Texas school shooting draws cries of grief and disbelief from world leaders
"It's just hard to imagine, hard to fathom, how a great nation like the United States can go on like this," said French President Emmanuel Macron.
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"It's just hard to imagine, hard to fathom, how a great nation like the United States can go on like this," said French President Emmanuel Macron.
"Nobody expects anything bad to happen and then it happens, and everybody wants to make changes to prevent it from happening and then it dies down a little bit and then happens again," he said.
The second grader said his teacher reacted quickly as a gunman opened fire in the classroom next door.
The number of shootings that included schools and killed 10 or more people has mounted.
"Sadly, we were prepared for and thought we would get more patients than we did," Dr. Lillian Liao told CBS News.
Robb Elementary School students went to school Tuesday dressed up for an end of the year celebration, but the day ended in tragedy.
Nelba Marquez-Greene said she re-lived the tragic day she lost a child in the Sandy Hook shooting when she learned of Tuesday's shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
The district says grief counselors will be available starting Wednesday.
The shooter is also dead, and is believed to have been killed by responding law enforcement officers.
"I am tired, I am so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there," the NBA coach said.
Murphy, who represented the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School, urged colleagues to take legislative action.
Lt. Christopher Olivarez, of the Texas Department Public Safety, detailed the horrific ordeal during an interview with "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil.
At least 19 children and two adults were killed when a gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas.
"I would normally say in a moment like this — we would all say, naturally, that our hearts break. But our hearts keep getting broken," Vice President Kamala Harris said.
"We can't exhale once again, make excuses, and accept these tragic realities as the status quo," he said. "... This is an epidemic we can control."
The president who's gained global respect as a war-time leader said he felt a "personal tragedy" seeing American kids murdered "in peaceful times."
South Texas Blood and Tissue has sent dozens of unit of blood to Uvalde, and is asking the public for more blood donations.
"I am here on this floor to beg — to literally get down on my hands and knees and beg my colleagues," he said. "Find a path forward here."