texas, and tulsa, oklahoma and congress debating what if anything to do, president biden spoke to the country, calling for a restoration of the ban on assault weapons or failing that, raising the age for purchasing such weapons. also, banning high capacity magazines, instituting tighter red flag laws and repeal of liability shield protecting gun manufacturers from prosecution or being sued following mass shootings. it must end. lit there be no mistake about the psychological trauma that gun violence leaves behind. imagine being that little girl, that brave little girl in ub auld, who smeared blood off her murdered friend s body, on her own face, to lie still among the corpses in the classroom and pretend she was dead in order to stay alive. imagine what it would be for her to walk down the hallway of any school again. imagine what it s like for children who experience this kind of trauma everyday in school and streets and communities all across america. imagine what it s li
that s a case of five mass shootings a day, upwards of 10 every week, after three especially deadly acts of gun violence, buffalo, uvalde, texas, and tulsa, oklahoma, and congress debating what if anything to do, president biden spoke to the country, calling for a restoration of the ban on assault weapons or failing that, raising the age for purchasing such weapons. also, banning high capacity magazines, instituting tighter red flag laws and repeal of liability shield protecting gun manufacturers from prosecution or being sued following mass shootings. it must end. let there be no mistake about the psychological trauma that gun violence leaves behind. imagine being that little girl, that brave little girl in uvalde, who smeared blood off her murdered friend s body, on her own face, to lie still among the corpses in the classroom and pretend she was dead in order to stay alive. imagine what it would be for her to walk down the hallway of any school again. imagine what it s l
from tulsa police after a deadly mass shooting there at a medical complex last night. police say a gunman carrying a rifle and a handgun killed four people and injured nearly a dozen others at an orthopedic clinic and officials are saying the attack was not random and the shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. once the news conference we will, of course, be bringing that to you live. the gun violence archive says this is 209sth mass shooting in america since the murders at robb elementary in uvalde, texas, just since then. this morning we are learning more details about the investigation into uvalde as well. let s get to all of it starting in tulsa, oklahoma, lucy is standing by. what are we expecting to hear from officials when they start this news conference? kate, we re expecting to hear from the mayor, the police chief and officials from st. francis hospital in a few minutes. here s what we know. we know an ar-style rifle was used in the buffalo sup
january 6th attack, what many republicans told cnn exclusively now about their pleas to donald trump to stop the violence. some of them now pretend publicly that trump did not incite. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead, the epidemic of gun violence in america. in just a few hours, joe biden will address the nation about the state of recent mass shootings and new gun laws he wants to see congress pass to stop it. the most recent of these horrific attacks in tulsa, oklahoma, where police today laid out a timeline of the rampage at the st. francis complex. the gunman bought an ar-15 style rifle yesterday afternoon and opened fire in his surgeon s office just a few hours later, killing his surmgeon, another doctor, the receptionist and a patient. and in uvalde, texas, the mayor says a negotiator had been trying to reach the shooter inside robb elementary school, but the shooter did not respond. it s unclear why officials were trying to negotia
of back pain, same day, bought a semi automatic rifle from a gun store. that semi automatic rifle was a ar-15 style rifle. reporter: and then, later that afternoon, 4:53 p.m., tulsa police receive 911 call about a shooter on the campus of st. francis hospital, then more information that shots were fired in the medical hospital. four minutes later, 4:56 p.m., first officers enter the building, got to the second floor where the shots were heard within two minutes and began yelling, identifying themselves. as officers were calling out tulsa police, and advancing towards a suspect location, they heard a gunshot. we believe that was the final gunshot with the suspect taking his own life. the gunshot was at 4:58 p.m.,