of american voices, live from texas, begins now. today, a push for accountability in this tight-knit community. until tuesday, uvalde was a quiet town where everybody knows your name, now the scene of america s latest mass shooting. around town, you will see uvalde strong signs hanging outside businesses and homes. families working to make sense of what happened, coming together to draw messages of hope on sidewalks with chalk on ministry. it is clear that the 21 lives lost here will never be forgotten. outside i take care, 21 chair sit outside to honor the 19 kids and two teachers taken from this town far too soon. live stolen from senseless violence. the daycares honors, like most uvalde, you many the students and watch them grow up over the years. we are learning more about their lives, their unforgettable personalities behind each face, big plans for the future. rodriguez had big dreams of becoming a marine biologist. she planned to study at texas a&m. her mom said that s
kids and two teachers taken from this town far too soon. live stolen from senseless violence. the daycares honors, like most uvalde, you many the students and watch them grow up over the years. we are learning more about their lives, their unforgettable personalities behind each face, big plans for the future. rodriguez had big dreams of becoming a marine biologist. she planned to study at texas a&m. her mom said that she was carrying and cold driven. her classmate lexi rubio wanted to become a lawyer. her family said that she loved learning about feminism and played volleyball in middle school. as we honor the victims, we are struggling to understand how a gun man was able to get inside or school in the first place, and why the gunman was allowed to stay inside for as long as he did. it is a question at the forefront in today s new york times. the editorial board examining the police response, writing, quote, 17 minutes elapsed after the gunmen walk inside before police, bel
table was this ban on bump stocks. kevin mccarthy and republicans in congress said that legislation is not need to do the. the administration can. let me tell you what was actually going beyond behind the scenes. the administration that kevin mccarthy knew that federal courts will be invalidated if done by regulation. it was done in coordination of what happened. the trump administration said to america that we just banned bump stocks. two years later, the federal courts invalidated that and say you cannot do that the regulation. whatever happens, it would not be republican leadership. the public pressure becomes so great that republican leaders and the gun lobby have to make a dark, backroom deal on how to get to the next stage and survive the next election. debbie, david, as always, but thank you both for talking to me. for parents like me, like you, this week has been fear and frustration at the top of mine. what they re saying about
the default position of mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy is the do what the nra and gun law because them to do, unless political pressure across the country becomes too great. similarly, in texas legislator, governor abbott, they will do what the gun lobby thousand to do, unless the political pressure overwhelms the position of the gun lobby. here is the thing, debbie, correct me if i am wrong, because you and david both know florida better than i do. there is also the idea of the nra as a bogeyman. they will come into primaries, swoop in, punish republicans who vote for gun safety, that actually did not play out in florida. what if they baked in this idea that they were more politically powerful and a primary than they actually are? look, they continue to spread the misinformation that has been ingrained by the nra that good guys with guns will be better to combat bad guys
kinzinger talking about the fact that we need to start being honest about that. you have seen rick scott lead in the past on this. who do you think actually has the capacity to stand up to offer a profile of courage and actually get something done? whether that is red flag laws, raising the minimum age to buy a gun, there are things that can be done to our very popular with the american people, that just need republicans in the senate to move on. not a single elected official in today s republican party, alicia. i say that not as a broad swipe but because there is an important nuance here. when we saw republicans act i, referred to the fact that political pressure being greater than the pressure of the lobby, once that fulcrum was crossed, the republican actions were still done in full coordination with the gun lobby. the gun lobby gave republicans permission for incremental change. coming out in vegas, recalled that the only incremental change that made it to the