i cannot allow myself to be pessi pessimistic. this is way it s always going to be. you know the power and a place like washington, d.c., that s how it will keep going. if you say there s a pleating happening behind closed doors and everything will change, i d like specificity. i would like safety as well. i think the mid terms will be huge. i think people will be voting on this issue in the mid terms. i ve bp watching, i like to stay away from social media as much as i can but i ve been looking at socme of the things from con sef conservative members of congress and their constituents are saying we have to do something. that s why i m hopeful about it. if they re jobs are on the line come november, i think that will put some pressure on them. i hope so. i hope this time is different because i don t know how much more i can take or the nation s heart can take watching another closed casket of a shichild. i agree. see you tomorrow. joe biden said it. to be honest about
because there are no consequences. we can t wait. recall chesa boudin now. thanks for watching. i ll be back tomorrow night. don lemon starts now. i have to be hopeful about there finally may be some action on, i think you have to be careful about what you call it. people don t like to be controlled. maybe gun limits. like you have a speed limit. i think what is happening in the country and the rapid succession of all after these shootings and the young people dying, i think that there will be some movement. i m hopeful. i have to be hopeful. i ve been through this before. you ve been through it before. i thought something would happen after sandy hook but now fingers, crossed and lets play this time there s a difference. i agree. i cannot allow myself to be pessimistic. this is way it s always going to be. you know the power and a place like washington, d.c., that s how it will keep going. if you say there s a pleating happening behind closed doors and everything will
january 6th attack, what many republicans told cnn exclusively now about their pleas to donald trump to stop the violence. some of them now pretend publicly that trump did not incite. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead, the epidemic of gun violence in america. in just a few hours, joe biden will address the nation about the state of recent mass shootings and new gun laws he wants to see congress pass to stop it. the most recent of these horrific attacks in tulsa, oklahoma, where police today laid out a timeline of the rampage at the st. francis complex. the gunman bought an ar-15 style rifle yesterday afternoon and opened fire in his surgeon s office just a few hours later, killing his surmgeon, another doctor, the receptionist and a patient. and in uvalde, texas, the mayor says a negotiator had been trying to reach the shooter inside robb elementary school, but the shooter did not respond. it s unclear why officials were trying to negotia
good evening. gary, to you, tulsa police very transparent at a press conference just one day after the mass shooting there. what did they say about the shooters motive? don, we learned despite the fact that the shooter killed himself, they know why he did what he did. they found a letter on his body after they recovered the body and the letter talked about how much he disliked his back surgeon because he was still in extreme pain from back surgery and talked about how he was going to target his back surgeon and anyone else who got in his way. indeed, three other people got in his way. total of two doctors were killed. the receptionist in the office and then a patient. this man married for 54 years, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, vietnam veteran. just horrible how this all turned out. i understand they laid out the whole timeline of what happened and how the response
two of their teachers. cnn gary tuckman is in tulsa. good evening. gary, to you, tulsa police very transparent at a press conference just one day after the mass shooting there. what did they say about the shooters motive? don, we learned despite the fact that the shooter killed himself, they know why he did what he did. they found a letter on his body after they recovered the body and the letter talked about how much he disliked his back surgeon because he was still in extreme pain from back surgery and talked about how he was going to target his back surgeon and anyone else who got in his way. indeed, three other people got