since friday, as in today is monday. unbelievably, the country is on pace for its worst year ever of mass shootings. this according to the gun violence archive. that means at least 246 since the beginning of the year. three-year uptick began in 2019. in 2020, it jumped to 610. and then just last year, we were at 692. but with all those numbers, there s really only one number to keep focusing on. i mean, that s if america wants to do something about these other horrible numbers. and that is the number ten, my friends. what would persuade ten republicans in the 50/50 split senate to sign legislation to reduce gun violence. i didn t say eliminate gun violence. the lawyer in me does not want to lead you astray. how about saving as many innocent lives as possible with some kind of action? whether public defenders in the bipartisan group of negotiators, who s working on a potential deal, said it quite well this morning. there is no one thing that will prevent mass killings. a det
updates into this vinvestigatio, but haven t gotten any answers. even when approach in the person, the d.a. hasn t given those. we ve listened to a little bit, as you played the account of the teacher at the school. and for the survivors it is going to be a long journey ahead. that is why san antonio attorney and the parents of four injured child survivors are now suing the estate of the uvalde shooter, alleging in part they intentionally injured their young children, stole their innocence and forever changed their lives. the lawsuit went into more details reing in part, each of these children have undergone extensive medical care, some surgeries. they have experienced unimaginable emotional trauma. the emotional toll they endured is incomprehensible and will be with them the remind owe of their lives. they, their families and their community will never be the same. this begins a series of to start the process toward any form of accountability, and all of that of course is
this is a map where they occurred from phoenix to philadelphia. there s also a look at locations of all the mass shootings so far this year. at least 246 and that s just so far. according to the gun violence archive which compiles these statistics, it puts the country on pace to match or exceed the worst year on record. now, in a moment, we ll have the latest from congress, first, though, cnn s brian todd on the weekend. reporter: a physical altercation escalated to a shootout saturday, according to police, with bullets flying into the crowd in an entertainment district. when police responded they on bserved civil civil s suffering from gunshot wounds, lying on the sidewalk and in the street. reporter: police believe at least four gunmans, 14 shot, three killed, one a suspected gunman. charges filed today including attempted murder against one of two suspects, one already in custody. authorities say a responding officer shot and injured him, the other still at large.
do it for us tonight. now, it is time for the last word, with a great lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening to you, rachel. you have set the stage for this week s hearing, the january 6th hearing, which surely are the most important hearings since watergate. and i know you have mentioned your experience with the watergate hearings, and i m not sure how much you actually remember of those [laughs] of those hearings, or exactly you know, which diaper you were wearing at the time. i was six weeks old. maybe, i remember. i don t know. [laughs] so, i remember of it i was a student at the time. and watching it from that distance of a student, where i thought, i know everything. it never felt, it was no horse race component to it. i do not remember any discussion of what s gonna happen, because of these hearings. all i remember was the excitement of what are we going to learn tomorrow. what are we gonna learn, if you watch this thing today? what s gonna
city for the u.s. embassy, but ambassador bridget brink is going to be joining us for an exclusive interview from kyiv. in just a few minutes. i hope you will be there for that. back in 2010, the u.s. justice department arrested and indicted nine people in michigan and ohio, and indiana. nine people who are all members of a group that called itself a militia. the indictment, back in 2010 charged that these nine people intended to murder a member of law enforcement, possibly the family of a law enforcement officer as well. and then, when lots of other law enforcement officers would come from all around the country to be there for the big public funeral that would result, this militia decided that they would mount a big attack on the funeral, to kill as many law enforcement officers from all across the country as possible, and then that larger attack they planned on the funeral, they planned not to just use guns, but ieds. this was 2010, there already had been years of extensiv