El paso, texas outside another American Crime scene, another sight of a massacre by guns. Welcome to our viewers here in the u. S. And around the world. Any minute now, we will hear from President Trump. This as the nation mourns 29 People Killed in two states just 13 hours apart. What will the president say . What will he do . What will he push for . What will he deliver . So far he has floated the idea of tying universal Background Checks to something hes desired for a long time, Immigration Reform, which normally means money as well for a wall on the border. He also took a moment to blame the media for the attacks and the violence. Left unsaid anything about White Supremacy. In fact, since these shootings, particularly the one here in el paso where the shooter referenced white supremacist views, the president has not used those words. Look at the comments of his fbi director, Christopher Wray emphasizing the danger in this country right now. The country is mourning the lives of so m
regret for a massacre that left 20 people dead. we ve also learned that the justice department is seriously considering bringing federal hate crime and federal firearm charges against the suspect. josh campbell has been following the story. he is a former fbi supervisory special agent as well as a cnn law enforcement analyst. tell us what value investigators can learn from a shooter can who in unusual circumstances rather than dying in the midst of a massacre like this, turned himself in. what can they learn of value now? jim, we ve seen so many instances in the past where a shooter will be engaged by law enforcement and is killed or opts to turn the gun on themselves. we saw that a week ago in california at the food festival are a footer killed three people, injured a dozen more and then turned the gun on himself after being shot by officers. this is a different case in el paso because the shooter is alive. he was questioned by law
conversation. david, i know you were taking some hard questions here. this is a conversation america needs. we re going to continue to have it as best we can. poppy and i thank you. we thank you and we promise you, jim and i, that we will stay on this. we can guarantee you that. we hope lawmakers do as well. thank you for being here. jim, great reporting on the ground there. thank you so much. i m poppy harlow. at this hour starts next. i found some incredible records about samuel silberman. passenger manifests, census information, even wwi draft registration cards. the records exist. they re there, they re facts. that made it so real for me, it wasn t just a story anymore. bring your family history to life like never before. get started for free at ancestry.com we really pride ourselves on making it easy for you tech: at safelite autoglass,
universal background checks and it was notably omitted from his scripted remarks. what was that conversation like inside the white house? what pressure groups were calling and saying you can t say that? the real shame is this is a 90% issue. 90% of americans support background checks. david urban is talking about a common sense approach. mental health may be part of it, video games may be part of it, but there are countries around the world that have mental health issues and video games but they don t have the kind of mass murder that we see here in the united states because of gun violence. so universal background checks ought to be part of that. let s not be naive about what can get through. but let s also not disagree about the fact that this has been blocked by mitch mcconnell and opposed by republican presidents over and over again. you know what, wes lowery, as jim aptly brought up, hr-8,
justice it s going up. and the weapons make the death toll go up. let me answer if question. i agree there needs to be much more common sense. we talked about the mental health background checks. you sheenouldn t be able to get weapon if you re being treated for a mental health issue. that s just common sense. there s no evidence that these shooters were being treated for mental health. so what measure is going to happen now? jim, i don t know. listen the congress and the president need to sit down. i heard you earlier advocating for reducing clip size, if you had a smaller clip you don t kill as many people. that s absolutely true. but these people are twisted. they ll find ways around that. they ll tape two clips together. you ve been in a war zone. you see how you take a clip and