Transcript for ABC News Live: New details of elementary school shooting timeline
IT TOOK OFFICERS WENT TO THE
SCHOOL, AND HOW THE SHOOTER
HIMSELF GOT IN.
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AT ROBB ELEMENTARY WITH THE
LATEST.
>> PARENTS DEMANDING ANSWERS,
INCENSED AN 18 YEAR OLD WAS
ABLE TO GO IN AN HOUR-LONG
RAMPAGE AND KILLED KILLING 19
CHILDREN AND TWO OF THEIR
TEACHERS.
AUTHORITIES ARE NOW ADMITTING
THAT APPEARS HE ENTERED THE
SCHOOL'S MAIN BUILDING FROM AN
UNLOCKED DOOR.
POLICE STUDYING THIS VIDEO
APPEARING TO SHOW HIM WALK IN.
>> HE WALKED IN ON OBSTRUCTED,
UNOFFICIALLY.
>> OFFICIALS SAY THAT AT 11:28
AM, HE CRASHED HIS
GRANDMOTHER'S CAR ON THE
PERIMETER OF THE SCHOOL, GOT IT
WITH AN AR STYLE RIFLE AND A
BACKPACK FILLED WITH AMMUNITION,
AND FIRED IT TO NEARBY
WITNESSES AS HE MOVED HIS WAY
TOWARD THE SCHOOL.
THE FIRST KNOWN ONE CALL WAS
MADE AM.
WHICH PARTICLE STATES SHOULD
HAVE IMMEDIATELY TRIGGERED A
LOCKDOWN.
OVER THE NEXT TEN MINUTES.
THEN, POLICE SAY THE GUNMAN
WALKED OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL,
CLIMBING AT IT.
HE CLIMBED OVER THE FENCE INTO
THE BUILDING AT AM.
AT AM, THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT POSTED ON FACEBOOK THE
LOCKDOWN WAS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
THE ENTIRE CAMPUS.
BUT BY THEN, THE GUNMAN WAS
ALREADY INSIDE.
TEN YEAR OLD GEMMA LOPEZ WAS
NOT COSTUME DOWN THE HALL.
>> WHEN DID YOU NOTICE THAT
SOMETHING WAS WRONG?
>> WHENEVER THE BULLETS CAME
THROUGH THE LAW.
>> DID YOU PRACTICE LOCKDOWN
DRILLS?
>> YES, SINCE KINDERGARTEN.
>> BUT THIS TIME THERE WAS NO
LOCKDOWN.
>> NO.
>> AUTHORITIES SAY THAT FOR
MINUTES AFTER THE SHOOTER
ENTERED THE BUILDING, LAW
ENFORCEMENT WAS INSIDE, BUT
TOOK A FIRE.
THEY WERE TREATED AND CALLED
FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
STARTING TO FILM THE COMMOTION
WAS JESSE ORTIZ, WHO LIVES
ACROSS THE STREET.
HIS FOOTAGE, EXCLUSIVE ABC NEWS,
SHOWS OFFICERS TAKING COVER.
>> DID YOU TELL THEM TO GO?
WHEN I WAS YELLING, WHEN YOU
GUYS GO IN.
>> THE VIDEO THEN SHOWS A TEAM
GOING IN, BUT THEY HELD OUTSIDE
THE CLASSROOM.
POLICE SAY TO FOCUS ON
EVACUATING OTHER CHILDREN FROM
THE SCHOOL.
AS ORTIZ KEPT FILMING, CHAOS IN
THE STREETS.
POLICE --
PARENTS --
>> DIANE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
RECENTLY DOUBLED ITS FUNDING,
AND ADDED EXTRA OFFICERS.
REMEMBER, THEY HAD DRILLED FOR
JUST SUCH AN INSTANT A COUPLE
OF MONTHS AGO.
BUT INVESTIGATORS TELL ME THE
MOST BASIC MEASURES, MEANT TO
SLOW DOWN AND ATTACK, OR WERE
NOT IMPLEMENTED.
THINGS LIKE CALLING A LOCKDOWN
EARLY, AND JUST KEEPING THE
OUTSIDE DOORS OF THE BUILDING
LOCKED.
AND IT RAISES QUESTIONS AS TO
WHETHER ANY SUCH MEASURES CAN
ACTUALLY STOP A LONE WOLF
ATTACK, OR ARMED WITH AN AR
STYLE RIFLE, WHO IS WILLING TO
DIE, FROM ENTERING A BUILDING
LIKE THAT.
DIANE.
>> MAX GOTTMAN, THANK YOU WE.
NOW HEARING DIRECTLY FROM ONE
OF THE SURVIVORS INSIDE ROBB
ELEMENTARY.
AS WE ALSO LEARNED OF A NEW
TRAGEDY.
THE HUSBAND OF ONE OF THE
TEACHERS ARE KILLED HAS NOW
PASSED AWAY FROM A HEART
ATTACK.
THEY ARE FOUR CHILDREN HAVE NOW
LOST BOTH PARENTS THIS WEEK.
--
HAS BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE
FAMILIES OF THOSE LOSS.
AND THAT TEN YEAR OLD BOY, NOW
WE'RE COUNTING THE HORROR THAT
HE WITNESSED.
>> HE WENT TO THE, CLASSROOM
SAID YOU ARE ALL GOING TO DIE,
AND THEN STARTED SHOOTING.
>> A CHILLING, ACCOUNT FOR THE
FIRST TIME, OF WHAT WENT ON
INSIDE THAT CLASSROOM.
WHERE 19 CHILDREN AND TWO
TEACHERS WERE FATALLY SHOT.
>> TEN YEAR OLD --
ONE OF THE FEW SURVIVORS FROM
HIS GLASS, NOW RECOVERING FROM
AN INJURY ON HIS LEG.
>> I THINK HE WAS AIMING AT ME.
I GUESS LIKE ONE OF THE CHAIRS
WERE THERE, BLOCKED IT, PIECES
GOT INTO MY LEG.
>> MOST OF HIS FRIENDS AND
CLASSMATES NOT MAKING IT OUT
ALIVE.
>> I DON'T FEEL SAFE GOING TO
SCHOOL, AND SOMETIMES AT NIGHT
I HAVE NIGHTMARES.
>> ALSO, INSIDE THAT CLASSROOM,
TEN YEAR OLD TESS MATA.
WHEN SHE ADORED HER BIG SISTER
FAITH, A LOT OF MAKING TIKTOK'S.
WE AND KEPT PEOPLE LAUGHING >>
SHE PUT A SMILE ON EVERYBODY'S
FACE EVERY TIME SHE WAS
DANCING.
SHE HAD THE BIGGEST SMILE EVER.
WHAT --
SON WAS ALSO ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
>> OF MY HEART, I LOST MY SON.
>> HIS MOTHER SAID THAT HE WAS
LOVING, HAPPY,, I'D LIKE TO
HELP OTHERS.
>> I THINK ABOUT HIM, AND WHAT
WAS GOING ON IN THAT CLASSROOM
THAT HE WAS IN.
IT WAS UP TO ME OR SOMETHING.
I WAS JUST LIKE, WHAT IS HIS
AND --
WHO WAS KNOWN TO LOVE ENCANTO
AND HER GRANDMOTHER.
PARENTS, SAY EVERY TIME HE'S
OUR GRANDMOTHER SHE WOULD RUN
TO HER, WHERE AND HOW HER.
>> AND ALSO BEING REMEMBERED,
NO VIA GRAVEL AND ALEXANDER
RUBIO OR LEXI WAS AN ALL A
HONOR STUDENT.
HER MOTHER, CALLING HER
BEAUTIFUL AND SMART.
SHARING AND FACEBOOK WE TOLD
HER WE LOVED HER AND WOULD PICK
HER UP AFTER SCHOOL.
WE HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS
GOODBYE.
UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY COMPOUNDED
JUST DAYS AFTER TEACHER IRMA
GARCIA WAS GUNNED DOWN, HER
HUSBAND JOE GARCIA DYING OF A
HEART ATTACK.
THE TWO WERE ABOUT TO CELEBRATE
THEIR 25TH AND WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY.
ONE OF HIS FINAL MOMENTS,
LAYING FLOWERS AT THE LOVE OF
HIS LIFE'S MEMORIAL.
THEY NOW LEAVE BEHIND FOUR
CHILDREN, SEEN HERE AT A MASS
FOR THE FAMILY HELD IN THE
PASTORS EMBRACE.
>> SEVERAL OF THE VICTIMS ARE
STILL RECOVERING HERE IN SAN
ANTONIO.
ONE FAMILY TELLING ME AS THEIR
SON GRADUALLY STARTS TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, IT IS
DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO SHARE.
BUT AS A PARENT, IT IS
EXCRUCIATING TO LISTEN TO WHAT
THEIR CHILD WENT THROUGH ON
THAT AWFUL DAY.
DIANE.
>> EXCRUCIATING WAS RIGHT,
MARIA, THANK YOU.
WE ARE EXPECTING MORE
INFORMATION WITHIN THE HOUR AS
INVESTIGATORS EXAMINE THE LAW
ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TO THIS
SHOOTING.
ERICA TURKEY JOINS ME LIVE NOW
FOR MORE.
AARON, THEY TRIED TO CLARIFY
THIS YESTERDAY BUT IT STILL
LEFT A LOT OF QUESTIONS
UNANSWERED, SO WHAT HOLES ARE
THEY TRYING TO FILL AT THIS
POINT?
>> TWO THINGS ARE LOOKING, AT
DIANE.
ONE IS OUTSIDE.
AND WHEN EXACTLY DID THE
SHOOTER ARRIVED?
WHAT WAS HE DOING?
THEY'VE GOT A TEN-MINUTE WINDOW.
IT APPEARS THAT THE GUNMAN
CRASHED THE CAR AND OPENED FIRE
ON TWO WITNESSES TO THE CAR
CRASH, AND THEN SEEMS TO BE
WALKING AROUND THE SCHOOL,
FIRING AT THE BUILDING, BEFORE
MAKING HIS WAY INSIDE.
ONE QUESTION, WHY WAS HE NOT
CONFRONTED BY OFFICERS AS THE
GOVERNOR INITIALLY SAID, WE
DON'T KNOW FROM THE STATE
POLICE, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT
HE WAS CONFRONTED BY ANYONE.
AND WHY WAS THE DOOR UNLOCKED
THAT HE WAS ABLE TO GO IN?
IS IT BECAUSE THERE WAS A
PARENT INVEST EVENT?
THE OTHER THING IS THE HOUR GAP
WHILE THE GOVERNMENT WAS INSIDE
THE SCHOOL.
AS MARIA POINTS OUT, AN
EXCRUCIATINGLY LONG PERIOD OF
TIME BEFORE HE IS TAKEN DOWN BY
A TACTICAL TEAM IN CUSTOMS AND
BORDER PROTECTION.
THE PROTOCOL FOR ACTIVE
SHOOTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAS
BEEN TO GO IN, NOT TO WAIT FOR
TACTICAL GEAR OR HEAVIER
ARMAMENTS.
BUT TO GO AND WITH WHATEVER YOU
HAVE.
SOME OFFICERS DID GO IN.
THEY WERE REPELLED BY GUNFIRE.
BUT WE'VE SEEN THESE VIDEOS OF
OTHER OFFICERS OUTSIDE.
>> THERE ARE ALSO ACCOUNTS, NOW,
OF FAMILY OFFICERS WHO SAY THEY
WERE THERE, FRUSTRATED THE
POLICE WERE NOT ENTERING THE
BUILDING, AND THAT THEY WERE
ACTUALLY HANDCUFFED TRYING TO
EITHER ENCOURAGE POLICE TO GO
IN, OR MAYBE TRYING TO GO IN
THEMSELVES.
THE U.S. MARSHALS OFFICER
SAYING THE NOBODY WAS ARRESTED,
NOBODY WAS HANDCUFFED.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT?
>> WE HAVE TO FIGURE THE
DISCREPANCY.
WE HAVE SEEN THE ACCOUNTS FROM
THE PARENTS AND TO THE NEW YORK
TIMES, SAYING THEY WERE
PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED AND EVEN
HANDCUFFED.
AND PREVENTED FROM TRYING TO
GET TO THEIR OWN LOVED ONES BY
U.S. MARSHALS AND OTHER
OFFICERS ON SCENE.
THE MARSHAL SERVICE SAYING THEY
DID NOT ARREST ANYBODY, DID NOT
PUT ANYONE IN HANDCUFFS.
BUT PARENTS ARE CLEARLY ANGRY
OUT THE RESPONSE, AND THAT THEY
WERE INHIBITED FROM DOING
SOMETHING THEY FEEL SOME OF THE
POLICE OFFICERS WERE UNWILLING
TO DO.
>> DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
IS ASKING FOR PATIENTS RIGHT
NOW AS THEY TRY TO GATHER MORE
INFORMATION AND GET THE STORY
CLEAR.
GIVEN HOW MUCH THE STORY HAS
ALREADY CHANGED, HOW DO YOU
THINK THIS IS AFFECTING THE
CREDIBILITY WITH THAT COMMUNITY?
>> WE HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM
LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND THE
COUNTRY, SAYING, THIS IS A
DISGRACE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
NOT ONLY RESPONSE, BUT TO THE
WAY THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN
UNFOLDING.
BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN INCORRECT
IN THE NUMBER OF STAGES, AND
CORRECT --
CORRECTED.
ONE THING THEY HAVE CONCEDED IS
THAT THERE ARE QUESTIONS
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER
TO SATISFY THE PUBLIC, AND
FIGURE OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
WHERE THE OFFICERS IN PROPER
COMMUNICATION?
DID THE OFFICERS OUTSIDE EVEN
KNOW IT WAS UNFOLDING RIGHT IN
FRONT OF THEM?
WERE THEY TRULY CORRECT
DURATION?
WE ARE TREATED NOT AS AN ACTIVE
SHOOTER BUT SADLY AS A SUSPECT
WHO WAS BARRICADED.
SHOOTING ALREADY DONE?
STILL SO MANY QUESTIONS TONIGHT,
SIR TODAY.
>> THEY ALL ARE TO THE SAME
QUESTION, WHICH IS, COULD THIS
HAVE BEEN STOPPED?
THOSE QUESTIONS ARE NOW GOING
EVEN FARTHER BACK THEN
EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND I JUST
DISCUSSED.
AMONG OTHER, THINGS ABC NEWS IS
NOW BEING TOLD THAT THE SHOOTER
SENT CONCERNING MESSAGES TO
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE NOW SAYING, HE SENT ME
STRANGER MESSAGES, POSTS TRENDS
MESSAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT?
THAT >> IS WHERE DIGITAL RED
FLAGS THAT WERE SENT TO USERS
THAT THE SUSPECT HAD MET
ONLINE.
AND SOME OF THEM SEEM TO
INDICATE THAT HE WOULD BE
VIOLENCE.
THEY SENT PICTURES OF GUNS.
AND OTHER DISTURBING MESSAGES
THAT WERE NOT TAKING SERIOUSLY,
AT THE TIME.
>> ALL RIGHT, AARON KATERSKY,
THINK YOU AS ALWAYS.
FORMER --
SENATOR TED CRUZ WERE SCHEDULED
TO SPEAK AT A DINNER CONVENTION
IN HOUSTON TODAY.
GREG ABBOTT ANNOUNCED THAT HE
WOULD NOT INTENDED PERSON
ANYMORE, BUT WE'LL SPEAK AT A
PRERECORDED ADDRESS.
COURTNEY FROM OUR STATION JOINS
ME LIVE FOR MORE NOW ON THAT.
COURTNEY, ONE MESSAGE OR THE
SPEAKERS EXPECTED TO RELAY?
AND HOW ARE TEXANS RESPONDING
TO THIS CONVENTION BEING HELD
IN THE WAKE OF THE UVALDE
SHOOTING?
>> WELL, DIANE, AS FAR AS THE
MESSAGING, WE KNOW THAT FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP TWEETED OUT OR
MAKE THAT STATEMENT ABOUT
AMERICAS NEEDING REAL
LEADERSHIP AND REAL SOLUTIONS
HERE.
BUT SPECIFICALLY, WE DON'T KNOW
EXACTLY THEIR MESSAGING.
AS FAR AS HOW PEOPLE ARE TAKING,
IT'S HERE IN HOUSTON THERE ARE
CERTAINLY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
HAPPY WITH THIS.
WE WERE OUT HERE YESTERDAY IN
FRONT OF CITY HALL WHERE THERE
WERE PROTESTERS GATHERING HERE
NOW.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING SIGNS,
SAY, NO WINERY AT THE GOP,
WHICH IS THE CONVENTION CENTER
HERE.
THEY DO NOT WANT THIS
COMMISSION TAKING PLACE HERE,
AND ESPECIALLY GOT RIGHTS AND
NOW.
>> NOW, GOVERNOR ABBOTT WAS
SUPPOSED TO ATTEND IN PERSON,
BUT HE IS NOW LEAVING A TAPED
MESSAGE.
TEXAS'S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
JUST ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS
PULLING OUT OF THE CONVENTION.
ANY OTHER BIG NAMES DROPPING
OUT?
AND HOW IS THAT BEING RECEIVED?
>> WELL, DAN CRENSHAW,
CONGRESSMAN, AND --
BOTH PULLED OUT.
BUT NOT BEFORE THE SHOOTING
HAPPENED.
AS FAR AS OTHER BIG NAMES
PULLING, OUT ALL THE MUSICIANS.
SEVERAL MUSICIANS PEELED OUT
YESTERDAY.
LEE GREENWOOD, LARRY GRASSLAND,
JOHN MCCLAIN.
ALL DECIDED IN LIGHT OF THE
SHOOTING NOT TO PERFORM HERE AT
THE CONVENTION, LIKE WE TALKED
ABOUT.
WE SPOKE TO ONE PERSON EARLIER
THIS MORNING HE WAS HERE IN
TOWN FROM ILLINOIS, FROM THE
CONVENTION.
WE ASKED HIM, WHAT DO YOU THINK
OF PEOPLE PULLING?
IT HE SAID, IT IS SURELY UP TO
THEM.
HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY SORT OF
COMMENT OTHER THAN THAT.
JUST SAYING HE DIDN'T REALLY
MATTER TO HIM, BUT OVERALL I
THINK OPTICS WITH THE POLITICS
IS ALWAYS SOMETHING PLAYING
INTO THOSE BIG NAMES, NOT
COMING THROUGH AT THIS POINT.
THAT IS BACK TO YOU.
>> COURTNEY CARPENTER FROM --
STUDENTS AT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE WALKING OUT OF
CLASS, PROTESTING AGAINST GUN
VIOLENCE AND LAWMAKERS REFUSAL
TO LEGISLATE BROADLY SUPPORTED
GUN LEGISLATION.
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POLL FOUND 80% OF AMERICANS
SUPPORT UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND
CHECKS ON GUN PURCHASES.
86% SUPPORT RED FLAG LAWS THAT
ALLOW COURTS TO TEMPORARILY
CONFISCATE WEAPONS FROM PEOPLE
DEEMED TO BE A DANGER TO
THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
NOW, SOME REPUBLICAN SENATORS
SAY THEY ARE WILLING TO TALK
WITH DEMOCRATS TO SEE A
BIPARTISAN SOLUTIONS ARE WITHIN
REACH.
WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY
ALICE PARKS JOINS ME LIVE FOR
MORE ON THAT.
MARY ALICE, HOW MUCH MOVEMENT
HAS THAT BEEN ON CAPITOL HILL
WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING AT
LEAST SOME OF THESE MORE
POPULAR MEASURES ONTO THE FLOOR?
>> YES I, AND I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT.
SOME OF THESE GUN SAFETY
MEASURES ARE SO WILDLY POPULAR.
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS ARE ASKING CONGRESS
TO IMPLEMENT THEM.
AND I THINK THAT THOSE THINGS,
LIKE UNIVERSAL GAS BACKGROUND
CHECKS AND RED FLAG LAWS ARE
EXACTLY THE KIND OF PROPOSALS
THAT ARE ON THE TABLE WITH A
BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS.
WE WILL SEE IF THEY CAN COME TO
AN AGREEMENT.
IT WAS INTERESTING THAT SENATE
REPUBLICAN SENATE LEADER MITCH
MCCONNELL GAVE THE GREENLIGHT
FOR THIS GROUP TO WORK.
SENATOR SCHUMER, THE DEMOCRATIC
LEADER, SAID THAT THEY HAD
ABOUT TEN DAYS.
HE IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE URGENCY IS MAINTAINED.
THE SENATORS --
BUT THEY SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE
TO WORK.
WE WILL SEE IF THEY COME BACK
WITH THAT PROPOSAL, BUT AT
LEAST HAS SOME BIPARTISAN
SUPPORT.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE
FIRST LADY ARE SET TO VISIT
UVALDE THIS WEEKEND.
WHAT IS ON THEIR AGENDA?
>> THEY ARE PLANNING TO MEET
WITH FAMILIES OF VICTIMS.
OBVIOUSLY, IT IS A SMALL TOWN.
WE HAVE HEARD THOSE STORIES
ABOUT EVERYBODY IS A PERSONAL
CONNECTION TO SOMEBODY WHO HAS
LOST THEIR LIFE OR WAS THERE
THAT THEY.
WE ARE IN THE MEET WITH
COMMUNITY LEADERS, FAITH
LEADERS.
I THINK IT REALLY JUST WANT TO
LEND SUPPORT AND LOVE IN THIS
MOMENT OF GRIEF.
>> NOW, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT IS BLAMING THE MASS
SHOOTING ON MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
WHERE DOES TEXAS STAND WITH
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT?
AND HOW DO LEADERS THERE, WHAT
IS THEIR RECORD?
HOW ARE LAWMAKERS TRYING TO
ADDRESS THE SIDE OF THE ISSUE?
>> A LOT OF ADVOCATES ARE
CALLING ATTENTION TO THIS.
REALLY FRUSTRATED THAT GOVERNOR
ABBOTT HAS BEEN MAKING THIS
POINT.
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT ACTUALLY IN
TEXAS, THERE'S BEEN A REAL
GETTING OF MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES.
SO MANY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE
PROVIDERS HAVE HAD TO LEAVE THE
STATE.
A LACK OF FUNDING, CLINICS
CLOSING DOWN.
TEXAS RANKING NEAR THE BOTTOM
NATIONWIDE IN ACCESS TO MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES.
LOOK AT THE STATS ON THE SCREEN
RIGHT NOW.
REALLY STARK.
NEARLY 4 MILLION TEXANS LIVE IN
COUNTIES WHERE THERE IS MORE
ACCESS TO GUNS.
MORGAN DEALERSHIPS AVAILABLE
THEN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
AND IT IS AN ISSUE WE'RE SEEING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, DIANE.
1500 COUNTIES IN THE U.S. HAVE
MORE GUN DEALERS AND MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS.
INTO THIS ONE, TWO.
570 COUNTIES HAVE ZERO,
ABSOLUTELY, NO MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICE PROVIDERS.
THAT IS ACCORDING TO FEDERAL
DATA.
THAT'S NUMBER IS REALLY
SHOCKING.
41 COUNTIES IN THE COUNTRY HAVE
TEN TIMES AS MANY GUN DEALERS
AS A MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS.
SO REALLY, YOU JUST FEEL FOR
THOSE OF FAMILIES, WHO MIGHT BE
LOOKING FOR MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORT, BUT ARE STRUGGLING TO
FIND IT.
AND THEN PEOPLE WANTING TO
COMMIT CRIMES.
WHO ARE SO ABLE TO QUICKLY
ACCESS GUNS.
A LOT OF ADVOCATES REALLY
POINTING TO THIS DISCREPANCY OF
SUCH A PART OF THE PROBLEM.
DIANE?
>> MARY ALICE PARKS, IN
WASHINGTON, THANK YOU.
WE WERE BACK WITH MORE TODAY'S
TOP STORIES, STAY WITH US.
>> IT IS ALL ABOUT YOU.
>> WELCOME BACK.
WE ARE LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY
FROM THE PLATINUM JUBILEE.
FIRST MONITOR CELEBRATE THE 70
YEAR MILESTONE.
--
WITH SPECIAL ACCESS TO ALL THE
FESTIVITIES.
>> THE KITCHENS INSIDE
BUCKINGHAM PALACE ARE BUZZING.
PREPPING FOR THE QUEEN'S
PLATINUM JUBILEE CELEBRATION.
GIVING YOU AN EXCLUSIVE INSIDE
PEEK AT WHAT THEY ARE COOKING
UP.
MARK --
IS THE PERSONAL CHEF TO THE
QUEEN AND HEAD CHEF OF THE
ROYAL HOUSEHOLD, MEANING THAT
HE AND HIS TEAM OF 22 CHEFS NOT
ONLY WORK WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY
TO GREAT SPECIAL MENU 70S A
WEEK, BUT THEY ARE ALSO BEHIND
THE LIST OF WHO'S AT A VERY
IMPORTANT ROYAL FUNCTION, FROM
A STATE DINNERS TO ROYAL
WEDDINGS TO SPRING GARDEN
PARTIES.
WHERE HE SAYS HIS TEAM WHIPS UP
--
20,000 SLICES OF CAKE, AND
ABOUT 27,000 CAPACITY FOR EVERY
EVENT.
>> HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A
PART OF LIVING HISTORY?
>> THAT IS KIND OF TRUE.
THE THINGS THAT WE DO, THE
MENUS THAT WE CREATE FOR EVENTS,
WILL BE LOOKED BACK ON IN YEARS
TO COME.
>> AND THAT HISTORY IS ALL
AROUND US.
WE FIND TUPPERWARE DATING BACK
TO THE 18 HUNDREDS.
>> YOU SEE VR RIGHT THERE.
>> THAT DATE BACK TO QUEEN
VICTORIA.
>> WELL, THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
>> JUST IMAGINE HOW MANY MEALS
COME THROUGH?
HOW MANY DIFFERENT SHELVES HAVE
WORKED?
>> YEAH.
I HAVE AN OFFICIAL BUCKINGHAM
PALACE APRON.
>> HAVE RETURNED IN ONE OF
ENGLAND'S MOST FAMOUS KITCHENS.
>> WHAT ARE WE MAKING TODAY?
>> TODAY'S MENU, STONES, AND
NECESSITY FOR AFTERNOON TEA.
>> THE FASTER I WASH, THE
FASTER I CAN TRY TO MAKE.
>> DO YOU THINK THE PERFECT?
>> OH, LOOK AT THOSE.
>> I LEARNED THAT EXTRA CLOUD
CREAM AND JAM FRESH FROM OIL
ESTATES ARE A MUST.
>> IT LOOKS SO GOOD!
>> MAGGIE, YOU ARE REALLY
MAKING US ALL JEALOUS.
THANKS, MAGGIE.
COMING, UP TURNING OUTRAGE INTO
RAGE.
HOW A 14-YEAR-OLD IS WORKING TO
END ASIAN>> THE MOST POWERFUL SF
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WELCOME BACK.
IN HONOR OF ASIAN AMERICAN AND
PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH,
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND IS A SPECIAL
EPISODE TONIGHT.
YOU DON'T AS MEMBERS OF THE
COMMUNITY OR STANDING UP
AGAINST ASIAN HATE AND
DEMANDING CHANGE, INCLUDING
1:14 YEAR OLD GIRL ON A
MISSION.
--
HAS HER STORY.
>> COMING UP FOR WAS JUST 12
WHEN THE ALARMING ACTS OF ANTI
ASIAN HATE SUDDENLY HIT HOME.
>> THIS LADY ACCOSTED MY MOM.
I FELT LIKE THE POWER WAS TAKEN
FROM ME.
THE LADY THAT DID THAT DID NOT
SEE A MOM.
SHE DID NOT SEE AN AMERICAN.
SHE JUST SAW LIKE, AN ASIAN
LADY.
>> THE MIDDLE SCHOOLER
CHANNELED HER OUTRAGE INTO
ORGANIZING A RALLY AT A NEARBY
PARK.
SHE EXPECTED MAYBE 15 PEOPLE.
1200 SHOWED UP.
>> WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO BUILD
OUR FUTURE.
TO RAISE OUR VOICES.
AND TO DEMAND CHANGE.
>> WITH HER FRIENDS, SHE FORMED
AAPI YOUTH RISING, ASKING
TEACHERS TO TEACH AAPI HISTORY
ONE DAY OUT OF THE HUNDRED AND
80-DAY SCHOOL YEAR.
>> IT HAS KIND OF DAWNED ON YOU
THAT ONE OF THE WAYS TO FIGHT
RACISM IS THROUGH AWARENESS.
AND EDUCATION.
>> I STUMBLED UPON THIS WHOLE
AANHPI HISTORY CURRICULUM THAT
I DIDN'T KNOW.
AND I WAS, LIKE OH JEEZ, I WAS
NEVER TAUGHT ANY OF THIS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT IS.
>> AND NOW, IT SEEMS A BIT OF
BEING INSPIRED HAS RUBBED OFF.
>> SHE IS --
TO ME, GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY.
AND I SHOOK AND I SAID, I AM AN
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
THIS IS MY COUNTRY.
>> YOU WERE GETTING EMOTIONAL?
>> YES, ACTUALLY.
BECAUSE I DID NOT HEAR THE
STORY UNTIL RECENTLY, ACTUALLY.
I AM PROUD OF, YOU MOM.
>> DO YOU THINK NINA SPIRED YOU?
DO YOU THINK SO?
>> IT IS INTERESTING TO THINK
OF YOUR CHILD IS SOMEONE
LEADING YOU.
SOMETIMES IT IS HOW I FEEL NOW.
THERE SHE IS.
>> THROUGH BEAUTIFUL
GENERATIONS OF WOMEN EMBRACE IN
THERE THAT THE INTEGRATION IN
EACH OTHER.
DIANE?
>> THANK YOU TO --
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