don t die thank you for joining us this hour. i m a myth muddiness. 1 am on the east coast, midnight in uvalde, texas, where a mass shooting at an elementary school has left 19 children and two teachers dead, as well as a shooter. several more people are injured. that makes it the deadliest school shootings since the attack on sandy hook elementary school in connecticut, a decade ago, were 20 we are the only nation in the world that has so many school shootings, that we have to rank them by body count over years and decades. let that sink in. like today shooting, the sandy hook massacre in 2012 happened at a elementary school, and in the aftermath, there was such collective national horror what had happened, that it really seemed, for a moment, like something might change. that we might actually do something. we ve gotten so used to being in this country that it is hard to remember now, but there was this genuine sense that something had finally snapped. with 21st graders
investigative reporter with austin american statesman. thank you so much for joining us tonight. too often in america, a killer shoots an offense innocent people to qualify as a mass murder. it can happen as it did today at a school in texas, or like ten days ago, inside a grocery store. here s the bottom line, it happens all the time. churches, supermarkets, schools, concerts, theaters. what comes next is a template were all too familiar with, a period of mourning, followed by speeches from democrats pushing for gun control, social media message from republicans offering lots of thoughts, the last of pursue the families of the victims. but then, it s silence. almost no action. the nation moves on. in 2018, after the tragic shooting that killed 17 people at the douglass high school in parkland, florida, this country, once again, saw hope, brief up.
riots. there s a sense they re on the brink of civil war. all of the components that made the white man the obvious bad guy suddenly gets reversed and that was a horrible that was a horrible moment of watching the narrative shift. martin luther king s death was not the final chapter if the struggle to overcome racial injustice in america. but for a time, king changed the plot from diselusion to defiance and despite the hate he saw hope. dr. king said you have to create a crisis so that the power forces are forced to answer. we had to create a crisis rooted in tradition that is far older
higher wages. peggy did not vote for him, her husband did. the fight against him is just unsurmountable. i ve never seen a president be so disrespectful and fight the way he is. so what did they get? their salary hasn t changed. their health care hasn t changed. he s a man thinking on his own two feet. that s what i like and that s what i m getting. do you not think president trump s way of treating people makes a difference? maybe he could be a bit more diplomatic in his presentations. after voting for mike pence twice, peggy saw hope in president trump. but she doesn t like everything
increased and health care hasn t changed. they got a man with a spine and a man who thinks on his own two feet. you not blame president trump at all for not getting major legislation passed yet? i think his way of speaking to people could have a big difference. his way of saying you are going to do this or that. maybe a little diplomatic in his conversation and presentation. after voting for president obama twice peggy saw hope in president trump. but she doesn t want all that he is selling. do you want president trump to repeal and replace obamacare? maybe parts of it, not all of it. i believe it should be a universal medical. you want universal health care. that s a very liberal position. other countries are doing it. anything the president could do to lose your vote? have bona fide proof that he had russia interfere with the