in philadelphia, saginaw, michigan. in philadelphia, multiple shooters open fire into a crowd at a popular entertainment district. there were mass shootings. we should note, so you understand, cnn defines a mass shooting as a shooting that injured or killed four or more people, not including the shooter. but we saw these in several cities across the u.s. in chattanooga, tennessee, it was a nightclub. in phoenix, a strip mall. in mesa, arizona, a bar. in south carolina, virginia and texas, there were graduation parties. the list continues as pressure is building on congress to take some action on gun control where they have not acted before. this week the house oversight committee will hear testimony from survivors, including children and others impacted in recent shootings in buffalo and uvalde. we ll have more on that, exactly who you ll see in a moment. first, let s speak to cnn s polo sandoval. he is following it all. it s hard to track. let s start with the search for sho
is 11-year-old my yeah sirilo, a fourth grade student at robb elementary school. she had to cover herself in her friend s blood to play dead after the gunman open fire in her classroom. she dipldn t want to be another victim. joining me to speak about this murphy. thank you for joining us. thank you, jim. first, i want to begin with the testimony which promises to be powerful. victims of shootings, particularly child victims of shootings. i wonder what goal does your committee have by bringing children such as mia onto the floor? i think it s really important that people not understand gun violence as some far off distant academic issue, but it has a huge huge impact having these children as well as the family of victims testimony really