at half staff as we watch this all too familiar ritual in the wake of another deadly mass shooting play out. president biden putting out a statement offering his prayers to the victims and their families, and also thanking first responders for acting quickly and courageously. he says that federal law enforcement officials are offering assistance to state and local authorities. we re also hearing from president biden is once again a call to action. a call to enact the kind of commonsense gun reforms that president biden believes are necessary. he s also making clear who he believes is responsible for the inaction on those efforts in washington, saying in a statement, quote, too many families have empty chairs at their dinner tables. republican members of congress cannot continue to meet this epidemic with a shrug. tweeted thoughts and prayers are not enough. once again, i ask congress to send me a bill banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, enacting universal background ch
mj lee joins us this morning from the white house. the president also renewing calls for police reform. what have you learned? reporter: good morning, don. the white house has been watching memphis closely and we know the president is being briefed on these developments. and last night the president put out a statement offering his condolences to the family and said that the family deserves a full investigation by the justice department and state autho authorities, and he also said this. he said i join tyre s family calling for peaceful protest, violence is never helpful, it s destructive and against the law. you can hear from the statement that there is a real concern at the white house that the outrage, the emotions, the pain prompted by this incident could lead to protests that could potentially turn violent so the president trying to get ahead of
until the only lgbtq club in colorado springs. many considered it a safe space for the gay community, one describing how the traumatic event unfolded. i was on the dance floor dancing, when i heard four to ffive shots - um, i thought it was the music so i kept on dancing. i heard another set of shots and then me and a customer raran to the dressing room andt on the ground and locked the doors and called the police immediately. it was so scary, i heard shots, broken glass and bodies. [ cr[ cries] . how and why? president biden issued a statement offering
saturday. he called the shooting an act of evil. this was just a place of safety for people. it was a place where people could in a conservative community often get the acceptance that too many of them might not have had at home or in their other circles. to see this occur has really put us in a state of shock across colorado and across the country. president joe biden issued a statement offering prayers to the victims and families condemned the increasing threats of violence against the lgbtq community. he said, quote, places that are supposed to be safe spaces of acceptance and celebration should never be turned into places of terror and violence. yet it happens far too often. and he continued the quote, saying, we must drive out the inequities that contribute to violence against lgbtq plus i people. we cannot and must not tolerate hate. now a week on and police in
hold an emergency meeting in brussels. u.s. joe biden met with g7 and nato leaders before he left the summit in indonesia. and released a statement offering their full support to poland. and promising to stay in close touch, regarding next steps. mr. biden struck a cautious tone while speaking with reporters. take a listen. we re gonna make sure that we figure out exactly what happened. it s unlikely in the minds of the trajectory. that it was fired from russia. but we will see. and we ve got reporters stationed around the globe. covering all the angles. right house reporter kevin liptak is in bali, indonesia. and nina dos santos joins us live from london. welcome to you both. kevin, we ll start with you, president biden has been holding emergency leaders with world leaders on this russian-made missile falling on