19 Killed In Texas Elementary School Shooting

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 109 minutes

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A law enforcement official tells CNN that 18 children and one adult are dead after a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Nicole Hockley lost her son Dylan in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. She tells Anderson Cooper about the “shock and denial” she felt when she saw the news and how our country is “becoming too immune” to shooting tragedies. And, in an address to the nation, President Joe Biden said he is “sick and tired” of these mass shootings and added it’s time to “turn this pain into action.” David Axelrod was a senior adviser to President Obama. He joins AC360 to discuss the President’s remarks. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening.
0:01.0	If you are joining us tonight, you have probably heard the sickening news.
0:04.6	18, schoolchildren are dead tonight in the small town of Uvalde, Texas, according to a
0:09.7	state senator who's citing a police briefing.
0:12.4	18 families, now plus the family of two adults who are with them now have a lifetime of gatherings
0:17.3	to face in which the comfort of closeness will always be tempered by absence.
0:21.9	By the absence of a son or daughter, you can see the flags at half staff at the White
0:27.0	House.
0:28.0	Just a few moments, President Biden, just back from the far east, will speak to the country
0:31.4	about the 18 children and two adults murdered this day at Rob Elementary School in Uvalde,
0:36.3	Texas.
0:37.3	They'll talk about them and their deaths.
0:39.4	The hands of a gunman who himself is now dead.
0:42.4	We want to go for the latest on what is happening, the latest from what we have learned from
0:48.6	what happened to the Rob Elementary, CNN's Ed Leven Derra, begins our coverage tonight
0:52.2	from Dallas.
0:53.2	Ed, what's the latest information you have?
0:57.5	Hello, Anderson.
0:58.5	Well, law enforcement officials continue to work the scene.
1:02.0	Local school district officials have not confirmed what is being widely reported by state officials
1:08.0	that 18 children at Rob Elementary were gunned down today as well as three adults and
1:15.4	the shooter is dead.
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