seeing president joe biden take the dais in the house of representatives to deliver his second state of the union address to a joint session of congress. and the stakes are extremely high. it comes after a year when women saw their rights to their own bodies taken away. books and lessons about black history and lgbtq folks are being banned, and very real threats to democracy are still looming large. this is an opportunity for president biden to speak directly to the american people about where we are as a country and to set the tone for what the next two years of his term will look like. biden is expected to tout his administration s accomplishments with an emphasis on the strong economy, super low unemployment, and receding inflation, while also making a renewed call for bipartisanship despite a divided guess. in a just released excerpt from the president s prepared speech, biden is expected to say, quote, to my republican friends, if we could work together in the last congr
signaling it could be strong enough to overcome any threat of a filibuster. the new legislation comes in the wake of several mass shootings across the country including an attack on a texas elementary school that claimed the lives of 19 little children and two teachers. for the latest let s bring in daniella diaz on capitol hill. this is significant. what do we know about what is in this potential new bill? amara, i want to emphasize the point you made. this is just a framework. no legislative text yet. but important to note that there are ten republicans that supported this framework signed the press releases that were sent out when that news broke a little over two hours ago. i m going to talk a little bit about what s in this framework. it has proposals to support a state crisis intervention orders. investments in children and family mental health services. protections for victims of domestic violence. funding for school-based mengts health and supportive services. fundi
including gun violence. brandon say, the man who disarmed the gunman in last month s shooting in monterey park, california, will be one of president biden s guests as he talks about combatting gun violence. we re only five weeks into the year and we have already had 60 mass shootings. more than one per day. it s a uniquely american epidemic that is especially hit our younger generation. it s why two progressive democratic freshmen have invited parents of mass shooting victims to the state of union. texas congressman greg caser invited greg cross, whose son was killed in uvalde, and florida representative maxwell frost, our first gen z congressman, inviting manuel oliver, whose son joaquin was killed in the parkland shooting. joining me is congressman maxwell frost of florida, and manuel oliver, son of joaquin oliver, and cofounder of change the ref, an organization raising awareness about mass shootings.
golden retriever who was here six years ago comforting people. become again today to lend support. the memorial tonight is at 7:00. gabby giffords was shot in the head in arizona. six others were killed. gifford s new life mission? combatting gun violence. it brought her back to the nation s capitol to host a gun violence memorial. dana bash has more. parkland shooting. uvalde, d.c., san francisco. too much guns. too much guns. too much guns. reporter: you survived gun violence. yes. reporter: and you re here in a sea of flowers representing people who did not survive.