what we don t owe them is some nonsense about replacing a pair of glasses. there is a community health clinic here in uvalde that serves 11,000 latinos that do not have health insurance. they have a behavioral health component and not enough money to be able to have full-time therapists. they have their piss doing telemedicine on. we need to have four or five therapists. greg abbott needs to give that community health clinic $2 million right now. i asked for that is today. he has said nothing about that. this is going to be a long term mental health issue, for sure, for survivors and for friends of survivors and family. i talk to little girls s yesterday and a restaurant that were crying to me. they said, we were scared, but then i got brave. they were braver then the folks trying to get in there. these little kids, i am just. shocked and devastated. i am heartbroken by all of this. we owe them much more than what this guy has done. we owe them change. we owe them money to help them
comfortable with him at home with me. in some places, fear runs deeper because they were victims of school shootings themselves, like in parkland, florida. it jogs up the memories of our own tragedy and creates a level of fear and hansen to de-in our communities. then there are the parents in uvalde themselves. my five-year-old did go to school. having to explain to him why he had to hide under his desk for over half the day is very hard. he can t comprehend it. he just said that he was happy that him and his best friend were safe. being safe at school is something that kids and their parents should be able to take for granted, but they don t, not in this country, not anymore. our thanks to stephanie gosk for that report. julian castro is back with us. julian, during one of the breaks, we talked about the fact that i have a five-year-old and pre-k. the day after the shooting, they had an active shooting
drill at school. i could not stop thinking about her teacher and what happened here and uvalde. you had to, with the strain, leader class bravely through the general, knowing what happened with kids much older than my youngest. this conversation that you re having a home? they pick up on it, as you know. they pick up on so much. they have a little bit of a conversation with our seven -year-old in an age appropriate way. the teacher in his first grade classroom had a conversation as well in an age appropriate way. i think for all of us, from parents to teachers, for the students themselves, this one feels different. you are married to an educator. this is real to you and multiple ways. for sure, there is a sadness that this is what we have become as a country. there is anger. people are infuriated. what i heard today, above everything else, from parents here that they want change. sometimes people do not know
i am hoping that enough people will get involved, and we can vote these people out and change the laws. while we did say things went fairly as scheduled with speakers, for example, former president trump and texas senator, ted cruz, tonight, there is supposed to be a concert. that is still happening, but at least four out of the seven performers that are headlining dropped out. one saying that it would be disrespectful to the families who are mourning in uvalde. alicia? shaq brewster, as always, sam, thank you for being with me. joining me now, trey martinez fischer, texas s representative, thank you for being here. we have heard a lot about the special session. i want to hear from you what we think could actually get done should there be a special session? sure, thank you, alicia. first, it s important to note that special sessions used to
and to do everything humanly possible to protect our children and protect our families. ultimately, as we all know, what stops armed bad guys s armed good guys. and yet, we know what s happened here in uvalde, there were armed professionals who were not able to stop the shooter. that argument falls apart. i m not sure how he can continue to make it. no, no, you are right. in our community, look, ted s remarks are more analogous to somebody that has no shame, that they could make those comments knowing what he knows. in fact, senator cruz has been probably well briefed better than you and i at this moment. there were 19 good guy standing