my hands and knees and begged my colleagues, find a path forward, here. by doing something, we at least stop sending this quiet message of endorsement, to these killers whose brains are breaking, who see the highest levels of government doing nothing. shooting after shooting, what are we doing? why are we here? what are we doing? i yield the floor. with us tonight, connecticut senator chris murphy. senator, i turn that question to you. it has been 24 hours, what are we doing? i was presiding over the senate last night or yesterday afternoon, when i look down at my phone and saw that another sandy hook had happened, 19 kids in texas. i went straight to my desk, and that was the question that i kept on asking myself. it was the question that i spontaneously asked my colleagues. what are we doing? why are we here? why do you care so much about being a united states senator, if in the face of this evil and carnage, with all these parents who are just so frightened for their k
jose flores, jr., a 10 years old. he loved going to school, his uncle told the washington post. eliannar cruz torres was a beautiful girl with a lot of energy, her grandfather told abc. eliahna garcia, also 10. had her first commune job last year. in a facebook post her mother called her a doll and the happiest ever. this is r ho jelio torres who was 10 years old. his mother called him a very smart and loving child. alithia ram reds was a very happy fourth grader. alexandra lexi aniyah rubio evidence is an all a certificate and good citizen award on tuesday. cousins jacklyn cazares and annabell rodriguez were cousins and a second set of cousins, jailah silguero and jase luevanos were angels and their cousin said in a statement to abc news i can t believe this happened to our agent. ava mireles was a teacher for 17 years. her aunt said she was killed while trying to protect her students, noting that she took particular pride in teaching children of mostly latino heritage.
cassidy saw and what she did not see. maybe she could not tell detectives who the killer was, but maybe she did not have to. the fact that cassidy was spared, would that mean anything to a jury? person who killed the mother cared about cassidy. hello and welcome to dateline. michelle young was married to her college sweetheart, four months pregnant with their second child when the unthinkable happened. the young mother was beaten to death in her own bedroom. investigation would quickly bowl a troubled marriage. but her husband was away on business. and unraveling this complicated case would take years. here is keith morrison with silent witness. i think i pause for a second and had to take a deep breath. and just the reality of what was going on sinking in. those who saw the footprints would not forget them. they were tiny and they were bloody. i had to get my composure to finish searching this house to make sure there is nobody else in the house. it was the t
a teacher was killed. a taxi driver just to mention a few. and celestine cheney, survivor of breast cancer and brain aneurysms. i m sorry we re talking under these circumstances. can you just tell us a little bit about your mom? what was she like? oh, she was a beautiful person, outgoing, life of the party, you know? strong woman. she raised a single son by herself, you know? she was a beautiful person. and she must have loved her grand children. she definitely loved her grand children. how many grand kids does she have? six. wow. and one great grand. wow. that s amazing. and i know your family has said that she just would like to spread joy wherever she went. yep. that was her. she just was the life of the party, happy person. i mean, for for you know, she s a survivor of breast cancer, two brain aneurysms three brain aneurysms. three? wow. how are you how are you dealing with all this? day by day. i understand your mom was at the store wi
but the full scope of the tragedy can only be conveyed in stories, names, faces of people taken too soon. the deadliest shooting in buffalo, new york. police say a gunman driven by hate toward the black community killed ten people, injured three others at a supermarket there. among those that died in the shooting, an 86-year-old mother of a retired buffalo fire commissioner as well as a former buffalo police officer who died exchanging gunfire with the shooter. this morning, police say the 18-year-old suspect was planning to continue his carnage if not stopped. president biden and the first lady head to buffalo tomorrow to meet with families of the victims. begin in buffalo. victor blackwell is there for us. victor, what are you learning about the victims? reporter: ten people killed. all the stories tragic. imagine this. andres mcneal was here purchasing cupcakes. he lost his father on the day they were celebrating his birthday. you mentioned the mother of the former fire