them knew that. both killers had told other people they planned to commit a mass shooting, and then they did. so what can we learn from this? the first and most obvious answer is that the system in place didn t work. his teacher sent them to a mental hospital for evaluation, they knew he was a threat. they tried their best, he committed a massacre anyway. so we know for a fact that what we are doing isn t working, but we should also be honest enough to acknowledge that it s very hard to know what to do instead. despite we may have heard, the problem isn t that we don t care enough. there s not a person in this country who is not horrified by the sight of murdered children, it s the worst thing, and everybody thinks that. the problem is that the human mind is much more complex and harder to control than we like to admit. a person who is intent on committing violence is very hard to stop under any circumstances. an act of congress isn t going to do it. neither will gun control.
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law enforcement reversed what was the initial statement about this. we covered these type of incidents before. there is room, of course, for monday morning quarterbacking and room to update information as it comes in. if you watched the news, you are familiar with that process. but there are some aspects of this painful story that are getting extra scrutiny today. a statement update says now no school official confronted the shooter outside the school. that s a change. the shooter was able to walk in through an unlocked door. 11:40, he walks into the west side of robb elementary. multiple rounds. numerous rounds were discharged in the school. four minutes later, local police departments, uvalde police department, finished the school district marred are inside. making entry. was there a school officer on campus and was that school officer armed? because that s what we have been told. so at this time no. also newly revealed video from that terrible day, what you see her
and were just weeks away from summer break. he crashed his car on the school and was seen running on campus carrying two firearms which were purchased by ramos legally on his 18th birthday. two ar-style 15 rifles were posted. a lone gunman killed 20 children in the first and second grades as well as six adults in newtown, kentucky. joe biden said it s time to stand up to the gun lobby and pass common sense regulations. i am sick and tired. we have to act. and don t tell me we can t have an impact on this carnage. i spent my career as a senator and as a vice president working to pass common sense gun laws. we can t and won t prevent every tragedy, but we know they work and have positive impact. when we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. when the law expired, mass shootings tripled. the idea that an 18-year-old kid can walk into a gun store and buy two assault weapons is just wrong. what in god s name do you need an assault weapon for except to kill som
to come out as gay. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with the news that more than 200 wounded soldiers from the azovstal steelworks, on the edge of the city of mariupol, have been evacuated. pictures suggest that they have been bussed out and have now reached novoazovsk, which is a russian controlled town in eastern ukraine. at least 50 of them are said to have been taken to local hospitals. they are all ukrainian. the forces had been withstanding a russian offensive for almost three months, gaining almost legendary status among many ukrainians. it s not clear at this stage if they will be released into ukrainian government hands. translation: we hope - to save the lives of our boys. among them are the heavily wounded. they are being treated. i want to underline, ukraine needs its ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. i think these words can be understood by all adequate people. an anxious message in some respect by ukrainian pr