good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. it is another unspeakably horrifying day in america, i was 14 children and one adults, at least, were murdered and one of the worst school shootings in our nation s history. the number of right now is somewhat influx. we have had reports from the spokesperson for the texas state juan gutierrez, he says that 18 were murdered. we don t know at this moment which is true. it began this morning in uvalde, texas, a small city 18 miles west of san antonio, about an hours drive from the u.s. mexico border. according to governor greg abbott, the shooter shot his grandmother and then abandoned his vehicle before entering robb elementary school with a handgun and then possibly a rifle. the school serves about 600 students in second third and fourth grade. about 90% of the students are hispanic. nearly the same amount are economically disadvantaged. the last day of the school year, scheduled for this thursday, but the superintendent just a
we don t need to. let s pass these laws, and that s my good frustration. a sitting here, knowing, maybe not the next shooter, the shooter after that, we are forced to cover. like the rest of the american media. unlike any other industrialized country that has as many problems, but not as many guns. they don t cover the stuff, chris. the problem is, we have more guns sold without the appropriate infrastructure, and we know the answers. so let s fix it. and chris murphy have said to you, tonight, he wants to. the democrats have the apparatus to change it. and you know what, if we can t get expanded brady laws through the senate, then maybe route to fix the filibuster, because of stopping a lot of other things. i think from me, as a mom, it s very hard. because there are people sitting here in our country tonight who did drop off their kids in the state of texas. and they will never see them again. that is something that never ever ends. and for me, it really star democracy in o
aren t targeted in any way because of that. and, unfortunately, there are way too many families the count right no. and i feel it in my bones because we have way too many people had brady and across this country who are gun violence survivors. like everyone else we ve talked to, chris, i cannot imagine. and it makes me want to cry. i m thinking about it now, with the families are experiencing. and it doesn t have to be this way. and that is what i want to import. because gun safety laws were. it s not even vivian-able, chris. we know that permits to purchase saves lives, we know the brady law saves lives. these aren t debatable. and divestment geordie of americans agree. why are we arguing about this?