Mom. The gunman posting an ant immigrant tweet online. We believe our country should be a sanctuary to lawabiding citizens. Not for criminal aliens. Then overnight dayton, ohio nine more people gunned down. This is a safe part of downtown and its a very popular destination for visitors. Well get the latest on both stories from the scene. Well talk to el pasos congresswoman, veronica escobar. We have Julian Castro of texas and cory booker. Joining me are kasie hunt, elian that johnson, and former republican dpoempb of North Carolina pat mckroi. Its sunday and this is a special edition of meet the press. Announcer from nbc news washington. The longest running show on television history. This is a special edition of meet the press. With chuck todd. Welcome to a tough sunday morning for america. The plague of Mass Shootings in the country is now reached an almost incomprehensible moment. Twice in less than 24 hours weve seen massacres in two American Cities with the death toll in the dozen
Texas. 20 people dead there. More than two dozen injured. Panicked bystanders looking for their loved ones in the chaos. Somebody shot somebody. I cant find my mom. Shes 86 years old. The el paso in custody this morning s president ial candidate beto orouke emotional about the tragedy in his own hometown. Im very sad. Its hard to think about it. Two horrific Mass Shootings in america in less than 24 hours. The country again mourning the dead and wondering how we stop the violence today, sunday 4th, 2019. Good morning and welcome to sunday today. Im willie geist. We are waking up to a pair of tragedies in america brought on by men with guns. Two mat sho two Mass Shootings hours apart. A man walked in a walmart in el paso, texas, shooting at families doing backtoschool shopping. And in dayton, the shooter wearing body armor and extra magazines, opening fire at people enjoying a night out, killing people. That happened at just after 1 00 in the morning. Police already on patrol responded
Permanently disabled. A taxi driver from khan younis, released without charge after weeks of interrogation. His return soured by sadness. Translation my leg got infected and turned blue l and soft as a sponge. After seven days they took me to the military hospital. They operated twice to clean the wound but it didnt work. Afterwards they took me to a Public Hospital where the doctor gave me two options my leg or my life. Neither israels army nor Health Ministry has responded to these allegations. There is growing concern over the medical care of gazan detainees in israel. Cast as unlawful combatants even before interrogation, doctors say they are kept shackled and blindfolded, including during hospital treatment. Allegations have centred on a new Field Hospital at the state imam military base. One senior medic there says patients are kept blindfolded and in nappies, with all four limbs handcuffed to the bed. They are the army, not me, they create the patient to be depending 100 on you
Correspondent, nick beake in kalamata in greece. Dramatic news from the court this morning. Yes, absolutely. There were loud cheers when the protesters who were outside the court heard this news, when the verdict of the three judges filtered through to people outside. Basically what has happened here is that the judges have looked at this case and they have thrown it out, and that means that these nine egyptian men, who have been in custody for the best part of a year, we anticipate that they will be freed. They have just been taken back to the prison where they have been detained for 11 months, but the expectation is that they will be free men. How did we get to this point . This trial started early this morning, and the Defence Lawyers were saying that because this boat sank in international waters, the court he had nojurisdiction, so basically no legal basis to try these nine men. The threejudges considered this and the prosecutor, who for the past 11 months has been building a case
He left military detention in israel permanently disabled. A taxi driver from khan younis, released without charge after weeks of interrogation. His return soured by sadness. Translation my leg got infected and turned blue l and soft as a sponge. After seven days they took me to the military hospital. They operated twice to clean the wound but it didnt work. Afterwards they took me to a Public Hospital where the doctor gave me two options my leg or my life. Neither israels army nor Health Ministry has responded to these allegations. There is growing concern over the medical care of gazan detainees in israel. Classed as unlawful combatants even before interrogation, doctors say they are kept shackled and blindfolded, including during hospital treatment. Allegations have centred on a new Field Hospital at the state imam military base. One senior medic there says patients are kept blindfolded and in nappies, with all four limbs handcuffed to the bed. The army, not me, they create the pati