Nobody Confronted Uvalde Gunman Before Rampage

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 27 May 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Officials say the 18-year-old Uvalde gunman was “not confronted by anybody” as he entered Robb Elementary School before fatally shooting 19 children and two teachers. Questions are now being asked about whether protocol was followed during the incident, and scrutiny mounts over the police response as new details emerge. How was the shooter able to stay in the school for as long as an hour before law enforcement shot him dead?The GOP's Sen. McConnell says he’s directed Sen. Cornyn of Texas to engage with the Democrats about a "bipartisan solution" on gun violence. That, as the NRA Annual Meeting is to go ahead as planned with the pro gun-lobbying organization saying the event will “reflect on” the Texas elementary school shooting. Plus, a second grader describes surviving the horror in Texas, and a report on how the Supreme Court may soon loosen the nation’s gun laws.Hosted by Laura Coates. 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	I am Laura Cotes and this is CNN tonight.
0:05.0	And this was Alicia Ramirez.
0:08.5	She was 10 years old.
0:10.3	And we've just confirmed that she was one of the victims
0:12.6	killed in the Evalde School massacre.
0:15.2	She was only a fourth grader.
0:17.3	And her father says she loved to draw
0:19.9	and wanted to be an artist.
0:22.6	And this was 10-year-old Jason Louis Vanoss.
0:28.0	I want to get his name right.
0:29.0	I want to honor him, Jason Louis Vanoss.
0:32.5	Another victim identified this evening
0:35.6	and get another 10-year-old, McKenna Lee Elrod.
0:40.9	Her family confirmed to CNN this afternoon
0:43.0	that she too died in the attack.
0:46.2	Now for them and for all the victims,
0:48.9	we now must ask some very tough questions
0:52.0	after what we heard today.
0:54.0	And I know that I'm an anchor, but I'm also anchored
0:57.3	in the fact that I am a mother of a second grader,
1:00.7	of a third grader, an eight-year-old,
1:03.4	and a nine-year-old who sends my children just like you
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