rest. as the city grieves over an unthinkable act and the questions still unanswered, we re looking to the country s elected leadership to finally take a stand, do anything, to help curb this endless cycle of senseless loss. in just the past week since the uvalde, massacre, there have been 18 more mass shootings across this country according to the gun violence archive in places like fresno, california, chattanooga, tennessee, benton harbor, michigan and taft, oklahoma. we just had the funerals for the victims in buffalo, houston and laguna woods, california. now, many more burials are being planned. in fact there have been 231 mass shootings so far this year, more than one per day. just let that sink in. so how would a rational country react to tragedy after tragedy committed with the use of the same weapons of war almost every time? how about expanding background cheques, banning hundreds of types of military-style weapons, starting a gun buyback program, banning the sale a
good to see you. appreciate it. welcome, everyone, to the beat. i am ari melber. answered that question honestly. it s all i could do. top story is very important. major news coming out of the justice department which has been under sustained pressure to be more aggressive and the probe into the insurrection. to see why this news is significant, it is worth remembering something right off the top here, how a lot of credible people from legal experts to the house investigators themselves have said it s imperative that the doj bear down on any law breaking of subpoena defying by people linked to the events of january 6th. will the department of justice be quick and aggressive? how much pressure is gallen going to be under then from liberals, from democrats? he s going to be under a lot of pressure. this committee is doing its job. the department of justice needs to do theirs. what s the holdup at the department of justice? the department of justice has a duty
find me at arimelber on any of the platforms if you use them. do you think the florida courts were right to rule against governor desantis or wrong? what do you think about julian epstein s point that some of this is getting out of hand? we can talk about it. thanks for watching the beat. the reidout with joy reid starts right now. good evening, everyone. we begin the reidout tonight. one week since a depraved 18-year-old walked into robb elementary school in uvalde, texas and took the lives of 19 defenseless fourth graders and two of their brave teachers. this week begins the next phase for the devastated community as families and friends begin to say good-bye to their loved ones who shu be starting their summer vacations ansel berating birthdays, not being eulogized. today the first two children amerie jo georgia garza and maite rodriguez were laid to