hearing. hours after testimony from families involved in mass shooting, the house passes a package. while those measures are not likely to pass senate, bipartisan negotiations on a different compromise are showing promise. president biden is urging voters to keep this issue in mind at the ballot box. here s what has to happen. all of you folks, and i hope i m not being facetious when i say this, hope there are republicans here as well, you ve got to make sure that this becomes a voting issue. here in los angeles, president biden is underscoring the importance of democracy at the summit of the americas as mexico s president chooses not to attend over the exclusion of three non-democratic countries and accuses senator bob menendez of pressuring the president. senator menendez, chair of the foreign relations committee, will join us live. tonight the house panel investigating the attack on the u.s. capitol will hold its very first prime time hearing starting at 8:00 p.m.
house oversight committee on gun violence. there have been nearly 250 mass shootings happening nationwide so far this year and the hearing takes place just weeks after the mass shooting in buffalo, new york and uvalde, texas. a fourth grader who covered herself in blood and played dead to survive the massacre is also scheduled to attend the hearing. caroline maloney from new york is here. what can we expect to hear during the hearings? this can be an opportunity to listen to people who know more about gun violence than anybody, because they ve experienced it. a mother lost her son doing his job in buffalo. an 11-year-old girl saw her teachers and fellow students murdered. it would be a parent who was just celebrating making the honor role. hours later a pediatrician lost five of his patients in one day. we hope their heart wrenching stories will open the minds and hearts of the members of congress to vote for the protecting our kids act, which would move forward some form o
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
investigation in uvalde. then breaking this morning, nearly 400,000 jobs were added in the month of may. labor secretary marty walsh will join us with more on the new jobs report. and today marking 100 days since the start of russia s brutal invasion of ukraine. we re going to bring you the very latest on ukraine s fight for freedom. hey, everybody, good to see you on this friday morning. we re going to begin this hour with this renewed message from the white house on gun violence enough is enough. in a rare primetime address from the east room, the president laid out specific policy proposals he says will, in fact, address this crisis head on. he s calling on congress to reinstate the 1994 assault weapons ban. and if not, raise the purchase age from 18 to 21. he s also proposing congress ban high-capacity magazines, extend background checks, enact red flag laws, repeal gun manufacturers immunity from liability, and address the mental health crisis. he called out sen
united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m jim acosta and this is a the situation room special report. and we begin our coverage this evening in the town of uvalde, texas. still heartbroken and grasping for answers nearly a week after the robb elementary school massacre. let s get to lucy kafanov in uvalde. new audio and video evidence keeps pouring in from the crime scene. what else can you tell us? that s right, jim. official accounts of how police have responded to the shooting have changed wildly over the past few days. some of the new information includes dispatch audio informing officers on the scene of a child calling 911, saying they were in a room full of the victims. the police response now the subject of a justice department investigation. a chaotic scene as police rushed to evacuate children. dispatch audio revealing some police were aware at some point that kids were still trapped inside. he is in the room full of victims. more