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
those who were doing their jobs to try to stop crime. what this legislation does is it allows the judges to seek and to remove personally identifiable information off the internet, information that the fbi calls open source information, information that has been used time and time again to target us. and judge roemer, i d like to say that he was assassinated. and there have been so many judges that have been assassinated. and it is now time for congress to act. this was my biggest, biggest fear, ms. coates. when mark and i began this crusade to get legislation enacted, legislation named after daniel, this is what i worried about, which was another judge losing his or her life. and the news this weekend has just been devastating.
mark and i lost we literally had four miscarriages. and daniel we called our karma baby. we no longer have our child on this earth. we no longer worry about ourselves. we worry about other judges, other families. and we worry really i worry about the rule of law because i see it eroding. and i see us as a country and as a nation in trouble if we don t turn this tide right now. judge, thank you for sharing. and thank you for sharing daniel with the world. i appreciate it. thank you so much ms. coates. have a lovely evening. you too. on the other side you re about to hear from a teacher who survived the uvalde school shooting, sharing the moment he encountered the gunman and the horrors inside this classroom where 11 of the 19 murdered students were killed. that s next.