and the response to such calls from the republican stat legislature, in the republican governor has been thus far t just keep getting rid of law around guns, to keep getting them more and more prevalent and more more places, giving them to more and more people who previously, under othe laws, would not have bee allowed. to have them and that was the context a wee and a half ago, when three democratic state legislators some middle aged white women and two young black men, the three of them got wowed on the floor of the state legislature essentially, cheering on kid in the gallery who had come to peacefully, but very loudly, protest. that state legislature, only acting to make things worse, i terms of gun violence. even after that elementary school massacre in nashville you see the three stat legislators there, in th front. you see them there that picture, political headline as the whole country now i well aware, the republican dominated tennessee stat legislature that vot
is it freedom for kids to go t school and tried to socialize, and try to learn, and be scare to death that they might die that day well, that groups will fix i because it s gonna double th number of cops in schools. that s what he wants to do well, that will create a great environment. is that freedom? or is it freedom to have a congressman who can make a postcard with all his family holding rifles, includin ar-15s or whatever, is tha cool is that cool for republicans that is freedom. that s more important than protecting the kids? i don t get it coach gregg popovich take us off the air tonight and on that note, i wish you all a very safe night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late i will see you at the end of tomorrow thanks to atone for joining us this hour really happy to have you here. on a new state like today, i will admit it is hard to kno we are to begin. but today is yet another day 1 place to begin is with
governor beshear said that one of the people killed today was one of the governor s closes friends. he said today, quote, tomm elliott help me build my law career, help me become governor, gave me advice and being a goo dad. he s one of the people i talke to most in the world remarkably, look at this florida senator rick scott republican senator rick scot of florida tonight, also tweeted his condolences to tommy elliott s family, saying he too, considered mr. elliott a friend, seeing somebody he s known for many years now, since we ve come on the air tonight, just this hour, the death toll in today s mass shooting in louisville has climbed. i said at the top of the hou that of the 13 people who were shot today, four of them hav died since we ve been on the air, another one of the people wh was shot has succumbed to thos wounds so, it is now five people dead and eight more injured in addition to tommy elliott the other victims have bee identified as jim tut, joshu
he s one of the people i talk to most in the world. look at this. florida senator rick scott, republican senator rick scott of florida also tweeted his condolences to tommy elliott s family saying he also considered mr. elliott a friend and someone he had known for many years. as we ve come on the air tonight, the death toll in today s mass shooting in louisville has climbed. i said at the top of the hour that of the 13 people were shot today, four of them have died. since we ve been on the air another one of the people has sakuma succumbed to their wounds. it s now five people dead and eight more injured. in addition to tommy elliott, the other victims are james, joshua, giuliana, and dana eckert whose name was just confirmed by local police a short time ago. among the eight other people