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breaking tonight a horrific school shooting in south texas. an elementary school. ds ages 7, 8, 9. the governor of texas says a teenager in uvalde, texas, west of san antonio walked into that school and opened fire. authorities now saying he massacred 14 children and one teacher. many other children were injured. the shooter was killed by law enforcement. the questions at this hour are stacking up. the biggest, obviously, is why? the investigation is just beginning as is the unimaginable pain for 15 families getting confirmation of their tragic loss this afternoon. correspondent bill melugin is there tonight live with the latest. good evening, bill. >> bret, good evening to you. unfortunately we are witnessing some of that unimaginable pain you just referenced. the building behind us here in the city of uvalde is the civic center. i can tell you there is a private room in there right now where there are dozens of loved ones, family members parents waiting. waiting for any information whatsoever about their children, about their loved ones, waiting to find out if the

local time at robb elementary school in south texas.e suspect not only had a handgun but also an assault rifle. witnesses describe a chaotic we have a whole lot to get to tonight and anayeli ruiz our houston affiliate khou stars us off. >> reporter: good evening, john. that's right, cbs news did confirm the gunman did have a handgun and assault rifle. witnesses describe a chaotic scene today, even reports of parents rushing to the classroom to pull their kids out of the windows. police say just before noon a gunman walked into robb elementary school in uvalde, texas and started shooting. >> the shooter was salvador ramos an 18-year-old male who resided in uvalde. it's believed he abandoned his vehicle and entered into the robb elementary school in uvalde with a handgun and may also have had a rifle. >> reporter: the texas department of public safety says at least 18 children and one adult was killed. the gunman was a senior at a nearby high school and may have killed his grandmother before entering the schl.oofourth grad. >> reporter: w

more news out of south texas, they have increased the number of victims, sadly.ee adults all reportedly dead in mass shooting at an elementary school. that's more than the dozen reportedly hospitalized in addition to that. fox news national correspondent, he's been there all day. bill melugin joins us live with a report from texas. >> the heartbreak is spreading throughout this texas city with new numbers as you said, 18 children confirmed dead, three adults as well. latest numbers from texas dps, i got off the phone with the mayor, he told me he found out two of his staffers were notified they lost to loved ones in the shooting. we sold a short time ago with a father of a 10-year-old girl here at the elementary school, she is missing, he's lost contact with her, he does not know where she is, he's desperate to find her, he provided her photo to the texas rangers in an effort to find her but that is the story a lot of families are going through tonight waiting to find out whether blood ones are. unfortunately and of the civic center is a room full of parents and

now, his professor at south texas college of law in houston at mr. williams, birth williams. federal. what's your reaction to what we've been hearing? well, actually a very calling the situation. i know it was awful, so it would be nice. i heard your guest earlier, something could be done, but probably not likely we just talking to a correspondence about the what maneuvers the u. s. president has parts we can explore that little bit further in terms of executive action. is there anything that he can do a of his own back without the need of congress? there are certain things you can do to executive action, but very limited to one of the big problems we're going to have is a supreme court as basically held that there is a right. but most citizens and united states to possess firearms and to purchase them. so he's going to be very limited and what he can do one cannot help, but be incredulous. certainly looking him from the outside. when you see the statistics from shootings like this in the scale of death, of americans by americans with guns. what will it take to elicit change

joining us is the chief operating officer of the south texas blood and tissue center.e an incredible, overwhelming support from the community in south texas stepping up to support people in this tragedy. we have needed blood continuously. it is always an urgent need for blood in our area as the demand outstrips the number of people who are able or willing to give at this time. we have apparently had 600 donors yesterday show up. >> 600? >> 600. another 600 plus and growing today. we have appointments booked through this week. i want to make sure that people are aware that nationally, there's a blood shortage still. they can go to aabb.org and look for a blood drive in their local area to give blood. that's a way they can support the community and honor the victims here as well. >> aabb.org. very quickly, what were you able to do post what happened here? i know you all came through and immediately supported it. >> we got the call around noon for 15 units or donations of blood to arrive here in uvalde. we airlifted those. another ten were needed at the local hospital. we

>> as far as for us, we are a small community of 4,000 people with a small agency in south texas. that help, we would have been overrun with having to help other agencies with pursuits coming into our town and will not be able to take care of regular patrol duties in the crime that happens every day in every small town. >> todd: chief, it looks like title 42 for now is not being lifted because of that judge come up 24 states suing to stop it from lifting because of the fears of influx of migrants that it would cause to the state for a small community like dilley, texas if title 42 lives, what would be the impact for you a question mark >> you know i don't think i can fathom what the impact would be but looking at where we are today, if it were to double, we would be inundated with more people than we could handle coming through here. but luckily, we have the county sheriff's office that helps out tremendously. we are all partnering together and operation lone star to have what we have now. >> chief, we have and do you feel like the administration is doing enough to support operati

francine pena is the spokesperson for the south texas blood and tissue center which just finished holding an emergency blood drive. thanks so much for coming over here. how was the turn out? >> the blood drive has not ended. we were scheduled to stop at 2:00 today but the response has been so overwhelming that we're likely going to go another four hours. we have been mentioning to donors that are there that it's an hour and a half to two hour wait, but they want to stay, and do their part. right now people feel helpless, and they want to do something to help their community, and this is one way they can do that. >> hundreds of people have shown up to wait for two hours in the hot sun. >> yes. so yesterday we processed about 600 people. we serviced 38 counties in south texas, so in total we saw about 600 people were expected to get at least another 6, 700 in total today. >> do you know exactly what this blood is being used for? >> so yesterday, when we found out about the tragedy here in uvalde, we were able to send proactively units to support the need needed here. luckily, thanks to our

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so tonight we're going to do the little we can do to help you process what happened in south texas.life coach offered this guidance on "today." >> i woke up this morning. i was scribbling in my journal and i just felt despair. you feel helpless because you feel like you have no power for any action. >> i believe it's very natural at this time to feel that way. if you're feeling heartbroken

. >> almost a day after a killer walked and a south texas school and opened fire, we're learning more about the victims and the senseless attack. here's what we know so far. 19 dead. two teachers also dead. there are 17 people who are hurt. their injuries are not life threatening. the killer, an 18-year-old using an ar-15. no criminal history, no history of mental illness. law enforcement shot and killed the gunman. aaron jones has the latest now from uvalde. >> a neighbor says the shooter moved in with his grandparents because ofleubros home and describe him as kaquiet and har to talk to. his motive, unknown. sadness and grief overwhelm uvalde, texas, and the nation following another mass shooting. a 18-year-old gunman barged into an elementary school tuesday with an assault rifle and high capacity magazines. >> it is intolerable and it is unacceptable for us to have in the state anybody who would kill little kids in that our schools >> reporter: authorities say the gunman shot and wounded his grandmother before the school rampage. they are investigating what led up to the massacre.

tonight, horror and heartbreak in this tiny south texas community. ier today, a mass shooting at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. killing at least 21 people, including 19 children. the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade and the third-deadliest in america since virginia tech. >> the size of the devastation here, the number of lives lost, is very significant. >> this elementary, elementary-age kids. 9, 10. totally helpless, totally harmless. shot in their own classroom. that image should burn in people's memory as to, we shouldn't have to relive sandy hook. >> reporter: officials say the alleged gunman, salvador ramos, also shot his own grandmother before attacking students at the elementary school. >> what happened in uvalde is a horrific tragedy that cannot be tolerated in the state of texas. >> reporter: among those who lost their lives, 10-year-old javier lopez, who was in the fourth grade. his family sharing this photo with us this evening. 19 students were killed and 2 teachers, including fourth grade teacher eva mireles. >> the

farming land to the south and ranch land to the north. it's the gateway to the texas hill country.now, county seat, nice little city square there around the county courthouse, kind of a crossroads, 50 miles -- 55 miles north of the border with mexico and this is just a sad example that this absolutely can happen anywhere. >> uvalde has the eyes of a nation on it now, ross, and i wonder what you want people to know. >> i want you to know about the friend leeness and spirit of the people of uvalde during this very sad time. when my wife and i lived in uvalde we were greeted with open arms as new members of that community and i want y'all to know that these are friendly folks that are hardworking, that support their public schools, that are the types of folks that are -- they are there at friday night football games and working in ways to make their community better and better. that was the impression that the teachers and staff and children, families made on me while i was there. that they were 100% behind the schools and behind educators and the parents and guardians of our students

. >> reporter: he also owns sprawling ranchland in south texas.tures of migrants than deer. if title 42 is lifted, what worries you most? >> it will be chaos on the border. we have a huge influx now of immigrants. it will be chaos on the border. >> we're going to be swamped with people. >> reporter: mcalcallen's mayor says the u.s. has pumped more than $30 million in the last year to help the city handle immigration costs like transportation and housing, but the mayor says the biden administration should keep title 42 in place to slow the flow of migrants into south texas. do you worry, though, that title 42 is going to be used as an immigration policy and not a public health policy, which is what it is. >> we have been seeing lesser numbers and it's more ben ne fishlt to us. do i know it's not an immigration policy, the answer is yes, but it has been useful to us. >> reporter: if we're a nation of laws and using a law incorrectly, are we -- are we being hypocritical? >> maybe. what else is being done to hold immigration down? or to stop it? or to

the area is also heavily militarized border zone in south texas.al site was a member of the border patrols tactical unit known as bortac that shot and killed the shooter. this is cbp del rio sector chief jason owens. >> this is their home. they had children that go to this school. any time a call like this goes out, it is all hands on deck. they're going to respond, even more so when it impacts their home like this did. we did have over 80 four patrol agents -- some came from off-duty and some came from training and they all responded so collaboratively, everyone came together. we had a contingent of our bortac team make entry and confront the suspect and ultimately bring this to a conclusion. amy: some of the parent's can to find their children at the school after the massacre wherefrom mixed-immigration status families. thdepartment of homeland security issued a statement that -- "the site of the tragedy in uvalde, texas is a protected area. to the fullest eent possle, immigration and customs enforcement and customs and border patrol will not con

. >> reporter: he also knowns sprawling ranchland in south texas.eras on his property capture more pictures of migrants than deer. if title 42 is lifted, what worries you the most? >> it will be chaos on the border. we have a huge influx now of immigrants, illegal immigrants. it'll be chaos on the border. >> mcallen's mayor says the u.s. has pumped more than $30 million in the last year to help the city handle immigration costs like transportation and housing. but the mayor says the biden administration should keep title 42 in place to slow the flow of migrants into south texas. do you worry, though, that title 42 is going to be used as an immigration policy and not a public health policy, which is what it is? >> we have been seeing lesser numbers, and it's more beneficial to us. do i know that it's not a policy, an immigration policy? the answer is yes. but it has been useful to us. >> if we're a nation of laws, if you're using a law incorrectly, are we -- are we being hypocritical? >> maybe. what else is being done to hold immigration down or to s

they began to march across south texas with the goal of assassinating every white male the age 16 andrip up railroad tracks kill several people. in san diego, they wanted to end white settler supremacy. the first land they were going to get to african-americans as a sanctuary from white supremacy. the next set of land they're going to liberate, there were going to give to indigenous populations. however, the blowback against her uprising was extraordinary. so in the summer of 1915, posses and vigilantes and u.s. department of war began to crush the uprising. people have estimated that anywhere between 300 and even up to 5000 mexicans and mexican americans were lynched and murdered across south texas. as a repercussion. scholars call that mass murder of 15 and 1916 "the massacre." juan: i'm wondering, your book also deals with the impact of both the migrations during the porfirio dÍaz dictatorship and then the tens of thousands that left mexico during the revolution into the united states, the impact of that labor force on the american west. if you can talk about that as well? >> absol

. >> reporter: he also owns ranch land in south texas.e more pictures of migrants than deer. >> if title 42 is lifted, what worries you most? >> it will be chaos on the border. we have a huge influx now of illegal immigrants. it will be chaos on the border. >> we're going to be swamped with people. >> reporter: the mayor says the u.s. government has pumped more than $30 million in the last year to help the city handle immigration costs, like transportation and housing. but the mayor says the biden administration should keep title 42 in place to slow the flow of migrants into south texas. do you worry that title 42 is going to be used as an immigration policy and not a public health policy? >> we have been seeing lesser numbers, and it's been beneficial to us. i know it's not an immigration policy, but it has been useful for us. >> if you're using a law incorrectly, and we're a nation of laws r we being hypocritical? >> maybe. what else is being done to hold immigration down or to stop it or to at least control it to some degree? nothing!

district that includes uvalde county tweeting this as we learn more details i'm heart broken for our south texas community. it is devastating when our innocent children become the victim of senseless violence we are devastated. on capitol hill reporters who are there have been tracking down various lawmakers and senators there for their thoughts on what happens next and what their immediate reaction is to this. texas senator ted cruz, republican, he said that he expects that many politicians will be politicizing this event. he gave his prescription for how congress should react. here's what he said. >> there's no doubt we need to do more to keep our kids save. there's no doubt we need to do more to keep children in school safe we know from past experience that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus. we don't know the detail of what happened at robb elementary school, but there will be a lot of time to examine what steps could have been taken proactively to enhance the safety and security of the school right now all of us are just grieving horrificall

tonight, that this could be a republican pick-up opportunity, one of several opportunities deep in south texasew dynamic in texas and american politics. an interesting one to watch in the next few months. the other piece of big unfinished piece in texas, the bush dynasty. george p. bush did make the runoff. look at that gap in the preliminary. paxton almost two to one ahead of bush. bush a gigantic underdog. there was a time when george p. bush was supposed to be the future. unless he can pull a rabbit out of the hat tonight, he could suffer a big defeat statewide in texas. >> he went against his own family last time and endorsed president trump. let's talk about alabama, steve. what's going on with brooks there? >> you mentioned that. what an interesting dynamic. he began this race as you mentioned with the endorsement of donald trump. fell behind in the polling. fell behind mike durant, brent, was running in third. that's when donald trump withdrew his endorsement. since that moment, as you see, this is the average of the polling, he moved back up ahead of durant, into second place. alabama,

i'm regional director for dps south texas. thank you so much for being here today. my goal today on this conference, this press conference, is to give you a snapshot, where we're at today. this incident happened on tuesday, may 24th, so there's a lot of information, a lot of moving parts. we have a lot of people involved in this investigation. i'm going to give you a summary of what happened. but before i do that, i was able to make it here during the event on may 24th, same with a lot of other law enforcement officers that came to this event, this critical incident. i got to see the victims. i got to see the officers. i got to see the community members. it is -- it is so hard. it is very -- it's hard to take. it's traumatic. we're all hurting inside. we're hurting inside for the community members in uvalde, texas. we're hurting inside with our local partners that have to live here and work here every day. the victims, the family members, we feel for them. i'm a father. i can go home tonight, hug my kids. that hurts. the members behind me are family members. their k

.™ (music throughout) ♪ ♪ >>> the tragedy here in south texas is reverberating across the country, andnd wondering where is the leadership? abc's congressional correspondent rachel scott has been asking that question all day on capitol hill. >> byron, americans woke up to yet another mass shooting in the united states. and they had one question on their minds. what, if anything, will lawmakers do about it? more than 1,000 miles from the horror in uvalde, texas, here in the nation's capital, in these halls of power, there has been no meaningful action on gun legislation since 1994. >> senator sinema, do you support changing the senate -- >> sorry, guys. >> -- rules in order to pass gun control legislation? 19 children are dead -- >> reporter: we're on a hunt for answers. from those in a position to create actual change. >> we need to be in the business of signaling to the american public and parents who are panicking right now that we're serious about protecting their kids. >> i can't ensure the american people there's any law we can pass to stop this shooting. >> reporter: the divide o

. >> reporter: good morning to you from a stormy south texas.insult to injury here in a heartbroken community, where there are still four people in critical condition. so the death toll could still rise another mass shooting in america. this time shots fired and lives lost at an elementary school >> it was a mass casualty incident at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. >> reporter: according to the texas department of public safety, 19 students, 2nd through 4th graders and two teachers were killed. the gunman abandoned his vehicle, walked into the school before midday tuesday, armed with a handgun and possibly a rifle, then opened fire. police swarmed the campus. >> they locked down the school really quickly and they started evacuating children out through breaking windows and pulling children out through the windows and getting them to safety >> reporter: but the school not the only crime scene >> in addition to that, it is being reported that the subject shot his grandmother right before he went into the school >> reporter: the gunman, id

. >> reporter: as the weight of a mass shooting brings a community to its knees, parents in south texas are demanding more from the agencies tasked with protecting their children. >> these are children, fourth graders children that little girl should not to have covered herself in blood to survive that time frame that it took to get in and rescue her >> reporter: for these moms from san antonio, they say accountability above all else is what they're looking for. >> i trust that when i send my children to school each day they will be safe their school resource officer will be there. the doors will be secured. the local police are going to take action >> reporter: the texas state public safety director today unable to explain why the school resource officer wasn't on campus or why the on-scene commander misjudged an ongoing active shooter threat. >> we are not here to defend what happened we're here to report the facts. >> reporter: how does that sit with you? >> that's cold. >> brutal. very brutal. >> there's no compassion >> reporter: for one grandmother whose little princess 10-year-ol

locations wi locations with these red dots, where we'll set record highs going into saturday, from deep south texashe way into northern vermont. look at some of these places. from nashville, all the way to burlington, to places like hartford, connecticut. the numbers, pretty insane, no question about it. philadelphia, 97 to start the weekend. 96 in d.c. and richmond. those will set records. 94 in concord, new hampshire. then you take a look at sunday's numbers: 94 in boston, our warmest temperature of the year, and almost record-setting for some places where we could see temperatures threaten all-time may highs. and then of course, there's the snow to the west. places like colorado springs in denver, heavy snow on the way. and, norah, the resorts, still open in some places, and they're gtting as much as another two feet of snow, believe it or not. >> o'donnell: wow, incredible to think about that snow. mike bettes, thank you so much. from heat to severe storms: multiple homes and businesses were torn apart in gaylord, michigan, after a tornado blew through the community this afternoon. take a look.

it's just part of the way of life in south texas. so, as you said, you really can't do anything about access if the gun was legal. he was a psycho path. he killed his own grandmother and stormed into the second ago. that's going to be dangerous territory if you hear the president wander into that avenue tonight. i think there will be a lot more bipartisan agreement, i would assume, to strengthen and harden some of the soft targets. you could call it infrastructure. you could call it protecting the kid. do you see any reasonable why that would not happen just even in texas alone? >> well, we have the money to do it. another thing, jesse. it's really important, our mental health issues are in disarray. every time we have a shooting like this, and i do a lot of research and i do a lot of training on this. it's some crazy guy. >> jesse: yeah. >> the world knows he is crazy. a lot of times police talk to him and they refer him for an evaluation. they give him a pill, send him home. he goes home and gets his gun and kills people. that's a

. >> as we learn more about the community there in south texas, u.s. lawmakers from california. calling for action. our current for his new avello joins us now live in the studio with that part of our coverage know well. >> vicki, this afternoon's shooting is the deadliest school shooting at a u.s. grade school since the sandy hook massacre almost a decade ago. it is also the deadliest in texas state history. parents of students at rob elementary in uvalde, texas, visibly broken by this horrific act. again, as we've mentioned multiple times now, these were just second 3rd and 4th graders at the school from images we've seen of the campus, the school sign says be in the toast leading us to believe there is a large latino community there in uvalde. the town is home to about 16,000 people. it's just 75 miles away from the mexico border. we've heard from many u.s. and state lawmakers this evening and afternoon who are calling yet again for common sense gun control u.s. senator dianne feinstein writing another day, another mass shooting. i'm speechless at the evil that is running ram

there are grieving parents in south texas today." two other trump backed candidates won in georgia last night. congresswoman marjorie taylor greene and former nfl player herschel walker running for the senate. mona, andrew. >> andrea, thank you. >>> coming up, an ice cream controversy at walmart. >>> but first what we're learning about a new shipment of baby formula headed to the u.s. >>> and how an alleged plot to assassinate ♪ ♪ at lowe's, you'll find products from veteran-owned businesses all throughout our store. 26,000 veterans and military spouses work here. and our no annual limit discount program saves military members and spouses 10%. every day of the year. at lowe's, our dedication to you is limitless. ♪ ♪ >>> a second shipment of baby formula from overseas will arrive in the u.s. today. the product from germany will be sent to a warehouse in pennsylvania and delivered to hospitals, retailers and low income programs. also today an official from formula maker abbott is expected to tell congress the company will resume produc

it is 75 miles from the mexico border. 85 miles west of san antonio down there in south texas. and we have heard today from many u.s. and state lawmakers who are calling for more common sense gun control. president biden addressing the nation just about 20 minutes ago. if don't sign. >> most americans support common-sense laws, commonsense gun laws. i just got off trip from. >> asian meeting with. asian leaders. >> i learned of this while i was on the aircraft. what struck me? 17 hour flight. what struck me? was these kinds of mass shootings really happen anywhere else in the world? they have mental health problems. they have domestic disputes and other countries. they have people who lost. but these kinds of mass never happened. the kind of frequency it happened in america. why? are we willing to live with this current h? why don't we keep letting this happen? we're in god's name is our backbone. courage to do stand up to the lobbies. time to turn this pain action. for every parent for every says this country, we have to make it clear to every elected fish in this country. it'

broadcast: at least 14 children and one teacher are dead following an elementary school shooting in south texas be the final day of school in uvalde. and is there a more wonderful time than those last days of school when you were a child and you can almost taste summer on your tongue, the possibility stretches out with days of ice cream at the lake and trips to see faraway relatives, relatives who are now making emergency plans to travel in the opposite direction. instead of celebrating school's end, now families have had their whole world end, and the community will forever mark time as before today and after. it's a tragedy that should stop us all, but we know it won't stop. there will be another tragedy and another and the pins on america's map of tragedy will grow. cbs news will bring you president biden's remarks live at 8:15 eastern tonight. for norah o'donnell, i'm john >> judge judy: so, you were getting and wanted a little remodel. >> right. >> announcer: newlyweds put their new life on hold... >> judge judy: it looks as if he did a lot of work. >> no, ma'am. >> judge judy: oh, yeah, i

now it's not coming back so it's not like we can reach out to them and some of the cultures in south texas where we are, in most places, people don't just ask for help. they say i'm okay but i'm going to need to visit, i will need to speak to somebody to let it out but it's tough but i'm going to hold it together for now because it's what we need to do but we have our ups and downs, i can feel their pain. >> tough. a tragic event. he's doing his best to help the community wounded so badly. next, law enforcement says the border patrol unit was involved in taking out the shooter. we speak to a former member of that elite group coming up on back with another fox news alert, elite border patrol unit was involved in taking down the school shooter in uvalde. joining me now, former deputy chief of border patrol someone who has a unique perspective into that unit. thank you for joining me tonight. as someone who's covered the border for quite a bit, i have heard of this unit but never seen them in action, what can you tell us? >> united states border patrol by legislation in 192460 years later in

parents aren't going to be able to pick up their children >> reporter: this time it happened in south texas at robb elementary school for second through fourth graders in uvalde, about 80 miles west of san antonio. at least 13 people were injured according to a hospital official two medevaced to san antonio. a woman in her 60s and a 10-year-old girl both are in critical condition. >> we'll notify the parents and the families as soon as we have some news for them >> reporter: two police officers were struck by rounds but are expected to survive. it all started at 11:32 this morning when the shooter abandoned his vehicle then entered the school with a handgun and possibly a rifle according to the governor. >> it has been reported that the subject shot his grandmother right before he went into the school >> reporter: tonight police say the gunman is dead. the governor naming him as 18-year-old salvador ramos from uvalde no word yet on his motive >> let me assure you, the intruder is deceased, and we are not actively looking for another individual or any other suspects in this case >> he was at

because we see a little bit more social conservatism in this area of south texas.hy we have seen republicans make some gains in this area. it is complicated. >> victoria franchesco soto, thank you for making the complicated less complicated for us. that wraps up the hour for me. i'll be back in a moment. more news, including a life briefing from defense secretary lloyd austin on ukraine. lloyd austin on ukraine. to design solutions to help you manage payroll, benefits, and hr today, so you can have more success tomorrow. ♪ one thing leads to another, yeah, yeah ♪ i had been giving koli kibble. it never looked like real food. with the farmer's dog you can see the pieces of turkey. it smells like actual food. as he's aged, he's still quite energetic and youthful. i really attribute that to diet. get started at longlivedogs.com you're a one-man stitchwork master. but your staffing plan needs to go up a size. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire wh

this took place in south texas and the whole community is in shock. a local recreational center has been turned into a place where surviving children can meet up with their relatives. in addition to that, we've heard reports of making sure that medical services are available. the lack of local hospitals in trauma centers to deal with gunshot wounds has been a bit of a concern. all kinds of law enforcement are on the scene at this point. now it's not clear if the shooter was fleeing from police after shooting his grandmother and then happened to go to the school randomly. or if he had intended to attack the school from the beginning. that is not clear. you've already grown parallel to the and from it's sandy hook shooting. that happened where the shooter, you know, had a similar thing where he shot a relative and then went to a school that was plan. we don't know if this shooter had planned to attack the school from the beginning, or if he did it in the heat of the moment leading from law enforcement, those details will be revealed. so, and it's import

palestinian authority has released its findings into the investigation. policing involved in the usa, south texas are being accused of acting to snow. need to stop the gunman behind tuesday school shooting 19 children and 2 teachers were killed. and china and russia have vetoed a un resolution put forward by the us to impose tougher sanctions on north korea. after it's recent miss. hi launches a council. 13 other members voted in favor of reducing the amount of oil pyongyang can in the us says it doesn't want a new cold war with china. but warned that beijing is a threat to the national order secretary of state onto the bank and says that challenge will test american diplomacy like never before. she ever tansy reports. this was a screech, the secretary of state lincoln had been scheduled to give before the us presidents trip to asia as a kirkland razor, but it had to re postpone because he contract to prove it. in the interim confusion was served by joe biden when he gave this also during his tour. are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes. so in part, t

texas is pretty large. the last one we saw is about an hour south of san antonio. san antonio. i also understand that currently _ an hour south of san antonio. i also understand that currently the - understand that currently the children who are at the robb elementary school have been taken to the nearby civic centre to be reunited with their families. that must be an awfully frightening experience and devastating experience and devastating experience of the family and the children involved what can you tell us about the scene they are? it has to be. a reporter— us about the scene they are? it has to be. a reporter who _ us about the scene they are? it has to be. a reporter who was - us about the scene they are? it has to be. a reporter who was there i to be. a reporter who was there on the scene said that there are family members coming out with children and we note that there are about 600 students that attend that elementary school. what they said was they believe that the students were killed were in the second, third and fourth grades. that killed were in the

now what the court is likely doing, you are watching other conservative states like louisiana, texas, southakota and others trying to push forward on the abortion issue and then some. >> have you seen senator rick scott introduce a bill to create a new floor of viability of 15 weeks in the united states senate? >> not that i have seen yet, and when you talk about the rnsc, their polling tells republicans that they need to be compassionate on this issue. at the same time, it's hard to look at this as anything other than when republicans start talking about restricting abortion, that's a conversation that means taking things away from people, the option away from people. at the same time, too, i think what i have been keeping in mind with the nrsc polling, it's stale, and people may not have been focussing on roe because it was not an issue and it was settled and the past 49 years, that has been the case. sources i have been talking to on both sides of this, republican and democrat, you are moving into unchartered territory, because it has been theoretical, the threat to roe from both sides a

a place where she says border patrol drops off the migrant overflow from processing centers in south texasical student from cuba. so $50 to $60 a month is how much a doctor in cuba earns. to prepare for the end of title 42, the health order used to expel migrants to mexico, more than 1.8 million times in just two years, she says she opened a second shelter -- >> i think there's, in my opinion, might be a mob mentality process. >> reporter: she says about 5,000 migrants are waiting in mexico alone for title 42 to lift. >> it shows you the reality -- >> reporter: the pastor runs four shelter there's and shows us video of the 2,000 mostly haitians who he says arrived a few days ago from nearby cities. >> i believe it is because they find out they were coming in. >> reporter: ortiz said he learn in the last week, federal agents were allowing 70 migrants per day to seek asylum at the port of entry under the xipgs to the title 42. and they traveled to laredo to see if they could, too. >> it tells me there are a lot of desperate people out there. >> reporter: chris and his first national tv inter

at least 18 children and one teacher are dead following an elementary school shooting in south texas.s supposed to be the final day of school in uvalde. and is there a more wonderful time than those last days of school when you're a child and you can almost taste summer on your tongue. the possibility stretches out with days of ice cream at the lake and trips to see faraway relatives, relatives who are now making emergency plans to travel in the opposite direction. instead of celebrating school's end, now families have had their whole world end, and the community will forever mark time as before today and after. it is a tragedy that should stop us all, but we know it won't stop. there will be another tragedy and another and the pins on america's map of tragedy will grow. for norah o'donnell, i'm john dickerson. good night. >>> this is cbs news flash. i'm matt pieper in new york. dth eaethol bee tn rising h at a shooting at an elementary tary sl 1yearld nman crashed his car outside the school before going inside and shooting whoever was in his way. >>> to primary election results. in g

just this year over $3 million of these grants helped improve the lives of communities in south texas. in my district. this is a product of the war on poverty. these grants support poverty reduction, increase in health access, and many other benefits. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on this legislation and continue the program for south texans and americans across this country. i urge the house to pass these bipartisan pieces of legislation so we can get them to the president's desk. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yield back. the chair will receive a message. the secretary: madam speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: mr. secretary. the secretary: i am instructed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until noon today. >> our web resource page where you can watch the latest videos on demand and follow tweets from journalists on

dead bodies are like this one found on a ranch just three weeks ago in south texas. the dead migrant. somehow that's compassion. how about the dead bodies found by migrants? compassion! how about the ranchers who had to walk out of their door, and this is what they face, a gentleman with rocks threatening around here in south texas, only able to be saved when they are able to bring their dogs out to scare people away, in order to save themselves. or the fact that you've got houses being attacked, you've got livestock, [inaudible] because we've got branches wyo-ben. how about the little girl here with a brand on her arm? it little girl with a brand on her arm, because of your policies. a little girl here in the desert found by ranchers trying to save their life. how about the lost voices of people dying from fentanyl? the hundreds of thousands? tens of thousands americans dying from fentanyl. faces, faces of americans, faces off americans across this country, dying because of fentanyl, pouring into our country. >> time of the gentleman's expired. you know full well. >

going to use this one-minute seemtime, i just got a text from some contacts down in the border in south texas from eagle pass with drone footage of yet another enormous group that is crossing illegally on private property around eagle pass. a texas soldier told us there were-v been 2,000 plus krottings in the last eight days. . yet, quote, he and thisadministl control of the border. this is factually incorrect. and my colleagues on the other side of the aisle don't seem interested in having a debate or a discussion here on the floor of the people's house about a crisis facing the state of texas and this entire country. with over 107,000 americans dying last year from drug poisonings and drug overdoses, yet i get crickets from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. you want to know what's happening in south texas? hispanics in south texas are flocking away from a party that doesn't care if they suffer or if my grants suffer while -- migrants suffer while bodies pile up. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. pursuant to clause 8 of rule

there's also a primary in texas 28th which is the south texas seat. those of been trending towards republicans particularly in 2020. so you've got one of the probably most conservative house democrats or one of the most house democrats. he's running against a much more progressive candidate. that's a very competitive democratic primary which will tell us something about the future track of the democratic party. host: allowing you to call in to talk about what races you want to talk about this midterm election cycle. 202-748-8000202-748-8000 edie's -- it is 202-748-8000 for democrats, for republicans 202-748-8001. independents 202-748-8002. as folks are calling in, want to show folks what georgia voters are seeing. here is one ad from david purdue. [video clip] >> brian kemp is a turncoat, a coward and a complete and total disaster. a vote for david purdue is a vote to save georgia and a vote for this country because we have to have honest elections. the choice is clear. host: david purdue pointing that out not too long after getting president trump's

cisneros is an advocate of the green new deal in a district that is the middle of the oil patch in south texasso said one of the major criticisms is he had made the economy of the region too dependent on homeland security jobs, too many people protecting the border so she was a radical endorsed by aoc and came with a couple hundred votes off of long-term centrist democrats so it shows the strength of the democratic party even in a culturally conservative border region where politics of new york city shouldn't be particularly welcome. paul:cuellar has a better chance. >> absolutely. if he had lost, the republicans would've taken the seat because there would be enough. this is the part of texas that if you look between 2016, 2020, the further west you got from brownsville in the gulf coast and the closer you got to laredo the bigger the shift in heavily hispanic counties because this is oil territory and so you are 25 years old, you get a high school education, driving a truck in the oil patch making $110,000 a year in the democrats are coming for your job, your community being overrun by the af

this victor exelon is the south texas nature —— regional director and is on the scene and everything. in addition to that, it is being reported the subject shot his grandmother right before he went into the school, and there is... i have no further information about the connection between those two shootings. the subject is reported to be a student, to have been a student at uvalde high school and is a us citizen. when parents drop their kids off at school, they have every expectation to know that they're going to be able to pick their child up when that school day ends. and there are families who are in mourning right now in the state of texas, which is in morning with them to the reality that these parents who will not be able to pick up their children. ourjob is multifold. first, to make sure we address exactly what happened and second, to make sure we take that information and do everything thatis information and do everything that is necessary to ensure that is necessary to ensure that crime scenes like this are not going to be repeated in the future, and then we will be able to