yes, i was misled. tonight, what we know about the police failure, and the policy failure that allowed mass murder in a texas school. plus, pandering and a protest at the air on a convention in houston, and with you and i can do to break this uniquely american ritual of violence. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today, wayne lapierre, head of the national rifle association, hosted a number of republican politicians, including the ex president, at his organization s annual conference in houston. just days after 19 elementary school children and teachers were slaughtered by a gunman, a few hundred miles away. now, all of the speakers at today s conference acknowledged the shooting, and really, how could they not? and all of them blamed it on everything but the ar-15 style rifle that the gunman bought as soon as he was legally able to when he turned 18. this is standard. i mean, this is the script. we know how this goes. for nra and
very first campaign was gun violence prevention. gun safety, and there again here we are even in this election, and people know me specifically for my work in gun safety, gun violence prevention. and i can assure you they will be far more numbers of people that go to the polls this fall, and this will be a policy for them that they will go to the polls on. because we have a public health crisis here, and you know, on tuesday i was standing at the podium after having just been reelected, and the solemn irony was not lost on me that on the same day georgia sent me a mother on a mission back to congress again to help keep our kids and family safe. it was the very same day that 19 children, and two teachers were gunned down senselessly. again, and again we continue to see this tragedy. we re paying for these weapons
fallen officers continue to mourn as a city and nation deal with the aftermath of the two nypd officers gunned down senselessly. what happened that afternoon was incomprehensible. officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu were protecting the citizens of the community, doing a good job, a brave one. liu had recently married. ramos was a married father of two. he just celebrated his 40th birthday. now because of a senseless and cowardly act, we re left hearing the painful voices of the families left grieving. i hope and pray that we can reflect on this tragic loss of lives that have occurred so that
four years and the other in two years. they were cut down senselessly. i have spoke to community members out here and as part of what went on in the nation s. it is horr ebl that something like that stay with us for the new s conference set to teas place at sic o clock. the police officer and mayor are expected it talk about the. it is a revenge motive as the alleged shotter posted pictures on instagram account and he stay
violence and far too many of my young bright students were shot down senselessly. they re doing nothing wrong. it s something that we have to take on. let me take it up a step. there s a series we have to put in place to make sure our children can think about biology and going to college. i have far too many kids in chicago talking about if i grow up, not when we were going to grow up. we never worried about if we were going to grow up. you have many people today who don t know if they ll live past 18. we as community leaders, religious leaders, we as parents have to step up and put in place a set of strategies in a comprehensive structure so people can get to and from school safety. children have to be fed. if children are hungry they can t learn. if your stomach is growling, it s hard to concentrate.