Biden vows action as Uvalde tells president to ‘do something’ following shooting

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School(Evan Vucci/AP)

US President Joe Biden has grieved with the shattered community of Uvalde, mourning privately for three hours with the anguished families of the 19 schoolchildren and two teachers killed by a gunman.

Faced with chants of “do something” as he departed a church service, Mr Biden pledged: “We will.”