shooter. they ran past. went back inside. what were you thinking as you were hiding in that bathroom for so long? i think i was just like, trying to be still. not like, just crying in my head, saying, don t make any noise. in the span of ten days, to 18 year old man allegedly killed 31 people 19 of them children, in two separate mass shootings on opposite ends of the country. the shooters in both massacres, a lot and they won in uvalde, texas uvalde, texas, legally purchased semiautomatic rifles. assault style weapons, they can buy, but they are not legally old enough to buy a call. this is not the american dream, it is the american nightmare. our nation is under siege. we are not even six months into the year and according to the gun violence archive, there have been 217 mass shootings. 24 of them were at schools. the centers for disease control says that guns are now the leading cause of lessons in america. we have endured gut-wrenching mass shootings this month, bu
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governor including a record three black women. when it came to state office, some black candidates won their races for attorney general, secretary of state, and treasurer. but in those gubernatorial and senate races only one democratic black candidate won, maryland s wes moore, who will become the state s first black governor. black voters and specifically black women voters are the backbone of the democratic electorate. so why did this prove so difficult? our next guest can shed light on the issue. she recently did an exit interview with black women voters, and joining me now, melanie campbell, ceo and president of the national coalition on black civic participation. tell me what this exit poll found. well, hi, joy. it s so great to see you and be with you on this friday night. black women were very clear. it was about the issues, the threat, if you will. it was about racism. it was about hate crimes. it was about reproductive rights, voting rights. and so the whole notion about