i would like to, however, having been a reporterfor 20 years now i have covered, i can t tell you how many mass shootings and there are so many we don t cover. so i d like to think so but it is hard to tell. just explain to people why it is so difficult. you hear a president talking about wanting reform and calling on people to carry on marching and, yet, it is so difficult, isn t it, to get any change through? it is difficult. part of it is simply the nature of how the government works, checks and balances, it makes it a bit easier for the majority will to get stymied along the way by a group of people who field differently, lawmakers who feel differently. part of it is simply the ongoing debate around the second amendment. it is still very much an open, living discussion as part of the constitution, and very strong feelings on both sides about that. and a new wave of technology, basically, and firearms, that have outpaced where the laws are in america.
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united states. thank you so much for united states. thank you so much forjoining united states. thank you so much forjoining us - united states. thank you so much forjoining us on - united states. thank you so much forjoining us on the l much forjoining us on the programme with your thoughts. she will be back to give us more updates on the story. for the moment i want to turn to a reporterfor the moment i want to turn to a reporter for the the moment i want to turn to a reporterfor the san the moment i want to turn to a reporter for the san antonio express. shejoins me now. taylor, great to get you and your thoughts on the programme. he was speaking to your colleague a little earlier and she was talking aboutjust how devastated the community is in the midst of this tragedy. since then, of course we ve heard from vice president kamala harris in the united states saying that enough is enough. what are you hearing in terms of the latest information that we are getting on this? 0bvious
with the approval of the race. he finds himself impressed howjames waterhouse is sharing his about the ability to explain what s going on on the ground in ukraine on the bbc different platforms. james waterhouse is currently in the uk and will be returning to kyiv and hejoins me now. thank you for coming on news watch. you have been a bbc reporterfor a while but coming on news watch. you have been a bbc reporter for a while but it s your first a bbc reporter for a while but it s yourfirst time in a bbc reporter for a while but it s your first time in a a bbc reporter for a while but it s yourfirst time in a war a bbc reporter for a while but it s your first time in a war zone. a bbc reporter for a while but it s yourfirst time in a war zone. did your first time in a war zone. did ou feel your first time in a war zone. did you feel in your first time in a war zone. li c you feel in danger? i was nervous. in the first two days of the invasion. when i arrived it was a
i don t know, it seems very popular. i have to say, like, another thing that we were doing consciously when we started the show was to sound different than the way presenters sounded on the radio here in the states, or in britain, or anywhere else. like, i remember when i was first hosting the show, i really tried to talk on the radio exactly the way i talk in real life. and so, i would have a script, but i would try to ad lib from the script, because, you know, i m talking to quotes, and so you really have to set up the quotes. and so, you really need to go on with a very firm idea of like, here s what i m going to say. but i would try to i would try to talk as much like myself in the kind of rushed. not radio voice, or the tv voice? yeah and that was actually a problem in talking stations into picking us up because they would say, like, well, you know, ira s a good reporter and all like, and he was a good reporterfor npr. but when are you going to get a real presenter in there?