when you are the mayor of a city, you get the calls. the buck stops with you. they call you when there s a snowstorm. they call you when a water main breaks. they also call you, god forbid, when a mass shooting erupts near downtown on a summer weekend night and nine people are killed almost in an instant. and your city goes from being familiar, vibrant dayton, ohio, to a city that is reeling, that is grieving, that is anger. dayton mayor nan whaley is a democrat. she has been outspoken about the politics that led to this moment and the politics that have followed. she has called the president unhelpful on gun policy and said that his rhetoric has been
when you are the mayor of a city, you get the calls. the buck stops with you. they call you when there s a snowstorm. they call you when a water main breaks. they also call you, god forbid, when a mass shooting erupts near downtown on a summer weekend night and nine people are killed almost in an instant. and your city goes from being familiar, vibrant dayton, ohio, to a city that is reeling, that is grieving, that is anger. dayton mayor nan whaley is a democrat. she has been outspoken about the politics that led to this moment and the politics that have followed. she has called the president unhelpful on gun policy and said that his rhetoric has been painful for many in her community. but nevertheless, mayor whaly did meet with the president earlier today on his visit to her city. the mayor met with the president along with sherrod brown. later, the mayor described the visit for reporters.
something. we also saw our congressman mike turner, a republican, calling for an assault weapons ban, a man who had a 93% nra record. you know, really seeing what the community was going through. so, you know, i m very hopeful about those folks that are, you know, recognizing that this is really a bipartisan issue. in the state of ohio, you know, background checks are supported by 90 percent of ohioans. so assault weapons ban supported by the vast majority of ohioans. and you know, when you have an issue like this in your community, and we re the 250th city that s had a mass shooting since january 1, it s really happening to everybody. and so i do think there s pieces, if we can really stitch together and get past some of this hyperpartisan rhetoric that we can actually move ourselves forward. and we re seeing some of that in the statehouse and here locally. and that makes me hopeful. the presidential visit, while the victims were super excited to see him, the first responders
all right. that was doug dougherty, the police chief in bell brook ohio, where the dayton killer s home is, reading a statement there from the family of the killer and also of the killer s sister, who was murdered in that shooting. i want to introduce you to a former fbi official katherine schwide, she s written a book on active shooters between 2000 and twern in which she looks at every active shooter situation in that time frame. it s an extraordinary report. also joining us analyst phil mudd. i m wondering there s a lot we do not know about the dayton shooterthere s a lot of conflicting reports about his motivation. he called himself a leftist. there were things he had tweeted
and so, don, i mean, there should be more people that are going to stand up and say, mcconnell, let s get back here. okay, maybe he said he told some committees to produce something. fine, but you ve got to do something here. let s talk about someone who is there, okay. i want to ask you about republican ohio congressman mike turner. he represents dayton. and he tweeted this, that his daughter was across the street from the shooting. he s now saying he supports legislation to ban military-style weapons sales. he wants magazine limits. red flag legislation. i mean, this is someone who has an a-rating with the nra last year. what s your reaction to that? three cheers for him. you know? i mean, people don, i actually believe that gun owners now, the vast majority of gun owners say we have to do something here. i believe that. and so, look, we talk about political courage most americans and gun owners, a large majority, yeah. absolutely. right. absolutely.