this, i don t know what the gunman s problem was, his motive, but it country mental health that killed these people. it was an automatic rifle with bullets. i m a gun owner, i have guns. former police officer, army officer, but these ar-15s, they have to get off the streets or this is going to keep happening. condolences and prayers won t bring these people back. we need action at the federal and state level for better gun control. i m saying that as somebody who loves guns. what texas is doing in a big-time way, we are working to address that anger and violence by going to its root cause, which is addressing the mental health problems behind it. we know that texas had been lagging in addressing mental health for years, and that s why, over the past three sessions, we ve added almost $25 billion to address mental health. we re in the waning days of a session right now where we will be adding even more funding. yeah. it s just really, right now, there are law enforceme
people were killed and more than 300 others injured. they cite the interior ministry, the u.s. geological survey says the 6.8 magnitude quake was the strongest in the region in more than 120 years. rescues are under way in the country at this hour. the tremors brought down buildings throughout the region. officials say there is an urgent need for blood donations for the victims. and take a look at this. this is video that shows the moment that the quake shook a mosque in marrakech late friday night. it s incredible. and what appears to be dust rising off the building as people fled for safety on the streets. cnn s larry madowo joins me now live. sadly, larry, it seems this death toll has gone up. day has broken there. what more can you tell us about rescue efforts and what authorities are saying about where this earthquake struck. reporter: paula, the moroccan government says it has deployed all resources available to it to respond to this earthquake, the strongest that the
Legislation that passed last year was great. it was the most comprehensive that was done in 30 years. it wasn t enough. clearly, we re seeing that now. making investments in our communities, making investments in states to tighten up their red flag laws, those are absolutely worthy investments. investments in mental health. can and should we do more? absolutely. should we look at the age in which individuals can buy firearms? absolutely. background checks, those types of things have stalled in the united states senate. i don t speak senate, but i can tell you, house democrats have continually advocated for comprehensive reform here. we re going to continue to do that. congressman, in the back room discussions, when you re away from the cameras, away from any public exposure, and you re talking to members of the opposition party, is there any sense at all that there s some understanding of the human factor that we re dealing with
ainsley: interesting talked about abortion and child of god and pivoted to maga in their back room discussions they have to talk about how are we going to address abortion? what do we want joe biden to say? and talk as a group and tell him talking points and how maybe it to address this maybe they did say pivot to the maga crew. talk about how disparaging they are and how extreme they are instead of abortion. brian: eric swalwell says they are going to ban interracial marriage. going to put kids, lgbtq kids in separate classrooms than other kids. what are you talking about? well, guess what? ainsley: called discrimination that will never happen. brian: what does that have to do with justice alito s february brief that was not a final it was just a draft and was not the final decision. so you get off you are not talking about inflation. you are not talking about the border. you are not talking about afghanistan. you are not talking about build back better s failure. you are
Roe versus wade and making that decision without a black woman on the supreme court at all. despite the fact that black women have the highest rates of maternal mortality in this country. a thing that this nomination i think is revealing for all of us is what a mistake it s been not to have a court as diverse as it could be. judge jackson s experience as a former federal public defender means we will have someone back on the court with experience to represent criminal defendants making a difference in the decisions and a difference in the conversations that the justices have with each other. it is exciting to think about making that purpose. the back room discussions between the justices are almost one of the most exciting parts