And it can be forgotten. But a few yards behind me, thats a crime scene. Three days ago, nine people lost their live there is. Those wounds still bitter and raw in this community. What will the president do and say . Hes going to meet with First Responders. Hell meet with victims families. The grief and the praying, it is fresh. Many local residents, as a result, are telling cnn theyre not ready yet to host the president. Its only been three days since that gunfire erupted on this street in a popular area of downtown. Nine people dead, dozens of others wounded. All of this happening in under 30 seconds. People here, people across the country, theyre grappling now with whats going to be different in this time. How do you prevent the next shooting so that you and i arent victims next time . Cnn White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins joins me live here in dayton. The president s coming to a difficult moment here, a divided moment in this country. He said a lot this morning as he was le
death in these things is just inches. i ll let you know how we know why. brittany hollingsworth and erica were out with lois on saturday night. in fact, they just showed me video of you guys together, virtually where we re standing now, when she was shot in the head. tell us about those moments here, the fear and what happened after. we were just trying to have a good time. we had spent most of the evening with her. it had been a while since we all had got together, due to her having a baby and everything. we were just trying to have a good time. her and brittany had been together, and i met up with them at a local mexican restaurant. we ate, had drinks, had a good time. later on, we met up at a hookah bar. then from the hookah bar, we came down here. we got down here at 1:03 a.m., and shots were fired at 1:05.