Rob Elementary, Texas, Colonel Steve Mcgraw discussed on Bloomberg Businessweek
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Massive school shooting more questions remain unanswered There is outrage after Texas police admitted they made a mistake during the elementary school classroom massacre Parents of the 19 children shot and killed at rob elementary and Yuval found out police waited for reinforcements before breaching the classroom door where the gunman was holed up Department of Public Safety director colonel Steve McGraw said quote it was the wrong decision to wait and not breach the classroom door McGraw admitted they were getting 9-1-1 calls asking for help as officers waited for their backup Texas governor Greg Abbott plans to keep recently passed gun laws in place Abbott told reporters the new constitutional carry law was not a factor in this week's shooting at rob elementary The law allows people to carry guns without a license to carry The Republican expects legislators to look at all laws passed after the 2018 school shooting in Santa Fe to see if they need to be changed Ten people died in that shooting while 21 people were killed at rob elementary Abbott did not rule out the possibility of a special session this summer The NRA is holding its annual convention this week in Houston after the mass shooting at the elementary school in Texas Brad Siegel has the latest Protests are mounting outside of the NRA convention which is being held in Houston David hogg who survived the Stoneman Douglas high school shooting in Parkland Florida in 2018 is confident that this week's school shooting in Texas will lead to change There's over 85% support for universal background checks and red flag laws We pass those in the wake of the shooting in Parkland Florida in a deeply Republican legislature He was part of a rally put on by different teachers groups they oppose efforts to put more guns in classrooms And Disney is adding a warning to the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series following the mass shooting at the school in Texas the opening scene shows a Jedi school massacre I'm Jim Forbes The Biden administration is honing in on a plan to cancel $10,000 of student loan debt per borrower However White House officials warn no decision has been finalized as the president continues to weigh his options In recent weeks Biden has reportedly made comments he's willing to sign legislation canceling student loan debt In the meantime The White House says Biden is weighing what authority the president has to wipe out the debt New York City officials and businesses are holding out hope for a post pandemic summer tourism increase Aaron real has more Pedestrian traffic in Times Square is down 16.8% from the same time in 2019 Hotel occupancy and Times Square is lower than last year at 80% occupancy as opposed to 86% in the second week of May 2021 However Manhattan has seen a big overall turnaround with hotel occupancy at 78% New York City continues to lag behind the rest of the country though when it comes to office occupancy and officials say making workers feel safe is the key to New York City's economic success The Johnny Depp Amber Heard trial is now in the hands of the jury Lawyers for the former celebrity Keppel presented their closing arguments Friday in the defamation case against heard the attorneys for Depp urged jurors to quote give mister Depp his life back Depp is suing his ex-wife for $50 million after he said her claims of domestic abuse cause harm to his career Herd countersued for $100 million and it could be years before the two men accused of killing Memphis rapper Young Dolph will go to trial a judge says a bond hearing was most recently rescheduled for Justin Johnson and Cornelius Smith until July 1st both men's attorneys are still going through the discovery process the judge says the trial will likely not happen until 2023 Johnson and Smith are charged in the murder of the rapper last November That's the latest.