mia cerillo covered herself in her friend s blood, pretended to be dead so that she could survive. the hearing comes as pressure mounts on u.s. lawmakers to address a recent string of mass shootings. this afternoon the house will vote on a set of bills that would raise the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21, ban high capacity magazines and crack down on ghost gun purchases or guns that are not traceable. the bill is unlikely to garner republican support, but a different story is unfolding in the senate where the top democratic negotiator of a bipartisan package of gun bills says a deal could be reached by the end of this week. some issues on the table include addressing mental health, expanding background checks, providing incentives for states to implement red flag laws and strengthening school security. the calls for lawmakers to act got a boost on tuesday afternoon when actor matthew mcconaughey a uvalde native made an emotional plea from the white hou
good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is memorial day, monday, may 30th. i m brianna keilar with john avalon. john berman is off. on this day set aside to honor fallen members of the u.s. military the town of uvalde, texas, is preparing the first of many good-byes to the children and the teachers murdered last week inside of an elementary school there. this afternoon there will be visitation and rosary for 10-year-old amerie jo garza, her father told cnn that amerie died trying to call police and save her classmates. uvalde s funeral homes so overwhelmed that it will take weeks to bury all 21 victims. the president and first lady visited uvalde sunday to meet with the grieving families and comfort the grief-stricken community. president biden promised action on gun reform after the crowd pleaded with him to do something. the justice department is now planning to investigate how the police responded to this shooting. let s go now to cnn s ad
years since columbine. plus a debate on gun legislation in the age of partisan gridlock. and, anguish in america: we speak with angel garza, after the loss of his ten-year- old daughter, amerie. i just want my baby back. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. dokoupil: good evening to our viewers in the west on what is really anything but a good evening. and thank you for joining us. i m tony dokoupil, in for norah, who is recovering from covid. and tonight, we are here in uvalde, texas, a community shattered by one of the deadliest school shootings in american history. 21 victims, 19 of them innocent children. they ranged in age from ten, down to as young as eight. one victim described by family as the sweetest little boy i ve ever known, so full of life. others loved baseball, they loved swimming, loved dancing to tiktok videos in other words, these are your everyday american kids: extraordinarily loved,
gun violence epidemic: the staggering numbers of deaths and school shootings in the years since columbine. plus a debate on gun legislation in the age of partisan gridlock. and anguish in america: we speak with angel garcia, after the loss of his 10-year-old daughter, amerie. i just want my baby back. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting tonight from uvalde, texas. dokoupil: good evening on what is really anything but a good evening. and thank you for joining us. i m tony dokoupil, in for norah who is recovering from covid, and tonight we are here in uvalde, texas, a community shattered by one of the deadliest school shootings in american history. 21 victims, 19 of them innocent children. they ranged in age from 10 down to as young as eight. one victim described by family as the sweetest little boy i ve ever known, so full of life. others loved baseballs, they loved swimming, loved dancing to tiktok videos in other words, these are your eve eve
small tight knit community about 18,000 people. it describes itself as the cross roads to hill country. now, now the people here nearly 80% latino, many stretching back for generations reeling from the horrors of one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history. at least 19 children and two teachers were murdered. in the wake of horror like this, we often hear the word unimaginable but here it s almost as this is becoming easier and easier to imagine tragedies like this although i ve got to tell you, that there is nothing easy. nothing easy about what uvalde and the people here are going through right now. so far, what we know from the investigation, the suspect first shot his grand mother before driving right here towards the school where we are here. apparently crashed very close to the school and then claim into robb elementary proper. a lieutenant says the suspect barricaded himself in a classroom, used an ar style rifle in addition to wearing some kind of vest, tactical