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Illinois lawmakers went to capitol hill calling for stricter gun laws after the mass shooting in highland park on the fourth of july. republicans said the focus should be on teaching americans how to spot warning signs of a potential mass shooter. but the highland park mayor shared what she believes is the true root of the problem. >> how much more needs to happen before this obvious action is taken. we know that there are mental health issues in other countries throughout this world. we know th...

Frankly laurie dan and highland park and wa nenetka, theres a clear problem that for whatever reason the other side of the aisle is not interested in talking about. that was a first step. that is so appreciated, but truly we need to get combat weapons out of the country, and its one of those things that time after time after time, we hear about law-abiding citizens but we also know that most of the mass shooters are legally obtaining these combat weapons. that says to me, and i do appreciate, ob...

People listening. do you think that made an impact with republicans that dont like to talk about guns. >> thanks for asking the question, to be honest, the republicans mostly left the room when i was speaking. that was very frustrating to all of the people who have felt this pain and agony now for two and a half weeks, but lets talk about the folks across the country who have been dealing with this problem for years and years and years. the republicans can choose to continue to turn a blind eye ...

World there are people who have mental health challenges and difficult family scenarios, but they dont have access to these combat weapons. its pretty straightforward that we as a nation need to talk about why we have access to these guns. it is terrible what has happened to the families who were attacked in the middle of a huge celebration in the heart of our city. but lets get to the root cause of all of this. absolutely, we need to be able to provide more resources and more support to folks w...

We worked with the combat weapons team and they trained us on shotgun marksmanship and we feel that we were consistent on events like that of course theyre not done its back on the road for the final range joey jones is standing by, were at the final range today, this is a movement that involves both members of the rangers team moving forth gets their ability to move as a team were to be quiet and watch them at work. >> we have to work together as you move down the range to engage the enemy targ...

We worked with the combat weapons team and they trained us on shotgun marksmanship and we feel that we were consistent on events like that of course theyre not done its back on the road for the final range joey jones is standing by, were at the final range today, this is a movement that involves both members of the rangers team moving forth gets their ability to move as a team were to be quiet and watch them at work. >> we have to work together as you move down the range to engage the enemy targ...

Instead of having consumers seek out ar-15s, ar-15s were selling about 100,000 units a year in 2005, by 2002. 1 million. and what we found -- >> wow. >> yeah, wow is right. the reason why were seeing all this mass shooting, its not mental illness, as the governor of texas says. the nra, or the acolytes. when you and i were growing, up there was also mental illness, there was also kids getting bullied, there is also all these things. these kids were not being courted to sell combat weapons by the...

Units a year, in 2005, and by 2012, 2.1 million. and what we found was that -- >> wow. >> wow is right. and what we found, the reason why were seeing all of these mass shootings is not mental illness as the governor of the state of texas, and when you and i were growing up, there was also mental illness. there were also kids getting bullied. there were all of these things. what there wasnt, was these kids were not being courted to sell combat weapons, by the gun industry. why werent thee, why we...

Something about 100,000 units a year in 2005, by 2002.1 million. and what we found -- >> wow. >> yeah, wow is right. the reason why were seeing all this mass shooting, its not mental illness, as the governor of texas says. the nra, or the accolades. when you and i were growing, up there was also mental illness, there is also kids getting the lead, there is also all these things. these kids were not being courted to sell combat weapons by the gun industry. why werent they been courted? not becaus...

Frontline ghost villages. there used to be 3000 people here. we found three women. all russian speakers, none wants putin to invade. >> [interpreter] we live in ukraine, we dont need russia. yet russia continues to mass in force. operates of 12000 troops now, and significantly more intelligent say, coming next week. nato is trying to show a united front in support of ukraine, but there are divisions. germany is refusing to send combat weapons. instead, is sending 5000 helmets. the mayor of kyiv ...