united states said this. this memorial day, we know the memory is still painful. of all the fallen who lost their lives during the last two decades in combat. each of them, leaving behind a family. could be anything. hard spoken by their actions. and lives, that will never be the same. the same could be said of the decades of combat that american children have faced in their classrooms, where hundreds of them have been shot and killed by mass murders. yesterday, the president and first lady brought flowers to a memorial site outside the robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. they touch the photos of the 19 dead children, and two teachers who lost their lives trying to save lives. president and the first lady attended sunday mass. as was the custom. but this time, it was in walter. in the catholic church filled with mourners. including some of the family members of the victims. as of president was leading, someone in the crowd pleaded with him to do something. president
murder for 78 minutes, has not yet explained that decision. three weeks ago arredondo was elected to a second job as a member of the uvalde city council. he intended to continue to serve of as the chief of police for the uvalde school district while serving on the city council. peter arredondo was scheduled to be sworn in tomorrow as a member of the city council at a meeting of the uvalde city council. earlier today, that uvalde city council meeting is scheduled tomorrow was cancelled. yesterday the president and first lady brought flowers to the memorial site outside robb elementary school in uvalde. they touched the photos of the 19 murdered children and the two teachers who lost their lives trying to save lives of those children. president biden and first lady jill biden attended sunday mass in uvalde at a catholic church filled with mourners, including some of the family members of the victims, and as the president was leaving, some in the crowd pleaded with the president
ban, saying it makes no sense that people can purchase a weapon that fires up to 300 rounds. he called on congress to cooperate and said his powers alone don t go that far. this on a day he also urged our country to unite, honoring sacrifice of our troops. president biden remembering americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in what he called a sacred memorial day ritual. we must never betray the lives laid down to make our nation a beacon to the world, a citadel of liberty and justice for everyone. reporter: biden marked the importance of defending democracy amid russia s war in ukraine. also mourned on the anniversary of his son beau s deathed, a veteran who died of brain cancer. biden addressed the families of the 2,461 service members who lost their lives in afghanistan but made no mention of the 13 who died under his watch during the withdrawal, the only armed forces to die by enemy attack since he took office. the ceremonies coming one day after biden privately grie
this memorial day we know the memory is still painful of all the fallen who lost their lives during the last few decades in combat. each of them leave behind a family, a community. lives will never be the same. the same could be said of the decades of combat that american children have faced in their classrooms where hundreds of them have been shot and killed by mass murders. yesterday the president and first lady brought flowers to the memorial site outside of robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. they touched the photos of the 19 dead children and two teachers who lost their lives trying to save lives. president biden and the first lady attended sunday mass, as is his custom, but this time it was in uvalde, at the catholic church filled with mourners, including some of the family members of the victims. as the president was leaving, some in the crowd pleaded with him to do something. president biden responded by saying i will. president biden s justice department
reporter: an epidemic is once again under the spotlight. this holiday weekend, there were 15 mass shootings across the country. nine people killed more than 60 injured every 16 hours in america, there is a mass shooting. i don t know about you, but i m angry about it reporter: president biden saying he wants change but needs bipartisan support there s a constitution i can t dictate this stuff. i can do the things i ve done and any executive action i can take, i ll continue to take reporter: the president meeting today with new zealand s prime minister, where after the 2019 mosque shootings killed 51 people, the country changed its laws and bought back guns, drastically reducing mass shootings and canada s prime minister just introduced legislation for a national freeze on handgun ownership which would make it illegal to buy, sell, or import the weapons. but while many americans point to their second amendment protection, there is new uncertainty. it s torn us apart. at the