politicsnation. tonight s lead, enough is enough. right now, at least nine people, including two children are dead after a gunman opened fire at an outlet mall in allen, texas on saturday. the authorities have identified the gunman as 33-year-old mauricio garcia. two senior law officials are telling nbc news today that he interacted heavily with white supremacist content online. nbc news has not yet seen any of the suspects. investigators say it is still too early to determine a motive for the shootings. at least seven people ages 5 to 61 remain hospitalized for injuries tonight. some of them are still in critical condition. president biden weighed in earlier today, offering condolences. but also calling on congress to deliver a bill that bans assault weapons and enacts universal background checks. while americans real from yet another bloodbath caught on video, the response from most republican politicians have been their usual call for thoughts and prayers. and the insist
i will be involved, tell us about it. thank you, reverend al. and with the work of the national action network and other civil rights organizations, the congressional black caucus is convening a national summit on democracy and race this week in d.c. it. is to focus on the fundamental issues of voting rights, affirmative action, as well as the expulsion of the two young man from tennessee and the actions to have gerrymandering districts in carolina, among others. but we re not going to only have a summit. we re going to focus on the launch of a summer of action across the country. where we go into communities, to listen directly to our constituents and to mobilize and have a message to ensure that our rights are not in danger. that we work to defend our rights. i know it will help to culminate at the 60th anniversary on the march on