multiple magazines of ammunition entered marjorie stone in high school and murdered 17 people, that shooting sparked a nationwide youth lead movement for new gun safety legislation. a year later, little had been done at the federal level to curb gun violence. by valentine valentine s day, 2019, then president donald trump was trying to push attention back to his pet issue, building a wall to stop immigrants. at the time, trump was threatening to declare a national emergency in order to try to build his precious border wall without congressional approval. it was that threat from trump which prompted this counter threat from house speaker, nancy pelosi. if the president can declare an emergency on something that he has created as an emergency, an illusion that he wants to convey, just think of what a president with different values can present to the american people. you want to talk about a national emergency? let s talk about today, the one year anniversary of a another man
at the time, trump was threatening to declare a national emergency in order to try to build his precious border wall without congressional approval. it was that threat from trump which prompted this counter threat from house speaker, nancy pelosi. if the president can declare an emergency on something that he has created as an emergency, an illusion that he wants to convey, just think of what a president with different values can present to the american people. you want to talk about a national emergency? let s talk about today, the one year anniversary of a another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in america, that is a national emergency. why don t you declare that an emergency, mister president? i wish he would. why don t you declare that an emergency, mister president? if trump declares a national emergency, at the border, she said, just think about a president with different values can present to the american people. the very next, day donald trump did de
jose flores, jr., a 10 years old. he loved going to school, his uncle told the washington post. eliannar cruz torres was a beautiful girl with a lot of energy, her grandfather told abc. eliahna garcia, also 10. had her first commune job last year. in a facebook post her mother called her a doll and the happiest ever. this is r ho jelio torres who was 10 years old. his mother called him a very smart and loving child. alithia ram reds was a very happy fourth grader. alexandra lexi aniyah rubio evidence is an all a certificate and good citizen award on tuesday. cousins jacklyn cazares and annabell rodriguez were cousins and a second set of cousins, jailah silguero and jase luevanos were angels and their cousin said in a statement to abc news i can t believe this happened to our agent. ava mireles was a teacher for 17 years. her aunt said she was killed while trying to protect her students, noting that she took particular pride in teaching children of mostly latino heritage.
we don t need to. let s pass these laws, and that s my good frustration. a sitting here, knowing, maybe not the next shooter, the shooter after that, we are forced to cover. like the rest of the american media. unlike any other industrialized country that has as many problems, but not as many guns. they don t cover the stuff, chris. the problem is, we have more guns sold without the appropriate infrastructure, and we know the answers. so let s fix it. and chris murphy have said to you, tonight, he wants to. the democrats have the apparatus to change it. and you know what, if we can t get expanded brady laws through the senate, then maybe route to fix the filibuster, because of stopping a lot of other things. i think from me, as a mom, it s very hard. because there are people sitting here in our country tonight who did drop off their kids in the state of texas. and they will never see them again. that is something that never ever ends. and for me, it really star democracy in o
tower like many of the mass murderers who followed his footsteps, charles whitman shot and killed his wife, shot and killed his mother. the mass murderer in sandy hook, in connecticut, shot and killed his mother before going to the elementary school they are to murder 20 kindergarten and first grade students. and six adults working at the school. the latest adults reports indicate that as many as 18 children and three adults were shot and killed today. at robb elementary school in uvalde, texas. the town of 15,000 people, about 60 miles from the mexican border, with some reports indicating that the children were murdered, and were mostly in grades three and four. the mass murder of children in sandy hook changed connecticut senator chris murphy s focus in the senate, where he has become the since leading expert on this uniquely american way of death, being shot to death at school. senator murphy rose on the senate floor today, without a prepared speech, and said this. the