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Several days after the shootings, the first lady and i visited both cities. we met with first responders, hospital staff, survivors and families. we will never forget the unity and love we saw in those communities and at those hospitals. it was incredible. in ohio, i had the privilege of meeting the six dayton pom is officers who without a moments hesitation immediately and courageously engaged the gunman en x his attack and rescuing countless lives. who knew and who can even understand how many...

Nothing stronger. nothing gentler. nothing lasts longer. flonase sensimist. 24 hour non-drowsy allergy relief ♪ >> bret: finally tonight, honoring american heroes. >> these incredible patriots responded to the worst violence and most barbaric hatred with the best of american courage, character, and strength. >> bret: this morning president trump resented the nations highest award for public safety officers to first responders in last months deadly shootings in dayton, ohio. public safety offic...

Legislation will slow with the election just around the corner? >> look, unfortunately, yasmin, i dont think it will ever slow because weve seen so many mass shootings this year. dayton was number 250. i think we were august 4th. now its september 8th or 9th, right, and were at number 289. so the number of mass shootings just keeps piling up and piling up, so much that you cant even cover them all nationally. you only hear of the really large ones that are really outlandish. >> thats true. >> bu...

Ohio who you just heard from. but first, it is not just democrats upping the heat on trump. missouri senator roy blunt telling chuck todd it is time for the president to, quote, step up. >> were not going to vote on bills on the senate floor that the presidents not willing to sign. the president needs to step up here. >> yeah. >> and set some guidelines for what he would do. if the president will let us know what hed sign if it got on his desk, wed be much more likely to do that. >> with me now ...

Just for righteous and for good. several days after the shootings the first lady and i visited both cities, meeting with first responders, hospital staff, survivors and families. we will never forget the unity and love we saw in those communities and at those hospitals. it was incredible. in ohio i had the privilege of meeting the six dayton police officers who without a moments hesitation immediately and courageously engaged the gunman, ending his attack, and rescuing countless lives. who knew ...

Chicago, players on their team were consulted. >> this is the august 4th, press conference. let me play a little bit of it. oh, we dont have it yet. >> can you elaborate on groups. >> someone identified by the players and someone participate in these programs but chances his thing is education so hell focus on education. between organizations and artists and players. is your question about this and you dont believe vetting, what is your question about? >> well, how could he pick an

Following the attacks, 38,000 calls came into the fbi, compared with an average call volume of 22,000 per week. the fbi cautions that not all tips turn into full-fledged investigations or arrests, but the fbi welcomes the call volume, encouraging the public to remain vigilant and report any and all suspicious activity to law enforcement immediately. >> people are finally paying attention in understanding that any one of these events can happen 24/7, 365, and anyone in this country, unfortunately...

Threats. based on cnns analysis late last week that we did, more than two dozen people have actually been arrested in connection with making threats since august 4th. of course that was the weekend when mass shootings in el paso and dayton killed more than -- killed 31 people total. now, these arrests weve seen have included an 18-year-old in ohio, who posted online threats against federal law enforcement. his arrest actually stemmed from a long fbi investigation. and then there were also severa...

Where crowds gathered for a benefit for the families and survivors of the august 4th shooting that happened in that city. plus -- the lungs of the planet on fire. word that 43,000 brazilian troops are now helping in that fight against the fires in the amazon forest. and were getting a birds-eye view. these are the live pictures of the cnn town hall in new york where in less than an hour, montana governor steve bullock and new york mayor bill de blasio will take the stage right here on cnn. y...

People will be generous with donation donations, proceeds benefiting the families and survivors of the august 4th shootings. on the ground there, we find our cnn correspondent, polo sandoval. he is there with the latest. what are people saying about that remarkable event today? >> reporter: alex, i certainly hope youll be able to hear me. it is certainly electrifying in downtown dayton. three weeks ago i stood on this very spot, reporting to you and the rest of cnn viewers what had happened in t...