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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 ....
Washington in august. that you are helping to lead, and i want to commend you and the other civil rights leaders for your partnership. all right. thank you for talking about this here first, on politicsnation. congressman, chairman of the congressional black caucus. congressman stephen. joining me now is krystal spade. chair of the south carolina democratic project. thank you for joining us and welcome to politicsnation. you are the first black woman elected to be south carolina s state democratic party. having served as a state director for senator bernie sanders in 2016 s presidential campaign. and senator cory booker in his 2020 bid for the white house. you also worked in the office of congressman who i know supported you in your bid to be chair of the ....
A dozen republicans in both chambers. but that was then. now the gop house majority is largely in thrall to its maga wave, and with another election cycle looming, it seems unlikely that we will see another bipartisan breakthrough on guns. joining me now, congressman stephen oxford. democrat from nevada, and chair of the congressional black caucus. congressman, thank you for being with us tonight. as we find ourselves mourning more innocent people lost to a mass shooting, and i admit, i m finding it harder every day to not surrender to cynicism on this issue. it seems it is every day that we have a mass shooting somewhere in america. and then we gauge in the circular conversation about what can be done at the federal ....