this atrocious attack. officials feared mushing a news conference minutes ago, motive clear. the evidence we have uncovered so far makes no mistake that this is an absolute racist hate crime, prosecuted as a hate crime, someone who has hate in their heart, soul, and mind. no mistake that this is the direction they are going in. a vigil today for the victims of the attack including the governor of new york, kathy hochul who served as the county clerk here in the county from 2007 to 2011. i talked one-on-one with her, years a bit about that. this was cold, it was calculated, it was cruel. it was designed to have mass casualties. there s a plan posted on social media platforms, and that is what angers me the most. that this information was out there. and we need to know because we can protect people before this happens again. i m gonna have that entire interview with the governor in a moment. this is by the way the deadliest mass shooting in the country this year, and bu
the fact that the justice department currently investigating this, is going to treat this as a hate crime. that was prompted by white supremacy and that kind of virulent ideology the president saying we all must stand guard against that kind of hatred in our society. but we did not hear from president biden, yasmin, as he was standing at the u.s. capitol, was any kind of talk about a renewed push on gun control or some type of legislation that he might seek. or even really major executive actions that his administration might try to take to reduce the number of these kinds of incidents. which i think is an indication of the presidents acceptance, acknowledgment of the political reality that yes, his party controls washington right now. not only the white house but both chambers of commerce. but that has not opened the door in the past to being able to get serious change on gun policy in this country. the president not expecting that s going to change anytime soon, yasmin. that might
should we have an armed guard at every skol. then ra told me that could work. i m not going to prejudge the recommendations given to me. i am skeptical that the only answer is putting more guns in schools. so, julian, does the fiscal cliff battle give you any faith that we can have a rational debate on anything as divisive as gun control? well, i think it depends, and i think what the president was saying was, one, that the nra s arguments on self-defense, the need for more gun prosecutions are not credible. and second, that he can t do this on his own. if we re going to have serious change on gun policy, we need to have a national movement akin to the national movement to change public opinion on the iraq war. congress should bring the victims of newtown up to capitol hill who would be willing to call for serious changes in gun policy. i think shows like this show have to focus on the fact we have a new toub that occurs in this country every single day. 30 americans on average