buffalo. and actor matthew mcconaughey who is from uvalde, appealing to congress from the white house briefing room to take action on guns. his wife held a replica of the green converse sneakers, the only thing that helped identify a 9-year-old girl shot and killed in uvalde. that s the power of the weapon used there. maite wanted to be a marine biologist. maite wore green high top converse with a heart she had hand drawn on the right toe because they represented her love of nature. these are the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her at the shooting. wow. now lawmakers will also hear what is expected to be gripping and painful testimony from 11-year-old maite, the fourth grader who suffered the mass shooting at robb elementary by covering herself, remember this is the girl who covered herself in her friend s blood and pretended to be dead. you ll see that hearing live here in an hour. and the bipartisan talks
do you think it s going to happen again? miah was one of several witnesses who gave heartbreaking and really disturbing testimony at the hearing about america s epidemic of gun violence. mass shootings are on pace to hit record levels this year. the parents of lexi rubio, who was killed at robb elementary we want as they implored lawmakers to change the country s gun laws. we don t want you to think of lexi as just a number. she was intelligent, compassionate, athletic. she was quiet, shy unless she had a point to make. if she knew she was right, as she so often was, she was firm, direct, voice unwavering. so today we stand for lexi and as her voice we demand action. we seek a ban on assault rifles and high capacity magazines. we understand that for some reason to some people, to people with money, to people who fund political campaigns that guns are more important than children. somewhere out there there s a mom listening to our testimony thinking i can t even imagine
now the people at the center of them are begging and pleading with their elected leaders to do something and do something now. a bipartisan group of u.s. senators has been trying to strike a narrow, modest deal on gun reforms, one of the lead negotiators telling me in the last hour he is cautiously optimistic that they can get something done. despite ongoing talks on capitol hill today, it is still legal in most states for an 18-year-old to buy a semiautomatic weapon. josh campbell went to a gun range to show us just what such a weapon can do. they are known as assault style weapons. and have been used in some of the country s deadliest shootings. from uvalde, tulsa, and el paso, to parkland, san bernardino, and sandy hook, it has been the weapon of choice for many of the killers. line is hot. the los angeles police department demonstrates an ar-style semiautomatic rifle for us on the department s gun range. you have a 16-inch to 20-inch barrel. you have a stock that
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The judge and gag order. The unconstitutional gag order by a highly conflicted judge. Maurice President Biden. We have the worst president in the history of our country. Maurice and the courtroom. Its freezing, by the way. Maurice the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening, and thank you for being with us. Im maurice dubois. Norah is on assignment. We begin tonight with day 2 of testimony in the criminal trial of former president donald trump. Former National Enquirer publisher david pecker was back on the stand where he said he worked with trump and his longtime fixer Michael Cohen to hide negative stories about him during the 2016 campaign. The prosecution claims it was all a part of a conspiracy to influence the election. Before todays testimony, there was a tense hearing over whether trump repeatedly violated a gag order by attacking witnesses and jurors on social media. Prosecutors urged the judge to fine Trump Thousands of dollars and hold him in contempt, while the former pre