you know, the civic center that night change the name to a reunification center. and you will recall how families needed dna to match with their children. it brings me to think about the friends that i have made over this last year in uvalde, and the pain that, i am sure they are feeling tonight. because every time there is another mass shooting, these folks they somehow feel their own central responsibility for not politicians create change. imagine that victims of mass shootings feeling guilty because they haven t done enough to change what is going on. that night, in the course the subsequent days that followed for me were a nightmare, for those families they will never be their broken forever. people in this country need to understand that we have to do something here in this moment.
ever growing list of families, friends. survivors. witnesses. and responders. whose lives continue to forever be changed. by gun violence. i pray deeply. the closeness and the community that we feel through the next few hours of music can soon turn into action like real action. that moves us forward together. to create change. for the safety of our kids. and our loved ones . it s not just kelsea ballerini . other country music stars are speaking out to about gun violence, including catch, seek or a grammy award winning musician and founding member of old crow medicine show and he joins me now catch. it s so great to have you here, particularly on this topic. we don t go a week on this program without trying to find some
violence at the cmt music awards. tonight s broadcast is dedicated to the ever growing list of families. friends. survivors. witnesses. and responders. whose lives continue to forever be changed. by gun violence. i pray deeply. the closeness and the community that we feel through the next few hours of music can soon turn into action like real action. that moves us forward together. to create change. for the safety of our kids. and our loved ones. it s not just kelsea ballerini. other country music stars are speaking out to about gun violence, including catch, seek or a grammy award winning musician and founding member of old crow medicine show and he joins me now catch. it s so great to have you here,
to create change. for the safety of our kids. and our loved ones. should note she still says she has ptsd from that shooting at her high school. this is the first year that the cmt awards were held in austin, texas. they previously have been held in nashville, so obviously very close to home forever and again, it s young people. young people affected so often by this and calling for change like she is well this morning, pennsylvania senator john fetterman is back home. great news to tell you about with his family after he spent the last six weeks at walter reed being treated for depression, in a new interview with cbs betterment says winning office was the beginning of his downward spiral. i had stopped leaving my bed. i ve stopped eating, dropping weight. i stopped engaging some of the most things that i love in my life. lauren fox is following us on capitol hill. lauren you did
together. to create change. for the safety of our kids. and our loved ones. cnn s isabel rossello s joins us now live from nashville. isabelle what do we know about the plans for today? john good morning march for our lives is the organization that was started by the survivors of the marjory stoneman douglas school shooting back in 2018 and parkland, florida so they are urging students to walk out of class at precisely 10 13 am local time. and that is significant because that is the moment that the 1st 91 wall 911 call came in from the covenant school warning of an active school shooter. the plan is for students to bus in and meet up at the square right here in front of the state capital and demand change reform to gun laws also be wearing red that is an honor of the six victims of the school shooting.