including raising the minimum age for purchasing an ar-15 rifle. actor and gun policy advocate matthew mcconaughey joined white house press secretary karine jean-pierre for the biden administration s daily briefing. he paid tribute to some victims of the recent mass shooting at uvalde, texas, where the actor was born, and recommended solutions to gun violence. this is about 40 minutes. good afternoon, everyone. so, i d like to welcome messy and camilla mcconnaughhay to the white house today. to speak on an urgent issue our nation is currently facing. you may know matthew as an actor, but more importantly, he is a father, a native of uvalde, texas, and a gun owner. he is here today to use his platform to call on leaders to take bipartisan action to end this senseless killing and pass reasonable gun responsibility measures that we know will save lives. just a few minutes ago, matthew met briefly with the president to talk about the importance of taking action, keeping our com
i am thinking about that drawer you just described. at home it s filled with those cords. oddly enough, they are never where i need them when i need them. there is that little problem. it s a common problem for us, my friend. you have a great show, i will be watching. thanks, ali. well, matthew mcconaughey did something at the white house press briefing room today that we have never seen before. we have seen visitors step up to the podium. we have occasionally seen actors do that. but what s matthew mcconaughey had to say in the white house briefing room today may turn out to be the most important speech that an actor has ever given. and i mean ever. because it might it just might save lives. it might it might stop a school shooting or more than one school shooting in the future, if it helps move washington. helps them and act new laws on washing gun safety. it was matthew mcconaughey as you ve never seen him before, standing there with no makeup, no help, no ligh
point. it s been ten days since the last press conference from the texas department of public safety. they have been referring all questions to the district attorney s office, but we ve asked the d.a. s office for any updates into this investigation, but haven t gotten any answers. even when approach in the person, the d.a. hasn t given those. we ve listened to a little bit, as you played the account of the teacher at the school. and for the survivors it is going to be a long journey ahead. that is why san antonio attorney and the parents of four injured child survivors are now suing the estate of the uvalde shooter, alleging in part they intentionally injured their young children, stole their innocence and forever changed their lives. the lawsuit went into more details reing in part, each of these children have undergone extensive medical care, some surgeries. they have experienced unimaginable emotional trauma. the emotional toll they endured is incomprehensible and will be
for 77 minutes, bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds. reyes had to listen as the gunman went on to kill 19 children and 2 teachers in that elementary school. reyes said at one point, he heard a student in the connecting classroom call out for police to help. but the police had retreated. and he is outraged over the lack of action by police. he says it s unforgivable. just bullets everywhere and then i just remember border patrol saying, get up, get up, and i couldn t get up. did you feel abandoned in that moment by police, by the people who were supposed to protect you? absolutely. after everything, i get more angry because you have a bulletproof vest. i had nothing. i had nothing. you re supposed to protect and serve. there is no excuse. for their actions, and i will never forgive them. i lost 11 that day, and i went to my parents and said, i m sorry. i tried my best. with what i was taught to do. please don t be angry with me. can you imagine what that man lives
dream. most americans in a brand-new poll say the ability to achieve their true goals is increasingly out of reach. hello, welcome everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. and john, hello to you. john: good to be with you on this tuesday. this is america reports. 61% of those polled by the wall street journal say they are pessimistic about being able to achieve the american dream. as families get crushed by record high gas prices, skyrocketing inflation. sandra: it is hard to believe, the average price of gasoline has jumped nationally today to another $0.05, i should say, overnight. and now setting a record for 28 of the past 29 days. the cost of gasoline has more than doubled since president biden took office. john: the white house is scrambling to respond to the growing economic crisis with a new plan on solar energy? critics say the move will only hurt american businesses even more. sandra: ro khanna will join us in moments. john: according to the white house,