anthony garcia was broke.sure. >> what appeared to us that he had made some deliberate attempt to kind of lay things out so people could get his affairs in order. and we see those things as homicide investigators when you investigate suicide. >> so, wherever he was headed when you arrested him was maybe going to be a slash journey anywhere. >> that was our thought, that it was going to be us and. game >> in addition to the documents take it from garcia's home, investigators had to go through all the data collected from his electronic devices. cell phones, tablets, computers and his icloud account. >> you could see from his financial records that he was regularly going to alcohol stores that he was spending a lot of time at gentlemen clubs in and around tear hole. he was not working regularly, so we look to, us collectively, that his life was falling apart. >> hardly what's garcias france had envisioned for the son when he was growing up in southern california. anthony garcia's father, fred, worked for the post

garcia. ms. garcia: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed s.4160, an act to amend title 40 united states code to grant the supreme court of the united states security related authorities equivalent to the legislative and executive branches in which concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from texas seek recognition? ms. garcia: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempor

josué garcía: muy amable, y saludos a todos, damián, gracias.

garcia: absolutely. why i caution about absolutes. i caution about that. what i would say is, you know what? we are all working hard to be ok and to be safe, and these are the things that the as a family have in place to feel safe and i would engage in a conversation about what will help you feel safer, and then you can talk about, what in the community can we do to help ourselves in our community be safer? kristen: is there a way to build mental health and fitness into our everyday routine, so it is not this big thing that can be scary for kids and parents to confront? dr. garcia: absolutely. i love that question, because that is a definitive answer for me, which is yes, absolutely. i think the stigma of talking about your feelings and talking about what is going on in the world in an appropriate way with your kids and your feelings about that and how that is affecting you, that is totally ok to build that in so that you can talk together about what healthy ways you can have this anxiety that has been w

, su esposa, irma garcÍa, una de las dos muestras que pereciÓ en la escuela.los cuatro hijos que quedaron en orfandad pidieron a dios junto con decenas de personas por la paz de sus padres. >> estos niÑos, estos jÓvenes que aman a sus padres, ellos se supieron amados. reportero: el religioso lanzÓ un duro mesa en contra de las armas. >> la idolatrÍa a las armas, que las personas quedan en nÚmero o en basura. reportero: la maestra garcÍa estaba encargada del aula donde salvador ramos ingresÓ y disparÓ contra niÑos, su esposo joe garcÍa habÍa dejado flores como ofrenda por su esposa y los niÑos fallecidos, regresÓ a su casa y prÁcticamente se desplomÓ, segÚn contaron familares, la pareja tenÍa 24 aÑos de casados y tenÍa cuatro hijos, un estudiante de secundaria, una de preparatoria, otro mÁs que asiste a la universidad y el mayor estÁ en infanterÍa de marina, pasan los dÍas y los habitantes de este poblado no dejan de estar sorprendidos por lo que pasÓ, como josÉ cÓrdova, quien dijo que su nieto sobreviviÓ a la masacre, pero que se mucho pesar por los fallecidos

uziyah garcia. his grandfather telling us his grandson loved to play football with him, say heg was "the sweetest little boy that i've ever known." and amerie jo garza had just turned 10. the image her father showed us. amerie holding an award for the honor roll. her family says one of the survivors in that classroom told them that amerie tried to call 911 before she was shot. her father, alfred garza, telling me in the immediate aftermath, he was able to help calm other children as he waited for his own daughter. >> i said, hey, your parents are probably outside, we called some of the parents on ther cell phone. they were just, you know, secure in the facility and that -- >> reporter: all the while, you're wondering -- >> yes, i was hoping for my daughter to walk in the door. >> reporter: alfred showing me that video, his daughter fishing with him. >> do you know what you're doing? do you know what you're doing? >> no. >> reporter: and he told us what he'd say to her if he could. if you had a chanc

irma garcÍa. >> eva mireles.n tiktok no se separaba de sus hermanos y le habÍa pedido a su mamÁ que la viniera a recoger enfrente, esa nunca ocurriÓ, ella estÁ entre las niÑas de 10 aÑos de edad que muriÓ, carolina saraza hablÓ con su mamÁ. carolina: su habitaciÓn sigue intacta, la madre y sus hermanos aÚn no pueden creer que ya no estÁ, la camita que dejÓ ayer antes de irse a la escuela sigue destendida. [llanto] carolina: amaneciÓ en uvalde, 19 niÑos ya no estÁn aquÍ. faltan las sonrisas es un niÑo menor, su "baby" como le decÍan. a esta hora estaba con su niÑa. >> esta maÑana, siempre dicen que las mamÁs tenemos una corazonada. ella dijo que no querÍa ir a la escuela. su papÁ le dijo: si no quieres ir, no vayas. yo creo que ella sentÍa que algo iba a pasar. dijeron que ella se muriÓ. [ininteligible] >> ella pasaba el tiempo jugando fuera con nosotros y con su hermano, haciendo vÍdeos de tiktok. carolina: ¿quÉ le gustarÍa decirle a su niÑa? >> que todo estÁ bien. carolina: ¿de dÓnde sacÓ fuerzas para levantarse

uziyah garcia. his grandfather telling us his grandson loved to play football with him, saying he was "the sweetest little boy that i've ever known." and there was amerie jo garza who had just turned 10. the image her father showed us, holding an award for the honor roll that morning. her family says one of the survivors in that classroom told them that amerie tried to call 911 before she was shot. her father, alfred garza, telling me while he was waiting outside that school, he comfort d some of the children waiting for their parents, all while waiting for his own daughter. >> i tried to say, hey, your parents are probably outside, they're looking for you, i -- we even called some of the parents on my cell phone, i let them talk to their parents, let them nome they were okay, secured in the facility. >> reporter: and all the while, you're wondering -- >> where's my daughter? that's what i was hoping for, waiting for her to walk in the door. >> reporter: alfred showing me that video, his daughter fi

uziak garcia lexie rubio. ellie garcia jaclyn cazares jayce luavanos and teachers irma garcia, eva morales. >> i've worked for this district for 30 years and never thought i would be sitting in front of you doing this today please, pray for our teachers, pray for our community and we will move forward. >> there are new details tonight about the gunman and his background from law enforcement officials and from some of those who knew him our tom yamas has late details. >> reporter: tonight we're learning more about 18-year-old gunman salvador ramos. he grew up in the same town he tore apart alongside the families whose children he murdered during tuesday's senseless massacre >> anyone who shoots his grandmother in the face has to have evil in his heart, but it is far more evil for someone to gun down little kids. >> reporter: people who knew the shooter described him as a loner in a small community of about 15,000 people. >> nobody knew him >> reporter: he dropped out of a local high school and had worked at a f

family of one of two teachers killed suffered another loss, the husband of irma garcia died, joey garciaical emergency according to the gofundme page and his cousin believe he died of a broken heart, losing the love of his life for 25 years was too much, they are parents of four children. more than $1.7 million has been donated to the garcia family . >>> in washington, long refused to compromise on gun control but ten senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is calling for bipartisan effort on potential legislative response to the shooting and encouraging mitch mcconnell texas to begin discussions with democrats and the other republican from texas ted cruz is showing no willingness to budge on gun reform, he was pushed by sky news and cruz became extremely defe defensive. >> why does this only happen in your country, many around the world can't fathom, why only in america. why is this america exceptionallism so awful. >> i'm sorry i think you think american exceptionallism is awful. you got your political agenda, god love you. >> why is america the only country that faces this kind of mass

ellie garcia was a proud member of the tree city basketball team. her aunt described her as a sweet girl. >> she was very happy and very outgoing, loved to dance and sing and play sports. >> reporter: a sign of just how small uvalde is. at least two of those killed, jayce luevanos and jailah silguero, were cousins. and eva mireles is being hailed as a hero. she was reportedly seen shielding kid from the shooter. still, with every tragedy, there are stories of survival. >> we were scared, and the teach started telling us we can pray. >> reporter: second grader timothy silva was in the classroom next door and said his teacher reacted quickly. >> he started yelling, and i thought-- didn't think it was a drill because they would have announced it. and a teacher just went out there and started banging on our door to go hide. >> reporter: his mom waited 40 agonizing minutes to know he was safe. >> i was thinking that the shooter was shooting everywhere, that it was going to go through one of the walls and shoot him. i was so scared. >> reporter: as the pe

joe garcia, the husband of irma garcia, one of the teachers killed yesterday, joe came here yesterday. he left some flowers. he died of a fatal heart attack 48 hours after her death. family members say he died of a broken heart. nbc's sam brock is at a memorial in downtown uvalde. joe's death happened hours after he dropped off those flowers here. how is this community dealing with this unexpected death we must add to the number of people that were massacred here? >> 21, but really 22. behind me you have a fountain. encircling that fountain are 21 crosses. if you look at the crosses, you see messages, daddy is missing you, mom loves you. there are parents robbed of their children, but also children robbed of their patients. joe and irma married 24 years, but high school sweethearts before that. a love affair 30 plus years. the nephew of joe said he suffered a heart attack, connected to grief. >> reporter: irma garcia lost her life tuesday thrusting herself between a mass shooter and her fourth grade students. now her family facing even more heart break. joe garcia, her husband of 24 y

that was laura garcia speaking earlier about the i garcia speaking earlier about the latest developmentg gun and shot dead 14 students at a teacher at a primary school. mr abbott said the suspected attack on this salvador ramos was also killed by a law enforcement officers. he said the assailant had a handgun and possibly a rifle. he is two the attack took place in macro elementary in the town of uvalde. southwest of san antonio san antonio. a watching live pictures of that scene in front of the robb elementary school as investigations continue. i want to tell you of course at the white house as that president biden will be speaking in the next couple of hours or so. we understand the white house and said that president biden has spoken to the texas governor greg abbott to offer any assistance after the shooting. that is it from us. do state with bbc news for the latest headlines and more on the story. we had loads of shadows across the uk. in the press of thundercloud, this once part across the skies of west london and there were reports of some hail, lots of and around can't we even h

fourth grade teachers eva mireles and irma garcia.rcia was a wife of four, a gofundme page set up to raise funds for her funeral expenses and the needs of the family. writes, she sacrificed herself protecting the kids in her classroom. she was a hero. she was loved by many and will truly be missed. and eva's daughter paid tribute to her mother on social media writing, mom, you are a hero. i keep telling myself that this isn't real. i just want to hear your voice. i want to thank you, mom, for being such an inspiration to me. i will forever be so proud to be your daughter. >> a proud daughter and students who were also honored to have her as their teacher. think about it, teachers have such a profound impact on a child's life and, john, i'm just reminded of this quote that says to teach is to touch a life forever and one of those teachers, 17 years as an educator, so think about all of the fourth graders and all of the students who came through her classroom and are remembering her and how she shaped their lives. we've also recently ju

alecia ramirez, rogelio torres and allie garcia. authorities had confirmed that all of them were in a single classroom led by irma garcia and eva mireles, friends and co- teachers for the past five years. irma garcia was an avid hiker, and the fun of the party. a relative also called eva mireles a hero, citing law enforcement saying that she used her body to shield her children from the attackers. i have worked for this district for 30 years. i never thought that i would be sitting in front of you doing this today. please, pray for our teachers, pray for our community. we will move forward. >> another american town, shattered, that will remember these names and faces forever. >>> back here, locally, and outcry for lawmakers to truly do something to prevent another mass shooting from happening. the name and the age of each victim was read aloud, and the memorial in foster city. among the speakers calling for change was a young student. >> i want our country to be better. i hope that someday we will not be worried that this will happe

jaime garcÍa tiene reporte.ios infantiles. el 10 de junio de 2018 anthony fue encontrado inconciente en la casa donde vivÍa con su madre. el novio de ella y tres hermanitos. un dÍa despuÉs el niÑo de 10 aÑos muriÓ en un hospital. y la autopsia revelÓ severos creo —— golpes y retones. y daÑos cerebrales que le provoca la muerte. el dijo que la base de la demanda fueron las 13 veces que se reportaron al departamento del servicios infantiles, les abusos que sufrÍa anthony en su casa.se acuso a los trabajadores sociales de no hacerlo requerido para evitar la muerte del niÑo. >> me siento feliz que por fin se haga justicia para mi niÑo. y espero que con esto haya un cambio y que otros niÑos no tengan que sufrir lo que ÉlsufriÓ . jaime: se espera que en un mÁximo de 90 dÍas, la junta de supervisores de los Ángeles aprueben el acuerdo. notablemente conmovido, el abogado de la familia seÑalÓ que buscarÁ cambios en las leyes de california. para evitar que otros niÑos vÍctimas de abuso infantil mueren debido a la negligen

well, garcia.a wonderful question, and i'm so happy that we're still talking about this years later, because it is something that we're going to need to talk about, and continue talking about years to come. because george floyd's death it was a pinnacle for the black community and i opening moment that racism still exist, and also that black that white police officers are not regarding our black lives. and so president biden signing this order. was very good. it was good to hear coming from the president, but it's not affecting the local police officers. that is a big problem because we talk about derek chauvin being one bad apple in the police department. the whole entire police department all of minneapolis, minnesota, needs a complete overhaul, and so that is who needs to be affected is the local police departments and so residents in minnesota in minneapolis? still do not feel safe. and so we are congratulating president biden on one hand for signing this order, but the local police departments

nuestro equipo >> seguimos hablando entre estudiantes estaba eliana garcía. >> es una niña bien vista >> aferrada a la fotografía en su celular le quedan recuerdos. >> de la vida de todos >> son los abuelitos como eliana garcía y murió dentro de su salón de clases >> no se esperaba nunca, sin embargo pasó >> confiesa la familia está destrozada y nada será igual >> las reuniones que tenía. >> muchos de esos buenos ratos fueron en esta casa y lavida fue un vecino. la casa de los abuelos, el sospechoso >> a lo mejor me matan a mí también. >> iba a ver a su mujer herida, eso dijo a familiares de las víctimas. >> tengo dolor para todo porque muchos niños son inetos y amigos míos. >> cantidad y varios residentes que personas se acercaron al banco de sangre y realidad con las víctimas >> hicieron fila desde temprano al llamado de las autoridades y su sangre servirá para atender a los sobrevivientes de tiroteo. >> han necesitado sangre y están aferrados a la vida. quería nomás expresar eso y dar mi apoyo >> el banco de sangre tendría 40 unidades incluso por encima de

, joe garcia, he died today.oken heart. the scale of this loss, all of these losses, is almost incomprehensible. first of all, how are you and the community coping? >> it's tough. like i said right now, we are just -- it's going to take some time for us to get through this, to get through this. like i said, it's going to be a long process. right now my focus has been throughout the lay for us to ensure that the medical examiner released all the victims to the funeral homes and that has happened already. so now the families can make arraignments with the funeral homes to see their loved ones. >> what was it like, lalo, to walk in and see these victims, have to identify them, these two teachers, these 19 little kids? what was that like? >> it was tough. i mean, i'm super glad -- i'm glad that i had good support. i had dr. molina from the medical examiner come down to uvalde and assist with this because, of course, she has more training in this aspect. but, you know, it's a scene like no other. so, of course, when y

uziyah garcia, eight years old.dalupe rodriguez, ten years old. jose flores, ten years old. eliahana cruz torres, ten years old. eliana garcia, ten years old. rojelio torres, ten years old. -- ramirez, ten years old. jacklyn cazares, ten years old. jailah silguero, ten years old. jayce carmelo luevanos, ten years old. tess mata, ten years old. makenna lee elrod, ten years old. alexandria aniyah rubio, ten years old. joining us now from uvalde, texas is nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez. what are you learning, gabe, about this at this hour tonight? >> it was heartbreaking to hear you name those children just now, lawrence. and it was heartbreaking to see what went on today behind me as vigils wrapped up for the victims here. members of the community -- hundreds, if not more -- came to pay their respects. and lawrence, you just mentioned all those people who died. it was young children, 19 of them, and two teachers. that is really what many people here want to focus on. they don't want to focus on the gun

irma garcia, one of 21 people killed in the shooting on tuesday. two teachers, 19 elementary students these are their faces. young kids 9, 10, 11 years old, who were supposed to be going to their last day of class today before summer vacation the people of uvalde grieving and remembering each one of them cnbc's valerie castro live again tonight in uvalde with their stories. val? >> shep, some of the parents begun tshare memories of their children but at the same time, they started the painstaking process of planning their funerals of course, some parents still don't have any words, just their grief. >> sweetest girl you ever had the chance to meet i had the honor of calling her my daughter. >> reporter: steven garcia and jennifer lugo are just some of the parents living through unthinkable devastation. their daughter ellie among the 19 children whose lives ended tuesday afternoon. speaking to nbc's savannah guthrie, he says just getting that news came after an agonizing wait. >> it was the longest day ever it was it was the it was it was the longes

and in a tragic twist the husband of irma garcia, one of the murdered teamers, has also died.ding to the archdiocese of san antonio, joe garcia suffered a heart attack after news of his wife's death and passed away on thursday. the couple had been married more than 24 years and were high school sweethearts. >> they came to mass every sunday. >> reporter: father eduardo morales of sacred heart church in uvalde knew the family well and greeted irma as she walked into service on sunday morning. he says the couple were a fixture in the community and leave behind four children who he privately consoled shortly after joe's death. >> i told the community that in my own family when we've had a death that it's the church and prayer that has gotten us through all this. not that it takes the pain away. >> reporter: the garcias among a list of names of lives cut too short. eva mireles, amerie garzia, uziyah garcia, javier lopez, jose flores jr., lexi rubio, annabell, guadalupe rodriguez, jacqueline cazares, tess mata, nevaeh bravo, ellie garcia, names etched for those touched by this horr

irma garcia, also a longtime teacher. been at the school for 23 years. she loved queuing with her husband and listening to music. she had four children. she used her body as a shield to protect the children. let's talk about the children. manuel garcia. a fourth grader. football past patterns. impressed by his speed and catching skills. also the 10-year-old, amerie garcia. or garza. she tried to call 911 during the shooting. there are many others. gun reform may not prevent every tragedy but it will have significant impact without affecting the second amendment. >> we must add win in god's name will we do what needs to be done to fundamentally change the amount of carnage that goes on. state the obvious. a lot of people are sick and tired. sick and tired of what's going on and continues to go on. the idea that an 18-year-old can walk into a store and buy weapons of war designed and marketed to kill, it's wrong. it violates common sense. >> the president said he will meet with families of the vick dems victims in the near future. >>> tempers flared. the d

irma garcia.arza was just 10 years old he talked about how he learned was never going to come home from school >> i got confirmation that she was trying to call authorities and i guess he just shot her. how do you look at this girl and shoot her? oh, my baby. i miss my baby. >> all of the dead were in the same fourth grade classroom all 19 young lives described as precious, their teachers dedicated and carrying. more now -- >> reporter: 21 lives brutally cut short and 21 family shattered by act of violence all too common in the united states. 19 thank gone just days before the start of the summer break, none yet out of 4th grade, like 10-year-old uzia garcia who's uncle called him a great kid and full of life who loved video games and full of wheels, his grandfather saying he's the sweetest little boy he's ever neon, he played football and is fast and could catch roupt and remembered all of the routes they practiced and mary jo garza, his father saying they learned of her fate. >> they killed her

according to a family member joe garcia, the husband of irma garcia, suffered a medical emergency. they are survived by four children. >> we need your prayers. and we will need them to continue move through it this. and try to move through this together. >>> a greg abbott will not be attending the nra meeting in person. the event starts tomorrow in houston. the governor was slated to speak but instead he will give a prerecorded video message tomorrow afternoon. he will hold a news conference in eovaldi. >>> what can be done to prevent this tragedy? democrats are trying to get more gun legislation. but many republican lawmakers oppose any attempt to modify the nation's gun laws. ted cruz pressed by mark stone. >> many people around the world just cannot fathom why in america? why is this so awful? >> i'm sorry you think that is awful. >> republican representative tony gonzalez is pressing for legislation that would make them tougher targets for mass shooting. among this a single entry point for all schools. >>> here at home we are remembering the deadliest mass shooting in the bay a

no sabemos si fue de esto que muriÓ joe garcÍa.l cuerpo empieza a liberar hormonas del estrÉs en cantidades inmensas. Ésas hormonas lo que hacen es que adormece en el corazÓn y el corazÓn, que usualmente se contrae en 55—60%... digamos que la contracciÓn disminuya un 25%. al no poder bombear sangre al resto del cuerpo, esa sangre y ese lÍquido se acumula en los pulmones. eso es fallo cardiaco congestiva. la persona presenta dolor de pecho, dificultad respiratoria y en algunos casos se puede morir. carolina: tambiÉn escuchamos en los Últimos dÍas esos testimonios tan aterradores de niÑos de 7—8—10 aÑos que cuentan cÓmo este hombre empezÓ a disparar. algunos se escondÍan debajo de los pupitres y otros terminaron muertos en el piso. escuchemos las palabras de este jovencito. [hablan en inglÉs] [hablan en inglÉs] [hablan en inglÉs] [hablan en inglÉs] [hablan en inglÉs] [hablan en inglÉs] [hablan en inglÉs] presentadora: ahora viene el capÍtulo mÁs complicado para estos padres de familia que decirle adiÓs a estos chiquitos. aquÍ no exis

two days after she was killed, her husband of 24 years joe garcia has died. her nephew saying he passed away due to grief. meanwhile, today i spoke to dr. ronald stewart at a hospital that treated four victims from the shooting. >> these mass casualty events are different. we knew there would be children i would say i take it personally. >> reporter: thankfully all those patients survived but so many other families here are facing endless heartbreak as we see newly revealed videos of the young victims, including 10-year-old amerie jo garza fishing with her dad. >> do you know what you're doing >> no. >> reporter: and 9-year-old ellie garcia. >> i just want to give you a little touch-up. jesus, he died for us. when we die we'll be up there for him. >> reporter: that's 10-year-old lexi rubio at a softball game hearing the cheers after she hits a home run. >> go, lexi! >> reporter: i spoke with her parents, kimberly and felix. >> our beautiful baby girl it's hard. loving appreciate everything, including her life >> smart, too. >> she was very smart. >> very smar

cbs news, uvalde, texas. >> police in uvalde have confirmed lucia garcia is one of the victims as well as lexi rubio. shortly before the suspect opened fire, she had been celebrating getting a good citizen award with her parents. this story has affected people all over the country, that includes right here in the bay area. tonight people will gather in foster city for a vigil at 7:30 at the recreation center gazebo and leo j. ryan memorial park. cities around the bay area have stepped up patrols at schools in the area out of an abundance of caution. none are reporting any active threats. today governor newsom promised to fast track more than a dozen bills related to gun violence. those measures would allow private citizens to sue firearms manufacturers and crack down on ghost guns. >> and to advance our efforts in a series critical areas, on ghost guns, on issues related to the proliferation of assault weapons, ghost guns as well as others, where we need to increase our enforcement, taking the cue from texas. >> former congressman and texas candidate for governor beto o'rourke is also

irma garcia was one of the two teachers killed. her family says "she protected her kids, died as a hero and will be truly missed." the other teacher, 44-year-old ava moralez. she worked for the district for 17 years. her family says she lost her life protecting her students. her husband is a campus police officer and was among the many who responded to the shooting. shannon? >> shannon: trace, it's almost too much to digest. um, but we to say their names and remember their lives so thank you very much. the investigation is underway tonight. retired fbi supervisory special agent james gagliano and former homeland security chairman miller, thank you, gentlemen, for being with us tonight. >> good to be with you. >> thank you, shannon. >> shannon: there's reporting coming in tonight that i see popping up a number of places. the associated press includes this they say onlookers urged police to charge into texas school and they give an account from people who were there on the scene and frustrated parents as well who say that there was a

uziyah garcia's grandfather called him the sweetest little boy he'd ever known. he had just started teaching him football plays over spring break. and, alithia ramirez loved playing soccer with her friends and drawing. while most children look forward to the summer break, andrea will be learning to live with grief, and dread. >> i feel, like, i'm just wondering, what if it happens again? and who will be next? and just worried about it. >> reporter: you're worried about going back to school? >> yes. >> reporter: i asked andrea about their little brother, jaden-- he's five years old-- whether he knows that his brother is not going to come back. she said he doesn't quite grasp it. he keeps asking, "is jose okay? is jose okay?" as for her, well, she's still in shock,she tells me. tony. >> dokoupil: lilia, thank you very much. also today, students across the country walked out of their classrooms to demand action from lawmakers, to protect them and others from the rising wave of gun violence. thousands of students, as you can see on your screen, took part, from virgin

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ocia garcia, whose grandfather said was the sweetest little boy he'd ever known.ace luivanos and cousin jala solgario. >> she was my artist. she had a lot of talent. >> reporter: amerie jo garza, who turned 10 two weeks ago. >> she was artistic. she was smart. she was her own person. she was a leader. she didn't try to be like anybody. she wanted to do things the way she wanted to do them. >> reporter: we spoke to her father earlier today. >> if you had another chance with your daughter what would you say to her? >> i'm eternally grateful, that i'm glad god put me in her life and her in mine, that i had the opportunity to be her father, that she made me proud, she did good. she was a phenomenal person. and my love for her was beyond measure. >> reporter: it was just before noon on tuesday when the alleged gunman shot his own grandmother at home. after an argument. before taking his grandparents' truck and crashing it near robb elementary. >> the crash alerts school police officers, and they immediately confront the gunman who emerges from the car with an ar-15 sty

was married to irma garcia for 24 years. irma died shielding her students from gunfire on tuesday. family members say joe collapsed after delivering flowers to his wife's memorial. they were high school sweethearts and leave behind four children. >>> bipartisan group of senators collaborating on finding a solution to gun violence. 21 crosses bearing the names of each live lost at the centerpiece of memorial outside robb elementary. the parents grieve, senate majority leader chuck schumer says he wants action. he is giving fellow democratic senator chris murphy 10 days to work with republicans on gun safety. >> it won't be anything i want, universal background checks, ban on assault weapons, expansion of background checks. >> represent the connecticut of newtown, home of the 2012 sandy hook shooting massacre. >>> while democrats push for new laws on gun safety, republicans are focused on hardening schools and addressing mental illness which is often tied to mass shooters. why is it important for gun law opponents to frank mas

they include nine-year-old uziyah garcia. nine-year-old amerie jo garza. 10-year-old jose flores. 10-year-old xavier lopez. 10-year-old annabell guadalupe rodriguez. and two fourth grade teachers, eva mireles and irma garcia. robb elementary school is a school with about 600 students in just three grades -- second, third, and fourth. the school is about 90% latinx. thursday was scheduled to be the last day of class for the year. the school district's superintendent hal harrell spoke on tuesday. >> my heart is broken today. our small community. we need your prayers to get through this. amy: the gunman has been identified as salvador ramos. he reportedly bought at least one of his guns on his 18th birthday, a few days ago. he was shot dead in the school. earlier in the day, he shot and critical he shot and critical wounded his grandmother. tuesday's attack was the deadliest school shooting since the massacre at sandy hook in connecticut when a 20-year-old gunman shot dead 26 people, including 20 childrebetween the ages of six a

after his daughter, eliana garcia died. said he was looking forward to her continued era, and now has plans to honor her. >> she had a dress picked out and everything. i am going to have to buy the dress that she wanted to, and we will hang it up in her room whenever the time comes. she will never be forgotten. she was a big part of our family. >> i just cannot imagine. okay, well we are looking in to the teachers that tried to save those students. sam brock is in texas with the latest. >> reporter: lauren and marcus, good morning, the two teachers killed in south texas have many things in common, for one, a lot of experience in the education field. 40 years combined. number two, they are both mothers themselves, and both proved that they were willing to do whatever it takes in order to save the life of their student. teachers are being thrust into that position, not only are they trying to improve lives, with their profession in the first place, but they are faced with decisions about what they will have to do should there

us was ellie garcia.rush her father wro ellie was a doll into happy as ever. a teacher also died, a relativ told reporters she was trying to protect students when the gunman killed her. we also heard from audrey garcia, whose daughter is a former student of her. >> my daughter had her in third grade and my daughter has dn syndrome. she is a special needs student and i had her included in regular classrooms. so she was on her third grade -- she was her third grade teacher. she treated gabby like the other kids, she did not have any lower expectations of gabby. she worked every day. you can see the kind of educator she was in that photo and gabby and i will never -- we could never have thanked her enough fo what she did, but now that she is gone, i want the world to know exactly who she was as an educator and a human. we don't ever want that to be forgotten. roz: we know in washington, flags were lowered to half-mast and we heard from the president. pres. biden: how many scores of little children will witne

garcia. mr. garcia: thank you, mr. chairman. madam speaker, some matters go beyond simple coincidences and some things are simply inexplicable and inexcusable. the blizzard of crises our nation has endured since january of 2021 cannot be attributed to a simple string of bad luck. the reality is that these were intentionally indualsed crises by our elect -- induced crises by our elected officials in the white house and in this body. we've seen an unprecedented frontal assault on middle class americans and their security. this is the leading edge of the dismantling of the fabric of our nation that the far left has been asking for for years. with a slow boil over the last year, our nation has endured record high crime, record homicide rates, record high fentanyl deaths, record high illegal crossings across our borders, record debt, record high inflation, record high gas prices, interest rates have gone parabolic, affordability metrics are at all-time lows, the stock market is now on a straight-line downward trend, crushing our work

garcia, elijah torres.y. >> the nation, showing to the world. >> our thanks to boris sanchez. >>> it is hard for anyone who comprehend what we saw, again, at an american-elementary school. just looking at those little faces in boris's piece right there and it is almost impossible to find words befitting the 21 people lost to those bullets. by amanda gorman, the youngest poet ever at a presidential inauguration found a way. her poem, published in "the new york times" is called "hymn for the hurting." and i would like to read it to you. everything hurts. our hearts shadowed and strange. minds made moneyed and mute. we carry tragedy, terrifying and true. and yet, none of it is new. we knew it as home, as horror, as heritage. even our children cannot be children, cannot be. everything hurts. it's a hard time to be alive, and even harder to stay that way. while burdened to live out these days, while at the same time, blessed to outlive them. this alarm is now we know we must be altered. t that, we must differ or

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i'm laura garcia. >> i marcus washington. the people of uvalde, and across the country, for that matter, in mourning for the school shooting that killed 19 children and 2 teachers. we are learning more about all of the victims this morning. we now know that at least five of those victims were fourth- graders. let's take a look right now. this is outside of robb elementary school. you can see there, like crosses are up to remember the 21 lives lost tuesday. >> among the children lost, 10- year-old jace 51 and his cousin, siltuero. jason's grandfather said, he used making a pot of coffee every day. her parents said, she didn't want to go to school today. >> front page in the local paper. entirely in black, symbolizing one community's profound grief. >> shocking new images emerge, including the cell phone video with the coming dressed in black entering the school. police say, he somehow got passed a campus security officer and barricaded himself in a classroom where all the victims were shot and he actually may have been hunkere

we talked about irma garcia earlier in the show.o be found holding children in her arms. a former robb elementary parent tell us exactly be kind of person she was. watch. >> i don't doubt one bit that she stood right there in front of the gunman and said, you're not taking my kids. you're not going to hurt my kids because that's the type of person that she was. >> the other teacher who was killed, eva mireles telling cnn she loved what she did. she put her whole heart into her work and the kids were the extension of her own family. her daughter had a facebook post called her her best friend. jackie cazares made her first communion. the shooting took her cousin. they shared classroom at robb. they were more than just cousins. they were best friends. rojelio's mother said she was a smart, loving child. xavier lopez family said he loved the dance. another little tik tok star in the making. jose had a baby brother he adored looking after. that was a big part of why he wanted the grow up to be a police officer because he wanted to protec

i'm laura garcia.ite of the massacre for a private ceremony early this morning. a public event takes place in less than an hour at 9:00. transit leaders say there will be expected 20 to 30 minute delays to vta service due to the event's nine trains will not be running. >>> let's get a look at the forecast. little bit of cooling coming our way. >> yeah, we are going to see it really being felt in parts of the inland valleys. where yesterday, we were in the 90s and even 100. we're looking at some upper 70s y in fairfield and livermore. santa rosa only reaching 71. we had 90s yesterday. and san francisco, in the low 60s for this afternoon. it will get slightly warmer tomorrow. but we do still have the wide range in temperatures and fog near the coast. all of us will have another cooldown on saturday with more clouds moving in. but really comfortable with san jose reaching up to 73 degrees. and 73 in martinez for the weekend. going into memorial day more sunshine and breezy winds and our valley temperature

and irma garcia, one of two fourth grade teachers there tuesday, is being hailed as a hero.ortedly seen shielding kids from the shooter. still, with every tragedy, there are stories of are stories of survival. >> we were scared, and the teacher started telling us we can pray. >> reporter: second grader timothy silva was in the classroom next door, and said his teacher reacted quickly. >> he started yelling, and i thought-- didn't think it was a drill because they would have announced it. and a teacher just went out there and started banging on our door, to go hide. >> reporter: his mom waited 40 agonizing minutes to know he was safe.er: his mom waited >> i was thinking that the shooter was shooting everywhere, that it was going to go through one of the walls and shoot him. and i was so scared. >> reporter: as the people of uvalde come to terms with what happened, this largely latino community is turning to each other for comfort. and to prayer, hoping to find an answer to what may never be known. >> i think there are no words for this kind of situation, and we're trying to s

garcia talking to me about the assault rifle.uis to look at stories that are happening right now. richard? >> moments ago police near savannah -- about collision that killed five people. authorities are saying the 45 year old man taken into custody is being held on voting under the influence. investigators say the collision happened yesterday when two boats slammed into each other on the river. women's national-backed basketball players association is renewing calls for the release of britney griner who has now been detained by russian authorities for 100 days. griner was originally arrested in russia and drug charges back in february. one of the five gop house members subpoenaed by the january six committee, arizona congressman andy biggs confirming he has formally objected to the subpoena. we will speak to nbc news -- he denied knowing about knowing calls of violence or's plans to storm the capital. that's a look at some of the top headlines this hour. yasmin's live coverage from uvalde texas of the shooting of the elementary s

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