. >> I WANT TO SEE IT. TO SEE IT ON U.S. SOIL. >> A CLOSER LOOK TONIGHT AT WHAT LIFE IS LIKE FOR WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN NINE MONTHS AFTER THE U.S. WITHDREW. RIGHTS WILL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY. >> DECODING TEEN TEXTS. WARNING PARENTS WHAT SOME OF THE IMAGES THAT TEENAGERS YOU STAND FOR. ONCE THAT COULD INCLUDE SEARCHING FOR AND BUYING DRUGS. >> -- >> AND IN THIS WEEKS TIKTOK, NEARLY 60 MILLION FOLLOWERS -- FIGHTING HOMELESSNESS, TINY HOMES TO HELP HUNDREDS NEEDS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, I'M LINDSAY DAVIS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH. US MOUNTING QUESTIONS TONIGHT ABOUT THE TIMELINE IN THE MASS SHOOTING OF ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN TEXAS. AND AFTERNOON BRIEFING IS ONLY FUELING CONFUSION WITH VERY LITTLE EXPLANATION AS TO WHY ROUGHLY AN ENTIRE HOUR PASSED BETWEEN FIRST-TIME OFFICERS EXCHANGED WITH THE 18 OF GOVERNMENT AND THE MOMENT THE AGENTS FATALLY SHOT HIM. NEW VIDEO FROM THE PARKING LOT OUTSIDE SHOWS PARENTS PLEADING WITH OFFICERS TO ENTER THE BUILDING TO DO SOMETHING. KNOW, 18 CHILDREN AND TWO TEACHERS WERE KILLED. A THE HUSBAND OF ONE OF THOSE TEACHERS KILLED SUFFERED A FATAL HEART ATTACK TODAY JUST 48 HOURS AFTER LOSING HIS WIFE. TONIGHT WE WILL HEAR MORE FROM THE PARENTS OF THOSE STUDENTS KILLED AS AUTHORITIES GO THROUGH SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE FOR ANSWERS. PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL VISIT EOVALDI THIS WEEKEND, IT REMAINS UNCLEAR IF THERE'S ANY POLITICAL WILL FOR CHANGE. WE HAVE COMPLETE COVERAGE TONIGHT. WE ALSO LEAD OFF FROM EOVALDI. >> POLICE FACING QUESTIONS. COULD THAT DEADLY RAMPAGE AT ROBB ELEMENTARY BEEN STOPPED SOONER? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> INVESTIGATORS SAY JUST MINUTES AFTER SHOOTING HIS GRANDMOTHER, SALVATORE RAMOS CRASHED HIS MOTHER'S TRUCK AT AM. THEY SAY HE WAS OUTSIDE A FUNERAL HOME. THE FIRST 9-1-1 CALL CAME IN AT HE WALKED OUT THE SCHOOL FIRING AT IT, CLIMBED OVER A FENCE AND ENTERED THE BUILDING. AT THIS POINT THE SHOOTER WAS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. TODAY AUTHORITIES MAKING IT CLEAR THAT HE WAS NEVER IN ANY DIRECT CONNECTION WITH A POLICE OFFICER. INVESTIGATORS STUDIED THESE IMAGES THAT APPEARED TO SHOW RAMOS ENTERING AND UNLOCKED DOOR. HE HEADS DOWN A HALLWAY INTO ONE CLASSROOM NEXT TO ANOTHER. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> AT HE IS INSIDE THE SCHOOL FOR FOUR MINUTES. THEN THE OFFICERS ON THE SCENE, THEY NOW LEARN -- >> THEY DON'T MAKE ENTRY INITIALLY BECAUSE OF THE GUNFIRE. WE HAVE OFFICERS CALLING FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. WE NEED BODY ARMOR, WE NEED PRECISION RIFLEMEN, NEGOTIATORS. >> EVENTUALLY A BORDER CONTROL TACTICAL TEAM ARRIVES. >> I BROUGHT SOME AN HOUR LATER. U.S. BORDER PATROL, TACTICAL TEAMS ARRIVE, THEY MAKE ENTRY. SHOOT AND KILL THE SUSPECT. >> DURING THAT TIME, POLICE WAITED TO GO INTO THE CLASSROOM. THESE IMAGES OF DESPERATE PARENTS AS THEY PLEAD TO TRY TO REACH THEIR CHILDREN. >> I'LL GO IN WITHOUT A GUN. >> OFFICERS WERE TRYING, WE WERE TRYING TO EVACUATE SOME OF THE CHILDREN. >> WHEN IT WAS OVER 19 CHILDREN AND TWO TEACHERS WERE DEAD. SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TIME THAT WENT BY, WE HAVE HEARD JUST WEEKS AGO OFFICERS PRACTICED FOR THIS. YOU'VE ALL THE POLICE DOING A DRILL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. HIS DAUGHTER JACQUELINE, A FOURTH GRADER, WAS INSIDE AND WAS SHOT. SHE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND LATER DIED. TONIGHT, MANY ASKING COULD THE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SAVED? >> AS SOON AS WE RUSHED IN, WE CAN SEE. THAT >> TONIGHT, THE CHILDREN WHO DID SURVIVE NOW LIVING WITH HORROR, IT IS PLAYING OUT IN THEIR HEAD. WHEN DID YOU NOTICE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG? >> WELL WHEN THE BULLET CAME THROUGH A WALL, I TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS AND EVERYONE WENT UNDER THE TABLE. >> HAD YOU PRACTICED LOCKDOWN DRILLS? >> YES SINCE KINDERGARTEN. >> SUCH A HEINOUS SCENE DESPITE ALL THOSE DRILLS. MATT GOTTMAN JOINS NOW, TODAY WE LEARNED THAT THE GUNMAN WAS INSIDE THE SCHOOL FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR BEFORE HE WAS KILLED. HAS LOST ENFORCEMENT EXPLAINED WHY TOOK SO LONG? >> THEY CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT, LINDSEY. ONE OF THE THINGS THEY SAID WAS THAT DEPUTIES DID RESPOND TO THE SCENE, AT LEAST TWO OF THEM THAT WE KNOW WERE SHOT. THEY DIDN'T FLEE, THEY WERE IN THE SCHOOL BUT THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE GUNMAN WAS INSIDE THAT CLASSROOM AND THEY COULD NOT SEE HIM. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO FIRE INTO THE WALLS OR THROUGH THE DOOR UNLESS THAT. THEY WERE AFRAID OF CLAD WILL DAMAGE. THE GUNMAN WAS FIRING THROUGH THE WALLS AND THE DOOR AT THEM TO TRY TO KEEP THEM BACK. THEY DECIDED THEY NEEDED TO WAIT FOR PROFESSIONAL TACTICAL TEAMS TO COME. THAT'S WHEN THE TEAM FROM THE BORDER PATROL CAME. FINALLY THEY NEUTRALIZE THE GUNMAN, OF COURSE THAT WAS ALL OVER AN HOUR AFTER IT STARTED. I'M TOLD THAT IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT MOST OF THE CHILDREN DIED LONG BEFORE THE END OF THAT HOUR, LINDSEY. >> THAT IS LITTLE CONSOLATION FOR THE PARENTS, INTERESTING TO NOW UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE. MATT, WE KNOW YOU SPOKE TO THE 18-YEAR-OLD SHOOTERS MOTHER, WHAT DID SHE HAVE TO SAY? >> I SPOKE TO HER LAST NIGHT LINDSEY AND THE FIRST THING SHE SAID WHEN I MET HER WAS THOSE POOR KIDS, THOSE POOR PARENTS. YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE PEOPLE BEHIND ME AT THAT GROWING MEMORIAL. SHE DID FEEL TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SORROW FOR WHAT HAPPENED, SHE ALSO LOST HER SON BUT SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD AN UNEASY FEELINGS ABOUT HIM SOMETIMES. HE COULD BE AGGRESSIVE AND ANGRY. SHE ALSO SAID THAT HE IS NOT A MONSTER BUT HARD TO CONVINCE THE PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN OF THAT AT THIS POINT. >> MAC GOTTMAN, OUR THANKS TO YOU AS ALWAYS. LET'S BRING IN OUR ABC NEWS JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PIERRE. SOME REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE DETAILS ABOUT THE RESPONSE. I WANT YOU TO TAKE US BACK TO COLUMBINE BECAUSE WEREN'T NEW TRAININGS ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE THIS RESPONSE DIDN'T HAPPEN? >> WE WANTED TO BE MEASURED HERE BECAUSE DETAILS ARE STILL COMING IN ABOUT WHAT TOOK PLACE. BEING A POLICE OFFICER IN THE SITUATION IS CHALLENGING AND DAVIS -- FOLLOWING COLUMBINE, WHEN OFFICERS WERE CRITICIZED FOR WAITING TOO LONG POLICE HAD BEEN TRAINED TO ENGAGE THE ACTIVE SHOOTER AT ALL COSTS TO SAVE LIVE'S. WHOEVER IS ON SCENE, PERIOD. I PERSONALLY PARTICIPATED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. IT IS AN INCREDIBLY LONG. TIME >> WE ALSO LEARNED TODAY THAT THERE WAS NO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AND THE SCHOOL WAS NEVER PLACED UNDER LOCKDOWN. >> THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THE SCHOOL WAS NOT ON LOCKDOWN AND WE LEARNED THAT THERE WAS NO SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PRESENT WHEN THE GUNMAN HIT THE SCHOOL. HERE IS WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT. IN THEORY, AN OFFICER ON DUTY AT THE SCHOOL WOULD HEAR POTENTIALLY THROUGH RADIO THAT THERE IS A SHOOTING NEARBY THE SCHOOL AND WOULD HELP ALERT SCHOOL OFFICIALS WHO COULD THEN INITIATE A LOCKDOWN. ONE OF THE SADDEST THINGS I HEARD TODAY WAS THAT THE GUNMAN WALKED INTO THAT CLASSROOM, THE DOORS WERE WIDE OPEN. >> PIERRE THOMAS, OUR THANKS TO YOU. >> HEARTBROKEN PARENTS GRAPPLING WITH THE LOSS ALL WHILE DEMANDING ANSWERS FROM POLICE. ABC'S NEERA HAS BEEN SPEAKING TO FAMILIES. I KNOW YOU HAD CHANCES TO SPEAK WITH THE FAMILY OF TESTS, HOW ARE THEY PROCESSING ALL OF THIS? >> LINDSEY, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THERE REALLY WASN'T A DRY EYE IN THE ROOM, A VERY EMOTIONAL AND POWERFUL ACCOUNT NOT JUST FROM HER PARENTS BUT FROM HER SISTER AS WELL. THEY WERE ADAMANT IN WANTING TO SPEAK OUT, THEY WANTED TO TELL THE STORY AND NOT LET ANYONE ELSE TELL HER STORY. THEY WANTED TO HONOR HER MEMORY SO THAT THE THINGS SHE -- SHE WAS KIND, SHE WAS BUBBLY, SHE FILLED THE ROOM WITH LAUGHTER ALL THE TIME AND SHE WANTED TO BE A TIKTOK STAR. SHE WOULD TAKE HER PARENTS PHONE AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND SHE WOULD FILM VIDEOS OF HERSELF DOING DIFFERENT DANCES. WHEN I ASKED WHERE I COULD FIND THESE VIDEOS HER MOTHER ACTUALLY TOLD ME THAT SHE NEVER ALLOWED TEST TO POST THEM BUT SHE HAS DOZENS OF THEM IN HER OWN TIKTOK PROFILE. SHE GOES BACK AND SHE IS BEEN WATCHING THEM OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. THESE PARENTS ARE OBVIOUSLY GRIEF STRICKEN, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY ARE VERY FRUSTRATED. THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS INVESTIGATION AND REALLY THEY ARE BEGGING TO HOLD THE DAUGHTER ONE MORE TIME. I ASK THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE FEELING IN THIS MOMENT AND HOW THE COMMUNITY HAS SURROUNDED THEM IN THIS MOMENT OF SHOCK AND DEVASTATION, TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. >> HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU SAY THAT? EVERY TIME WE TURN ON THE NEWS AND HEARD OF ANOTHER SHOOTING, IT CAN HAPPEN. IT CAN HAPPEN HERE. IT HAPPENED HERE. THEY TOOK BABIES AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES. >> YOU KNOW LINDSEY, AS A PARENT IT WAS REALLY HARD TO SIT IN FRONT OF THIS MOTHER AND ASK ARE THESE QUESTIONS BUT I HAVE TO SAY, THEY WERE VERY STRONG BOTH HER, HER DAUGHTER, AND HER HUSBAND JERRY. IT WAS REALLY AN HONOR TO GET TO KNOW TESTS THROUGH THEM TODAY. >> JUST SPEECHLESS WATCHING THAT VIDEO. OUR THANKS TO YOU. YOU'VE ALL THE LEADER NEWS, THE TOWN'S PAPER WITH A POWERFUL MESSAGE USING NO WORDS ON THEIR FRONT PAGE, CLOAKED IN BLACK. JUST THE DATE OF HORROR PRINTED IN WHITE, MAY 24TH 2022. THE GATE THAT CHANGE THE LIVES OF SO MANY. FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE TRAGEDY FOR ONE FAMILY TODAY, WE THIS MAN, ONE OF THE TEACHERSOF- KILLED IN -- HER HUSBAND HAS NOW DIED OF A HEART THAT TACK JUST 48 HOURS AFTER LOSING HIS WIFE. IN UVALDE.EN ON THE GROUND THER- UNIMAGINABLE SCENARIO FOR THE FAMILY. OF COURSE, THEY HAD KIDS. >> UNIMAGINABLE, LINDSEY. THAT IS THE WORD FOR IT YET THIS FAMILY IS DEALING WITH THE REALITY JUST TWO DAYS AFTER WHAT HAPPENED HERE BEHIND ME AT ROBB ELEMENTARY. PEOPLE ARE SHOT STILL TRYING TO NOW WORD OF THIS LOSS. THAT AND- TWO DAYS AFTER SHE WAS GUNNED STUDENTS BEHIND ME, WORD FROM HER NEPHEW THAT HER HUSBAND JOE TODAY AND DIED.IVE HEART ATTACK- EXTREMELY HEARTBREAKING, IT COMES WITH EXTREME SORROW THAT HE HAS PASSED AWAY DUE TO GRIEF. A TRULY -- PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY, GOD HAVE MERCY ON US, THIS ISN'T EASY. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW HARD THIS IS FOR THE FAMILY. FOUR KIDS LEFT? BEHIND, LINDSE. THE OLDEST, A MARINE WHO WAS AT BOOT CAMP AT THE TIME. THE YOUNGEST IS IN SEVENTH GRADE. THOSE FOUR KIDS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITHOUT, NOT ONLY THEIR MOTHER, BUT THEIR FATHER AS WELL. >> JUST UNIMAGINABLE. 17 PEOPLE WERE ALSO INJURED IN A SHOOTING, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THEIR CONDITIONS AND WHO THEY ARE? >> LINDSEY, WE KNOW THOSE 17 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL SINCE THEN ONLY SIX REMAIN HOSPITALIZED. THREE ADULTS, THREE CHILDREN, THEIR CONDITIONS RANGE FROM GOOD TO STABLE. NO ONE IN CRITICAL CONDITION RIGHT NOW LEFT IN THE HOSPITAL. >> PHIL, OUR THANKS TO YOU. AND JUST TODAY, THE SENATE BROUGHT THE FIRST TEST TO REFORM GUN LAWS. IT WOULD'VE INCLUDED PROPOSALS ON WEAPONS BUT THERE IS A HINT THAT THEY MAY COME TOGETHER. RACHEL SCOTT HAS MORE FROM CAPITOL HILL. >> TEXAS SENATOR JON MCCORMACK TURNING TO WASHINGTON. MITCH MCCONNELL ENCOURAGING HIM TO MEET WITH DEMOCRATS AND SEE IF THERE IS A PATH FORWARD. >> I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THE SAME OLD TIRED TALKING POINTS. I'M ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THE TERRIBLE EVENTS THAT OCCURRED IN UVALDE LESS LIKELY IN THE FUTURE. >> TODAY, HE SPOKE WITH ANOTHER SENATOR AND THE STATE WAS TOUCHED BY TRAGEDY. CHRIS MURPHY FROM CONNECTICUT, 20 CHILDREN WERE GUNNED DOWN AT SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. >> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME, THERE IS AN URGENCY IN THE COUNTRY. >> NOW ON THE TABLE, BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN SHOWS, ONLINE SALES, AND SHOWS. ALLOWING COURTS TO TEMPORARILY REMOVE REMOVE GUNS FROM PEOPLE GAME DANGEROUS. POLLS SHOW MORE THAN 80% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT THOSE POLICIES BUT FAR FROM CLEAR THAT THEY CAN GET THE TEN REPUBLICAN VOTES NEEDED. >> ARE THERE 60 VOTES FOR THAT? >> IT IS A LITTLE BIT EARLY TO TRY TO PREDICT THE OUTCOME BUT THERE IS CLEARLY A LOT OF SUPPORT. >> FOR SOME REPUBLICANS, ANY TALK ON REFORM FOR GUNS IS A NONSTARTER. ARE YOU WRONG ON THIS? [INAUDIBLE] >> IF THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SAY BACKGROUND CHECKS? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> AND BACK IN TEXAS, THE STATE'S OTHER SENATOR QUESTIONED BY REPORTERS FROM SKY NEWS. >> CAN WE REFORM GUN LAWS? >> IT IS EASY TO GO TO POLITICS. >> IT IS IMPORTANT, IT IS AT THE HEART OF THE ISSUE. >> I GET THAT'S WHERE THE MEDIA LIKES TO GO, IT'S WHERE MANY OF THE PEOPLE LIKE TO GO. >> THE PROPOSALS FROM DEMOCRATS IN THE MEDIA INEVITABLY, WHEN A VIOLENT CYCLE PATH MURDERS PEOPLE. >> AN 18 YEAR OLD WITH TWO AR-15S. >> IF YOU WERE TO STOP VIOLENT CRIME, THE PROPOSALS THE DEMOCRATS HAVE, NONE OF THEM WOULD'VE STOPPED THIS. >> THAT DOES SEEM TO BE THE GOAL, TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF BIPARTISAN PLAN. RACHEL JOINS US NOW. RACHEL, THE SENATE IS NOW IN RECESS FOR TEN DAYS BUT SENATORS ARE PLEDGING TO WORK THROUGH THAT TO GET THIS DONE? >> EXACTLY LINDSAY. I TALKED TO SO MANY DEMOCRATS TODAY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY REALLY DO FEEL A SENSE OF URGENCY HERE. THEY WANT TO SEIZE ON THIS MOMENT AND SO REPUBLICAN SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS SAYS A SMALL GROUP OF BIPARTISAN SENATORS HAS NOW BROKEN DOWN ASSIGNMENTS. THEY DO PLAN TO MEET OVER ZOOM. BUT AS FOR TED CRUZ, HE IS NOT PART OF THOSE BIPARTISAN DISCUSSIONS. HE WILL BE SPEAKING AT THE NRA CONVENTION TOMORROW AND SO WILL BE GREG ABBOTT, AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. >> WHAT DOES MITCH MCCONNELL SAY WITH REGARD TO THIS? >> HE SAYS THAT HE IS OPEN, HE WANTS AND HE IS ENCOURAGING. HE WANTS TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH DEMOCRATS ON THIS ISSUE, TO SEE IF THERE IS A PATH FORWARD. AFTER TELL YOU THAT THIS COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT STEP, A SIGNIFICANT FIRST STEP IF THEY CAN ACTUALLY AGREE ON LEGISLATION. AS YOU KNOW LINDSEY, THAT IS A BIG IF BECAUSE THE MATH ON THIS HAS NOT CHANGED. DEMOCRATS AND THE SENATE MUST GET SUPPORT OF AT LEAST TEN REPUBLICANS. >> AT LEAST THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. THAT IS A START FOR SURE. RACHEL SCOTT FROM THE CAPITAL, THANK YOU SO MUCH RACHEL. >> KEVIN SPACEY CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL ACTS AGAINST THREE MEN, WE HAVE THE DETAILS. THE DECLARATION FROM THE CDC DIRECTOR THAT MONKEYPOX MAY BE SPREADING INSIDE THE UNITED STATES, WE WILL EXPLAIN. UP NEXT, ROBIN ROBERTS SITS DOWN WITH THE WIFE OF A WNBA STAR BRITTNEY GRINER. WHAT'S SHE WANTS PRESIDENT BIDEN TO DO TO GET GRINER OUT OF RUSSIAN DETENTION. >> NOW TO A STORY THAT ABC NEWS HAS BEEN FOLLOWING. THE WRONGFUL DETENTION OF BRITNEY GRINER. HER WIFE CHERYL GRINER'S FINALLY BREAKING HER SILENCE AND DETAILS WITH WHAT THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN LIKE. >> THE FIRST WEEK I LAID ON THIS COUCH AND CRIED MY EYEBALLS OUT. I COULDN'T MOVE AND THEN I SAID, YOU HAVE TO GET UP. NOW >> THIS MORNING THE WIFE OF BRITNEY GRINER. OPENING UP THE FIRST TIME ABOUT HER DETAINMENT IN RUSSIA AND THE FIGHT TO BRING HER HOME. >> HOW DID YOU FIRST HEAR THE NEWS AND WHAT WAS YOUR INITIAL REACTION? >> I FIRST HEARD THE NEWS THROUGH BRITNEY ACTUALLY. SHE STARTED TEXTING ME AROUND 2 AM IN THE MORNING, BABE, BABE, WAKE, UP, THEY HAVE ME IN THIS ROOM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. I TEXTED BACK, WHO ARE THEY? WHAT ROOM? THE CUSTOMS PEOPLE, THEY GRAB ME WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH AND THEY HAVE ME IN THIS ROOM. SHE SENT ME A MESSAGE AND SAID THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE MY PHONE, DON'T TEXT ANYMORE. I AM LIKE, JUST CALL ME WHEN YOU CAN. THAT WAS IT. >> HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR YOU TO GET COMMUNICATION WITH HER AGAIN AFTER THAT? 96 DAYS. THE PHONE CALL NEVER CAME. >> YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH LETTERS? >> SPORADICALLY, HERE IN THEIR. I'M GRATEFUL FOR EVEN THAT. >> ON FEBRUARY 17TH VIDEO RELEASED BY RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES APPEARS TO SHOW GRINER GOING THROUGH A PORT SECURITY NEAR MOSCOW. AN EMPLOYEE REMOVING A PACKAGE FROM THE 31 YEAR OLDS ATHLETES BAG. RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA REPORTING THAT THEY FOUND HASHISH OIL. A DEFENSE PUNISHABLE BY TEN YEARS IN PRISON. >> I KNOW YOU WANT TO SPEAK WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> ABSOLUTELY, I KEEP HEARING THAT HE HAS THE POWER. SHE IS A POLITICAL PONCHO. IF THEY ARE HOLDING HER THE COOLS THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING, THEN I WANT YOU TO DO. IT >> I KNOW THAT BLINKEN HAS REACHED OUT TO YOU AND HAS COMMUNICATED TO YOU THE TOP PRIORITY. DO YOU FEEL THAT'S THE CASE? >> I DON'T KNOW, I WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE CALL. >> HE SAYS SHE IS TOP PRIORITY BUT I WANT TO SEE IT. AT THIS POINT, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO I'M GETTING BACK WHEN SHE COMES. BACK >> GRINER IS NOT THE ONLY AMERICAN DETAINED AT -- TREVOR REED WAS RECENTLY FREED, SEEN IN THIS VIDEO ON RUSSIAN STATE TV. ANOTHER MARINE HAS BEEN IN CUSTODY SINCE 2018. >> EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SEPARATE PEOPLE, SEPARATE ROLLS, NO CONNECTION BESIDE WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH IN RUSSIA, I OBVIOUSLY WANT HIM BACK BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE THERE GOING THROUGH WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH. >> SHE HAD SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME IN RUSSIA PLAYING FOR THE TEAM THERE, WHAT WAS HER EXPERIENCE LIKE PRIOR TO THIS? >> HONESTLY, IT WAS GREAT. YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE A G.O.A.T. IF YOU CAN PLAY IN RUSSIA ON THE TEAM THAT SHE PLAYS FOR. THEY TREAT THEM LIKE SUPERSTARS. >> HAS BRITTANI EVER EXPRESS ANYTHING TO YOU ABOUT THAT? ABOUT THE EQUITY WITH THE W. ED -- >> SHE WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY NOT GO OVERSEAS. SHE HAS ONLY HAD ONE THING IN THE STATES, SHE MISSES ALL THAT STUFF. JUST BECAUSE SHE CAN'T MAKE ENOUGH MONEY IN THE WNBA TO SUSTAIN HER LIFE. >> HAS IT BEEN COMFORTING TO SEE ALL THE COURTS WITH THE G 42? >> YES, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY IT IS FOR B G. IT MAKES HER KNOW THAT SHE IS NOT FORGOTTEN. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW -- I KNOW THAT IT MAKES HER FEEL GOOD, SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE. FORGOTTEN >> THE IMPRISONED GRINER EVEN SENDING A BOUQUET OF ROSES BEFORE OUR INTERVIEW. SHE HAD HER ATTORNEYS BRING THIS TODAY BECAUSE SHE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A LOT. >> FROM HEARTFELT LETTERS, HER PRESENCE HAS BEEN FELT ADMITS THE PAIN. >> HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP DURING THIS TIME? >> I'M OKAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE. SHE BROUGHT ME ONE LETTER, I KNOW YOU WANT TO GO DOWN RIGHT NOW BUT DON'T YET BECAUSE EVERY DAY THAT YOU WAKE UP, THE FACT THAT YOU ARE STILL IN OUR REALITY, IT IS A REASON FOR YOU TO CONTINUE HAVING HOPE. IT GIVES YOU SO MUCH REASON TO GO DOWN. I WON'T GO DOWN UNTIL SHE IS BACK, I JUST WANT, I CAN'T, I CAN'T. EVERY SINGLE DAY MATTERS. I NEED TO BE ATTENTIVE, I NEED TO BE ALERT TO MAKE SURE SHE COMES BACK. IT IS HARD, IT IS HARD. >> OUR THANKS TO CHERYL AND ROBIN FOR THAT. STILL AHEAD ON PRIME, WITH U.S. FORCES NOW GONE. THE RIGHT TO WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN ARE DISAPPEARING TO. WE TAKE AN IN-DEPTH LOOK. EMOJIS AND BUYING DRUGS, YES THAT IS A THING. AND THE DISTURBING DATA ABOUT HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE DYING IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE OF GUNS, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. BUT FIRST, OUR TWEET OF THE DAY. LORRAINE BROCK REMEMBERING HER DEAR FRIEND. . HE WRIST EVERYTHING AHEAD. >> WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. THE SCALE OF THE TRAGEDY IN UVALDE IS CERTAINLY SHAKING US ALL THIS WEEK, IT HAS REMINDED US OF MANY CHILDREN WHO ARE FALLING TO A VIOLENT GUN DEATHS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE CDC REPORTS THAT GUNS ARE NOW THE TOP CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG CHILDREN. WE WANTED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS DISTURBING TREND BY THE NUMBERS. 4368 CHILDREN AGED 1 TO 18 WERE KILLED BY GUNS IN 2020. TWO THIRDS OF THOSE WERE HOMICIDE VICTIMS, LESS THAN 4000 KIDS WERE -- A 33% JUMP IN HOMICIDES IN 2019 TO 2020. THE TREND CONTINUED INTO 2021, UP ANOTHER 8%. THIS WALL TRAFFIC DEATHS HAVE STEADILY DECLINED OVER THE PAST DECADE, GUN DEATHS INCREASED 39% AMONG BLACKS AND HISPANICS. THEY HAVE BEEN UP 17% AMONG NON-HISPANIC WHITES. EARLY DATA FROM 2021 SHOWS A CONTINUED RISE IN ALL RACIAL GROUPS. IN A RECENT JOURNAL OF MEDICINE ARTICLE, THEY WROTE THE INCREASING FIRE ARM MORTALITY REFLECTS A TREND THAT SHOWS WE CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR YOUTH FROM A PREVENTABLE CAUSE OF DEATH. PHYSICIANS URGED LAWMAKERS TO TREAT GUN DEATHS AS PREVENTABLE THROUGH REGULATION AS THEY HAVE WITH VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AND HIGHWAY SAFETY REGULATIONS. AND WE STILL HAVE LOTS MORE TO GET THROUGH. MILLIONS HITTING THE ROAD THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND, STORMS COULD IMPACT SOME OF THOSE PLANS. AND THE TIKTOK ARE MAKING TINY HOMES FOR A CAUSE. FIRST WE LOOK AT OUR TOP TRENDING STORIES ON ABCNEWS.COM. AS FAMILIES IN THE UVALDE COMMITTEE CONTINUE DEGREE OF, NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE SUSPECT MADE IT INTO THE SCHOOL ON OBSTRUCTED. MONFORT AND NOW GOING FRAME BY FRAME IN THIS VIDEO SHOWING THE SUSPECT ENTERING THE SCHOOL. PIECING THE GATHER THE DETAILS OF THE INVESTIGATION. ONE WITNESS TELLING MATT GOTTMAN WHAT HE SAW AS POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. >> SOME OF THEM JUST STOOD THERE. WHY ARE THEY GOING? IN >> AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS INSIDE THE ELEMENTARY FOR 40 MINUTES BEFORE HE WAS KILLED BY A SWAT TEAM MEMBER. 19 CHILDREN AND TWO TEACHERS WERE DEAD. ONE FATHER SAYS LAW ENFORCEMENT DIDN'T ACT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO SAVE HIS DAUGHTERS LIFE. >> THEY RUSHED IN, WE CAN SEE THAT. >> OUR OFFICERS, WHEN THEY ENGAGE, THEY WERE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN, THEY ACTED SWIFTLY AND VERY HEROICALLY. >> THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL RUSH, AAA ESTIMATES THAT 39 MILLION PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL BY CAR FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THAT IS A 0.3% MORE THAN LAST YEAR, DESPITE GAS PRICES AT RECORD LEVELS. THE NATIONAL AVERAGE NOW FOR 60 A GALLON. IN AIRPORTS, THE TSA EXPECTS TO SCREEN MORE THAN 2 MILLION PASSENGERS THROUGH THE HOLIDAY. DELTA REPORTING 25% MORE FLYERS THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR. >> THE CDC IS CONFIRMING NINE CASES OF MONKEYPOX HAVE NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE CASES WERE FOUND IN SEVEN STATES INCLUDING CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, AND THAT INCLUDES A PROBABLE CASE IN NEW YORK CITY. THE NEWEST CASE INVOLVES A WOMAN IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA WHO RECENTLY TRAVELED TO AN AFRICAN COUNTRY WHERE THE APPEARANCE IS KNOWN TO EXIST. SOME OF THE OTHER INFECTED PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN ABROAD POINTING TO SOME COMMUNITY SPREAD. OFFICIALS SAY THEY WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED BY MORE CASES IN THE COMING DAYS. >> PROSECUTORS HAVE CHARGED AFTER KEVIN SPACEY WITH FOUR COUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST THREE MEN. >> THE ALLEGED INCIDENTS TOOK PLACE IN LONDON BETWEEN 2005 AND 2008. IN WESTERN ENGLAND IN APRIL 2013 AS WELL. HEAD OF THE CRIME DIVISION SAYS THE CHARGES FOLLOW A REVIEW, EVIDENCE GATHERED BY LONDON'S METROPOLITAN POLICE. 62 YEAR OLD SPACEY WAS QUESTIONED BY BRITISH POLICE THREE YEARS AGO BUT CLAIMS THIS. >> THE WORLD IS SEEING BRUCE WILLIS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HIS FAMILY ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE STEPPING AWAY FROM ACTING. WILLIS, PLAYING BASKETBALL IN THIS RARE VIDEO POSTED BY HIS WIFE EMMA WILLIS AND WRITING, I SEE YOU. >> COME OUT TO THE COAST, WE'LL GET TOGETHER, HAVE A FEW LAUGHS. >> THE ACTION SUPERSTARS FIVE DAUGHTERS WIFE AND EX-WIFE DEMI MOORE ANNOUNCING THE 67 YEAR OLD WAS DIAGNOSED WITH APHASIA. THIS IMPACTS THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE, PATIENTS CAN LOSE SOME ABILITY TO SPEAK OR TO UNDERSTAND OR BOTH. AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT, WILLIS'S FANS AND FELLOW ACTORS ALL RALLYING AROUND THE SUPERSTAR, SENDING SUPPORT AND HIS FAMILY OFFERING GLIMPSES OF HIM IN PHOTOS. LIKE THIS ONE POSTED JUST SIX WEEKS AGO. BUT NOW, FANS GET A GLIMPSE OF HIM INACTION, SEEMING IN GOOD SPIRITS AND SHOOTING A BASKETBALL. >> POLICE SAY THE VICTIMS WERE ON THE BANK ON SOUTH MAIN STREET. IT BEGAN ROUGHLY 24 HOURS EARLIER WHEN AUTHORITIES SAY HE LOCKED THE WOMAN IN A BEDROOM, DESTROYED HER PHONE, AND THREATENED TO KILL HER AND HER CHILDREN. NEXT, THE WOMAN HER ALLEGED CAPTOR WENT TO THE BANK WHERE SHE REQUESTED A HEALTH LOAN. THANK EMPLOYEES RECOGNIZED THAT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO NEEDED HELP AND THEY PULLED THE ALARM NORMALLY USED IN THE EVENT OF A HOLDUP. CARBONDALE POLICE ARRIVED AND GARCIA WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE. >> WELCOME BACK EVERYONE, WOMEN 'S RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN ARE NOW UNDER ATTACK AFTER THE U.S. WITHDREW LAST AUGUST AND THE TALIBAN BECAME THE RULERS OF THE COUNTRY. MOST FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES. YOU AND REPORTED MORE THAN 2 MILLION AFGHANS FLED THE COUNTRY IN A MATTER OF DAYS. FOR THOSE LEFT BEHIND, THE TALIBAN PROMISED TO UPHOLD REFORM WHICH ALLOWED WOMEN TO WORK AND GET AN EDUCATION. SINCE THEN HOWEVER, SEVERAL DIRECTIVES HAVE BEEN ISSUED DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE LIVES AND DREAMS OF 19 WOMEN, 19 MILLION WOMEN CURRENTLY LIVING IN AFGHANISTAN. ABC NEWS MAGGIE REPORTS. >> STREETS ARE EMPTY IN AFGHANISTAN. WOMEN ARE SLOWLY DISAPPEARING FROM EVERYDAY LIFE. SCHOOLS ARE SHUT DOWN. WOMEN'S FACES ALL BUT ERASED. THEY NOW WALK THE STREETS COVERED HEAD TO TOE IN BURQAS, ACCOMPANIED BY MAIL GUARDIANS. UNDER TALIBAN DECREE, A DIRECT ATTACK ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS. >> DECIDE -- [INAUDIBLE] >> FEAR OF RETRIBUTION IS REAL HERE. TALIBAN RULE IS PUNISHING AND UNFORGIVING. THIS IS WHAT GIRLS LIVES IN AFGHANISTAN HAVE BECOME. >> [INTERPRETER] THIS IS A SHARED ROOM OF MY SISTER AND ME. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NOW AS WE CANNOT LEAVE HOME. I'VE SO MANY DREAMS TO LEARN SO MANY THINGS AT SCHOOL. I HAD HOPED THAT I CAN ACHIEVE THIS BUT THE TALIBAN CAME AND KNOW IT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE. [END OF TRANSLATION] >> WE DO NOT WANT THEM TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY, WE WANT THEM TO SERVE. THE TALIBAN BECAME THE RULES OF AFGHANISTAN NINE MONTHS AGO. THE U.S. FORCES PULLED OUT AFTER A 20-YEAR PRESENCE IN THE COUNTRY. THE TALIBAN PROMISED TO UPHOLD THIS. THEY WOULDN'T ERASE THE PROGRESS FROM THE LAST TWO DECADES. BUT THOSE PROMISES WERE SHORT LIVED. IT HAS NOW BEEN MORE THAN 200 DAYS SINCE THE TALIBAN BANNED TEENAGE GIRLS FROM GOING TO SCHOOL. IN RECENT YEARS, 30% OF WOMEN WHO ATTENDED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WERE NOT ALLOWED IN UNIVERSITIES. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES, A GENERATION OF WOMEN WERE GRANTED AND EDUCATION. BUT NOW, GIRLS SCHOOLS TEACHING GRADE 7 TO 12 REMAIN CLOSED. MOST GIRLS CONDEMNED TO A LIFE AT HOME. THIS VIDEO WAS SENT SHOWING WHEN THE TALIBAN FIRST TOOK OVER. WE USE FAKE NAMES TO PROTECT HER AND OTHERS IDENTITIES. >> I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD JOB. NOW MY LIFE IS DESTROYED. >> MONTHS LATER, THINGS ARE DETERIORATING. >> I HAVE BEEN FORGETTING MY THINGS FOR MONTHS. I SEE GIRLS AROUND ME WHO HAVE GIVEN UP AND THEY HAVE REFUSED TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR PARENTS. >> THERE IS A LOT OF SADNESS AND SUICIDE RATES FOR GIRLS ARE THROUGH THE ROOF WITH MANY OF THEM BURNING THEMSELVES AS A SUICIDE METHODOLOGY. THAT IS MUCH MORE TRACTABLE, THAT HAS INCREASED AS WELL. >> SHE IS AN AMERICAN WHO HAS LIVED IN AN AFGHANISTAN FOR THE PAST DECADE, CONSULTING NGOS ON HUMAN RIGHTS. >> I NEVER THOUGHT THAT AFGHANISTAN WAS A SHORT TERM FIX. LIKE ANY COUNTRY THAT IS DEVELOPED, IT TAKES YEARS. >> ADDING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON WOMEN, GIRLS CAN NO LONGER SEE THEMSELVES ON TELEVISION. THE TALIBAN RECENTLY ORDERING ALL NEW STATIONS TO FORCE THIS FOR NEWS ANCHORS. >> [INTERPRETER] THE MINISTRY OF VICE AND VIRTUE ANNOUNCED THAT WOMEN MUST COVER THEIR FACES WITH MASKS AS OF TODAY. THE SPOKESMAN SAYS THIS IS THE FINAL DECISION AND NO NEGOTIATION OR DISAGREEMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. [END OF TRANSLATION] [INTERPRETER] THE ORDER WAS ALSO CENTER ON MEDIA AND WE WERE FORCED TO ENFORCE IT. WE CANNOT ARTICULATE THIS [END OF TRANSLATION] >> AT 22 YEARS OLD, SHE IS THE FIRST WOMEN TO STEP INTO A NEWS ROOM AFTER THE TALIBAN TAKEOVER. SINCE THEN, NEARLY 40% OF AFGHAN MEDIA STATIONS HAVE CLOSED. 80% OF WOMEN JOURNALISTS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS. THE UN REPORTS THAT MORE THAN 2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE FLED AFGHANISTAN SINCE JANUARY 2021. FOR THOSE LEFT BEHIND, LIFE HAS BECOME UNIMAGINABLE. AFGHANISTAN IS FACING THE WORST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN THE WORLD. A STAGGERING 95% OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE FACING FOOD INSECURITY. 700,000 HAVE BEEN DISPLACED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MOST OF THEM WOMEN AND CHILDREN. AND YET, AT THE TOP OF THE TALIBAN'S AGENDA, RESTRICTING THE WAY WOMEN LIVE. >> IT SEEMS IT SEEMS ALL POLITICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS IN THESE COMMUNITIES, POVERTY AND HUNGRY IN OUR COUNTRY ARE OVER IN THE ONLY PROBLEM NOW IS THE TYPE OF CLOTHING WORN BY WOMEN. THE FEAR THAT MAN MAY BE SEEN BY A JOB. MY FATHER AND BROTHER, -- MY HOUSE WILL BE MARKED, MY WHOLE FAMILY -- BECAUSE OF THE KINDS OF CLOSE A. WHERE >> THE LIFE LIVED ISN'T EASILY FORGOTTEN. SHE IS 17 YEARS OLD LIKE MOST OF THE GIRLS NOT GONNA STAND, SHE SPENT MOST OF HER DAYS AT HOME LOOKING BACK AT WHATEVER LIFE USED TO BE. >> [INTERPRETER] YOU ARE MY COURSE BOOKS FOR SCHOOL, I'VE GOT MY MEMORY SAFE HERE. THIS IS FOR HOW FAR WE HAVE GONE WITH MATH AND ENGLISH UNTIL THE TALIBAN CAME I COULD NOT STUDY ANYMORE. THEY STOPPED US HERE. [END OF TRANSLATION] >> -- EXPERTS SAY THE BARRING GIRLS FROM GOING TO SCHOOL WILL LIKELY GO BEYOND THE CLASSROOM. >> HUGE NUMBERS OF PROBLEMS COME JUST BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM IN EDUCATION. PARENTS WILL GIVE THEIR DAUGHTERS YOUNGER AND YOUNGER TO MARRIAGE. OF COURSE, THIS MEANS MORE MORTALITY FROM -- MORE MALNUTRITION, HIGHER BIRTH RATE. THE THING THAT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO WRAP OUR MINDS AROUND IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE IS A TRUE IDEOLOGY OUT THERE THAT'S BELIEVES THAT GIRLS DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT. WHEN WE LOSE GIRLS IN THE MEANTIME? WE WILL. >> WHILE THE TALIBAN CONTROL WHAT WOMEN WEAR, RESTRICT ACCESS JOBS AND EDUCATION, THERE ARE THOSE GIRLS AND WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE PROGRESS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. THE TALIBAN ISN'T WINNING THEIR HEARTS OR THEIR MINDS ANYTIME SOON. >> WE ARE TIRED OF ALL OF THIS MISERY AND PAIN. ISN'T IT MY RIGHT TO CHOOSE MY CLOTHES? DO I NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND IMPROVEMENTS LIKE OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE IN OTHER COUNTRIES? >> REALLY POWERFUL REPORTING THERE FROM MAGGIE, OUR THANKS TO HER. NOW, TO A WARNING FOR PARENTS, EMOJIS ARE OF COURSE THE POPULAR WAY TO SHARE EMOTIONS AND PICTURE FORM. BUT, SOME SEEMINGLY INNOCENT EMOJIS ARE ACTUALLY CODE FOR DRUGS. THESE CODED MESSAGES OR POPULAR AMONGST TEENAGERS SEARCHING ONLINE TO BUY THEM. NBC'S CARE -- >> EMOJIS, WE USE THEM EVERY DAY IN OUR TEXT MESSAGES AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. BUT, KIDS OFTEN HAVE THEIR OWN MEETINGS WITH THE SYMBOLS THAT GO RIGHT OVER ADULTS HEADS. THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION IS WARNING TEENAGERS ARE USING EMOJI SAYS CODES TO BUY DRUGS FROM SELLERS ONLINE. >> WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE IS AN ELECTRICAL PLUG FOLLOWED BY A SCHOOL BUS. WHAT IN THE WORLD WITHOUT? BE THAT WOULD BE SOMEONE LOOKING FOR A SOURCE FOR CYNICS. >> THIS SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE LOS ANGELES DA OFFICE SAYS THAT THE TREND BECAME MORE PREVALENT DURING THE PANDEMIC, DRUG TRANSACTIONS SHIFTED FROM BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS TO ONLINE. >> OUR FEAR WAS ESPECIALLY TO PARENTS, PARENTS MIGHT SEE A LOT OF THESE EMOJIS AND REALLY THINK NOTHING OF THEM, THEY LOOK SO INNOCENT. IT COULD BE SOMETHING INDICATIVE OF AN ATTEMPT BY DRUGS. -- ALL THE DETAILS -- THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN MANY OF THE COUNTERFEIT BILLS IS FENTANYL. >> IT'S A DRUG THAT IS 50 TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN HEROIN. WE ARE SEEING IT EVERYWHERE. WE HAVE MADE COUNTERFEIT PILLS, THESE ARE -- IT'S IMPACTING EVERY COMMUNITY. >> HE STRESSES THAT PARENTS NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR KIDS ABOUT THE IMPLICIT DANGERS OF THE SPILLS. >> THE DOSING IS VERY INCONSISTENT. IT COULD JUST BE ONE PILL THAT CAUSES AN OVERDOSE DEATH. >> PARENTS WHO THINK 13 MIGHT BE USING DRUGS SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR, YOU CAN FIND HELPFUL RESOURCES THAT T.A..GOV SLASH ONE PILL. >> A GREAT PLACE TO START TO EDUCATE YOURSELF IF YOU ARE A PARENT ABOUT WHAT IS OUT THERE AND ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CHILD. >> IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE TALKS, OUR THANKS TO KAREN DO THAT. NEXT TO OUR SPECIAL LOOK AT THE DIVERSITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN -- BUT HOW DO WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN ABOUT THIS RICHEST? WE HAVE MORE ON ONE PERSON'S REMARKABLE MISSION. >> USE THE FISH SAUCE, DON'T DO TOO MUCH. >> MINA WAS JUST 12 WHEN THE ALARMING ACTS OF ANTI ASIAN HATE SUDDENLY HIT HOME. >> THIS LADY COUGHED UP MY MOM. I FELT LIKE THE POWER WAS TAKEN FROM ME. PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY GROWING UP IT IS JUST KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED AND I JUST WENT ALONG WITH MY DAY. THE LADY WHO DID THAT, SHE DIDN'T SEE A MOM, SHE DIDN'T SEE COMMUNITY MEMBER, SHE DIDN'T SAY IN AMERICAN. SHE JUST SAW LIKE AN ASIAN LADY. >> THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TODAY! >> THE MIDDLE SCHOOLER CHANNELED HER OUTRAGE INTO ORGANIZING A RALLY AT A NEARBY PARK. SHE EXPECTED MAYBE 50 PEOPLE. 1200 SHOWED UP. >> WE DIDN'T MATTER PODIUM. WE HAVE A WORKOUT BOX. >> WE NEED A CHANCE TO BUILD OUR FUTURE, RAISE OUR VOICES, DEMAND CHANGE. >> WHEN SHE STEPPED ONTO THAT SOAP BOX SHE STEPPED INTO A NEW ROLE. THE PATH THAT EVENTUALLY LED HIS TEAM TO BECOMING AN INFLUENTIAL ADVOCATE. ONE OF A GROWING NUMBER OF ASIAN AMERICANS RAISING THEIR VOICE AND DEMANDING CHANGE. >> IT IS KIND ENGLAND -- ONE OF THE WAYS TO FIGHT RACISM IS THROUGH AWARENESS. AND EDUCATION. >> I STUMBLED UPON THIS WHOLE HISTORY CURRICULUM THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. I WAS LIKE, OH, JEEZ, I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO ANY OF THIS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT IS. AND YOU ARE ASIAN AMERICAN. AND I'M ASIAN AMERICAN! WHY DIDN'T MY SCHOOL INCLUDE? THIS >> WITH HER FRIENDS, SHE FORMED AAPI YOUTH RISING, AND LAUNCHED ONE BY ONE 80 ASKING TEACHERS TO TEACH API HISTORY, ONE DAY OUT OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> WE ARE DESIGNING A LESSON. >> OH, YOU ARE? >> SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT, THEY BANNED A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY FROM IMMIGRATING. THAT IS AGAIN PART OF THE MID-PATIENTS CAN EVER BE AMERICANS. WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS, OBVIOUSLY AMERICANS BUILT-IN IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE YOU CAUSING US TO BE -- IF YOU DON'T LEARN ABOUT OUR HISTORY IN AMERICA THEN THAT BELIEVE SORT OF PERPETUATES ITSELF. >> BUT, HER GRANDMOTHER SAYS SHE IS CONFRONTING RACISM DIFFERENTLY NOW. >> I WAS VERY QUIET AND NOT EXPRESSING MYSELF. >> IT SEEMS A BIT OF HER FIRE HAS RUBBED OFF ON HER. AND A RECENT INCIDENT, HER GRANDMOTHER TOOK A DIFFERENT TACTIC. >> ONE GENTLEMAN, BUT SAID TO ME GO BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY. BUT I WAS SHOCKED, I SAID, I AM AN AMERICAN CITIZEN! THIS IS MY COUNTRY! >> YOU'RE GETTING EMOTIONAL. >> WELL, YEAH, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR THE STORY UNTIL RECENTLY ACTUALLY. NOW, I AM PROUD OF YOU MOM. >> DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER INSPIRED YOU? >> [LAUGHS] >> DO YOU THINK SO? >> MAYBE. YEAH, MAYBE. >> IT'S INTERESTING TO THINK OF YOUR CHILD AS SOMEONE LEADING YOU. , SOMETIMES THAT IS HOW I FEEL NOW. SHE HAS. ULTIMATELY, WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE THROUGH ALL OF YOUR ACTIONS? >> SEEING MORE API SPEAKING OUT, DEFINITELY SUCCESS, MORE AWARENESS ABOUT HATE CRIMES. DEFINITELY DIVERSE EDUCATION IN -- A TON OF WORK TO DO. >> THE CHILDREN SHALL LEAD THEM, OUR THANKS TO DUTY FOR. THAT YOU CAN CATCH THE SULLIVAN ASIAN SPECIAL TOGETHER AS ONE TOMORROW NIGHT, EIGHT EASTERN ON ABC AND STREAMING SOON AFTER ON HULU. >> WE TURN NOW TO OUR WEEKLY SEGMENT TIKTOK WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE STORY BEHIND THE SENSATION IN A TIME WHEN WE ALL NEED JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA JOY. OUR NEXT GUEST HAS MADE HIS NAME FROM SELF THERE IS ILLUSTRATIONS AND MURALS AND WORKS OF ART. ZACH SHE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE AGENCY WHITEY HAS GROWN HIS AUDIENCE TO NEARLY 16 MILLION TIKTOK FOLLOWERS. ZACH TASTE HIGH-END DEVICES LIKE IPHONES AND IPADS AND TESLAS AND EVEN LAMBORGHINI'S AND TRANSFORMS THEM WITH PAINT. ALSO GETS BACK TO HIS COMMUNITY BY DONATING ART AND ORGANIZING GIVEAWAYS TO THOSE IN NEED. ZACH! WELCOME TO THE SHOW MY FRIEND! HOW ARE YOU? >> HI, I'M DOING WELL, HOW ARE YOU. >> GOOD, GREAT TO HAVE YOU. ON SO, YOU ARE REDEFINING WHAT IT MEANS TO BRING OUR TO LIFE. LAST, YEAR YOU COMPLETED THE CUSTOMIZATION OF 117 TINY HOMES PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DO THAT? >> WELL, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CRAZIEST PROJECT THAT I'VE EVER WORKED. AND WE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF L.A. AND IN THE VALLEY WE PAINTED 116 TINY HOMES TO HELP PEOPLE IN SPURIOUS-ING HOMELESSNESS. FOR THAT IT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO BE PART OF. WE WERE JUST HAPPY TO PARTNER UP WITH LA, CHANGE SO MANY LIVES, THESE TINY HOMES HELP PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS GET, WELL, GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. SO, WE ARE JUST REALLY LUCKY TO BE A PART OF THAT. >> NOT ONLY IS IT SO NECESSARY WHAT YOU ARE DOING BUT IT LOOKS GREAT, AS WELL, THE PAINTING IS JUST SO CREATIVE. HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT PICKING THE COLORS AND DESIGNS? >> FOR THAT ONE THERE WERE SO MANY HOUSES THAT WE HAD TO WORK ON. EACH ONE WE WANTED TO BE UNIQUE AND LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER ONES. SO, EACH HAS HAD ITS OWN LITTLE COLOR SCHEME AND WE HAD A TON OF AMAZING AND TALENTED ARTISTS THAT WE WORKED WITH DOING THAT SHOOT AND WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO PUT IT TOGETHER, THESE HOUSES. WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO WANT TO LOOK AS UNIQUE AS POSSIBLE. HOW DOES IT FEEL KNOWING THAT YOU ARE PROVIDING THAT JOY AND HOPE TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ONLINE? >> I MEAN, HONESTLY SPEAKING, IT FEELS PRETTY SURREAL. WHEN I WAS REALLY YOUNG, JUST STARTING UP AS AN ARTIST I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO COMBINE MY ART AND HELP PEOPLE. MY TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS ME ALLOWS ME TO DO WHAT I LOVE AND HELP PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME EVERY DAY. IT IS REALLY QUITE A BLESSING. >> ANOTHER BLESSING, YOUR TIKTOK HAS GROWN TO NEARLY 16 MILLION FOLLOWERS. WHAT HAS THAT GROWTH FELT LIKE? DO YOU EVER FEEL ANY KIND OF PRESSURE THAT YOU HAVE TO CREATE FRESH CONTENT FOR ALL OF YOUR FOLLOWERS? >> I MEAN, FOR ME IT IS JUST REALLY EXCITING THAT SO MANY PEOPLE SUPPORT ME AND LIKE CONSUMING MY CONTENT. I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD GO THAT BIG AT FIRST BUT ONCE PEOPLE STARTED REALLY ENJOYING THE CONTENT THAT I WAS PUTTING OUT, IT BECAME A ROUTINE. WE JUST DO IT ALL THE TIME NOW. >> YOU ALSO CUSTOMIZED A HOSPITAL AND THEN PAID EVERYONE'S MEDICAL BILLS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST HOSPITALS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD AND I'M GOING TO SPEND THE NEXT 100 HOURS CUSTOMIZING. IT ON TOP OF THAT, WE ALSO HAVE $200,000 TO HELP PAY PATIENCE MEDICAL BILLS. >> YOU GOT RID OF THE GREEN HERE, DID YOU EVER IMAGINE YOU GET TO THIS POINT IN LIFE? >> I DID NOT THINK SO AT FIRST, I ALWAYS HAD A GOAL THAT I WANTED TO DO CRAZY THINGS. SIMILAR TO THE HOSPITAL THAT WE JUST RECENTLY PAINTED, WE WERE ABLE TO PAINT A TON OF BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS, WE WERE ABLE TO SURPRISE A LOT OF THE PATIENTS THERE, A LOT OF THE PATIENTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY FANS. IT WAS FUN TO MEET THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GOING THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES. I FEEL LIKE MY TEAM AND I FELT VERY LUCKY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO INTERACT AND SURPRISE THEM, BRING SOME JOY TO THEM. >> WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE WHO IS JUST STARTING OUT AND LOOKING TO CREATE, OR MAKE ART AND BE AN ACTIVIST AS WELL. >> I THINK THE MAIN THING FOR BEING IN ART AND HAVING A PRESENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU REALLY LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING BECAUSE I THINK NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, WHAT YOU ARE DOING, IF YOU PUT IN A LOT OF TIME, EFFORT AND WORK INTO WHAT YOU LOVE TO CREATE, YOU'RE GOING TO SUCCEED IN YOUR FIELD. YOU HAVE TO DO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. YOU REALLY HAVE TO GRIND AND PUT IN THE WORK. I THINK IF YOU DON'T ABSOLUTELY LOVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, IT IS REALLY TOUGH TOO SUSTAINED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. IF YOU LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, JUST WORK HARD AT IT, PUT OUT ANY CONTENT, KEEP BRINGING GREAT CONTENT. >> WE CAN CERTAINLY SEE YOUR LOVE AND PASSION FOR THE ART THAT YOU PUT OUT INTO THE UNIVERSE. ZACH, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. >> BEFORE WE GO TONIGHT, THE IMAGE OF THE DEAD. THIS MEMBER WAS PICTURED PLACING FLAGS ON THE HEADSTONES OF U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN THE NATIONAL CEMETERY. 1000 SERVICE MEMBERS DID SIMILAR THINGS EARLIER THIS MORNING FOR MORE THAN 260,000 HEADSTONES ON THIS SACRED GROUND. A REMINDER OF THE MEETING OF THE UPCOMING MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY. THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS HOUR, THE SURE TO STAY TUNED FOR ABC NEWS LIVE FOR NEW CONTENT AND ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. THE INNOCENT LIVES TAKEN FAR TOO SOON. REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS OF THE LATEST TEXAS MASSACRE. AND THE NEW BATHROOM LAW SIGNED IN ONE STATE, WE HAVE THE THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US WE ARE MONITORING SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS. THE FDA HAS ANNOUNCED ROUGHLY 500,000 MORE CANS WILL ARRIVE. THE SUPPLY WILL BE FOR INSTANCE WITH CERTAIN ALLERGIES AND CRITICAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, THE SHORT SUPPLY CONTINUES TO BE OF CONCERN. A WIN FOR THE BIDEN MINISTRATION'S PLUMMET POLICY. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT AFTER JUSTICES RICK RULED THAT FEDERAL AGENCIES CAN CONTINUE TO FACTOR CLIMATE DAMAGE INTO THEIR DECISIONS ON ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. REFERRED TO AS THE SOCIAL COST OF CARBON. IT IMPACTS EVERYTHING FROM -- OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR KEVIN STINT HAS SIGNED A BILL REQUIRING PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TO USE ONLY THE BATHROOM OF THE SEXLESS IT ON THEIR BIRTH CERTIFICATE. THE BILL WAS PROPOSED AFTER SOME REPUBLICAN -- AGREES WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY, UNLESS, OF COURSE, FORCED BY LAW TO DO OTHERWISE. OKLAHOMA JUST LATEST OF A DOZEN CONSERVATIVE STATES THAT HAVE PASSED LAWS TARGETING THE TRANSGENDER POPULATION. >> BUT, WE DO BEGIN THIS HALF HOUR WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW QUESTIONS IN THE SCHOOL SHOOTING IN UVALDE, TEXAS AUTHORITIES TODAY TRIED TO FILL IN A TIMELINE THAT BEGAN WITH 18 YEAR OLD SALVADOR RAMOS SHOOTING HIS GRANDMOTHER THEN CRASHING A TRUCK OUTSIDE ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY SAY THE FIRST POLICED ARRIVED AT THE SCHOOL AND EXCHANGED FIRE WITH THE GUNMAN JUST FOUR MINUTES AFTER SALVADOR RAMOS ENTERED THE BUILDING. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NEXT HOUR BEFORE HE WAS KILLED BY BORDER PATROL AGENTS AS ANYTHING BUT CLEAR. HERE IS MATT GUTMAN. >> TONIGHT, POLICE IN UVALDE, TEXAS, FACING WITHERING QUESTIONS FOR THAT DEADLY RAMPAGE AT ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHY HADN'T BEEN STOP SOONER? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> INVESTIGATORS SAY JUST MINUTES AFTER SHOOTING HIS GRANDMOTHER, THE SUSPECT SALVADOR RAMOS, CRASHED HIS GRANDMOTHER'S TRUCK NEAR THE SCHOOL AT PM. THEY SAY HE SHOT -- SHOUTED THEM. -- OVER THE NEXT TEN, MINUTES THEY SAY THE GUNMAN WAS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL FIRING AT THEM. CLIMBED OVER OFFENSE ENTERING THE BUILDING, AT AT THIS POINT THE SHOOTERS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. TODAY, AUTHORITIES MAKING IT CLEAR THAT HE WAS NEVER INTERACTING WITH EVER -- >> HE WAS NOT CONFRONTED BY ANYBODY. >> INVESTIGATORS STUDYING THESE IMAGES THAT APPEARED TO SHOW HIM IN ENTERING THREE UNLOCKED DOOR. THEY SAY HEADED DOWN THE HALLWAY INTO ONE CLASSROOM THAT CONNECTS TO ANOTHER. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> THEN THE GUNMAN WAS INSIDE THE SCHOOL FOR JUST FOUR MINUTES AND NOW OFFICERS ARE ON THE SCENE. THEY CALLED FOR A LOCKED AND WE HAVE NOW LEARNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME WENT BY BEFORE OFFICERS GOT IN THAT CLASSROOM. >> DIDN'T MAKE ENTRY INITIALLY BECAUSE OF THE GUNFIRE RECEDING. WE HAVE OFFICERS CALLING FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. WE NEED BODY ARMOR, WE NEED PRECISION RIFLES. NEGOTIATORS. >> EVENTUALLY, A BORDER PATROL TACTICAL TEAM ARRIVES. >> APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR LATER THE U.S. BORDER PATROL TACTICAL TEAM ARRIVED AND MAKES ENTRY. THEY SHOOT TO KILL THE SUSPECT. >> DURING THAT TIME, POLICE WAITED TO GO INTO THE CLASSROOM. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> DESPERATE PARENTS WILLING ANGUISH AS THEY PLEAD WITH POLICE, TRYING TO REACH THEIR CHILDREN. >> I'M GOING -- >> THERE ARE BROKEN WINDOWS WHERE AGENTS ARE TRYING AND OFFICERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT WERE TRYING TO EVACUATE SOME OF THE CHILDREN. >> WHEN IT WAS OVER, 19 CHILDREN AND TEACHERS WERE DEAD. WITH SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TIME THAT WENT BY, WE HAVE NOW LEARNED THAT JUST WEEKS AGO OFFICERS PRACTICE FOR THIS. UVALDE POLICE DOING AN ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS THE HIGH SCHOOL. >> THIS FOURTH GRADER WAS INSIDE AND WAS SHOT, SHE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL BUT LATER DIED. TONIGHT, MANY ASKING COULD CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SAVED? >> THEY SAY THEY RUSHED IN AND ALL THAT, WE DIDN'T SEE THAT. >> TONIGHT, THE CHILDREN WHO SURVIVED NOW LIVING WITH HORROR PLAYING OUT IN THEIR HEAD. FOURTH GRADER GEMMA LOPEZ IN THE CLASSROOM DOWN THE HALL. >> WHEN DID YOU NOTICE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG? >> WELL, WHENEVER THE BULLET CAME THROUGH A WALL. SO, I TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS, EVERYONE WENT UNDER THE TABLE. HAD YOU PRACTICED LOCKDOWN DRILLS? >> YES, SINCE KINDERGARTEN. >> OUR THANKS TO MOUNT FOR THAT, NOW, TO MORE ON THE LIVES LOST, THE 19 SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TWO TEACHERS. TODAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THEIR LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. EVEN MORE HEARTBREAKING TONIGHT, ONE FAMILY WHO ALREADY LOST THEIR MOTHER, ONE OF THE TEACHERS KILLED, NOW REVEALS THAT THEIR FATHER HAS DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK. FAMILY SAID THAT HE DIED WITH A BROKEN HEART. OUR ANCHOR HAS MORE OF THESE STORIES. >> TONIGHT, THE DEVASTATING NEW TURN FOR THE FAMILY THAT ONE OF THE TEACHERS WAS KILLED. THIS HUSBAND WAS HAD -- HAD OUR SECOND. I'D SO MANY FAMILY MEMBERS IMMEDIATELY POINTING TO THE UNBEARABLE GRIEF PLAYING A PART. THAT HUSBAND, JOE GARCIA, WAS SET TO CELEBRATE ITS 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WITH HIS WIFE, IRMA GARCIA, ELITE BEHIND FOR GRANDCHILDREN. THE HUSBAND'S COUSIN WRITING, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT JOE DRIVE A BROKEN HEART. LOSING GLOVE HIS LIFE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS WAS TOO MUCH TO BEAR. HIS NEPHEW PUSHING THIS IMAGE. IRMA GARCIA HUSBAND HAS PASSED AWAY DEGREE, I TRULY AM AT A LOSS FOR WORDS FOR HOW WE ARE FAILING. THE FAMILY SAYING THAT AUTHORITIES TOLD THEM THAT ENTER FOURTH GATORADE CLASS TRIED TO SHIELD THE CHILDREN FROM THE GUNMAN. SHE COAT OF THE CHILDREN FOR FIVE YEARS WITH FELLOW FOURTH GRADE TEACHER EVA MIRELES, EVEN THOUGHT OF THE SCHOOL FOR 17 YEARS. HER DAUGHTER WROTE, MOM, YOU ARE MY HERO. MY HEART AND WILL FOREVER BE BROKEN. HER FAMILY TONIGHT REMEMBERING HER. >> SHE'S AN AMAZING MOM. HER DAUGHTER IS SO WONDERFUL. HER HUSBAND, HE'S MY COUSIN, HE'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. ALL OF THEIR FAMILY. SHE WAS JUST VERY ADVENTUROUS, COURAGEOUS, BY, SHE COULD LIGHT UP A ROOM. SO, SHE IS GONNA BE MISSED. >> TONIGHT, WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CHILDREN. TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN THEIR LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, NOW THE 21 CROSSES WITH THEIR NAMES IN FRONT. THIS GRANDMOTHER, AS MORALE BRAVO, HOLDING A PHOTO OF HER GRANDMOTHER, WHOSE TEN YEARS OLD. HER NAME IS HEAVEN SPELLED BACKWARDS. AND IT ALREADY GIVES DIED LONG WITH HER COUSIN JACKLYN CAZARES, ALSO TEN YEARS OLD. HER FATHER HEAVIER SHOWING A PHOTO OF HIS DAUGHTER JACQUELINE ON HIS PHONE. SHE LOVED TO DO MUSIC, SHE LOVED GYMNASTICS. SHE LOVED TO BE AROUND FAMILY. >> ELIAHNA ELLIE GARCIA, HER AND HOLDING UP A PHOTO OF HER TEN-YEAR-OLD NIECE. >> SHE WAS VERY HAPPY. VERY OUTGOING. SHE LOVED TO DANCE AND SING AND PLAY SPORTS. SHE WAS BIG INTO FAMILY, ENJOYED BEING WITH THE FAMILY. >> ALITHIA RAMIREZ WAS ALSO TEN. SHE WAS A GREAT ARTIST AND THEY SHARED HER ARTWORK WITH US, HER DRAWINGS, HER PAINTINGS. HER GRANDMOTHER ROSEN MARIA. >> SHE WAS A NICE LITTLE GIRL. SHE WOULD HELP HER MOM. SHE WOULD HELP HER DAD. HELP WITH THE KIDS. SHE WAS A VERY VERY SWEET GIRL. VERY SWEET GIRL. >> FOURTH GRADER RADIO TOURISTS, TEN YEARS OLD TO, YOU WANTED TO BE A CARPENTER. HIS MOTHER HOLDING HER SON'S PHOTO. >> HE WAS NICE TO EVERYONE, TO HIS FAMILY, HE WAS HAPPY. HE PLAYED WITH HIS BROTHERS. IT WAS LOVING AND CARING. >> TEN YEAR OLD TEST MODEL, HER OLDER SISTER FAITH REMEMBERING HER DANCE. >> SHE WAS JUST SUCH A JOY. EVERY TIME I CAME HOME FROM COLLEGE, SHE RAN OUTSIDE, SHOULD OPEN MY CAR DOOR FOR ME. SHOULD BE, LIKE THIS, AND HELP WITH YOUR BAGS? SHE WAS OUR LITTLE HELPER. SHE WAS CAREFREE. >> THIS MOTHER WRITING OF THE LAST TIME SHE SAW HER LITTLE GIRL, ANNABELL GUADALUPE RODRIGUEZ, THAT MORNING AT SCHOOL. MY BEAUTIFUL SMART ALEXANDRIA WAS RECOGNIZED TODAY FOR ALL A HONOR ROLL. SHE ALSO RECEIVED A GOOD CITIZEN AWARD. WE TOLD YOU WE LOVED HER AND WE WOULD PICK UP AFTER SCHOOL. WE HAD NO WAY THAT THIS WAS GOODBYE. TEN YEAR OLD MAKENNA LEE ELROD, HER AND TELLING US SHE WAS LIE TO ALL. THIS FATHER SAYING THAT HIS GUARD LIKE TO DANCE -- HIS FAMILY THING HE LOVED SOCCER AND BASEBALL. HIS MOM AT THE AWARDS CEREMONY THAT MORNING. TWO COUSINS -- THEY WERE NOTHING BUT LOVELY -- HE WAS THE SWEETEST LITTLE BOY THAT I HAVE EVER KNOWN. THERE WAS A MURRAY GARCIA, SHE HAD JUST TURNED TEN. THE IMAGE HER FATHER SHOWED US HOLDING AN AWARD FOR THE HONORABLE THAT MORNING. HER FAMILY SAYS THAT ONE OF THE SURVIVORS IN THAT CLASSROOM TOLD THEM THAT SHE TRIED TO CALL 9-1-1 BEFORE SHE WAS SHOT. HER FATHER TELLING ME THAT WHILE HE WAS WAITING OUTSIDE THAT SCHOOL, HE WAS COMFORTING SOME OF THE CHILDREN WAITING FOR THEIR PARENTS. ALL WHILE WAITING FOR HIS CALM -- I SAID, HEY, YOUR PARENTS ARE PROBABLY OUTSIDE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR YOU. I HAVEN'T CALLED SOME OF THE PARENTS OF MYSELF PHONE. I LET THEM TALK TO THEIR PARENTS, LET THEM KNOW THEY WERE OKAY. JUST -- ALL THE WHILE YOU'RE WONDERING IF YOUR DAUGHTER. >> YES, THAT'S KIND OF WHEN I WAS HOPING, FOR WAITING FOR HER TO WALK IN THE DOOR. >> ALFRED SHOWING ME THAT VIDEO OF HIS DAUGHTER, FISHING WITH HIM. >> DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING? >> NO. >> HE TOLD US WHAT HE WOULD SAY TO HER IF HE COULD. >> IF YOU HAD A CHANCE -- WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO HER? >> THAT SHE MADE ME PROUD AND SHE DID GOOD AND SHE WAS A PHENOMENAL PERSON AND MY LOVE FOR HER WAS BEYOND MEASURE. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HER AND ALWAYS REMEMBER HER AND SHE WILL NEVER EVER LEAVE MY HEART. >> SO TOUCHING, OUR THANKS TO DAVID FOR THAT. TODAY, THE SENATE BLOCKED THE FIRST TEST TO REFORM GUN LAWS, I PROPOSE TO DISCUSS A DOMESTIC TERRORISM BILL THAT WOULD HAVE INCLUDED PROPOSALS ON WEAPONS. BUT, THERE IS A HINT THAT DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS MIGHT COME TOGETHER. ABC'S RACHEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST FROM CAPITOL HILL. >> TEXAS SENATOR JOHN CORNYN TURNING TO WASHINGTON FROM THE SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY, SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL ENCOURAGING HIM TO MEET WITH DEMOCRATS AND SEE IF THERE IS A PATH FORWARD. I AM NOT INTERESTED IN THE SAME OLD TIRED TALKING POINTS, I AM ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THE TERRIBLE OF -- >> TODAY, HE SPOKE WITH ANOTHER SENATOR WHO STATES HE WAS TOUCHED BY TRAGEDY. DEMOCRAT CHRIS MURPHY FROM CONNECTICUT, WHERE 26 PEOPLE INCLUDING 20 CHILDREN WERE GUNNED DOWN AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. >> HOW LONG ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE THIS IN ORDER TO REACH SOME TYPE OF -- >> WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, TIME KRISTEN SOME URGENCY IN THE COUNTRY. I DON'T LIKE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE GONNA LET US ABANDON THIS CONVERSATION. >> NOW ON THE TABLE, BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN SHOWS AND GUN STORES AND ONLINE SALES, AND RED FLAG MEASURES ALLOWING COURTS TO TEMPORARILY REMOVE GUNS FROM PEOPLE DEEMED DANGEROUS. >> POLLS SHOW THAT MORE THAN 80% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT THOSE POLICIES. BUT A SMALLER -- CAN THEY GET THE TEN REPUBLICAN VOTES NEEDED? >> ARE THERE 60 VOTES FOR THAT. >> IT'S A LITTLE BIT EARLY TO TRY TO PREDICT THE OUTCOME, BUT THERE IS CLEARLY A LOT OF INTEREST. >> BUT, FOR SOME REPUBLICANS, ANY TALK OF REFORM INVOLVING GUNS IS A NONSTARTER. >> THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SUPPORT SOME TYPE OF ACTION WHEN IT COMES TO GUN REFORM. AS YOUR PARTY WRONG ON THIS? ARE YOU WRONG ON THIS? >> WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT'S SOLUTIONS WORK AND -- >> BUT IT'S THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS SAYING THEY WANT BACKGROUND CHECK. >> I REALIZE. YOU HAVE A POINT OF VIEW. >> IF THE POINT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SIR. >> BACK IN TEXAS, THE OTHER SENATOR QUESTIONED BY A REPORTER FROM SKY NEWS. >> IT'S JUST A MOMENT TO REFORM GUN LAWS? >> YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO GO TO POLITICS, -- >> IT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S AT THE HEART OF THE ISSUE. >> I GET THAT THAT IS WHERE THE MEDIA LIKES TO. >> GO IT'S, NOT IT'S WHERE MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO HERE LIKE TO GO. >> THE PROPOSALS FROM DEMOCRATS AND THE MEDIA, INEVITABLY WON SOME VIOLENCE LIKE AUTHORITIES -- PEOPLE >> A VIOLENT PSYCHOPATH WAS ABLE TO GET A WEAPON SO EASILY. 18 YEAR OLD WITH TWO AR-15S. >> IF YOU WANT TO STOP VIOLENT CRIME THE PROPOSALS THAT THE DEMOCRATS, NONE OF THEM WOULD STOP THIS. >> OUR THANKS TO RACHEL SCOTT FOR THAT, NOW, SHIFTING GEARS TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND THE BATTLE EASTERN DONBAS REGION. A SENIOR U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS THAT RUSSIA HAS MADE GAINS WITH UKRAINIANS, BUT THEY ARE NOT GIVING UP. THE SENIOR CORRESPONDENT IAN PANNELL REPORTS IN FROM UKRAINE. >> TONIGHT, RUSSIA ADVANCING IN THE DONBAS AND THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY, A NUMBER OF SMALL TOWNS HOW -- RUSSIAN TROOPS MOVING TO ENCIRCLE THE KEY CITY OF DONETSK, WE JOINED TERRITORIAL DEFENCE FORCES DIGGING IN TOWARDS THE FRONT LINE -- >> WE ARE HEARING THE SOUND OF ARTILLERY GOING OUT. THIS AREA IS COMING UNDER INCREASING FIRE. UKRAINIANS DETERMINED TO HOLD ON. THE RUSSIANS DETERMINED TO TAKE THIS LAND. >> THIS CAPTAIN ADMITS THAT THEY ARE TAKING LOSSES, SAYING THERE ARE A LOSS OF DEAD AND WOUNDED, BUT WE KNOW WE STAND FOR AND MORE WILL JOIN OUR RANKS. >> UKRAINIANS PUTTING UP A FIGHT IN THE EAST BUT THEY ADMIT THAT THEY ARE SEVERELY AT NUMBER 10 IS NOT JUST LAND THAT THEY'RE LOSING BUT ALSO SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF TROOPS. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, AGAIN, TOTALLY REJECTING ANY SUGGESTION THAT THEY SHOULD SWAP LAND FOR PEACE. LINDSAY? >> IAN, THANK, YOU OF COURSE A BIG TRAVEL WEEKEND IS AHEAD AND 60 MILLION AMERICANS FROM THE GULF TO THE GREAT LAKES ARE ON ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. TOMORROW, IT IS EXPECTED TO HEAD UP THE EAST COAST, LET'S HEAD TO THE SENIOR MOORS -- ROB, WILL THIS ALL CLEAR UP IN TIME FOR THE WEEKEND? >> I THINK SO. BUT, TODAY, AND TOMORROW, THE BIG TRAVEL DAY. WE'VE GOT A STORM SYSTEM THAT REALLY IS AREAS-ING OVER THE HEARTLAND WITH A STORM FRONT THAT IS REALLY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GULF COAST. SO, A BIG CHUNK OF THE US INVOLVED IN. AS WE HAVE A TORNADO REPORTED IN INDIANA. WE'VE GOT WIND DAMAGE REPORTED IN PARTS OF KENTUCKY. PARTS OF TENNESSEE. SO, YOU SEE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ON THIS RADAR. THAT IS UP IN PARTS OF CAROLINA -- SO, A PRETTY LARGE ENCOMPASSING SYSTEM THAT WILL PRESS TO THE EAST OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH A LOW KIND OF DRIFTING UP INTO THE GREAT LAKES. WE CAN RE-FIRE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HIGH TIME FOR TRAVEL AS WELL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, COULD SEE MORE WAVE DAMAGING WINDS, REALLY ANYWHERE FROM ST. CHARLES DONE SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH RALEIGH, RICHMOND, THROUGH PHILADELPHIA, ALL THE WAY UP INTO NEW YORK, A STORMY START CERTAINLY FOR THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THINGS BEGIN TO CHILL OUT FOR THE GOOD CHUNK OF THE COUNTRY FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. LINDSAY? >> ALL RIGHT, ROB, OUR THANKS TO YOU. >> YOU BET. >> AND, STILL TO COME, THE NEW INVESTIGATION INTO THE DEATH OF A PROMINENT AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST, MANY SAY THAT SHE DIED FROM THE BULLET OF AN ISRAELI SNIPER. >> THE MAN WHO IS A RHODES SCHOLAR, NFL, PLAYER NEUROSURGEON, HUSBAND, FATHER, HE EXPLAINS THE MINDSET THAT IS SHAPED HIS LIFE AND PROPELLED HIM TO SUCCESS. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE, WE ARE TRACKING SEVERAL HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. THE PALESTINIAN BALLISTICS REPORT ON THE KILLING OF AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST SERENA PLAY CONCLUDED THAT THE BULLET THAT SHOT HER IN THE HEAD CAME FROM ISRAELI SNIPER. ISRAELI OFFICIALS DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE FINDINGS. MEANWHILE, AL JAZEERA MEDIA NETWORK HAS ASSIGNED A LEGAL TEAM TO PURSUE JUSTICE FOR THE SLAIN JOURNALIST IN AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN THE HAGUE. U.S. PRESIDENT SAYS HIS GOVERNMENT WILL NOT ATTEND THE SUMMIT OF AMERICAS IF INVITED. IT'S COMMENTARY SPICE TO A WHITE HOUSE ANALYSIS THAT ONLY DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS WILL BE INVITED TO THE MEETING. BUT, THE REGIONAL SUMMIT IS FACING A POTENTIAL ATTENDANCE PROBLEM AS MEXICO AND BOLIVIA THREATENED TO BOYCOTT UNLESS ALL COUNTRIES ARE INCLUDED. AND, IN ARGENTINA, A GRAND ATTRIBUTE TO SOCCER LEGEND DIEGO MARADONA, CUSTOMIZED PLANE FEATURES PLAYING THINGS OF MARADONA'S HIS -- INSIDE, A FLYING MUSEUM THAT OWNERS PLANTED TWO AROUND AREA -- FLIGHT TO QATAR FOR THE WORLD CUP IN NOVEMBER. >> OUR NEXT GUEST IS CERTAINLY A MAN OF MANY HAD, MANY TITLES, A CHILD OF EMIGRANTS, A FORMER NFL SAFETY, A NEUROSURGERY RESIDENT, HIS FOUNDER OF HIS OWN NONPROFIT JUST NAME A FEW. DOCTOR MYRON L, HE DETAILS HIS FORMULA FIX THE SAFE. HIS NEW BOOK ABOUT HOW PHILOSOPHY -- DOCTOR, IT IS SO IMPRESSED TO -- I'M SURE IS JUST CONTINUING TO BUILD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. >> THANK, YOU THANK YOU FOR HAVING. >> SO THE TITLE OF YOUR, ABOUT THE 2%, WAY IT'S BASICALLY A MINDSET THAT YOU SAY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL SUCCESS AS YOU WORK TOWARDS YOUR GOAL, JUST 2% OF -- ADDED TIME, EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKS. >> ABSOLUTELY, WELL I GOT IT FROM A FRUIT. -- JUST A LITTLE BETTER, 2% OF INCREASE, 2% OF EDUCATION EVERY DAY ON THE FIELD AND I TOOK THIS MINDSET OF JUST GETTING SMALL IMPROVEMENTS TOWARDS A BETTER VERSION OF YOURSELF AND I TOOK IT TO LIFE. SO, ANYTHING I DID AND ANY VIDEO I WATCHED AND ANY PERSON I MET AND EXPERIENCE I HAD A TRIED TO HAD TO MY JOURNEY TO BE A BETTER VERSION OF MYSELF. SO, THIS 2% WAY, ESSENTIAL, IT MEANS THAT HAVING A BIG GOAL HAVING A LARGE TASK AND BREAKING IT DOWN PIECE BY PIECE AND MOVING FORWARD AND SEEING PROGRESS IN YOURSELF DAILY. >> SO, JUST GIVE US AN ACTUAL WAY TO BREAK THAT DOWN. SAY SOMEONE IS TRYING TO BE HEALTHIER. OR, SOMEONE IS TRYING TO BE A BETTER STUDENT. GIVES AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THEY WOULD MEASURE THAT 2% INCREMENT EACH DAY. >> WELL, YOU KNOW IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE QUANTIFIABLE 2% IT'S MORE SO ABOUT THINKING -- IF YOU WANT TO BE MORE PUNCTUAL AND COMMUNICATE BETTER AND HAVING ACCOUNTABILITY TO OBJECTIVE LATE LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE DOING BETTER DOING MORE. CROSSING OF THINGS ON YOUR. LIST RUNNING THINGS OFTEN CROSSING THE HORIZONTAL DAY. BLOCKING THINGS OUT AND THE BACKGROUND NOISE AND THE DISTRACTION STAYING FOCUSED AND DISCIPLINED. CHECKING IN ON YOUR PROGRESS AMONG THROUGH NOW. SIX MONTHS FROM NOW. A YEAR FROM NOW. SEEING THAT YOU MOVED FORWARD. >> YOU ALSO RIGHT ABOUT THE VALUES INSTILLED IN YOU BY YOUR IMMIGRANT PARENTS, THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAD ON YOUR VIEW OF SUCCESS. HOW SO? YOU, KNOW WE ARE FROM THE BAHAMAS, IT IS JUST A LIMITED RESOURCE, OUR NAME ROLLS IS ACTUALLY A SLAVE NAME. SO, A SLAVE OWNER, ALL THE SLAVES IN THE BAHAMAS TOOK HIS LAST NAME. SO, MY PARENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE THE BAHAMAS AND COME TO AMERICA WHERE THERE IS A PLACE WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF RESOURCES AN APPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME AND MY BROTHER TO GROW A STUDENTS AS LEADERS AS CHRISTIANS THINKERS. THEY WANTED US TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES, SO I WALKED INTO THE HOUSE EVERYDAY, HARDWIRED, IN MY MIND, THAT I WAS NOT TO BE COMPLACENT WITH SEPARATE 30. THAT I WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD STUDENT. A GOOD. LATER >> YOU CERTAINLY HAVE CARVED A UNIQUE PATH FOR YOURSELF. LEAVING YOUR SENIOR FOOTBALL SEASON IN FLORIDA STATE TO ATTEND OXFORD UNIVERSITY AS A RHODES SCHOLAR, NO LESS, MORE OF -- GO TO THE NFL, LEAD THE NFL, ATTENDING MEDICAL SCHOOL. JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN THAT DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AND THAT JOURNEY ALONG THE WAY THAT HAS TAKEN YOU FROM HERE TO THERE? >> WELL, I WAS UP FOR THE NFL DRAFT AND I ACTUALLY SAID I DID NOT WANT TO BE IN THE NFL RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO GET MY MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY MASTERS DEGREE AT OXFORD. I MYSELF IN A NEW CULTURE AND MEET PEOPLE. HOPEFULLY DEVELOP MYSELF AS A LEADER. CAME BACK TO THE MY -- ONLY PLAYED THREE YEARS IN THE NFL WITH THE TENNESSEE TITANS. BUT, IF I HAD TO MAKE THE CHOICE AGAIN I WOULD. BECAUSE PEOPLE NOW TELL ME THAT I HAVE INSPIRED THEM BY CHOOSING ACADEMICS OVER SPORTS. IT IS MEANT A LOT, WALKING INTO THE NEXT CHAPTER IN MY LIFE NOW WHERE I WILL BE PHYSICIAN AND A SURGICAL RESIDENT HELP HEAL PEOPLE AND TAKE A BRAIN TUMORS, FIX THE -- REALLY GIVE PEOPLE SECOND SHOTS LIFE. IT MEANS A, LOT CERTAINLY BLESSING, ALL OF MY JOURNEY, MY WHOLE LIFE, IT'S LED TO THIS MOMENT. I'M INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL. >> IT'S REALLY JUST SO PHENOMENAL AND OPPRESSIVE WHICH YOU ARE DOING, WHICH YOU'VE DONE, WHAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO DO, NO DOUBT, YOU HAVE SAID THAT THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE OVERWHELMED OR WITHOUT DIRECTION AND MAYBE AND NEEDED A PLACE TO START. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO MIGHT BE FEELING THAT WAY? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I READ ABOUT IN THIS BOOK IS ABOUT ALL OF THE SOUTH DOUBT THAT I HAVE. UNCERTAINTY, FEELING A LITTLE BIT OF CRITICISM, PREJUDICE, FEELING SOCIALLY AWKWARD CERTAIN SETTINGS. YOU KNOW? WHEN YOU ARE A SMART FOOTBALL PLAYER AND YOUR TEAMMATES ARE LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN YOU CULTURALLY, MAYBE YOU MIGHT FEEL LIKE IT IS HARD TO FIT IN. FOR QUESTIONS, EVEN WITH MY WIFE AND RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH. SO, I GET REALLY PERSONAL AND VERY VULNERABLE IN THIS BOOK. I WANT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO SEE THEMSELVES THROUGH MY STORY. I HAVE HAD CHALLENGES. YOU HAVE HAD CHALLENGES. BUT, THE WAY THAT WE MITIGATE THAT PRESSURE AND THAT STRESSES BY BLOCKING OUT THE BACKGROUND NOISE, GETTING A-LIMITED BETTER CONSISTENTLY AND WINNING EACH DAY AND TAKING SMALL STEPS THAT MOVING FORWARD. SO, I HOPE THAT THIS BOOK AND RUNNING A LOT OF PEOPLE AND BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE ONES -- >> WE ARE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THE BOOK, DR., BYRON AUTHOR OF THE 2%, WAY WE'VE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, ALL THE BEST AND CONTINUED SUCCESS TO YOU, DOCTOR. >> THANK, YOU MISS DAVIS, I APPRECIATE. >> STILL TO COME, GRADUATION BECOMES A FAMILY AFFAIR BEFORE A 98 YEAR OLD VETERAN. TONIGHT, WE GO TO OHIO FOR OUR LOCAL LOWDOWN. OF COURSE WITH GRADUATION TO GET LOTS OF POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. BUT, ONE STUDENT OHIO WHO EARNED HIS DEPLOYMENT THIS WEEK HAD ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCE. UNLIKE THE OTHERS. REPORTER BROAD POWERS WITH OUR PARTNER STATION W E W AS INTRODUCES US TO A 98-YEAR-OLD VETERAN AND NEW GRADUATE IN TONIGHT'S LOCAL LOWDOWN. >> WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS. >> AT THIS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2022, CELEBRATED ITS -- >> MUSIC TO SO MANY YEARS! COMMENCEMENT AND BLOSSOM MUSIC. >> IT'S AN AMAZING SIGHT TO SEE ALL OF US HERE AS ONE. TODAY IS A DAY THAT WE HAVE ANTICIPATED. >> I'M GRADUATES HAVE WORKED HARD -- >> FOR CHILDREN, SIX GRANDKIDS, 14 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TO EXPLORE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN HE'S SEEN HIS SHARE GRADUATIONS. >> I CAN'T BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH MY FAMILY MEANS TO ME. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A FAMILY, I'LL TELL YOU. >> HE TURNS 98 THIS YEAR. YEARS AGO HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II, SERVED UNDER GENERAL PATTON HIMSELF. A PROUD VETERAN. >> I CAN'T ARGUE ABOUT MY ARMY. MY ARMY WAS -- GOOD TO ME AND I WAS GOOD TO THEM. >> HE DID IT BECAUSE IT WAS YOUR COMMUNITY. >> I DO IT AGAIN, I DO IT AGAIN. >> HE CAME BACK, HOME MET MADELEINE ON A DANCE FLOOR UNMARRIED HER AND TOGETHER THEY RAISED THAT FAMILY. THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING. >> I THINK EDUCATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT. >> HE HAD NEVER GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL. HE WANTED TO EARN THAT DIPLOMA, RECENTLY A FRIEND AND LONGTIME EDUCATOR ADMINISTERED APTITUDE TESTS, AND HE ACED THEM ALL. YOU SEE WHERE THIS IS HEADED? RIGHT BACK TO THE BEGINNING. >> THIS HIGH SCHOOL ALLOWED THIS SENIOR TO GRADUATE. [LAUGHS] >> LOOK AT THAT! ONE OF THE GREAT GRANDKIDS OF FELLOW GRADUATED SENIOR, ONE OF THE GRANDKIDS, A TEACHER AT CUYAHOGA FALLS. >> HE'S OUR PATRIARCHY, IS OUR LEADER, IT'S GREAT THAT WE ALL CAME BACK TO SUPPORT HIM. IT SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HIM TO GO BACK AND DO. THAT >> NEVER GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS, RIGHT? >> NEVER GIVE UP! >> HE SERVED HIS FAMILY, HIS COMMUNITY, HIS COUNTRY, BUT EVEN WITH THAT DIPLOMACY, THERE IS STILL SOMETHING, SOMEONE, MISSING. >> HE LOST HIS BELOVED MADISON LAST WEEK. THEY WERE MARRIED 75 YEARS. >> SHE WAS THERE IN MY HEART, YES. SHE'S WITH ME ALL THE TIME. EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T STEER, AND THEY CAN'T SEE, HERE SHE IS WITH ME. I CAN SEE HERE. >> THE BIG, NIGHT THE TOUGH NIGHT, BUT A GOLD, 80 YEARS IN THE MAKING, ACHIEVED, THAT HAS SCHOOL DIPLOMA! >> DON'T YOU WISH YOU HAD ONE? [LAUGHS] >> SO SWEET. BITTERSWEET THAT MADELEINE WASN'T THERE TO SEE HIM WITH HIS CAP AND GOWN. OUR THANKS TO ROB FOR BRINGING, THAT AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT. BE SURE TO STAY TUNED FOR ABC NEWS LIVE FOR MORE CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP STORIES, I'M LINDSEY DAVIS, THANKS SO MUCH STREAMING WITH US, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.