Address it in this particular briefing. let s bring back into the conversation, julián castro, dr. amy andrews and texas state representative james talarico. a lot to addressing that briefing. representative talarico, let me just go back to the point that was asking you about before. we got the confirmation on the number of fatalities. i was actually quite struck by the comment of that woman that my colleague morgan chesky was talking to. basically saying, she wanted to move out. as a texas representative, your thoughts on the? i think we all stand with the community in allen in their grief. i want to say something about one of the speakers at that press conference, the republican congressman who represents allen in the u.s. house set earlier today that the solution to the epidemic of gun violence in our country is more poor. i believe in the power of prayer. i believe prayer can change
Lives and change the world, but there is simply deeply cynical about asking god to solve a problem that you re not going to solve yourself. got orcs through us. got as no other hands but our hands, and so i hope the congressman takes a moment to reflect on his participation in deeper and what he owes to documentary allen. stay with me everyone, really quickly. i want to cross over to morgan chesky on the ground there in texas. morgan, you heard that briefing from the police. your thoughts on the briefing and what other information you might be able to fill out for us? yeah, i mean, we re falling apart contacts in hopes of providing another update or two. it was clear from this press conference that this investigation is just beginning. we do know that there is a federal component here, both with the fbi and with atf
First time that we are speaking with you throughout the evening, give me your thoughts on what has transpired in that briefing that you just heard led by those county and city officials? thank you for having me. i shared this appointment in that briefing. we heard a lot about thoughts and prayers and nothing about policy change. i am here tonight as a pediatrician and a mom, and i carry with me the anger imams all across the country. we are so fed up with living in this hellscape that has been created by the gun lobby, craig azinge country. this tragedy and all the strategies we see today in the country are preventable, and they are the wreck result of the week on laws that we have in states like texas. to secretary castro s point about representative jeff leech, the state representative at that district, whose website boasts him being indoors by the nra, the fact that nobody