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After a weekend of back-to-back mass shootings followed by a week of grieving, democratic presidential hopefuls are taking part in a gun control forum. heres some of what weve heard so far. >> in dayton, when we were hanging out after, i cant tell you the number of republicans that came up to me and said, congressman, please, please, this has gone on long enough. and its time for us to act. >> president trump tried to go to these two places, tried to go to ohio and texas and was yelled at by act...

Have been involved and we know there were several ongoing investigations and this should not have happened and thats why were seeing all of these investigations that are now going to take place, ana. >> do you know if there was any video surveillance? >> people who we have talked to and are familiar with the way this special housing unit works say there should be cameras there. we dont know if thats the case as it relates to his cell, his jail cell. but they say that because of the nature of the...

As we enter the hottest months of what forecasters expect to be a perilous fire season thousands of people in tear dic paradise, california, are still reeling from last years deadly and historic camp fire. cnn saw the news of that fire unfold on tv, but he was inspired to do something to help. meet woody faircloth. >> as news of the fires broke and we saw more of what happened to people and the fire and how many people were impacted, thats when it really kind of hit home. wow! this is a really b...

Leadership, even, should hopefully be able to take zones of conflict and zones of consternation and help people see common ground and bring themselves together. i wonder, seeing this happening in your city over the last few days, if you have ideas for how to get past that, to sort of either smooth over or re-knit the community together, even as youre seeing these rifts. >> i think well be fine, now that the president has left. you know, weve seen some really great movement thats been very bipart...

Together. they were grieving. there was compassion, there was hugging, there was tears, and there was anger. and, you know, really, the community shouted "do something" pretty organically, and it moved the governor, who is a republican here, governor mike dewine to take action on some gun legislation here in the state. frankly, i was hoping that would be the same case when the president came here today, but i dont get the sense that thats going to happen. >> when the president was in dayton toda...

The call colluded. one of the attorneys confirmed to nbc news that the details in the cnn report are correct. now with this in mind, so-called red flag laws might not have helped prevent this tragedy based on just that call. red flag laws essentially allow a person to seek a court order giving police the power to temporarily remove firearms from those who pose an extreme danger to themselves or others. so far, red flag measures have been enacted in 17 states. texas is not one of them. lawmakers ...

Amazing city. i know im biased as its mayor, but it has a lot of grit and resilience. and you know, sunday evening, we had a vigil on the streets of the oregon district where the shootings happened. and it was thousands and thousands of people coming together. they were grieving. there was compassion, there was hugging, there was tears, and there was anger. and, you know, really, the community shouted "do something" pretty organically, and it moved the governor, who is a republican here, governo...

The way that his politics inflect or dont these mass shootings. its -- i mean, national leadership should hopefully do the opposite, right? national leadership should hopefully -- and local leadership, even, should hopefully be able to take zones of conflict and zones of consternation and help people see common ground and bring themselves together. i wonder, seeing this happening in your city over the last few days, if you have ideas for how to get past that, to sort of either smooth over or re-...

Say you get weak and another thing happens, its on you, its on your conscience. and you know what, what i also notice here is theres people down here who were yelling at the governor now yelling do something, do something and young people. its got to rise and get the heat on. >> you heard a challenge issued here from the former republican governor offense this state, governor kasich. still to come this hour, in the wake of three -- remember that, three mass shootings over the past couple of week...

Thoughts and prayers are with this community and you. what can you tell us about what you are trying to achieve ood? >> thanks for having me. theres two things that actually we say today. the first thing is that el paso is proud. we are a community that is unified and today we are more than 3,000 people that gathered together from different parts of our community, immigrant families, elected officials, all of us saying that we are proud of our history. we will continue to be an open city for imm...