annual s nathan s hot dog eating contest that s america at its finest and that is also peak athletic ability. or if you are a kid you played a little baseball under the lights. spacious skies for amber waves of grain purple mountain majesty jesse: those who served our country can recollect upon the sacrifices that have been made which brings a tear to their eyes. people don t realize what they have they bitch about it nowadays i m so upset that the things we did and things we fought for and boys have died for it is all going down the drain. our country is going to hell. and that s not what our boys, that s not what they died for. [sobbing] jesse: young and old, we all get to wear our patriotism with pride on independence day. we cheer along as parades go by and we honor and salute soldiers past and president who risk their lives to defend our freedoms. so on america s birthday we need to show the old girl some love and give our country the party it deserves. unf
a-plus. still got it. (whistle blows) your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. top of the hour on cnn newsroom, i m victor blackwell. and i m alisyn camerota. there was a gut wrenching admission from texas officials about the police response to the massacre of 19 children and two teachers in uvalde. in the benefit of hindsight, where i m sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. there s no excuse for that, again, i wasn t there. i m just telling you from what we know, we believe there should have been an entry, as soon as you can. when there s an active shooter, the rules change. it s no longer, okay, it s no longer a barricade, we don t have time. and by the way, texas embraces active shooter training, active shooter certification, and that doctrine requires officers, we don t care what agency you re from, you don t have to have a leader on the scene. every officer lines up, stacks up
Owners, thousands of them have called and written me and said, thank you for doing this. i m a gun owner but i m not one of those, so now is the time to do it. pick up the phone, call your elected officials. tell them that you re a gun owner. tell them you appreciate the second amendment but you don t believe a reasonable restrictions and norms and decency and responsibility, that s not infringement. that s just part of being a good citizen. we don t drive we all like the freedom to drive across town. but we don t get in our car and drive 90 miles an hour through a school zone. why? because live kids are a lot better than dead ones, and because we re responsible, and we don t say it s some infringement on our rights because we have to drive slower through the school zone. it s just what decent responsibility citizens do, and that s what we ought to be doing here. ryan busse, thank you, we really appreciate your insights. thank you. 21 families in texas right now left with nothi