these witnesses begin talking. goodness. an 11-year-old girl. as a small circle of senate negotiators, democrats and republicans continue to work on the possibility of gun legislation. cnn has learned that a larger group in the senate are expected to meet in the next hour to discuss an emerging proposed package, following an emotional plea by actor and uvalde texas native matthew mcconaughey from the white house podium yesterday. can both sides rise above? can both sides see beyond the political problem at hand and admit that we have a life preservation problem on our hands? we ve got a chance right now to reach for and to grasp a higher ground above our political affiliations. the chance to make a choice that does more than protect your party, a chance to make a choice that protects our country, now and for the next generation. my next guest was elected to the senate as a pro-gun democrat in 2007. he voted to allow guns on amtrak trains in 2009 and everything changed
when she saw the gunman come in, saw the gunman shoot her teacher and her classmates and how she needed to, decided to rub the blood of her friend on herself in order to try to survive. as this hearing continues, there are also developments on the bipartisan talks on gun safety. another part of the capitol. cnn learned senate republican leader mitch mcconnell privately expressed openness to raising the age limit to 21 for buying semiautomatic rifles. they ll be back to meet and negotiate again this hour. let s start with cnn s lauren fox live on the hill watching this hearing and seeing this emotional testimony happen. lauren, it was going to be hard to hear a child speak like this no matter what. it was very painful to watch. reporter: yeah, kate, there are always experts that come up to capitol hill and testify but it is so hard to watch and see a fourth grader be an expert on gun violence and carnage in this country and i think that that testimony and the testimony of pa
what public polls show about wide support for background checks or high capacity magazine bans. they don t match it. so the facts on the hill will have to prove that wrong, because to date, hasn t moved the hill. lauren fox, phil mattingly. thank you. thank you for being with us, i m poppy harlow. it s been tough for you to watch as much as to us. we ll bring this to you best we can. at this hour with kate bolduan starts right now. hello. i m kate bolduan. we begin on capitol hill with the emotional and heartbreaking testimony from an 11-year-old child and also from the parents who had lost their daughter in the texas elementary school massacre. miah testifying via video. the young girl recounting the horror of what she lived through