this goes to your question. they have a lot they need to get done during the lame duck, including budget things. the votes have not changed. the number of votes that are the democrats still control the house. they didn t have the momentum to pass an assault weapons bill. i don t think it will change. that s the political reality that he faces. he may have some momentum because of the attention that s being drawn to these horrible tragedies. we hear from opponents of gun restrictions that the answer is to enforce the laws on the books. in the club q shooting, the suspect was apparently able to evade red flag laws. i m quoting here. an associated press analysis shows colorado has one of the lowest protection to bear arms.
watching all of this support come together, we are hearing more from survivors and learning how tightly knit everybody inside club q was that night. yesterday i met wyatt kent. he is the boyfriend of a bartender who lost his life in the shooting. he wanted to speak about daniel s legacy. he wanted to be a writer. he was a poet. he had endless light and wyatt couldn t stop smiling through his tears. i want you to hear some of our conversation. one of the first times i performed at club q, i turned to another drag queen and in talking about daniel i said, i m going to marry that man. we had only really started seriously talking around september. things moved very quickly. they say when you know, you know.
zones and they do the same things here, a high velocity around fired from those exactly the same damage as a firearm overseas, and the government today, last night i should, say use the pistol. but, he killed six people in a very short period of time. the police arrived on scene here four minutes after the initial call went out. and it s not clear how many people were already dead. there you go, there is only barely a difference between an ar-15 and then m16s, just not automatic. but it does the same thing because it was me to be almost exactly the same on purpose. nbc s cal perry, jason johnson, kris brown, thank you so much. next on the readout, i will talk to the colorado reporter who learned quite a lot from the neighbors of the club q shooting . - before it starts, and it won t impact your ability to get pregnant in the future. find it yourself in the family planning aisle no prescription, no id. i ve got this.
disinformation and misinformation was one of the hardest. dr. fauci talked about his own personal battle, without the expertise and then speaking out to people to do more. and get vaccinated amid rising cases of flu, covid and rsv. so, my message, my final message may be the final message i give from you this podium is that, please, for your own safety, for that of your family, get your updated covid-19 shot as soon as you re eligible, to protect yourself, your family and your community. so important words to live by. that does it for us tonight. we ll see you tomorrow. way too early with jonathan lemire coming up next. more survivors of the club q shooting are sharing their