening. first, i want to just, you know, ask you, what it felt like to be in houston today, you know, with the nra, essentially coopt in your city, to throw a big party for guns in the wake of this horrible mass shooting a few hours away, where the community is still reeling and grieving? >> well, it is shameful. and i don't think i can come up with a word to express my sentiment strongly enough. it is shameful. the reality is that there's 13, 19 of our children they're no longer here, no longer with their families. and quite frankly, not even been buried yet. so their families are grieving, and will be grieving for the rest of their lives. and right now, they're planning funeral arrangements. and then, three days later, you

have people who are attending the nra. and number one, no elected officials should be attending this. and the very fact that the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker, and others are not attending, i think that speaks volumes. but you can't have it both ways. you cannot personally not be there, and then, at the same time, sent a video message, expressing your support for guns, and saying guns are not the problem. but i would tell you that there were thousands of people in houston, that stood up in different boroughs across the city, saying no two guns, no two assault weapons, that we just can't pray enough of our condolences like we've done repeatedly in the past, that we have to do more. i stood with leaders in the city of houston, elected officials, and that the

national president of the national educators association, the national president of the american federation of teachers, along with many others, saying no. saying we have to do more. and if we don't do it now, we run the risk of losing even more kits. >> can i ask you about your decision here for a moment. people were calling on you to try and cancel the nra conference. you said it would have been to logistically complicated to cancel it, that the nra could potentially sued the city, if you try to cancel their contract. explain to us your thought process behind not trying to just trying to shut down the event. whatever the consequences might have been? >> let me give you an example. during the height of the pandemic, when we had an organization that was seeking to hold a convention, for example, at the george brown, i moved forward, and i canceled that convention. but i had justification for health purposes. i, our medical health examiner for the city of houston said

that that would have led to the spreading of the corona virus. and in this particular case, this convention, this conference, had been on the books for two years. a lot of the arrangements had already been made. the contractual arrangements had already been maned. to cancel this convention, in two or three days before it was scheduled to start, just because, for example, the mayor, or members of the city council, or others, disagreed with the message, is not a legal justification for canceling it, without exposing the city to liability. and damages, as a result of all the money spent. rather, when i said, they had the option. they could have canceled this convention themselves. they could have delayed this part of this convention. there are many things that they could have done, instead of holding this convention in the same week that 19 young persons have lost their lives.

>> it seems like a very antagonistic move, and certainly, it would've been wishful thinking on your part, or anyone's part, to expect the nra to take a moral position and moved out of state for those grieving families. sylvester turner, mayor of houston, texas, sir, thank you very much for being here. greatly appreciate your insights. should republicans and congress still be as scared of the nra as they have been four years? or could we be at a tipping point? that conversation is next. ♪ ♪ with multimatic shocks, rugged 33-inch tires, and front and rear electronic locking differentials. dude, this is awesome... but we should get back to work. ♪ ♪

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annual meeting fell 11 days after the shooting at columbine high school in littleton, colorado, which killed 17 people. it was in denver that year, it was less than half an hour away from the sight of that horrific school shooting. the nra didn't cancel the convention, and they actually scaled it back from three days to one, they dropped the gun shows, they dropped the exhibits, and we know from audio leaked to npr last year, the nra leaders at the time were actually worried about the optics of kids holding guns at a convention hall, in that state that soon after a tragedy. this is the nra's big annual meeting in houston, texas, earlier today as we were discussing just days after the mass shooting in uvalde that, left 19 children and two adults dead. the nra did not scale back its meeting at all. they had as they put it, 14

acres of guns and gear. they are still billing the event as of freedom filled weekend for the entire family. so, what happened to the fear of bad optics, why aren't the nra and the gun lobby hiding the stuff like they did back in 1999, it turns out sadly, that mass shootings are good for their business. gun and ammo sales and stocks have surged after mass shootings, and unfortunately did again after uvalde. smith and wesson stock rose more than 13 -- and ammo up 16%. the speakers that showed up today's nra event doubled down on their pro gun statues and speeches. senator tim cruz, president trump, they blamed everything from doors, video games, the mental health. when it came to guns, the one thing every mass shooter has in common, the guns, the weapons both of them gave the classic

refrain, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. so, here's the question the question is, if the nra and the politicians whose pockets it lines, have this little shame, how is gun control actually beat them? joining us now is igor volsky, executive director of guns down america, and the guy who literally wrote the book on beating the nra. it's called, guns down: how to defeat at the nra, and build a safer future with you or guns. igor, thank you so much for being with us tonight. can think of a better person to have this conversation with. let's pretend here for a second, or maybe, manifest that president biden is watching right now, watching this show, at this hour, watching you. what is your pitch to him? how does he beat the nra for once and for all? >> well, thank you for having me on, and good evening, mister president. you have a real opportunity to lead in this moment. to change the script of a mass shooting happens, we talk about

it for 24/7, and then we simply move on. you can stand up and say that tonight, i am opening a white house office of gun violence prevention, it's gonna focus for the first time on coordinating and all around government approach to making sure we solve this crisis. you could announce a crisscross the country, visiting impacted communities, settling a vision of a future with fewer guns. and safer communities. you can bring all of the senators back from their vacation, lock them in the white house, and begin those negotiations, figure out what's actually possible. so we can start to save lives. that doesn't happen without you mister president, you have 30 years of experience a bringing senators together, hard getting hard things done, please, use it on this issue. >> you know, you're a refrain

said by both trump and cruz was the only thing they believe stops a bad guy is a good guy with a gun. i mention that not to have you debunk it, everybody with common sense know is that it's been debunked many times over, the phrase is nearly a decade old right now, and it's totally ingrained in the pro gun culture in america. and crowds went wild when cruz and trump said it. how do we fight that deeply held belief? >> you know, ayman, the brings me back to leadership the leaders in this country from the president on down, who are not afraid to talk about the innate danger of firearms, the idea that firearms are dangerous in almost everybody's hands. that's what they're designed to do, they're designed to kill, and part of the crisis is, we saw this during covid, folks responded to the pandemic by running out and purchasing firearms. this happens after mass shootings. we need to educate people about

the fact that listen, if you choose to bring a firearm into your house, no. that you're bringing in something that could potentially kill you, suicide, or kill those around you, your child could find that gun. i think it's a matter of having an honest conversation about what guns really are. we see that that feel to the nra and that's why that phrase is so ubiquitous. >> igor volsky, executive director of guns down america. igor, thank you so much for your time. i'm sure that you are gonna have this conversation again the weeks and months ahead, unfortunately, i wish we didn't. but something has to change. up next, why the generation that has grown up with school shooting drills, living with the knowledge that they could be killed in school, could actually be the generation to get politicians to finally do something. t get something.

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parkland, florida was rocked by a mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school. it killed 17 people. in the weeks that followed, a group of students who survived that, took time to grieve their classmates, and teachers. but they also set a date for direct action, to demand that lawmakers do something. those students spread the word, on march 24th, 2018, 800,000 demonstrators marched in d. c. along pennsylvania avenue, held a march for -- nearly 2 million people also march across the country making it one of the largest protests in american history. and their actions, marching demanding lawmakers do more, believe it or not it actually work, should move the needle. because in the months after the parkland shooting, 25 states across this country, including more than a dozen that were led via republicans, they enacted new gun control laws raging

from banning bump stocks to allowing authorities to temporarily disarm potentially violent people. that was four years ago, and yet here we are in the wake of another tragedy, that student -led organization march for our lives, plants take to the streets for another rally. june 11th, those kids already have a proven track record, and i for one would not bet against them this time either. stay tuned for june 11th. that does it for me tonight, i see you tomorrow night at eight eastern on ayman, tomorrow i'll talk to senator sheldon whitehouse on special interests are stopping the senate from passing gun reform. now it's time for the last word with jonathan cambridge filling in for lawrence. >> good evening, ayman. and i like to share the optimism that this upcoming march for our lives will push things forward. actually, we're gonna have the national organizing director of that first march for our lives, maxwell frost, later on in the show. i'm looking forward to hear what he says.