handicar is in the lead, still way out in front of the lyft car, driven by matthew mcconaughey. [ soft music plays ] sometimes you got to go forward by going backward. are we driving cars, or are cars driving us? announcer: the dastardly car is racing past both. this could be an upset, folks. [ tires screech ] timmy! good night, you son of a bitch. [ click! boom! ] mimsy, i told you to put the explosives under timmy's seat! darr, you told me to put the explosives under the seat of that fake, soft-spoken douchebag that everyone loves! notthatfake, soft-spoken douchebag that everyone loves! announcer: oh, my. it appears that an explosion has opened up a wormhole with matthew mcconaughey inside. [ echoing ] mimsy... announcer: and there's the finish. it looks like handicar has done it. timmy! [ all cheering ] a big congratulations to our fundraising champion. after selling the handicar rights to elon musk, timmy has raised $2.3 billion for summer camp. [ cheering ] great job to all of you. this is sure to be the best summer camp ever! [ cheering ] [ insects chirping ] all set for bed, hon

xfinity. >>> uvalde, texas is where matthew mcconaughey was born and spent his early years. part of his instagram post. quote, we have tragically proven that we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms grant us. the true call to action is for every american to take a longer and deeper look in the mirror and ask ourselves what is it we truly value. >> we cannot exhale, once again make excuses and accept the tragic realities as the status quote. as americans, texans, mothers and fathers, it is time we re-evaluate and renegotiate you'rour wants and needs. >> we need to find the common ground above the reality that is tragically our children's issue. this is an epidemic we can control and whatever side of the aisle we may stand on, we know that we can do better, we must do better. >> i didn't realize that he was from that town. >>> all right. 58 past the hour. thanks for joining us. i'm christine romans. >> and i'm laura jarrett. "new day" starts right now . >>> good morning to our viewers in the united states and away the world. it is wednesday, may 259, i'm jo

today actor matthew mcconaughey mourning for his hometown.onaughey is from right here in uvalde in a statement on instagram today he wrote, as americans, texans, mothers and fathers, it's time we reevaluate and negotiate our wants and needs. we have to rearrange our values and find common ground above this devastating american reality that has tragically become our children's issue. today the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy offered his condolences to the families of the victims here >> translator: i would like to express my condolences to all of the relatives and family members of the children who were killed in the awful shooting at an elementary school in texas at this time, as far as i know, 21 people were killed, including 19 children. absolutely innocent children are being murdered in an absolutely peaceful time. >> from his war torn nation. other world leaders reacting french president emanuel macron says the country shares the shock and grief of the american people the german chancellor olaf scholz says his thoughts are with th

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. >>> today some custom and border protection officers came to the school along with actor matthew mcconaughey. he grew up in uvalde. there will be nine more funerals this week. the rest in the weeks to come. >> let's talk about action as a response. on capitol hill, a group are working on it. this comes as president joe biden welcomed a foreign counter part who offered sweeping gun control in her own country. they've done it. now we look to them. >> reporter: president biden remarked on a tragic metric of his time in office. >> i've been to more mass shooting aftermaths than any president in american history. >> reporter: tuesday the president welcomed new zealand's prime minister who has new gun control measures in her own country after a mass shooting in 2019. >> in the aftermath of the new zealand public, they had an expectation. if we knew what the problem was, that we would do something abou meet with congress on guns but gave no further detail. speaking in their home state of connecticut, democratic senators richard blumenthal and chris murphy said they plan to put the issue to the vote

and matthew mcconaughey. he's doing the chest pounding. yeah. it's like they're having three martinis in the middle of day. this is not no that's not what ever happened. no. now, so anyway, it did have this odd effect and and read it but reading it over. so the first the first thought was wow, i i can't believe i got away with this like that. this book worked. i was so i was cringing it was what i was reading. i was taking a pen to it and julia bartner added to kind of stop me from changing the book because i would have changed quite a bit about the book. so that was the first reaction to it was that the second reaction to it was how much funnier i was when i didn't think i was being funny. then when i thought i was being funny when i thought i was being funny. it wasn't very funny. like i had no sense. i know as i was writing it. i was just vastly amused by myself. i was laughing the whole time and and the the parts where i thought i was most amused by myself. we're not the pots that most amused the reader.

amanda gorman posted a poem to 201twitter and asked for donations for gun safety and actor matthew mcconaughey said we all know we can do better lebron james said when is enough enough kids are being put in harm's way at school. and steve kerr had a passiona plea >> we've had asian church goers killed in southern california, and now we have children murdered at school when are we going to do something! i'm tired. i'm so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there. i'm so tired of the, excuse the, i'm sorry, i'm tired of the moments of silence enough there's 50 senators right now who refuse to vote on hr-8, which is a background check rule that the house passed a couple years ago. it's been sitting there for two years, and there's a reason they won't vote on it to hold onto power so i ask you, mitch mcconnell. i ask all you senators who refuse to do anything p about t violence and school shootings, are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children? and our elderly? and our church goers because that's what it loo

are working tirelessly to finish them in time for the funeral services >>> on friday, actor matthew mcconaughey visited his hometown of uvalde to meet with families in that community. his mother taught at that school about a mile from robb elementary >>> and there has been even more gun violence this holiday weekend, including chaos in downtown chattanooga, tennessee. >> shots fired, shots fired. >> possibly another victim a gunshot wound to the head. >> officials believe two groups of young people got into a fight, and that led to gunfire six teenagers were injured, two in critical condition. no arrests have been made. >>> in oklahoma, a suspect has turned himself in after a woman was killed at a holiday festival seven others were hurt in that shooting, which authorities also say started with an argument in chicago this weekend, police report at least five people have been killed and 21 hurt in multiple shootings across the city and here in new york city, at least seven people have been shot twe incidents. >>> a terrible boating accident in georgia has left five people dead two boats collided

dozen volunteers are working tirelessly to finish them in time for the funeral services and matthew mcconaughey visited his hometown of uvalde he shared a statement which didn't directly mention gun safety, but said in part "we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedoms grant us." now the fiery debate over new gun laws have been re-ignited. josh lederman has more. >> reporter: president biden with a reassuring message for uvalde residents who are pleading for action. >> do something! do something >> reporter: but history suggests otherwise after nearly every matt shooting, talk of federal gun laws and then nothing. like after columbine >> congress decided it can agree on nothing to stop the next episode of teen violence >> and sandy hook. >> support for gun control and an assault weapons have stalled in congress. >> reporter: but democrats pushing stronger gun laws are sounding cautiously optimistic >> i've seen more republican interest in coming to the table and talking at this time than any other moment since sandy hook >> reporter: democrat chris murphy now leading urgent bipa

> reporter: residents respects at the growing memorial today, including oscar winning actor matthew mcconaughey, who grew up here, and local border patrol agents, laying a weeing after risking their lives to stop the rampage. and tonight, governor greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration for the city of uvalde that would streamline access to any resources this community will need to cope with the aftermath of this horrific tragedy. norah. >> o'donnell: horrific, indeed. lilia luciano, thank you so much. back here in washington, president biden is considering executive action to take on gun control, even as a bipartisan group of lawmakers met virtually in search of common ground on gun control legislation. now, unlike previous failed attempts, this time could be different. here's cbs' ed o'keefe. >> reporter: a peering with new zealand's head of state today, president biden discussed his meeting with the family members of victims of the texas shooting. >> there's an awful lot of suffering. so much of it is-- much of it is preventible and the devastation is amazing. >> reporter: the pain is

what being an investor is with all of this hijinks in fact the famous scene where he's with matthew mcconaughey during the chest pounding having three martinis in the middle of the night. it never happened. >> reading it over for t the fit thought was while. i can't believe i got away with this. this book worked. i was cringing at what i was reading. i was taking a pen to it. i had to kind of stopped from changing the book because that would have changed quite a bit about the book. that was the first reaction is that. the second reaction was how much funnier i was when i didn't think i was being funny and when i thought w i was being funny. when i thought i was being funny it wasn't very funny. i was writing it i was just vastly amused by myself. i was laughing the whole time. the parts where i thought i was most amused by myself or not the parts with most were abused. the next thought was how i -- the places i screwed up the story and the whole thing is the material was so good it was idiot proof i had such good material i could make a lot of mistakes and get away with it. i saw the mistakes a

. >> turning to this matthew mcconaughey uvalde native.e wrote in a statement quote once again we have tragically proven that we are feeling to b responsible for the rights of our freedoms granted us we have to rearrange our values and fin a common ground above this devastating american reality that has tragically become our children's issue. action must be taken so that no parent has to experience what the parents in uvalde and the others before them have endured. he said he supports the second amendment, but believes in commonsense gun reform reform, he is from uvalde, texas. the moment of silence before tipoff at the nba playoff game between the mavericks and the warriors. >> our thoughts and prayers are also with the victims of their horrific shooting today at the robb elementary school in uvalde , texas,. we mourn with their families an friends in the entire community after this unspeakable tragedy. >> after the game, warrior star players are dealing with the tragedy. >> i have kids. i send them to school every day drop them off, and

and in fact famous scene where leo dicaprio's there is matthew mcconaughey stood in the chest pound, they're having three martinis in the middle of the night. never happened. >> and know. anyway it did have this odd effect. soreading it over the first thought was a wow, i cannot believe i got away with this. this book worked. i was cringing at what i was reading. taking a t pen to it'd julie stp me from changing the book because i would have changed quite a bit about thet book. i was a first reaction to it was that. the second reaction to it was how much funnier i was when i didn't think i was being funny then when i thought i was being funny but i thought i was being funny it wasn't very funny i had no sense. i know is i was writing i was vastly amused by myself but i was laughing the whole time. and the parts were i thought i was most amused by myself are not the part most amused the reader. the next thought i had was where i had see places where he actually screwed up the story. the truth about the whole thing is the material was so good he was idiot proof. i had such good materia

earlier today we also saw one of the hometown heroes here, matthew mcconaughey show up to pay his respects at the elementary school, the site of last week's massacre. he didn't take any questions. much like everyone here was very solemn and clearly very disturbed by what happened. victor, alisyn. >> we have seen these families in states and at the local level make that change that they have committed to. we just spoke with a man in colorado who did that after the columbine shooting. let me turn to the investigation, the audio from the incident. it appears a child is heard. tell us about that. >> it appears that a child is telling an adult that they have been shot. it was a video that we obtained overnight from an individual who did not want to be identified, but it appears as though it was shot while this video -- while the shooting was taking place. it's unclear at what point, in it we hear a radio call from customs and border protection radio traffic and according to the individual who recorded this video, he said as soon as cvp agents realized he could hear this audio on the radio traff

. >> reporter: that's right, matthew mcconaughey, this is his hometown, uvalde, and he has been veryocal about his support of what happened here and veriy vocal about his suppot to the community. he made an unexpected appearance at the site of the shooting. he didn't take questions. he was there very briefly. our reporter, omar jimenez, was there and we were able to capture video but he did walk away, very solemnly looking down, not taking any questions from those around him. >> nick valencia in uvalde, thank you. >> so, new this afternoon, we're hearing from a teacher who saw the gunman enter robb elementary. >> i just, like, looked out the window, and i see this guy with a gun walking up. and i just told my class, get on the ground, get on the ground, get to the corner. i heard -- i just kept hearing shots fired and i just kept praying, god, please don't let him come in my room. please don't let him come in this room. and for some reason, he didn't. and i don't know why. >> nicole ogburn says she's mourning her fellow fourth grade teachers who were killed a week ago and she continu

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leaving loved ones only memories, as community members, even matthew mcconaughey, whose hometown is uvalde, come to pay their respects. those close to the 21 killed can't help but think about those last moments as they prepare to lay their own to rest. >> her classmates said she was brave, that she was grabbing all the other students and telling them where to hide before the gunman turned on her. she was so brave and courageous, to tell the kids to hide. >> the funeral for that 10-year-old girl, maite rodriguez, is tonight. a heartbroken community attending five services today. two funerals and three visitations for four children and one teacher among the 21 killed, as more details come to light. it's unclear at what point during the shooting this video was taken. the apparent radio call was videotaped by a man who told cnn he heard the dispatch from the radio of a customs and border patrol vehicle outside the school. >> are you injured? >> i got shot. >> where? >> the radio traffic audio adding new concerns about what law enforcement knew during that hour they were still waiting to enter

who was talking about and then ultimately decided against running for governor of texas, was matthew mcconaughey, if you won? >> absolutely. >> seth: yeah. >> this guy's a great texan. beyond being an extraordinary actor, when the chips are down in our state, this guy shows up. so we had a horrific shooting in el paso in 2019. 23 people were killed after greg abbott, donald trump, and others warned of this invasion of mexicans and immigrants who were coming to get us. mcconaughey showed up to el paso, raised money, donated it to the community, was there, you know, physically present to make sure that we all knew that he was with us when we had this winter storm last year and abbott couldn't keep the lights on, the power went off, hundreds died, tens of billions of doll famous friends together, and they raise millions of dollars for the state. so, this guy is there for texas, and he's got such an amazing heart, so whatever he wants to do and whoever he can help, we want to turn him loose and let him do that. but he's an example of the spirit of the state. i don't know if the guy is a republican o

as far as matthew mcconaughey he is legitimately from there.ame town. he is one of the most famous people in our country and it looked to me like matthew mcconaughey did the right thing and my guess is the people were glad to see him there because he is actually from there. >> griff: in the last hour we talked to congressman tony gonzalez who represents the district and met with president biden. president biden said let's not make it about politics. i want to get your reaction now to really what happens once we start talking about how to make sure this never happens again. congressman mo brooks, alabama senate candidate, was talking about this and he was on the field when the shooter opened fire on the congressional baseball practice in 2017. listen. >> back when i was growing up, we didn't have these mass killings, okay? today they're much more common. what's the big difference when i was growing up and today? the big difference is the decline in the moral values, the decline in the respect for human life. if we teach proper moral values and r

actor and uvalde resident matthew mcconaughey reacting to the statement in his hometown writing in ament once again we have tragically proven we are failing to be responsible for the rights our freedom grant us. action must be taken so that no parent has to experience what the parents in uvalde and others before them have endured. mcconaughey reportedly says he supports the second amendment but believes in common sense gun reform. he has been inundated with messages asking him to travel to uvalde. one social media user saying quote this is your hometown. these are your people. the shooting expected to dominate today's confirmation hearing for president biden's nominee to lead the atf. steve dettelbach just received key endorsement from the national association last night urging lawmakers to confirm him. the hearing is set for 10:00 a.m. before the senate judiciary committee. listen to this. the federal agents foil an isis plot to assassinate former president george w. bush. iraqi citizen living in columbus, ohio reportedly traveled to dallas in november to take footage of the former

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