winfield. one of the ten people killed in a mass shooting of a grocery store on may 15th. yesterday, the president and first lady were down in uvalde, texas where they met for hours with families of the 19 young children and two teachers who were killed in last week s school shooting. which of course came just ten days after buffalo. as biden left the church service in uvalde, he was met by a crowd of people chanting, do something. he responded by telling the crowd, we will. the president sounded a very similar note in the commence speech this weekend at university of delaware, telling graduates that the country can and must do something. let s be clear, evil came to the elementary school classroom in texas, to that grocery store in new york and far too many places where innocents have died. in the face of such forces, we have to stand stronger. we must stand stronger. we cannot outlaw tragedy, i know. but we can make america safer. but let s be honest, optimism is in sho
holiday this afternoon with the ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldier at our benton national cemetery. that was just a couple of hours after president biden addressed reporters outside of the white house about last week s massacre of 19 children and two teachers in uvalde texas. the president told reporters that they gathered on the south lawn. they said that there was no rational basis to the ability to persist high caliber assault weapons that could fire hundreds of rounds, quote, it makes no sense. the idea that there should be at least limits on assault weapons in the wake of uvalde, buffalo massacre which together left 31 people murdered was echoed by the vice president on saturday. after giving remarks at the memorial service for 86 year old ruth winfield, one of the victims of the buffalo supermarket shooting, vice president harris said this to reporters at the airport. you know, we are not looking for a backseat. we know works on this. it includes having assau
on this tuesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us today. a bipartisan senate working group led by democrat chris murphy of connecticut and republican john cornyn of texas will hold a remote meeting today in hopes of reaching a basic framework for gun reform. senator cornyn said yesterday that many gun issues should be discussed at the state level and said background checks, mental health, and red flag laws are things that congress can address. after spending nearly four hours with uvalde families on sunday, the president returned to the white house yesterday, and expressed optimism that quote rational republicans will make a move this time. he decried, easy access to high caliber weapons, while also discussing the limitations of his own power. s own power. one week after the deadly shooting in texas, funeral services are under way, for the victims. on a hot memorial day, american flags flew at half-staff in uvalde yesterday. not only for fallen soldie
to rush in immediately and take down the gunman. he was set to take his place on the city council tonight. we ll tell you what the town s mayor is saying about that. and the latest in the debate over gun reform. more on what the key players are thinking and saying ahead of a senate meeting that is scheduled for today. along with joe and me today, we have former aide to the george w. bush state departments and white house, elise jordan. and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. the white house bureau chief at politico. the senators led by chris murphy and john cornyn of texas will hold a meeting tonight. many issues should be held at the state level, but they said mental health, background checks, and red flag laws are something congress can address. after spending four hours with families on sunday in uvalde, the president returned to the white house and expressed hope that republicans will go for reform. he also discussed the limitations of his power on this issu
baltimore police commissioner. nice to have you with us. i know you have been following this from the very beginning. i want to start with d.o.j. said. quote, the goal of the review is to provide an independent account of law enforcement actions and responses that day and to identify lessons learned and best practices to help first responders prepare and to respond to active shooter events. we ve seen these types of reviews before in pulse, in san bernardino. where do they ultimately lead, though? they re going back and they re looking at the incident from beginning to end. but ultimately, we ve learned our lessons at columbine. we ve learned that you don t have time to waste, that you ve got to get in there. so with this investigation, i really don t know what will be gained. i feel that this is more of an effort to play hot potato with failure and stall. we know that there are answers that the public, these poor parents, everyone deserves right now. so the federal governm