is critical. it really is. look, you know, to the survivors and families, jill and i, my wife jill is not here today with me. she is in delaware right now. she had to go back up. jill and i have gotten to know many of you over the years. some of us have become friends for a long time. we ve kept in touch. mark, it s good to see you again and your family, and the losses may be different, circumstances, but we ve shared before us something that s helped our family. when my wife and daughter were killed in a tractor-trailer struck them, just after i got elected, my two boys weren t expected to live, and then later when my son beau, who was the attorney general and volunteered to spend a year in iraq died, stage 4, glioblastoma. my daughter ashley taped a message to the mirror, the way everything gets to me through my wife and daughter now is they know i have to shave in the morning, so they ll tape on the mirror, for real. so i see it when i m shaving. one day she left me a quot
plus, from total celebration to complete chaos, two people were shot, a police officer hit by a fire truck during a victory parade for nba champion denver nuggets. and the department of justice tees off an investigation, looking into that mega merger between the pga tour and saudi funded liv golf. our reporters are fouling all of the latest developments. we start, though, with the breaking news out of pittsburgh where nbc s george solis is covering the guilty verdict in the trial of the gunman who killed 11 people at that synagogue in 2018. george, i know it s been a few hours since the verdict. what are we hearing from the community? reporter: yeah, chris, some members of the congregation weighing in, saying they expected this guilty verdict. for them, this is some semblance of justice. in my conversation with them over the last several days, many of them say they will never be able to look at the accused shooter robert bowers directly in the eye. it was hard for them to
i remember. and one of jill s favorite people in the whole world and mine, i always introduce her as she is mark kelly is her husband. ladies and gentlemen, gabby giffords. she has more courage than most people i have ever known. i would be honored to bestow the presidential medal of freedom on gabby, not only for her courage and inflict, to help carry this movement. she s not stopping now. gabby, i love you. you re wonderful. and congresswoman larson, thanks for the passport into your district. you have never given up. you ve never given up either and to the state and local leaders, the mayor and others, the dedication to this vital issue