Were killed in Mass Shootings in this country while we were on the august recess when we should have been here doing our job. 100 americans are killed every day from gun violence. There are 100 desks in this room. There are 100 chairs behind each one of those desks. And if these were the americans killed by gun violence, they would add up to every single desk thats in this room. And yet the majority leader didnt bring us back during the august recess, didnt say we should cancel our vacation and come back to work for the American People, hasnt put a bill on the floor or given the opportunity for anybody else to put a bill on the floor now that weve been back in session for the last two months. In colorado alone in the last 1 months weve 18 months weve lost 882 people to gun violence. Thats a record in my state, madam president. Ifthe house of representatives s done their job. More than 200 days ago they passed background checks over there, and we havent even taken them up over here. Thi
Mr. Bennet madam president , id ask the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Bennet thank you, madam president. Last month over 50 americans were killed in Mass Shootings in this country while we were on the august recess when we should have been here doing our job. 100 americans are killed every day from gun violence. There are 100 desks in this room. There are 100 chairs behind each one of those desks. And if these were the americans killed by gun violence, they would add up to every single desk thats in this room. And yet the majority leader didnt bring us back during the august recess, didnt say we should cancel our vacation and come back to work for the American People, hasnt put a bill on the floor or given the opportunity for anybody else to put a bill on the floor now that weve been back in session for the last two months. In colorado alone in the last 1 months weve 18 months weve lost 882 people to gun violence. Thats a record in my state, mada
The presiding officer the senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy are we in a quorum call, mr. President . The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Murphy thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i thank my colleagues for their indulgence this evening, and for those of us those of you who help us keep this floor open. I will make some longer remarks later this evening, but while we have a short break in the floor waiting for senator brown to arrive, i wanted to say a word of appreciation to all of my colleagues who have decided to join us this evening on the floor. This is my first appearance here, to talk about the imperative of changing the nations gun laws, recognizing that this number, 100 americans killed by guns every single day, is not inevitable. Almost every single one of these murders and suicides and accidental shootings is preventable. If we make different choices here on the floor of the United States senate, and our purpose tonight is to try to bring some consistency of effort
person who has kids in schools that are being locked down in reaction to the shooting today is also responsible for reporting on that shooting. it s uncanny, right? you feel for the anchor in that moment, both responsible for covering it and conveying to the public what s going on and also experiencing in her own life, in her own family s life in that moment what it means for them to be in the midst of that same crisis. all right? what are the odds that something like that could happen? that the people who are covering the news will end up having a personal connection to the very gun violence they are responsible for reporting on. it turns out in this country the odds of that are pretty good. hearing from their administrators letting them know that they are okay and that they are monitoring the situation closely. holly, amanda. yeah, speaking of that, i m getting emails from my child s school that they re going into lockdown at this time just as a precaution and at one
night. thanks to you at home for joining us. happy to have you with us here tonight. this is how the news unfolded today, in nashville. how the news unfolded on live tv in that city as it was happening. this was on the channel 4 local news in nashville. we anticipate this news conference starting at any moment. first official news conference where we can hear where investigators are in their investigation. some personal perspective on this as well. yeah, there s absolutely no words for what s going on today. i m actually at school, a shooting survivor myself, happened years ago, it was if eighth grade and all of this is flooding back flashbacks for me and what i went through with my classmates. i was actually in the hallway during break when the gunman opened fire shooting one of my peers and killing them and just after hearing the gunshots i just knew to run and i hid underneath the risers in my choir class and those minutes and hours of waiting to be released by pol