washington, president biden acknowledged his own power is limited. i can t outlaw a weapon. i can t change the background checks. i can t do that. the best hope of senate working group is diving in with a source telling nbc news that the group feels a new urgency. they have met twice in person, continued to text and e-mail and will meet again virtually tomorrow. but there maybe one key voice standing in the way. the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell. as one of our guests latest put it, he s behind a deade s long effort to block gun control. so what is really on the table? lths dive right in with white house correspondent carol lee, washington post bureau chief ashley parker is also senior political analyst. thanks to both of you. carol, you re one of the reporters who wrote a story with the headline inside a biden white house adrift and it points to the texas shooting as a horrific reminder the president has not successfully pushed congress to pass legisla
identities of the victims. the victims are maureen brainard-barnes of norwich, connecticut. amber lynn costello of north babylon, new york. megan waterman of scarborough, maine. and melissa barthelemy of the bronx. we actually were watching the news and we saw there were four bodies found on long island. they actually showed the remains of one of the skeleton. and we just started bawling. something we knew it was her. what seemed familiar about it? just the size of the remains. reporter: melissa barthelemy was petite and in her 20s, like all the other victims. he was very selective about people under five feet. he wanted young women who appeared younger by their size. reporter: it wasn t the only
identities of the victims. the victims are maureen brainard-barnes of norwich, connecticut. amber lynn costello of north babylon, new york. megan waterman of scarborough, maine. and melissa barthelemy of the bronx. we actually were watching the news and we saw there were four bodies found on long island. they actually showed the remains of one of the skeleton. and we just started bawling. something we knew it was her. what seemed familiar about it? just the size of the remains. reporter: melissa barthelemy was petite and in her 20s, like all the other victims. he was very selective about people under five feet. he wanted young women who appeared younger by their size.