Connecticut, senator murphy, organizing this time to bringing members of the senate together. I want to thank my colleague from ohio, senator brown, the senior senator, or his words tonight, is passionate about this issue. And his commitment to change. That should be a commitment that is shared by everyone here, but well be talking about what has not happened your tonight as much as what has happened. When i think a about this issue, the issue of gun violence, which its an epidemic, its also uniquely american problem. No other country has this problem. In fact, america didnt have this problem for all of its history. Its, debating on where you start the y clock, its years od is not a lot longer than that. When i think about the issue and think about the debates where having sometimes we start withes the names of communities, and we unfortunately have been memorized. So many communities are known for so much, so much thats positive about their culture, about their history and about their
The presiding officer the senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy are we in a quorum call, mr. President . The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Murphy thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i thank my colleagues for their indulgence this evening, and for those of us those of you who help us keep this floor open. I will make some longer remarks later this evening, but while we have a short break in the floor waiting for senator brown to arrive, i wanted to say a word of appreciation to all of my colleagues who have decided to join us this evening on the floor. This is my first appearance here, to talk about the imperative of changing the nations gun laws, recognizing that this number, 100 americans killed by guns every single day, is not inevitable. Almost every single one of these murders and suicides and accidental shootings is preventable. If we make different choices here on the floor of the United States senate, and our purpose tonight is to try to bring some consistency of effort
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hello, and welcome to inside politics. i m dana bash. we begin with breaking news. the man who massacred jews at a pittsburgh synagogue is now staring down the death penalty. a jury just found that shooter guilty on multiple counts nearing 40 counts so far, they are still reading in that courtroom. it includes capital offenses and hate crimes. i want to go outside the courtroom. that s where we have danny freeman live in pittsburgh. danny, what are you hearing so far president bush. reporter: as you said, we re getting live reports from inside the courtroom. so tar we have been through 40 counts, including special instructions, they have all been found guilty. and that is including the 22 capital ompss. he faces 63 federal charges, already convict ed of 41 now. and then also the use and discharge of a firearm to commit murder during and relation to a crime of violence and possession of a firearm. and also convictioned on all of the hate crimes he was accused of earlier. i