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im in tennessee on a family vacation, visiting my sister in law, i have been lobbying in d.c. since we survived a mass shooting in july. i have met with lawmakers, how is this still happening? how are our children still dying and why are we failing them? >> those frustrated comments came following yet another deadly school shooting in america. this time, it was in nashville. where three young children are among the victims. well have a live report from the devastated city in just a mom...

to be a teenager, shet( is in fact,c a 28-year-old woman from nashville, and at this hour, were waiting to see if police will release an identification of that shooter. what we do know from officials is that she was armed÷ with two assault type rifles, and a handgun. she fired multiple rounds beforá being apprehended, before being shot and killed by police. i want to bring ine@snbcs gabe gutierrez, former fbi supervisor, robb damico, anr retiredw3 okatf special agent i charge, jim ka...

safeguards to prevent fraud. but critics say, others dont. how do you see people use technology >> the phishing scams we have all seen but its going to sound like somebody you know. >> reporter: going forward because you hear it, doesnt mean you should delete it. gadi schwartz, nbc news. that wasnt me >> very cool and creepy. we have a lot to cover in our second hour. lets get right to it. at this hour, high-stakes standoff, russia steps up its assault in eastern ukraine, as volodymy...

graham and democratic senator richard blumenthal. plus, on the trail, as candidates make their pitch to voters, one democrat goes all in on a major issue. >> i am pro-choice and i am going to be governor because of my commitment to the women of georgia. >> what is the winning strategy for november? democratic nominee for georgia governor stacey abrams joins me ahead. hello. im dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is wondering how long they will go. youre looking at l...

these witnesses begin talking. >> goodness. an 11-year-old girl. as a small circle of senate negotiators, democrats and republicans continue to work on the possibility of gun legislation. cnn has learned that a larger group in the senate are expected to meet in the next hour to discuss an emerging proposed package, following an emotional plea by actor and uvalde texas native matthew mcconaughey from the white house podium yesterday. >> can both sides rise above? can both sides see be...

of her eyes, she is not sleeping much. as you might imagine, her dad says shes not doing too well. so it would be an extraordinary act of courage for anyone, let alone a little girl who should be enjoying summer break right now, to put aside her own struggles and relive what she went through. but thats exactly what miah did, videotaping testimony for a house hearing on gun violence today. heres miah and her dad. >> there is a door between our classrooms, and he went there and shot my t...

struggling with. as the 11th hour gets underway on a tuesday night. good evening, once again, i am stephanie ruhle. tonight, exactly one week after a teenage gunman took 21 lives at an elementary school in uvalde, texas. the very first funerals are getting underway. the murder victims are being laid to rest, the investigation into the shooting, and the police response at the school is only intensifying. there are reports that uvalde police are no longer cooperating with texas authoriti...

California, where the president is signing a new executive order related to guns. what can you tell us about it? >> at the center of what the president is going to be signing today, is an effort to expand and strengthen the background checks system. the president is able to do that by building upon that bipartisan gun compromise he signed into law last year. the president will be directing the attorney general to clarify what it means to be engaged in the business of selling firearms it will exp...

Storage, ethans law named after ethan song who perished at a friends house as a result of playing with a firearm, and a variety of other measures including the background checks system, maybe repealing the sweetheart deal with the manufacturers that give them absolute immunity. >> is any of that going to fly with republicans? >> im certainly, you know, im not going to do anything to gun manufacturers, playing them for an action of somebody who commits their crime. so thats off the table. ar-15, ...

Quote, an open heart, and the reason for that is because a lot of the items that you heard lexis parents arguing that they want from congress. theyre just simply not part of the negotiations that we have been covering in the u.s. senate, and thats not because there arent democrats who want a ban on assault weapons, but because thats the kind of move republicans will not support in the u.s. senate, and you need at least ten republican votes to pass that kind of legislation. what is on the table i...