gun reform bills. containing most of what president biden called for in his primetime address. among them a resurrected assault weapon ban. one of the many measures presumed to be for republicans in the senate. where are much narrower package is being negotiated, cast by some as less ambitious but possibly best chance to advance any kind of gun reform. even amid more than more than 20 mass shootings in the last month. still, you must win elections to pass legislation. after the recent shootings in buffalo, eovaldi and elsewhere. this is one of the political realities that democrats must reckon with before the midterm election. along with abortion rights right. the rise in inflation. and the likelihood of even more seismic developments. coming out of the house select committee from january 6th to white house aides of donald trump now having been indicted for defying subpoenas related to the investigation. by the end of the week, we will have seen the first witnesses in the
of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. an investigation begins, after a train derails in southern germany, leaving at least four people dead. hello and welcome to bbc news. a special concert will take place tonight at buckingham palace, as a weekend ofjubilee celebrations continues, to give thanks to the queen for her 70 year reign. 22,000 people will gather for the platinum party at the palace, when the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. the derby at epsom also takes place afternoon, but the queen will not attend. instead, she s expected to watch the event on television from windsor castle. good morning. thank you very much. rather autumnal weather for day three of the platinum jubilee celebrations. not what we have come to expect thus far but it is not deterring hundreds and hundreds of people who are already arriving for that concert here tonight which does not get under way
played of battlefield weapons in the minds and that worships them. but it should be noted that this is not a global pandemic. because this outbreak of gun violence we face is quite literally limited to our shores and borders. in addition to the horror buffalo, we had gun violence at the tulsa hospital this week, and of course the tragedy in uvalde, texas. just three mass shootings out of nearly two dozen in the last few weeks. the world is watching to see whether our leaders can wrangle this moment into actionable gun control legislation. democrats, for their part, have seethed on the public outcry. the president, in a dramatic primetime address, calling on congress to ban assault weapons, raise h limits, expand background checks, as democrats in the house and senate prep for new proposals for votes as early as next week. but if anything, a contentious house judiciary session two days ago, was a likely sign of things to come. house republican responses to democrats proposed g
supermarket in the middle of the black community here to saturdays ago and killed ten people and wounded others. at the services today, it was highlighted by the vice president of the united states kamala harris, journey to buffalo to attend the services. she said she didn t want to speak, she just wanted to sit in the services. she met with members of the other ten victims families and private and came down to the services. but being the eulogist, i broke pour a protocol and asked her to have some words anyways. because i felt it was important that this nation see and hear from her. i thought it was important since this was clearly a racial shooting, that young black women and men see the first woman vice president, first black woman vice president, speak from the heart. at the funeral of an 86 year old black woman, who lived through jim crow, to raise children, one became a fire commissioner here in buffalo. let me share with you some of with the vice president had to say.
right now i am refusing to move on from last week s racial terror in buffalo. and that is because, i still have tears drowning on my suit. the day after i visited the city as head of national action network, in solidarity with those in mourning, after a white supremacist shot and killed ten of their friends and loved ones. one week ago today. and while yes, much of america s response has been of condolence and condemnation, the president and his visit to buffalo, denouncing the growing threat of white supremacist terror, while his justice department primes new initiatives to combat hate nationally. and starkest contrast, many right-wing politicians and entertainers have stubbornly dug in, either doubling down on the conspiracy theories of parent lee embraced by the alleged buffalo shooter, or refusing to acknowledge the danger polls but this rhetoric, even after the death of nearly a dozen innocent people. thoughts, and prayers, aside i heard from so many families in buffalo