lester holt joins us from uvalde right now.r robb elementary school and growing questions about the police response new video of parents in anguish outside the school pleading with officers to go in as the shooting unfolded. police now saying the shooter entered the school unobstructed, that there was no security officer outside despite earlier statements that one engaged the gunman >> was there a school officer on campus? >> no. >> why >> mounting anger tonight. why did police take more than an hour to breach the classroom and stop the bloodshed? 19 children and 2 teachers killed and now tragedy upon tragedy. the husband of one of those teachers died as he prepared for her funeral. >>> also, the nra set to hold a meeting just hours from the site of the shooting in washington a bipartisan group of senators meeting in the hopes of breaking a gridlock on gun legislation. can they cut a deal? >>> also tonight, the massive fire aboard a cruise ship. passengers prepared to abandon ship >>> the monkeypox outbreak growing where new ca

. >>> lester holt anchoring our cartridge from uvalde, texas. new details on how police stopped the gunman and we learned about the victims. many just 10 years old. in a special one hour edition next from texas. t a special onr edition of nightly news from uv uvalde, texas. a small town in shock. 19 children and 2 teachers gunned down in the same classroom. the chilling new details the warnings the 18-year-old suspect posted on facebook jt minutes before the rampage police saying he shot his grandmother, crashed a truck, then entered the school barricading himself inside a classroom and opened fire with an ar-15 style rifle the terrifying moments. >> did you hear the shooting >> two times, yes. but then they sounded like bangs but then our teacher kept saying, no, they're justifier works. >> a tactical team arriving, breaching the door and killing him at the scene the growing questions, what was the motive also tonight, the victims many just 10 years old or older one girl shot while calling 911. two cousins among the dead the teacher killed whil

." >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening tonight we are getting an up-close look at the relentless russian assault on the azovstal steel plant in mariupol, ukraine in what may be the last stand for ukrainian forces trying to hold it. the dramatic video capturing a series of shells exploding on the grounds were shared by the ukrainian national guard, though

tests putting the lives of women and girls at risk >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening the best you can say about today's new report about inflation is that it may be leveling off the inflation rate now 8.3%, showing little change over a month ago but still close to a 40-year high the war in ukraine, the fallout from the pandemic, all playing key roles in driving up many prices like food, up over 9%.

♪ ♪ >>> this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. >> welcome backour continuing nightly news coverage with the mass shooting here in uvalde, texas. they are holding a prayer vigil for the victims of yesterday's attack at robb elementary school. the 19 children and two teachers who were shot to death by an 18-year-old gun man. tonight we are learning more about the shooter, how he purchased ar 15 style rifles in recent days. there were online messages but just before the assault, and after he shot his grandmother, he was going to attack a school. how law enforcement officers finally were able to break in and stop him. dave gutierrez has their story tonight. >> reporter: the law enforcement officers who stopped the gunmen in uvalde are being held as heroes. one of them an unidentified agent with customs and border protection, who fired the fatal shot, he was wounded but survived. >> law enforcement officials did what they do. they showed amazing courage, by running toward gunfire for the singular purpose of trying to save lives. >> of the gun man arme

i'm lester holt. that's "nightly news" for this thursday. thank you for watching good night >>> next on nbc bay area news, exactly one year ago, the deadliest mass shooting in bay area history, nine employees killed by their coworker. >> we shouldn't be here. >> hearing from two police officers who storm the building to save lives. >> the first thing i got in my mind when i heard the call. this might be the one. >> lawmakers at odds with what to do to stop mass shootings, we look at the intersection of gun control and mental health, and why the debate is so polarized. >>> and covid sub variance appearing in the bay area, what we need to know as the

that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching i'm lester holt. yourself and each other. good night >>> coming up next, brace yourself. a new record high for gas prices. more than six dollars per gallon statewide. why you shouldn't expect cheaper prices anytime soon. and restaurants are struggling with rising costs, covid outbreaks and staffing shortages. >>> we will be joined by a bay area scientists that looks at other signs of life in our universe. why he believes the silicon valley will play a critical role . >>>taking over the streets of the peninsula.

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening. president biden tonight standing up for his administration's response to the infant formula shortage, predicting in a matter of weeks or less there will be significantly more formula on shelves. with multiple congressional committees looking into the shortage, the administration says it is working on several fronts to increase supplies, including tapping formula from overseas the shortage which has been quietly developing for months now is being felt nationwide with tennessee, delaware, and texas among the hardest-hit, and certain minority communities being especially impacted, prompting worries about long-term health consequences tonight, parents and caregivers looking for guidance and answers jo ling kent is following the story. >> reporter: president biden today defending his administration's response to the formula crisis. >> we moved as quickly as the problem became apparent to us, and we have to move with caution as well as speed because we got to make sure what we're getting is

. >> announcer: this is “nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone the nationwidehortage of infant formula is growing more acute tonight, leaving more parents in a desperate hunt for the nutrition their babies need. with the percentage of out of stock product climbing, president biden is vowing to step in, meeting today with industry leaders and announcing a series of measures to increase supplies. the white house vowing to cut the red tape. saying the use of the defense production act to increase formula availability is on the table. a tool most recently used to speed up delivery of covid related health supplies tonight, the shortage being felt across the country, but the crisis has become especially urgent for certain vulnerable groups of children jo ling kent has late details. >> reporter: tonight, the biden white house under growing pressure to act, with millions of families unable to get infant formula >> our message to parents is, we hear you, we want to do everything we can, and we're going to cut every element of red tape >> reporter: parents like haley rub

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night >>> next on nbc bay area news tonight, rising temperatures and elevated fire danger. fires already popping up across the region today. we'll tell you what to expect over the next few days. >>> plus -- >> then i kind of pulled away, leaned towards the right and he grabbed my inner thigh. >> another woman accusing a san jose cop of groping her. this is at least the third accusation against the same officer. >>> also, when will this current covid surge in and why are some people seeing a rebound of symptoms after taking a covid pill. we'll be joined by ucsf chief of medicine dr. bob walker. >>> a dispute over who can

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thanks for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other.good night >>> i'm raj mathai. next on nbc bay area news tonight, we have exclusive details about the woman accused of kidnapping a baby in san jose. she has been deported three times, but that's not all. we'll tell you what else we uncover about her. >>> also, held up at gunpoint and then robbed. a well-known restaurant in oakland is fed up with the crime. >> people don't walk around here no more. people afraid. >> what is oakland doing about it? we'll be joined by mayor libby schaaf. >>> plus, the garlic festival is back, but not in gilroy. and that's stirring up a lot of controversy. >>> and take a look at this. vacaville is bearing down again. not one, but there might be two wayward bears.

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening just breaking as we come on the air tonight, a stunning milestone reached in this country's battle with covid. according to an nbc news count, the number of dead who had the virus in the u.s. has just crossed the one million mark we'll get to that in a few moments. >>> but we begin here tonight with a scramble over the future of abortion rights after that leaked draft supreme court decision that appeared to show the handwriting on the wall, a court inclined to rule there is no constitutional right to abortion, sending the decision to the states democrats left with no way to stop the train, now looking to make republican opponents of abortion pay a political price as the midterm election campaigns heat up. president biden setting the democrats' tone, warning abortion could be the first of many rights stripped away by the court. emotions running high on both sides with the outcome deeply personal and consequential for so many. peter alexander has late details. [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: tonight with protes

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lester holt joins us from new york right now. >>> banks tonight, the horrific shooting rampage at any school in texas. at least 18 children and three adults killed in the mass shooting according to a state senator briefed by texas rangers. the images coming in the massive police presence the gunman identified as an 18-yr-old believed to have been killed by officers and reports he shot his own grandmother before entering the school parents rushing to be reunited with the terrified children president biden addressing the nation tonight after ordering flags to half staff. our team at the scene in texas what we're learning, a special edition of "nightly news" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. he shot and killed horrifically, incomprehensively, the words of governor greg abbott tonight after one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history 18, 18 children and three adults gunned down today at an elementary school in uvalde, texas, west of san antonio. according to a state senator briefed by texas rangers, the gunman, 18 years

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thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other.aj mathai. next on nbc bay area news tonight, we are quickly becoming california's covid hot spot. one of our coronavirus experts will help us understand why the bay area is getting hit so hard. and what the spike in cases means for your mother's day plans. >>> also, a life-changing treatment for the immunocompromised. so why haven't more people received? how the treatment work, and what the roll-out says about our fight against covid. >>> and a rough week on wall street. what it means for your wallet, your 401(k), and your credit cards. >>> you couldn't find your baby formula? >> no. >> what are you going to do? >> well, i have to go to other stores to look for it. >> where is all the baby formula? and what's behind this bay area shortage?

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that's "nightly news" for this tuesday thank you for watching i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night ♪ ♪ ♪♪ hello it's me your ex ♪ ♪ i called to say not sorry but i wish you the best ♪ ♪ and i don't hold no grudges promise this ain't a test ♪ ♪ we okay we okay ♪ ♪ sometimes it works out but sometimes it don't ♪ ♪ maybe we'll fix this or maybe we won't ♪ ♪ sometimes a heart can sink like a stone ♪ ♪ until you find home ♪ ♪ this ain't a heartbreak anthem ♪ ♪ i don't care what happened ♪ ♪ but i ain't got no time to dwell on it ♪ ♪ don't wanna throw a tantrum ♪ ♪ you did what you had to ♪ ♪ no i ain't got no time to dwell on it ♪ ♪ and i don't wanna feel i don't wanna feel hollow ♪ ♪ chasin' you and me chasin' all of these shadows ♪ ♪ this ain't a heartbreak anthem ♪ ♪ i don't care what happened ♪ ♪ but i ain't got no time to dwell on it ♪ ♪ this ain't a heartbreak anthem ♪ ♪ this ain't a heartbreak ♪ ♪ this ain't a heartbreak ♪ ♪ this ain't a heartbreak anthem ♪ ♪ a heartbreak anthem ♪ ♪ a heartbreak anthem ♪ ♪ i don't wanna feel

that's "nightly news" for this wednesday thank you for watching i'm lester holt.ase take care of yourself and each other. good night [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ somewhere deep inside of me ♪ ♪ there's a world only i see only i see ♪ ♪ oh i try to face reality ♪ ♪ but something is missing something is missing ♪ ♪ when i close my eyes i get lost inside ♪ ♪ i will find you swear i will find you there's a dark blue sky but i ♪ ♪ close my eyes ♪ ♪ i will find you swear i will find you ♪ ♪ i just know i wanna be with you ♪ ♪ i wanna be free ♪ ♪ so if i close my eyes ♪ ♪ i got you in my mind ♪ ♪ i wanna be with you ♪ ♪ i wanna be free ♪ ♪ so if i close my eyes ♪ ♪ i got you in my mind ♪ ♪ mind ♪ ♪ i got you in my mind ♪ ♪ mind ♪ ♪ i just know i wanna be with you ♪ ♪ i wanna be free ♪ ♪ so if i close my eyes ♪ ♪ i got you in my mind ♪ ♪ i wanna be with you ♪ ♪ i wanna be free ♪ ♪ so if i close my eyes ♪ ♪ i got you in my mind ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: hi, everybody, welcome to "the kelly clarkson show"! i love that song! taylor in our audience requested it, so c

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thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night ♪ ♪ [applause] >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show," yala. it is a great day here in los angeles. the sun is out, skies are clear, the flowers are in full bloom, allergies. there's only one problem, and that is my allergies. they are not liking any of this. so my voice really isn't up, not just for singing but really talking, but we are going to do this thing. we are keeping things off with a "kellyoke" encore, here is me and my band with "real love" by mary j. blige. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ we are lovers through and through ♪ ♪ and though we made it through the storm ♪ ♪ i really want you to realize, i really wanna put you on ♪ ♪ i've been searching for someone to satisfy my every need ♪ ♪ won't you be my inspiration? ♪ ♪ be the real love that i need ♪ ♪ real love, i'm searching for a real love ♪ ♪ someone to set my heart free ♪ ♪ real love, i'm searching for a real love ♪ ♪ see, i'm searching for a real love and i don't know where to go ♪ ♪ been around the world and h

i'm lester holt. that's "nightly news" for this thursday. thank you for watching good night [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪♪ i see you calling ♪ ♪ i didn't wanna leave you like that ♪ ♪ it's five in the morning yeah yeah ♪ ♪ a hundred on the dash ♪ ♪ 'cause my wheels are rolling ♪ ♪ ain't taking my foot off the gas ♪ ♪ and it only took the one night ♪ ♪ to see the end of the line ♪ ♪ staring deep in your eyes eyes ♪ ♪ dancing on the edge 'bout to take it too far ♪ ♪ it's messing with my head how i mess with your heart ♪ ♪ if you wake up in your bed alone in the dark ♪ ♪ i'm sorry gotta leave before you love me ♪ ♪ ayy ayy leave before you love me ♪ ♪ ayy ayy leave before you love me ♪ ♪ ayy ayy leave before you love me ♪ ♪ ayy ayy leave before you love me ♪ ♪ dancing on the edge take it too far ♪ ♪ messing with my head how i mess with your heart ♪ ♪ i'm sorry alone in the dark ♪ ♪ i'm sorry leave before you love me ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show"! give it up for my band y'all! [cheers and applause] that wa

i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. good night ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> kelly: that was great! all right, welcome to "the kelly clarkson show," we are mixing things up today, because to be honest, i woke up with a tickle in my throat, if i can't bring you song just right, i don't want to bring you it at all, so we dug through the archives toe served up a kelly-aoke encore, this is by one of my favorite artists, so let's do this. here is me and my band y'all with "here comes the rain again" by the eurythmics. ♪ ♪ ♪♪ here comes the rain again ♪ ♪ falling on my head like a memory ♪ ♪ falling on my head like a new emotion ♪ ♪ i want to walk in the open wind ♪ ♪ i want to talk like lovers do ♪ ♪ want to dive into your ocean ♪ ♪ is it raining with you ♪ ♪ so baby talk to me ♪ ♪ like lovers do ♪ ♪ walk with me ♪ ♪ like lovers do ♪ ♪ talk to me ♪ ♪ like lovers do ♪ ♪ ooh ♪ ♪ hey hey hey hey ♪ ♪ here comes the rain again ♪ ♪ falling on my head like a memory ♪ ♪ falling on my head like a new emotion ♪ ♪ i want to walk in

. >>> and lester holt is preparing for "nightly news." about the supreme court of the united states. inflation also is among the top stories. why rising prices are chaining our shopping habits. so what are americans buying now? lester joins us in about three minutes. if you're a small business, there are lots of choices when it comes to your internet and technology needs. but when you choose comcast business internet, you choose the largest, fastest reliable network. you choose advanced security. and you choose fiber solutions with speeds up to 10 gigs available to more small businesses than any other provider. the choice is clear: get unbeatable business solutions from the most innovative company. get a great deal on this limited time price with internet and voice for just $49.99 a month for 24 months with a 2-year price guarantee. call today. >>> okay. here is your warning. watching a sideshow or a street race in the east bay could end up with some stiff penalties for you. >> pittsburg city council unanimously approved new rules. if you

. >>> and a look inside 30 rock, the control room there lester holt preparing for "nightly news." one of the top stories, the incredible landing that a lot of people are talking about. nbc news chats with the air traffic controller who talked a passenger through how to land the plane. lester joins us in about four minutes. if you're a small business, there are lots of choices when it comes to your internet and technology needs. but when you choose comcast business internet, you choose the largest, fastest reliable network. you choose advanced security. and you choose fiber solutions with speeds up to 10 gigs available to more small businesses than any other provider. the choice is clear: get unbeatable business solutions from the most innovative company. get a great deal on this limited time price with internet and voice for just $49.99 a month for 24 months with a 2-year price guarantee. call today. are you looking to renovate your kitchen or bathroom? i'm mike holmes here with ivan from agm renovations thanks mike! too often, homeowners hire the wrong contractor. ivan, i see thi

history-making new kid on the block >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening we begin tonight with breaking news. the manhunt for that inmate who escaped from an alabama prison with a corrections officer ten days ago is apparently over authorities say the inmate, casey white, and the officer, vicky white, are in custody in evansville, indiana. earlier today, the u.s. marshals said they received a tip and security camera images from a car wash in that city of a pickup truck they think the couple used. gabe gutierrez is here with late details. gabe, what are authorities saying >> reporter: lester, just a few moments ago authorities in alabama said they captured the pair in southern indiana after a pursuit ended in a crash. earlier in the day, security camera footage from a business in evansville, indiana showed a man investigators believe may have been casey white, the inmate who was on the run ten days ago police say vicky white said she was transporting that inmate, casey white, no relation, from jail to the courthouse for a mental health evaluation of

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other.h here in the bay area. we have a new look of how hard it's hitting our bottom line. >>> also, something that's never happened in california before, workers at two starbucks unionizing. could more stores follow suit? >>> after two years of living and dealing with covid, why can't we better prevent the spread? we're talking to one of our covid experts from stanford. >>> good evening. this is nbc bay area tuesday tonight, i'm raj mathai. we'll get to those stories in a moment. we want to start with the breaking news in orange county. we've been covered this now for a couple hours. a fire burning several homes down

." >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening tonight we are getting an up-close look at the relentless russian assault on the azovstal steel plant in mariupol, ukraine in what may be the last stand for ukrainian forces trying to hold it. the dramatic video capturing a series of shells exploding on the grounds were shared by the ukrainian national guard, though impossible to know exactly when it was shot a ukrainian commander there reports russian forces have entered the site and heavy, bloody battles were being fought unknown tonight, the fate of civilians still at the plant first, what nbc has just learned about the role of u.s. intelligence in the sinking of a russian warship. kelly cobiella has late details. >> reporter: tonight nbc news reports u.s. intelligence shared with ukraine helped lead to ukraine's sinking of the russian cruiser "moskva. one of the most embarrassing setbacks russia faced since the start of the war the news coming on the heels of a "new york times" report that says the u.s. has given ukraine real time battlefield intelligen

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. he shot and killed horrifically, incomprehensively, the words of governor greg abbott tonight after one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history 18, 18 children and three adults gunned down today at an elementary school in uvalde, texas, west of san antonio. according to a state senator briefed by texas rangers, the gunman, 18 years old, and described as a resident of the community, entered the school with a handgun and possibly a rifle it appears he was killed by officers who responded to the shootings. president biden addressed the nation a short time ago more on his message in a moment this comes just ten days after the mass shooting at a supermarket in buffalo in which ten people were killed. one more horrific and stunning act of gun violence in a nation so weary from it we begin with morgan chesky in texas. >> reporter: lester, every update that's come in today on this story has only brought more heartbreak for this tight-knit community of only about 15,000 people. tonig

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from buffalo, new york. >>> good evening from buffalo. a still proud but deeply wounded community asking tonight, why us. why a teenager traveled hundreds of miles to this city, to this block, to this grocery store to allegedly seek out black people to kill today we learn the gun attack that killed ten and injured three may not have gone entirely as planned police believe the shooter, pumped up on false and racist conspiracy theories, intended to head down the street and shoot more people. thankfully he was stopped and arrested it came on the same weekend as a mass shooting at a southern california church, an attack on taiwanese church members being investigated tonight as a hate crime that was politically motivated. we'll have more on that in a few moments. let's begin here with the pain, remembrances, and fear in buffalo tonight, buffalo still struggling to come to terms with how someone could turn a supermarket into a terror target. and if warning signs were missed. >> three down inside so far two outside

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. ♪ then suddenly it's hard to breathe ♪ ♪ now and then i get insecure from all the pain ♪ ♪ i'm so ashamed ♪ ♪ i am beautiful no matter what they say ♪ ♪ words can't bring me down ♪ ♪ i am beautiful in every single way ♪ ♪ yes words can't bring me down oh no ♪ ♪ so don't you bring me down today ♪ ♪ no matter what we do (no matter what we do) ♪ ♪ no matter what we say (no matter what we say) ♪ ♪ we're the song inside the tune yeah ♪ ♪ full of beautiful mistakes ♪ ♪ 'cause we are beautiful no matter what they say ♪ ♪ yes words won't bring us down no ♪ ♪ we are beautiful in every single way ♪ ♪ yes words can't bring us down oh no ♪ ♪ so don't you bring me down today ♪♪ [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> kelly: welcome to "the kelly clarkson show"! give it up for my band the all! that was "beautiful" by christina aguilera, it's the perfect song because we are celebrating some of the most beautiful people and our lives, our teachers. debris in the audience requested it, why did

. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening there is breaking news ason the air tonight. a federal judge has just blocked the biden administration's plans to lift covid-related restrictions at the southern u.s. border the trump-era rule known as title 42 was set to end on monday but will now remain in place. it allows border ag

lester holt getting ready for "nightly news."the top stories, after they run for the roses, where do those racehorses retire? as we gear up for tomorrow's kentucky derby. nbc news shows you where some of the great horses go. lester joins us about three minutes. under district attorney gascón, i prosecuted car break-ins. all repeat offenders, often in organized crime rings. but when chesa boudin took office, he dissolved the unit and stopped me from collaborating with the police on my cases. now home and car break-ins are on the rise because repeat offenders know they can get away with it. chesa boudin is failing to do his job. there's a better way to keep san francisco safe. recall chesa boudin now. if you're a small business, there are lots of choices to when it comes to youre. internet and technology needs. but when you choose comcast business internet, you choose the largest, fastest reliable network. you choose advanced security. and you choose fiber solutions with speeds up to 10 gigs available to more small businesses than

thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other.rything you had it ♪ ♪ guess i had a naive heart 'cause boy i let you have it ♪ ♪ you said i was your only never thought you'd leave me lonely ♪ ♪ you're just a lost boy with your head up in the clouds ♪ ♪ you're just a lost boy never keep your feet on the ground ♪ ♪ always gonna fly away ♪ ♪ just because you know you can ♪ ♪ never gonna learn there's no such place ♪ ♪ as neverland you don't understand ♪ ♪ you'll never grow up ♪ ♪ you're never gonna be a man peter pan ♪ ♪ you're just a lost boy yeah i know who you are ♪ ♪ and you don't know what you lost boy too busy chasing stars ♪ ♪ and you're always gonna fly away ♪ ♪ just because you know you can ♪ ♪ never gonna learn there's no such p understand ♪ ♪ you'll never grow up ♪ ♪ you're never gonna be a man ♪ ♪ you'll never grow up ♪ ♪ you're never gonna be a man peter pan ♪♪ [cheers and applause] >> kelly: all right, everybody, welcome to "the kelly clarkson show"! give it up for my music director jason halbert! that was "peter pan" by

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from buffalo, new york. good evening from buffalo. a still proud but deeply wounded community asking tonight, why us. why a teenager traveled hundreds of miles to this city, to this block, to this grocery store to allegedly seek out black people to kill today we learn the gun attack that killed ten

lester holt even hit him. >> it's when the president's poll numbers began to go down and inflation andnued to skyrocket and the border continued to get worse and why he has gone down. a lose/lose situation for the president's handlers. if they put him out there we see the clean-ups or he may say things that are dishonest. last week he said there was no vaccine when he entered office and then literally there is him getting a shot in the arm a month before he took office. and then he also said that the best way to lower inflation is to raise taxes on corporations. which any sane or sober economist will tell you that's not how it works. so when he speaks, he says things that are either misleading or dishonest and when he doesn't speak he looks afraid. we're in an election year. when you can't put the president of the united states out in front of the american people, you look like you are running from something. >> harris: the white house wants to help the democrats in states. i don't know who wants him with the poll numbers. let's see who will take the hit out and see how it works out. >

my heart is broken. >> she told lester holt, she heard the shooter. >> what do you want people to know about what you went through? it was very scary. at first we didn't know what was happening but then we realized it and everyone started panicking. >> the archbishop has called the uvalde area home for years and said this grieving community, now, needs the nation's prayers. >> when you meet a family was just lost a child, what do you even say? >> just embrace them. >> with me now is suzanne, a national reporter for nbc news online and nbc news latino. it's always a pleasure to see you. you've been speaking with a lot of the families of survivors, and people who were part of this horrendous event, but survived. >> i wrote about this this morning, and it's a really interesting situation because i spoke to and aunt whose niece died but hurt daughter was at the school for the awards ceremony and she survived, they picked her up early, she wasn't there for the shooting, she went home early, her husband, roland, was there as well, and he saw the niece and said hi, she had this happy smile an

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lester holt preparing for nightly news. the primary races with wild last-minute twist.s two states such high- stakes. >>> she was orphaned. the california attorney general and first responders endorse her for senate. two women, running for senate. only one is supported by the planned parenthood action fund. >>> oaklands effort to repair the harm that drugs are causing got a big push. >> leaders are calling for tax money to help fund what is being called the emerald deal that would support social programs in minority communities. the tax revenue comes out to 7 to $12 million per year. >>> tonight, it is out of this world. while congress investigate ufos, work is being done to find alien life. we will be joined by one of the men leading the charge. there will be proof of other life in the galaxy by 2035. that story and more is coming up. >>> a major victory for russia as -- . why the spike in the city is only over for now. >>> tonight, president biden taking a forceful stand against white supremacy after the hate-fueled rampage in buffalo the presiden denouncing white sup

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. i'm tom llamas in for lester tonight it was a gutting admission today from texas law enforcement that a decision was made not to enter the classroom where the gunman was with an entire fourth grade class for almost an hour police admitting today that was a mistake we also learned for much of that hour there were 19 police officers outside the door who did not go in we have shown you the video of frantic parents outside the school pleading with officers to go in. today we learned that there were children inside the school calling 911. one of them begging, please, send the police now still they did not go in 19 children and 2 teachers were killed when asked how many lives could have been saved if they acted earlier the official could only say i don't know new images of the moments some children were able to escape the school you can see them right there evacuated out of windows. now in the small town of uvalde grief is turning into anger as a community grapples with the reality that at l

. >> reporter: lester holt spoke with a girl, still clutching her teddy bear. >> did you hear the shooting? >> it sounded like banging, but our teacher said it was fireworks. we knew they were not fireworks, so everyone was panicking. my friend michael was by the window. he kept saying that someone got shot >> reporter: that's a lot for anyone to deal with. how are you doing today? >> i'm doing better. >> reporter: you got to talk to someone today? >> yeah. >> reporter: among the other victims identified, alanna torres, a student and athlete that love soft ball. fourth-grader use i a garcia, third-grader annabelle rodriguez killed in the same classroom as her cousin. josi florez. xavier lopez. 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

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lester holt joins us from new york now. >>> breaking news tonight.ama fugitives caught after a nationwide manhunt just a short time ago, authorities announcing an escaped murder suspect and the corrections officer accused of helping him were captured after a chase and car wreck in indiana. the officer taken to the hospital what we're learning. >>> also tonight, vladimir putin speaking to thousands at russia's victory day parade, marking the defeat of nazi germany. the defiant message he sent to the west and new images, the bombing of a school in eastern ukraine. more than 60 feared dead our teams inside moscow and ukraine >>> the fight over abortion escalating in wisconsin. an antiabortion rights group's office hit with a molotov cocktail senate democrats preparing a vote this week on abortion rights as the battle rages from state to state. >>> mystery in paradise police naming three american tourists found dead at a bahamas resort a fourth airlifted to the u.s. what caused it >>> the nationwide shortage of baby formula. the urgent warnings from pedi