of her eyes, she is not sleeping much. as you might imagine, her dad says she s 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 that s exactly what miah did, videotaping testimony for a house hearing on gun violence today. here s miah and her dad. there is a door between our classrooms, and he went there and shot my teacher and shot her in the head. and then he shot some of my classmates and the he shot my friend next to me and i thought he was going to come back to the room, so i got blood and i put it all over me. if there is something you want, that you want to know about that day, you know, things you want different, what would it be? to have security. do you feel safe at school? why not? because i don t want it to happen again. you think it s going to happen again? i come because i lost
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 authorities. nbc news reporting the school district police chief initially did cooperate. but has yet to respond to requests for follow-up questions made today s. ago texas officials say the chief prevented officers from confronting the shooter, for more than an hour. today, that very same chief was sworn in as a member of the city council. the justice department opening up its own inquiry into the police response. meanwhile, in washington, there are some in congress that believe they might be able to fi
both houses of congress democrats weren t able to pass the ban. biden with few options but the bully pulpit. karine jean-pierre told the press. he wants congress to act because enough is enough. in his state of the union the president called on congress to do something to stop the epidemic of gun violence tearing families apart and communities apart. how many more children have to be murdered before republicans in congress will step up and about to pass the assault weapons ban? to close loopholes in our background checks system. or to require the safe storage
the press secretary moments ago. in his state of the union, the president called on congress to do something to stop the epidemic of gun violence tearing families apart, tearing how many more children have to be murdered before republicans in congress will stepok up and t to pass the assault weapons ban? to close loopholes in our background checks system. or to require the safe storage of guns. once again, the president called on congress to do something before another child is senselessly killed in a prevent1b# 5a■ it s something that we he from the first lady as well as she was speaking at a different event earlier today, saying, quote, our children deserve better, i think that s likely from president biden when he speaks just a short time from
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 expand the number of sellers who fall under the requirements to conduct background checks and close some of the loopholes the president is trying to build on the legislation by better promoting those so-called red flag laws. 19 states and th columb columbia, that allow officials to take away firearms. those laws are effective as utilized the president wants americans to know where and when they can take advantage of that to deal