help. 19 officers were in the hallway outside the classroom. officers were told not to breach the door because the commanding officer determined the active shooting situation had ended and believed no more children were at risk. there were gun shots being heard. it wasn't until 12:50 that the classroom door was breached and the gunman was killed. that waiting was in fkt the wrong decision. >> waits the wrong decision. period. there is no excuse for that. we believe there should have been an entry as soon as you can. there is no longer, okay, there is no longer a barricaded subject. you don't have time. you don't make battle

perimeters. >> texas governor greg abbott, he defended himself in the criticism among his response to the shooting and his praise of police efforts. during his visit to uvalde on friday, the republican governor said he was initially misled by law enforcement officials and was restating what he heard when corroborating their version. >> i was misled and i am livid about what happened. and as everybody has learned, the information that i was given turned out in part to be inaccurate. and i'm absolutely livid about that. and here's my he expectation. my expectation is that the law enforcement leaders that are leading the investigations which includes the texas rangers and the fbi, they get to the bottom of every fact with absolute certainty. >> the governor is saying at

that press conference at the cost the funerals for the victims was being taken care of by an anonymous doaner who gave $175,000 to make sure every funeral is paid for. he provided mental health care services for the community tweeting out this and saying anyone can call and receive help for free. want to bring in our reporter now outside robb elementary. morgan, good morning to you. folks here want accountability. a lot happened since the shooting on tuesday. talk through the time line as well. talk more about what we see that is currently being done. >> i think this time line is going to be scrutinized in the weeks and months to come. over the weekend we learned that the department of justice is going to be taking a closer look into how police responded inside robb elementary school and this comes as memorial outside the school only grows. this tight knit community is now preparing for 21 funerals. >> reporter: this morning, in uvalde, texas, growing calls for

action in the wake of unspeakable tragedy. >> school shootings need to stop. they need to do something. >> reporter: the tight knit town welcoming president biden and the first laid sunday. they spent hours consoling families of those killed inside robb elementary. as the president left a texas church, one on looker urging him to help, prompting this response. upon his departure from texas, he tweeted the white house's commitment to turning pain into action. after a request of the uvalde mayor, the shooting the focus of a federal investigation. the department of justice its goal is an independent account of actions and responses and they look to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare for and respond to active shooter events. those who were there still grappling with the shock. >> i just kept hearing, boom, boom, boom. it kept going off and what felt

like an eternity. >> reporter: as the gunman walked towards her school, teacher nicole shouted for her kids to hit the floor just seconds before the gunfire shatters a classroom window. >> i had a student laying on top of me and i had a bunch of other students right over here by me. i just remember praying, please, god, please, god, keep us safe. >> reporter: they managed to scramble to safety. 19 officers waited 47 minutes before engaging the gunman. the uvalde native said this. where do you believe blame should lie? >> on the person that came in my school and shot at us. that's the person that is to blame. >> reporter: outside her school, a memorial is growing. thousands waiting hours in the texas heat to place flowers and stuffed animals in front of the 21 white crosses. now as the town prepares for 21

funerals, others here asking what needs to happen to save another community from this pain? >> people come together so we can change. we need change. not just weapons but on other things. >> and this morning we are hearing more about some of those victims still recovering. we know three of them are inside a san antonio hospital. the youngest a 10-year-old girl who has of right now remains in serious condition. >> let's talk about the commander. it was the chief of the school district. chief of police of the school district. there are six officers under his command. small department. he is part of this community. a part of the fabric of this community. >> right. he had been serving as chief of the school district police force since 2020. just a few weeks ago voted to serve on city council. expected to be sworn in tomorrow and was identified over the weekend as pete aradando.

we have not heard from him at this point in time. this is such a tight knit community here. everyone really does know everyone. and, you know, you heard that teacher in my piece when i asked her, who do you lay the blame at? she said, strictly the shooter. because she told me that she would have trouble moving forward if it was placed anywhere else. >> i think that this community, they are in a way divided over that very matter. there are some folks that say we're angry. the police need to be held accountable. p some folks said they were not surprised about the police response. others said these are our neighbors. that person lives across the street from me. a police officer lost his daughter. >> right. >> inside that school. >> right. >> they are a fabric of the community. a part of it. they have known that forever. so this community is going to grapple with that as they move forward. where do we lay blame? at the end of the day, all these people are dead.

hard no the to want to point finger and try to explain why this happened. >> every update that's come out since this took place, there is only you brought more heartbreak to this community. we know what the doj taking a closer look with potentially the fbi taking a closer look at the request of state lawmakers. . there is much more to come from this. >> yeah. that's why i keep saying, especially with the trickling information coming out and being misled for so many days, it makes it that much p more worse for the families that are grieving. >> absolutely. >> they're the most important people in all of this. >> all right. congress is in recess for the memorial day holiday. a group of bipartisan senators are set to hold virtual meetings to come up with a compromise on new gun safety legislation. we're on capitol hill and we have the latest on that. >> reporter: after horror in uvalde, this morning a renewed push for stricter federal gun laws. >> i can tell you i sense a

different feeling among my colleagues after uvalde. it is time for us to do something. america is sick and tired of political excuses. >> reporter: connecticut senator now leading bipartisan talks to try to find a path forward. >> it's inconceivable to me that we have not passed significant federal legislation trying to address the tragedy of gun violence in this nation, especially because since sandy hook we've seen even worse slaughter. >> some of the proposals discussed, so-called red flag laws which allow police or family members to seek court orders to take guns away from people who may pose threats. strengthening the background check system, more money for school security and increasing mental health resources. >> package it in the end. break the logjam. just show that progress is possible. >> reporter: texas republican congressman says a lot of democrats' gun proposals are

misguided. >> they infringe on the rights of millions of gun owners. they problem my wouldn't have what they're hoping for. >> that opposition sentiment echoed at the nra convention in houston over the weekend. >> as always, in the wake of these tragedies, the various gun control policies being pushed. >> by the left would have done nothing to prevent the horror that took place. absolutely nothing. >> but in a new video, jon voight a long time republican says there needs to be new qualifications to buy guns. >> use to identify every individual for the credentials. mental capacity to bear arms. there should be proper qualifications for gun ownership and proper testing. one should only own a gun if they're qualified and schooled. >> so let's go through the playbook. we have an msnbc political analyst with us. eugene, good to see you. let's talk through this. the realities on the ground

here. so seems as if mcconnell deputized him to go talk to chris murphy. chris murphy is leading this thing for quite some time. they made a lot of progress on the ground. if you look at a federal and nationwide ban on assault rifles, they got nowhere. and at this point, a lot of folks are not optimistic. what you are hearing from that perspective? the real kind of look at any kind of optimism that there is going to be movement? >> i think the president is coming behind me. that is president biden coming back. but what we're hearing is not a lot of optimism. you talk to folks on capitol hill, they are expecting the same plate to run over and over again that we've seen to run again. we're expecting the conversations to go on. this happened after sandy hook. the bill that we all remember.

they're expecting this conversation to continue. but the question continues to be where are the ten republicans? whether that is on background checks, whether that is on red flag laws or something else, we're not seeing how that would be able to pass. i saw cory booker the other day at a restaurant. and i walked up to him. i asked him, you are optimistic? and he didn't feel -- he didn't feel that optimistic. he was hopeful that some kind of moderate bill would come out of the conversation. but then talked about how republicans he felt weren't coming in a good faith effort as they usually do. the we're seeing and watching what will happen on the white house. they're continuing to look at the kind of executive orders that would happen and have some kind of effect. they're getting a lot of pressure from all sides, whether that is civil rights groups because of buffalo, whether that is groups that care about gun safety advocates who are

pressuring this white house to do something if if anything at all. >> eugene daniels talking through marine one behind him as president is coming back from delaware. this is a really tough moment. politically and personally for this president. i want you to talk us through that. because this is a president as you mentioned, he was in buffalo two weeks ago. when i was there as well. he was vice president when sandy hook happened. he was very big part of what took place in 1994 with the ban of the assault rifles. he lost his own child who was incredibly young. >> the reality is he likely won't be able to. even though he mouthed the words

to this community saying we will. >> if you think about it, the president has seen conversation around guns change during his 50 years in public life n 1968, a few years before sworn in as senator, there was a gun control legislation that was signed by you lyndon b. johnson after the death of -- the assassination of mlk and rfk. so he's been around as the nra changed the way that they talked about and supported guns in this country and pushed guns on this -- in this country. at the time in 1968, the nra was supportive and called that law reasonable. so he's over and over seen how this conversation is changing. he was major part of the brady bill and assault weapons ban in the 1990s. he's seen sandy hook. this is personal and policy to this president. i was talking to someone the

other day and they said that is the perfect issue. someone who understands law and who understands needing compassion in this country but also wants to work on policy. like you said, it is hard to see where the policy actually comes from. there are not ten republicans that say they'll do something. despite the fact that right before i came on, representative crenshaw said, you know, talked about none of these things that they are proposing democrats would have the effect. the answer is, we don't know that, right? because there hasn't been any action on this. and the republicans who are against this are frankly out of step with the american people. >> that's right. >> out of step with the american people. we had polling that showed the vast, vast majority, 88% and the 70s on the issues of american voters are supportive of something. and that includes republicans and that includes gun owners.

>> i read a stat that a tragedy like this only lasts four days. we're going to pack up our cameras soon in the next couple days and move on to the next story. that is part of this news cycle. you think back, for instance, january 6th. the night of the insurrection. republicans standing on the senate floor saying this cannot happen again. action must be taken. the president is culpable. then president trump is culpable. we have seen what is taking place since then. if something doesn't happen now or in the immediate days following, the likelihood is nothing will in fact happen. you think, of course, the conversations surrounding the filibuster. we know where he stands on the filibuster. we know where joe manchin stands on the filibuster. even if they were able to convince those two senators to carve out for something like gun legislation, would they even have the votes in place to get something across the finish line? >> it's possible.

like you said on the filibuster, they don't have the vote. something that both they have served as for a long time is kind of the punching bags for liberals on the filibuster. but there are other and have been other more moderate democratic senators or independent senators who are against changing the filibuster. like you said, as this changes in people's minds, as they move on to all of the things that are going on in their lives, the pandemic, you know, the still dealing with whether they have jobs or not, inflation, cost of different things, that is front of mind of people until something happens. and so when you talk to senators, members of congress and you ask them what -- when you are going to get something done? they know they have to do it quickly. so they left for memorial day with nothing done. now they're going to come back and hopefully push. but in 2012, when president biden led that gun task force, one of the things that they focused on is moving very

quickly. they knew they had to use the shock of what they saw and still nothing happened. so what that tells you is that even then, in 2013, we saw those kindergarteners being murdered, nothing happened. so why would this be different? and the hope from when you talk to gun control advocates and parents of sandy hook children who died that day, they tell you that they're going to continue to push, this white house continue to bush congress. the hope is if you just get something done, i think chris murphy said it right before i started talking, just get something done that might break the logjam as he put it. let's say you get something on red flag laws. then maybe something else can happen. that creates a different effect. so that is what the families are hoping for. >> yeah. and that's exactly what the texas state senator said here as well. just something. just move it in that direction. and there's a lot of momentum here in texas specifically in uvalde. the hope is maybe, just maybe

god willing this time will be different. eugene daniels, as always, great to see you, my friend. reporting from the white house. thank you. as we go to break, i want to give you an update on the victims of the horrific attack last weekend. the university hospital in san antonio, texas, says they are still treating three victims, a 10-year-old girl in serious condition. a 9-year-old girl in good condition and a 66-year-old woman believed to be the shooter's grandmother who is listed in fair condition. as for the 19 kids and two teachers killed, funerals will begin this week and nbc news reporting two local funeral homes are overwhelmed by the number of victims. the first service will be held tomorrow for 10-year-old amarie garza. we have more in response from uvalde. also ahead, we have the latest on what is happening on the ground in ukraine as russian forces target a key city in the eastern part of the country. we'll be right back. ern part of. we'll be right back. this is a hero, walking his youngest down the aisle, which to his bladder, feels like a mile.

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welcome back, everybody. i want to cover what is happening overseas as well. european leaders pushing for new peace talks between russia and ukraine. french president spoke to putin by phone over the weekend urging him to hold direct talks with president zelenskyy. the leaders also pressed putin to release hundreds of ukrainian fighters that made the stand inside the bombed out steel plant. those soldiers have been registered as prisoners of war. there is intense new fighting between ukrainian and russian forces in the eastern part of the country. nbc news correspondent richard engel has more on this. >> reporter: russian troops are a mile from the this village. and they're closing in. russia claims to be attacking the village and dozens of similar ones in donbas to free ukrainians from nazi rule. but there are no nazis here.

the local mayor says that is an excuse for a land grab. russian forces bomb the train station now nothing moves. russia is trying to steal this rich agricultural area. russia bombed out the power and running water. ukrainians remaining in the village about half the population survive by cooking on open fires. the village school is no more. this 11-year-old used to go to classes until the russians dropped a bomb about a week ago. what do your parents tell you about why this is happening? >> his favorite subject was health and fitness. he knows something about it. archer suffers from anemia. but there is no medicine for him now. the hospital and pharmacies are all closed without his pills, he

sometimes feels weak and nauseous. while we spoke, he had one of those nauseous moments which are becoming more frequent. is that your stomach? archer's friends have mostly all gone. at home he's with his mother and brother in their apartment neat and well kept despite it all. his mother doesn't understand why russia which is such a big country needs more land. archer's family has a small garden on the edge of the village. he has planted most of the vegetable patch by himself. but some days the gardening is difficult when he is feeling weak. thankfully, the dill grows quickly. and today there are some radishes too. the food helps them resist and hang on. they don't want to leave. as tough as it is now, this will

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it's devastating. you don't -- when you see things like this on tv and the faces, i mean, it hurts. you know what i mean? it's sad. we have to change. how many more lives are going to be taken? sh and another family is going to lose their child. >> congressman, thank you for joining us on this. we appreciate you taking the time. congratulations on the birth of your baby girl. i'm sure it's been a tough couple of weeks, not only this happening but also just having a new baby in your house can always be quite tough. so we thank you for taking the time, congressman.

let's talk through a couple thick things here as we deal with the shooting. i want you to tell us a little bit about what some of the families have been sharing with you. i know you've been speaking with them. what have they been telling you? what do you want to see happen? >> i had met with a few family members and a lot of community members. they're still going through this unimaginable pain and grief. three basic things that i have heard from folks, first, they want answers. about what it took law enforcement by some accounts an hour, over an hour to get into that room and take out the shooter. they wonder why it happened to their kids. and why it happened in uvalde, texas, when really we've seen other active shooter instances before. at least since columbine, we

have not seen this kind of botched law enforcement response. they want answers to that. and then second, they want a new school. for the kids that have to go back to school next year, they can't imagine some of them still have other kids that are going to go or supposed to go to robb elementary or even other relatives or neighbors. they can't imagine the community going back to that same school. i think yesterday president biden, i believe, spoke to the family, about that possibility. finally, very importantly, they're all demanding change, at least the folks i spoke to, on gun reform. and people kept telling me or asking me, how it is that somebody can't buy beer or cigarettes in texas but when they're 18, they can't do that until they're 21, but when they're 18 they can go into a store and buy two ar 15s? people want to see change. i support universal background

checks and red flag laws and banning assault rifles and so forth. in texas, you can't take the pressure off the governor. greg abbott promised to make it harder for something like that to happen again. instead, endorsed and champions laws to get keep dangerous weapons in people's hands. you have 19 dead and more hospitalized and wounded. >> congressman, i want to talk about a couple things that you brought up there. it's not an investigation. it's an active report to restore credibility here. teachable moment, what went wrong. what not to do. you were calling for an fbi investigation. let's talk about first you this

doj look at what went wrong is enough. do you still want this fbi independent investigation? if they find culpability of what went wrong and what needs to happen? >> the reason that i ask the fbi to step in and do a full investigation is because you need a thorough and comprehensive investigation about what happened with the law enforcement breakdown. how is it that it took an hour to go rescue those kids? and bear in mind, you know, what you started to see, for example, is the state law enforcement really put the blame on the local scene commander and police and school police and so forth. bear in mind, there is every level of law enforcement there. there are local law enforcements, state law enforcement, and finally, federal law enforcement. everybody waited too long. they have to figure out why and how that happened.

you make sure it doesn't happen to another american community. >> tell me about chain of command here. i want to walk through this time line when you talk about all the folks on the scene. you have them arriving between 12 and 12:15. dhs 12 and 12:15 and dps on the scene. you have federal officers here. federal officers taking orders from local police force. is that how this is supposed to go down when they're trained on a tactical level? >> you raise a great question. usually when state authorities come on scene, dps in this case, they would ordinarily assume control over a local department for something that is this big this massive, so to speak.

so a lot of people are confused about how the claim is that these dps officers and even the federal officers were deferring to the police chief of a local school district that's probably got five officers or handful of officers. you know, that's really hard for folks to understand. and let's assume for a second that they did in fact defer to that person or a few people. why would you do that? why would the folks who have more equipment, better training, and more people, why would they be deferring to a much smaller department with less resources and less training? and so all of those questions are things that have to be answered. >> i want to listen to the white house at the white house and then we'll talk on the other side.

we're having some audio issues there, congressman. we'll work on it and get that back up for you. i think the notion is, of course, change. we know that president was here being asked by members of the community that they need something to change. something needs to be done. the reality and the things going on in through congress. talk to me about the options you are hearing now. they're talking about raising the age to obtain an assault rifle or just in kremental change. >> let me start with the legislature. getting the people of uvalde relief. number one, greg abbott should

call a special session in the next few days to deal with the issues in texas. address the issues. raise the age limit for people to even if he says hey, you're still going to be able to get the weapons, raise the age limit. now i don't think folks out there should have these weapons. but, you know, he should do what he said he was going to do after el paso and go into the texas legislature and push for real change. that includes also red flag laws and universal background checks. the state of texas could do that right now without having to worry about the federal government. you ask the larger question, what about the rest of the country? we're dealing with a small town in texas now. but you don't want this to happen in it louisiana or maryland or somewhere else. so where do we go from here? democrats proposed universal background checks. when we get back, we're voting on a few bills having to do with red flag laws.

they signed off to ban assault weapons. the american people know where they are on these issues. 90% of the american people support universal background checks and a large majority support the red flag laws. 60% of americans support ban on assault rifles. so right now you have a big chunk of politicians in the republican party, extreme republicans, who are slave to the nra. they're not responding to what the american people want. yes, democrats in congress will put pressure on republicans and it's also incumbent upon the american people to put maximum pressure on their senators and their representatives. voters in the republican primary show that they care about these issues. unless republican voters show that they care about the issues. they have to demand change as well.

they can't just be one political party. because then what happens is what's been happening. you get into this stalemate and nothing changes. >> congressman, i want to read what the president said. i'm going to read off the phone. the president was asked if there is a component of gun reform he thought would be most successful, he said hard to say because i haven't been negotiating with any republicans yet. saying that he did deliberately did not engage in debate while consoling the families. but also said it makes no sense to be able to purchase a weapon that can fire up to 300 rounds. talking about the republican primaries and making this the number one issue, of course, when it comes to the changing gun legislation. when you look ahead to the general, of course, the midterm elections in november, how do you use this momentum, this fear, this anger, this need for change to make it if not the number one, if that's the economy, the number two issues to drive voters to the polls? >> i think what you see is a

country that is motivated to stop these kinds of massacres. to stop this kind of carnage. and so i think the american people are making this one of the most important issues going forward. >> congressman castro, thank you. i'll let you get back to that little baby of yours. hug her close. we're all hugging our children on this memorial day thinking back to what the children faced last tuesday. hope it never happens in this country again. thank you, congressman. coming up, everybody, does america need a memorial day for gun violence victims? we're going to read through the powerful argument from the los angeles types editorial board next. los angeles types editorial board next e we were here. back then we could barely afford a hostel. i'm glad we invested for the long term with vanguard. and now, we're back here again...

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>> do you think this is most acceptable now? >> i'm not going to negotiate with the republicans yet. and i deliberately did not engage in a debate about that. so i don't know what is -- how far it goes. i know that it makes no sense to

be able to have a gun that fires 300 rounds. i said before in the law about that. it will cut down on mass murders. there is only one reason to have a gun that fires 100 shots. i first started doing here the issue on what rational gun laws should be, there was a period when i was a senator and the death rate was going up. not that many more people were being shot but the death rate is going up. i sat with someone and i asked what is the difference?

this is now 20 years ago. i said why are they dying? and they showed me an extra. he said a .22 caliber bullet will lodge in a lung and probably get it out and save a life. a .9 millimeter bullet blows the lung out of the body. so the idea is high caliber weapons, there is simply no rational reason for it in terms of self protection, hunting and i guess -- and, remember, you can't buy a cannon when the second amendment was passed. you can't go out and purchase a lot of weapons. and those who -- not many are saying anymore, but a lot of people were saying, you know,

liberty and the blood of patriots. we have to take on the government when they're wrong. to do that, you don't need a tank. so i think things are divided so bad that everybody is getting more rational about it. >> sir, i know you want congress to act. do you have a particular responsibility now? >> i know i have responsibility. i can do the things i've done. i can take the opportunity. but i can't outlaw a weapon. i can't change the background checks. i can't do tha persuasion, yeah. there are a few things that can happen. >> mcconnell ordered senator cornyn to search for a compromise. do you think there is something there?

>> look, i -- i don't know. i think the realization on the part of rational republicans and i think senator mcconnell is a rational republican, and i got to go in. >> thank you. >> so we were playing extensive comments for the president there as arriving back, of course, at the white house from wilmington, delaware, after he visited here in uvalde, texas, meeting with the victims of the shooting here at robb elementary along with first responders as well. hearing, of course, from the community to change something to get something done. the question has been for quite some time and will continue to be until the midterm elections and hopefully beyond which is what can be done at this point to change gun legislation? change that's we haven't seen in this country in quite some time.

the president talks about the fact that, listen, the reality is he cannot get executive order in place to, in fact, change background checks. he can not outlaw guns by executive order. this is going to have to be an act of congress. he hopes, he says, and he thinks that congress, republican congress especially the gop members of congress are more rational now. and they have a realization that something in fact must be done with this epidemic that we're now in of the mass shootings. he also talked about specifically ars. that's what we're talking about. the commonality in all of the mass shootings here at robb elementary. buffalo, of course, where i was two weeks ago and so many mass shootings we see in this country, the assault style weapon, a military style weapon, a weapon of war. he talks about the caliber of bullet that is in this weapon. the damage that can be done by that versus the damage that can be done by a lower caliber. and so, of course, the conversation will be about the possible ban on assault style weapons or at least increase in

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welcome back, everybody. in a piece written over the weekend, uvalde leader news writes this. we as a nation have failed to protect our children at their most vulnerable moments, when gathered at schools in confined spaces. it has been 10 years since sandy hook elementary looked into gun control and it hasn't budged. we would be naive to think adding uvalde to the growing list of school shootings will sway lawmakers, but we are compelled to try. guns alone do not kill, but the culture the industry fos terz in selling rapid-fire weapons with high-capacity magazines is designed to attract many of those threatened by an imagined enemy. these are not hunting or

sporting arms, which are used respectfully by many of us in southwest texas. these are killing machines, and the enemy has too often become our children. another editorial from the los angeles times. memorial day is a time to remember our war dead, those in the armed services who gave their lives to protect our nation. dedicating a day to honor these veterans reminds us of the terrible toll of war. these days we face another war, this one from within our borders. our violent society, armed to the teeth with guns, has failed to protect children, young adults, employees, shoppers and the faithful attending religious services. along with our many memorials to our war dead and the victims of the foreign-based terrorism of 9/11, we need a national memorial to our victims of

domestic, civilian gun violence. their names should be before us, observed on a specified day when we need to remember them and the need to address this enemy in our midst. we need another memorial day in this country, one to remember the victims of gun violence. an official day dedicated to this tragic reality will remind us that firearms take a daily toll in this country and perhaps move americans to action. this is my last broadcast from uvalde. i'm going to be leaving after this. garrett haake will be picking up coverage in an hour or so from here and we'll all pack up pretty soon. but i say this as you look at the memorial behind me that is building throughout this memorial day, that we continue to honor these victims, and we honor them with teddy bears and flowers and words of prayer. but we also honor them with action. these victims represent everyone

who has died at the hands of gun violence. now is the time to do something. and we don't forget in four days, but we remember no matter what these babies had a future. all of these victims of gun violence had a future, and it was guns that took them away from us. thank you for watching our coverage from uvalde. as i said, garrett haake picks things up at 11:00 a.m. we'll be right back. 11:00 a.m we'll be right back.

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good morning and happy memorial day. i'm chris jansen. it is 10:00 a.m. on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. on the west. in just a moment president biden will talk about his trip to uvalde, texas, saying it makes no sense to be able to purchase a weapon that can fire 300 rounds of ammunition. >> they spent three hours and 45 minutes, and some came two hours early. the pain is palpable. >> right now a partisan group of senators is finding out if any compromise might be possible. what will republicans support? we'll dig into those