Out max and tom, and your families, and the other families of the tragedies for attending here, and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into, hopefully, some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families. It is just remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies, which really dates back to about 1998 is where we really had sort of the first directed attack. I know in your testimony, were talking about 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. In columbine, 13 people were killed 12 students, one teacher. 20 more were injured. Sandy hook in 2012. 26 killed. Two were injured. Parkland, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, 17 killed and 17 injured. The death and casualty toll was simply unbelievable, quite honestly. I grew up in the 50s and 60s. We were concerned about the nuclear holocaust. We would hold drills, and talk under our desks. We never had to worry about someone entering our school and opening
The title of this hearing is examining state and federal recommendations for enhancing School Safety against targeted violence. First of all, i want to welcome everybody to the hearing room. I certainly want to thank our eyewitnesses for taking the time, for your testimony, and in particular, i want to shout out max and tom, and your families, and the other families of the tragedies for attending here, and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into, hopefully, some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families. It is just remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies, which really dates back to about 1998 is where we really had sort of the first directed attack. I know in your testimony, were talking about 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. In columbine, 13 people were killed 12 students, one teacher. 20 more were injured. Sandy hook in 2012. 26 killed. Two were injured. Parkland, at Marjory Stoneman
Hoover institute to talk about solutions. Still no speaker on capitol hill. Congressman jim jordan fails his first vote. Whats next as republicans still search for a new leader. Welcome back. Thanks for joining us, im janelle wang. Im raj mathai. Safety and the citys spike in crime. Those topic dominated the first state of the city address from mayor sheng thao. It comes amid criticism that she and others lacked the leadership to solve the citys big issues. Nbcs lena jones was there and has the details. It was about an hourlong speech that took place. There were a number of different topics the mayor discussed, but no topic got more attention that the citys rising crime rate, the mayor saying it is unacceptable and shes doubling down to make sure that residents in the city of oakland still face. Among the promises she made, in addition to vowing to double Public Safety efforts, mayor thao wants to address other topics. The neighbor used todays speech to tout her recent investments in P
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