change. but they did feel as a community, as black men, especially, we need to be there for our boys because superman isn t coming in and the sight isn t going to change but they need to pass down lessons learned. give them some gems to bolster their standing in the community. even when it is tough, it is not getting better but we have to be there for ourselves even though we couldn t protect our boys we have to find a way to protect the next generation. how heartbreaking. trymaine, thank you for being with us. trymaine lee. the full special airs tonight at 10:30 eastern on nbc news now. thanks a lot. happy father s day. thank you, like wise. and eugene robinson, thank you as well. happy father s day. are you boys going to be home. one is nearby. so i ll see lowell and then aaron lives in berkeley. he s a father so i ll get to call him and wish him happy father s day. oh, good. so many grandkids do you have? two. well i may have your son call my son. i need some
buried in his hometown of san angelo, texas. all of this as a bipartisan group of senators tries to finish writing a bill aimed at reducing gun violence. with us to talk about this, sam brock in vestavia hills, alabama, capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. sam, how are people in that community processing what happened last night? i think it s very telling, jose next to this church behind me, there is an assisted living facility who said we are just disappointed at the world. we cannot process how it is possible we re talking about another shooting, another church shooting. right now investigators are going to be updating us within the next hour or so, jose. we re waiting on some details because we know that around dinner time last night the gunman, according to police, walked into the church and started firing, killing two people, one person is wounded and in a hospital. it s not clear what their condition is right now. you re talking about a neighborhood, jose, about ten
unity from the west could be cracking as moscow s invasion in ukraine gains ground. . this hour we are monitoring a press conference in another sense of gun florence vestavia hills, alabama. police say two people were killed when an gunman opened fire at a church pot luck dinner last night. the gunman in custody but police say the motive is unclear. also happening this morning, the texas house committee investigating last month s elementary school massacre is about to hold another hearing in uvalde where that shooting took place. memorial services were held yesterday for 11-year-old lila salas, the last funeral to be held in uvalde for the victim of a shooting. another child, uzia will be