when she saw the gunman come in, saw the gunman shoot her teacher and her classmates and how she needed to, decided to rub the blood of her friend on herself in order to try to survive. as this hearing continues, there are also developments on the bipartisan talks on gun safety. another part of the capitol. cnn learned senate republican leader mitch mcconnell privately expressed openness to raising the age limit to 21 for buying semiautomatic rifles. they ll be back to meet and negotiate again this hour. let s start with cnn s lauren fox live on the hill watching this hearing and seeing this emotional testimony happen. lauren, it was going to be hard to hear a child speak like this no matter what. it was very painful to watch. reporter: yeah, kate, there are always experts that come up to capitol hill and testify but it is so hard to watch and see a fourth grader be an expert on gun violence and carnage in this country and i think that that testimony and the testimony of pa
patient. just in the past hour officials told reporters the shooter bought an ar-15 style weapon a few hours before going into the hospital and found a letter making clear he came in to kill a specific doctor for pain after a back surgery. the mayor detailing the horror of minutes. i spoke with an officer yesterday who s a seasoned veteran of the department and he was one of the first people to get here. and he said, mayor, it was like the beaches of normandy out there. everywhere i looked to my left and right officers jumping over bushes. getting there police say it was a catastrophic scene. yet again amping up the pressure on the white house and president biden. will it move congress to action? democrat chris murphy driving gun legislation talks in the senate right now was asked about the chances to get something done today on morning joe, specifically ten republican votes in the senate. i cannot say i m confident. i m confident in the negotiators and the question t
holding republicans accountable. the audacious effort that one group is taking to make sure that some election deniers never work again. then the trumps must testify. new details on the order of the civil investigation and president biden s efforts to reform police system, two years on after george floyd s death. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. one of the most important features of a healthy democracy is holding officials who do wrong accountable. this week, there have been some interesting developments in outside efforts to punish republicans who work to overturn the results of the 2020 election. the fourth circuit of appeals this wrote that participants in an instruction can be barred from holding office. the decision came in the case at the republican madison cawthorn, before losing the primary despondent, faced a challenge by north carolina voters, arguing that his actions at the capitol made him ineligible for future public service. the voting rights group,