more school age children have died from guns than on-duty police officers and active duty military combined. think about that. more kids than on-duty cops killed by cops, more kids than old engin soldiers killed by guns. for igod s sake, how much more carnage will we accept? it is time to do our part, time to act for the children we ve lost. the children we can save. for the nation we love. let s hear the call and the cry, let s meet the moment, let us finally do something. speaking of doing something, senate debate has gun. and danie daniella diaz will be us, but let s start with jasmine wright. the president is explicitly calling on lawmakers not just do something, but he has meat on the bones, he has specifics. reporter: yeah, the president outlined a wish list of sorts specific spinnings that he wants conditioning to take up. and he started with assault weapons. he called to restaretaught the assault weapons ban and also banning high capacity magazines. and if congres
there, he is a house democrat, and he is saying that even though the bills passed the house, they are sitting in the senate but that is not stopping them from trying any way to pass some sort of gun safety reform. and of course as we know, senator chris murphy is still trying to reach a bipartisan deal with those republicans that he is working with. chris murphy whose home state connecticut saw the sandy hook shooting a decade ago. really nothing meaningful done since then as the shootings continue. daniella, thank you so much. and while lawmakers talk, shootings continue. take a look at this, 20 mass shootings in america just since the uvalde school shooting. just ten days. more than 100 victims. more questions this morning about failures in that police response to the uvalde school massacre, the texas department of pin safety is expected to release the police time line as soon as today. at least that is what we re told. meanwhile uvalde state senator
the president finished speaking, the nra rejected all proposals. but the president made it clear that he is not necessarily expecting congress to pass everything that he laid out, though he wished they would, but he said that he hopes that at least 10 republicans find it in that you were heart to pass something on this, make some sort of federal progress. and without that, he said that it should really outrage voters enough that they make this their main voting issue come november. assault weapons ban in particular seems more aspirational than realistic, but clearly trying to put a stake in the ground. and democrats say that they are ready to drop some of their demands for gun safety reforms just to get even an incremental deal with republicans. chris murphy of connecticut tells cnn that he is prepared for failure. daniella diaz is live on capitol hill for us. what is the temperature in the room i guess, can congress meet the moment as the president put
more school age children have died from guns than on-duty police officers and active duty military combined. think about that. more kids than on-duty cops killed by cops, more kids than old engin soldiers killed by guns. for igod s sake, how much more carnage will we accept? it is time to do our part, time to act for the children we ve lost. the children we can save. for the nation we love. let s hear the call and the cry, let s meet the moment, let us finally do something. speaking of doing something, senate debate has gun. and danie daniella diaz will be us, but let s start with jasmine wright.