forever. and yes, of course, this is a time when we have to support these families who have just lost their child, it s insane, and it shouldn t be happening. and so for today, and for the next few days, let s support them, but like your other wonderful guests have said, after that, let s get to work and start to actually enact some common sense gun reform. it s far past time, and i run bills every year to address this, and we spend more time worrying about how drag shows might be hurting our children than about these sorts of events. indeed we do. this is who we are. senator heidi campbell thank you for starting us off. clint watt thank you. dave cullen, always a privilege to talk to you. thank you. claire sticks around. when we come back we ll turn to the news out of the grand jury that is investigating the twice impeached ex-president in new
we have to do something? we have to call our lawmakers and make our lawmakers make change now or this is going to keep happening and it s going to be your kid and your kid and your kid next. because it s just a matter of time. peak 2023 after surviving a mass shooting in her hometown she went on spring break with her son and witnessed another. joining our coverage, clint watt, former consultant to the fbi counterterrorism division a research fellow at the foreign policy institute and joining us dave cullen, writing about mass shootings in our country for years, his latest new york times best seller parkland birth of a movement. former senator claire mccaskill is with us, but we start with tennessee state senator heidi campbell who met with the families of the students of covenant school today. what can you tell us about how the families are doing? hi. i just spent the past five hours in a waiting room nobody should ever have to be in, the worst
columbine across the street, and yeah, i can t tell you. i have a personal connection to about five mass shootings now, and i wonder how many people are left in america who have not. and i agree with senator campbell and thank god for ashbey beasley. it s going to come to people like them and one thing recently i took heart from, people still doing the work. a couple weeks ago, earlier this month i was asked to be the keynote speaker for the national pta s annual, how they call it, capitol hill sort of lobbying effort and i was a little taken aback they wanted me to do it and focus on guns this year. because of all the issues i felt with this house of representatives, it s not going to happen, this congress, right. but i was so impressed the more i thought about it. they re not taking two years
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