yesterday urging congress to act on a legitimate gun policy in the wake of the deadly mass shooting in nashville. is there any sense of any movement at all on capitol hill? absolutely not. there s three quotes we wrote about in axios sneak peek which i think capture the mood on the hill. of course the first is joe biden saying there s nothing he can do but plead with congress, acting powerless in the face of republican opposition on the hill. we spoke to a republican congressman of tennessee of all places, he said criminals are going to be criminals, completely not doing anything on potential gun legislation, and john cornyn a republican in the senate a big voice in moving compromise bills in the past says there s no action, no other step he can make. he can t think of anything that can get agreement. a remarkable sentiment, like a fatalistic view of a possibility for any kind of response for gun crime in the united states. nick, we talked a lot the last couple of days, the nra s
do more to protect our schools so they are turned into prisons. you know the shooter in this situation reportedly had to assault weapons and a pistol. two ak 47. so i call on congress again to pass my assault weapons ban. it s about time that we began to make some more progress. despite this latest mass shooting in nashville, and there have been at least 130 shootings so far this year in this country. top congressional republicans say they did not see any possibility or any need for new legislation. cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju joins us now from capitol hill and manu. you spoke to john cornyn yesterday he was in key negotiator on the most recent piece of gun legislation, he said. doesn t see them moving in the next couple of years. now, biden s team will say mj lee highlighted this point last hour that well, we ve said that before, and sometimes members of congress are moved. what s your read of the situation right now?
here in the united states, people are allowed to possess firearms need is in the eye of the beholder. i don t question why you need a blue suit, but you got one. and i know we re talking about supporting very, very different, but the second amendment allows american citizens to possess firearms, so why not limit to air 15? why not ? why not put on that? if you re going to talk about the air 15, you re talking politics. now let s not get into politics. alright, let s not get into a motion because emotion feels good, but emotion doesn t solve problems. why not ban air 15? why not talk about the real issues facing this country in regards to the shooting, which would be mental health? now that last congressman s andy moguls who represents the district in nashville, where the shooting took place, calling for more mental health funding, mental health funding, of course, was part of that last bipartisan bill that passed the house and senate last year. just 14 republicans in the house voted
building. two of them engaged the 28 year old shooter. killing that attacker on the second floor. the shooter here has been identified by police as 28 year old audrey hale. we re told that hail lived, lived with parents and that she rather previously attended this school here. according to authorities, hale had a number of writings and statements left behind in her car detailing exactly what was going to take place. apparently, there were maps that hale had used. essentially outlining how hale was going to get inside of this school, including all of the entry areas, gym. she shot her way in carlos suarez. thanks so much. we re going. violence is quote ripping the soul of the nation. those words from president biden yesterday as he spoke about the shooting in nashville. he repeated his calls for gun reform, including an assault weapons ban. we have to