saturday s devastating shooting at a mall in allen, texas. matt, i saw that. i cannot drive by ang outlet mall without pulling over wanting to pull over in a rush and no one in my car lets me pull over but these two things have to sink in, right? every one of us worries about our kids and loved ones every day because now we know nowhere is immune. there is nowhere we can say a mass shooting has never happened anymore and we choose to live like this. policy choices. do you think we can make a different choice? do you think texans can make a different choice? i have to believe that they can and i think part of the problem, i mean, we ve seen evidence that when people run this campaign, run campaigns on these issues and i would argue they need to broaden this, that the democrats if they want to win and want to succeed on this have to make this kind of to frank s point about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because unless we re
the lead starts right now. allen, texas, joining the ranks of columbine, aurora, parkland, new town, another town whose name is synonymous with a mass shooting. two young sisters were just identified as victims as we re learning more about the gunman s extremist background into which authorities are looking. and new video obtained exclutively by cnn. bystanders trying to hold down the man accused of plowing his range rovers into a group of migrants. plus, just in time for summer travel, the new proposed rule to give you a refund if you re bumped from your next flight. welcome to lead. i m jake tapper. another day. another deadly mass shooting in america. over the weekend a man gunned down several people at a mall in allen, texas. police are investigating whether a gunman killed by the cop at the scene was motivated by right
now over the weekend, two separate but deadly incidents took place in texas. here is some of the information authorities have been releasing. officials in brownsville have charged george alvarez with eight counts of manslaughter. charged george alvarez with eight he allegedly drove his car at high speed into people at a bus stop, near a migrant centre. and the alleged shooter who killed at least eight people at a mall in allen, texas, was heavily into right wing extremism. that s according to law enforcement, and is based on the suspect s internet searches. but it isn t clear whether this was the motive for the killings. we re also learning more about the eight victims of that shooting. three of them were children, including a three year old boy and two elementary school children. also killed was ashwahrya thaatikonda, a 27 year old engineer from india and 20 year old christian lacour, who worked as a security guard at the mall. let s bring in the bbc s nomia iqbal to discuss all this.
have to walk out of the mall with their hands up and in fear for their lives, so i, again it goes back to this is what has to happen and oftentimes it has to hit home before these legislators can truly understand it is time to move and let me just say this, when we look at the statistics, the data will tell you that 78% of all texans including republicans want to see some sensible gun reform. but, unfortunately, we re not seeing that from this house, because, again, the nra and their lobby teams and the manufacturers are pushing so hard with the second amendment that no one is trying to take anyone s gun. we re trying to protect families. we re trying to protect children. we re trying to have quality of life but we can t because you re simply adding more guns to the streets. so, again, when it hits home, that s when legislation starts. one of the things that has developed in the hours since
we saw in the wake of this tragedy. it wasn t mental health that killed these people, it was an automatic rifle with bullets. i m a gun lover. i have guns. i m a formerlier police officer, i m a former army officer but these ar-15s, they ve got to get off the streets. we need some action in our legislature at the federal and state level for better gun control and i m saying that as somebody who loves guns. i mean, at some level it falls in the how bad is it? it s so bad that the gun lovers want to see the ar-15s, quote, taken off our streets, something has to happen at the state and federal level. does that do anything? well, i point out that that gentleman s son worked there. he worked at that mall, and i think that was one of the things i heard about he said that he no parent should ever have to see that, witnessing their son