former president donald trump was at the center of an attempted coup. plus, the president of uk ukraine pleads for a modern defense system as russia pummels the country. we are live with more. it is being called an important step in the right direction. a bipartisan group of u.s. senators say they have reached an agreement, in principle, on gun safety legislation. the deal includes more funding for things like mental health and school safety resources. a so-called red flag provision and enhanced review process for buyers under the age of 21, and penalties for so-called straw purchasing. the proposal has support from 10 republicans and would be critical to defeat a filibuster in the senate. if the deal becomes law, it would be the biggest gun reform legislation in decades, by far. that sneers, just 19 days after a gunman opened fire inside an elementary school involving in uvalde texas, killing 19 children and two teachers. listen to this. since that tragic day, there have
in the senate and make a difference for our country. for those in uvalde, texas, where 21 people lost their lives in this mass shooting, doubt persists that washington has the will to make real gun reform a reality. camilla burnell is in uvalde, and found out what people there are saying about this potential deal. reporter: there are two things that stood out, when i talked to people, hope and skepticism. a lot of people hoping that the shooting in uvalde is the one that generates change. many of them say they review with the processes for buyers under 21, and mental health resources but the bottom line is everyone i talked to told me they do not think that anything will happen in washington, despite this agreement. here is what some of those texans told me. there s a lot of talking about it, there is no action. so, they could say this for years, when it will never die down or anything. i don t see anything changing.
with politics, nothing is i mean, it s just people talking . unfortunately, we live in a world where money is what makes decisions, and, i don t know. it wouldn t surprise me. i wish it would, but i don t know. reporter: people also told me, look, we should be able to defend ourselves. there was one man who told me, i wanted and ar-15 but decided against it after sandy hook. so, no matter where they stood on the gun issue, they all pretty much said that we should be able to come together, that lawmakers should be able to come to an agreement to prevent this from happening again. camilla burnell, cnn, uvalde, texas. we are learning more about the arrests of more than 30 people in the u.s. state of idaho who are thought to be part of a white nationalist group.
inside an elementary school in uvalde, texas, killing 19 children and two teachers. senator john cornyn, a republican member of the bipartisan group said this on twitter. the tragedies in uvalde and elsewhere cried out for action. i worked closely with my colleagues to find an agreement to protect our communities from violence, while also protecting law-abiding texans right to bear arms. other senators are also welcoming progress on this issue, even as they acknowledge there is more work to do. we will be working hard this coming week to take this framework and turn it into legislative language that we can introduce on the floor. i am cautiously optimistic that we can get this passed through the senate in the next two weeks, before early july. in the senate terms, that would be rocketing along, but for the
records, and this means, going into those background checks. whatever went on before the age of 18. is that real progress? direct question to you, we did have prevented in your opinion, the buffalo uvalde shooters from obtaining guns which they obtained legally. i do not know the answer to the question because i will tell you, paula. if they couldn t obtain them legally, perhaps they would have obtained them illegally. we cannot prevent any shooting. there are 340 million people in the united states with 400 million guns. we cannot prevent any shooting. we can prevent some. for example, you are specifically focus on mass shootings, which is important. there are 26,000 suicides each year in the united states with a gun. so, if you have something like a red flag law where you are able to take up a gun away from somebody, temporarily, that can prevent a life from being taken, right? if you have background checks, you mentioned for 18-year-olds to 21-year-olds, we will have a