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Myriad before those. but you never imagine when youre watching social media and youre sounding off on your thoughts and your emotions that your family would be a poster board that your niece would be a poster board for such a senseless horrific crime. and its just painful. to see my brother and his wife and his dogs lead -- and ashleigh lose their sisteri the light of our lives. i cant even imagine. weve been watching families coming in and out of the hospital. but you can see the pain in everyb...

Big city mayors see a lot. they prepare for a lot. all the preparaion, all the simulations, the drills a mayor can take part in, nothing prepares someone for a mass shooting. i spoke with the mayors of el paso and dayton. im sorry we are talking under these circumstances. how is your community doing at this moment? >> were going to survive. we will persevere. this will not define us. we have a history that goes back 350 years. we have weathered other storms. we are a unique community. >> do you ...

Yes, our police force plans for shooters of this type. but i gotta tell you, as mayor, i didnt plan for this person to come in from out of town -- im convinced it never would have occurred with someone from el pa paso. to come from out of town and reap the destruction on our community with 20 deaths that he has done and we have 26 people still in the hospital. im just -- im not prepared. were going to go forward. this will, as i said, not define us. we have -- this community -- you are right, we...

A lot of hope. hopefully, this community is very strong. those like donna johnson will be coming together and honoring those they lost and continuing to have hope for the future. back to you. >> thanks. thanks ms. johnson for talking to us in the midst of her grief. moments ago the fbi issued a new directive. josh campbell joins us with that. explain what this new directive says. >> we are learning new details about the federal governments response in the wake of the spate of mass shootings in...

Strong and we appreciate you coming on and honoring your loved ones by telling us their story. and what kind of great people they were and are. and so we appreciate you. america is standing with you right now. and our hears are breaking but we cant imagine what youre dealing with. i just again thank you and we hold you up in our thoughts and just thank you. you guys be strong, okay? >> i do want to say, i do want to send our condolences to victims in ohio, as well that we know are going through ...

Jobs we are creating that no one is filling. folks can join their families. they can get in a line that doesnt stretch 20 or 25 years to come here. thats the way that we bring people out of the shadows, that we make your communities safer, that we get our laws in line with our values and the reality we see on the ground. it will not happen through walls. it will not happen with any of donald trumps scare tactics and racism and his paranoia about people who come from other places. its got to be a...

Jobs no one is filling. folks can join their families. they can get in a line that doesnt stretch 20 or 25 years to come here. thats the way that we bring people out of the shadows, that we get in line with the realities that we see on the ground. it will not happen through walls. it will not happen with any of donald trumps scare tactics and racism and his paranoia about people who come from other places. its got to be a realistic program. and ill tell you, living in el paso, one-half of the la...

Though we are living it every single day as you are here in mcallen. so, its very much a part of who i am. ulysses and molly and henry go to mesita elementary, but the difference today is that when amy helps them with their math homework tomorrow night, she may be helping them with their math homework in spanish. the next day, she may be doing it in english. weve made the most out of our natural advantage in the world, being this binational community. its full dual language immersion education, ...

Of john francis orourke, father to ulysses francis orourke who will go as ufo for much of his life. and from day one, in el paso, and you know this in mcallen, if you are born robert or albert or gilbert or humberto, your folks, your friends, your community calls you beto. thats my nickname that ive gone by for my entire life. born and raised in fourth generation in el paso in a community that is more than 80% mexican-american. as i said earlier, conjoined with ciudad juarez, 3 million people fo...

Thats where the vast majority of everyone and everything that comes into this country first crosses. it has to be comprehensive. if we try to do this piecemeal through fences and walls or this measure or that, i dont think well ever get there and that will inherently involve compromise and finding some consensus. thats the way that i want to work and i think thats the way that people in texas of all walks of life, all backgrounds and all party affiliations want to help lead the country on this c...