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Joining us live. a member of, i believe, the city commissioner, i should say daytons city commissioner. mr. shaw thank you very much for being with us. how are you doing this morning? >> well, were getting through this. thank you for being here and having us. >> i dont think you had a chance to listen to preponderth preponderates remarks earlier this hour? >> thats correct. >> the president called out what he described as a necessary condemnation of racism, bigotry and white supremacy. are you c...

Investigators here. last night, hallie, was a very emotional scene here in dayton. a vigil drawing thousands to this community. the governor was interrupted with chants of do something when he started speaking. many people here feel frustrated that more has not been done to curb gun violence in this country. but as you can see behind me now, traffic moving along the street, 5th street in dayton, this vibrant, historic neighborhood, trying to return to some sense of normalcy. as you can see, a ma...

What is mental health awareness or red flag is debatable. there is a lot of debate what the signatures would be. and it is also ignoring the ideology. we looked at the rhetoric, the violent ideology. with president trump himself. militant islamic extremism. we had to name it, right? we had to focus on it. we had to look at the leaders spouting that ideology and how would we do that from the fbi and the justice department? now, that doesnt mean they arent doing that yet. i would like the presiden...

We are working to show the viewers the listed five or six things that president trump said he wants to do that are different from what is being done now. the indications of early warning signs. he also talked about an ask that he is putting at the department of justice, to propose legislation, he says, ensuring that people who commit hate crimes and mass murders face the death penalty. can you talk about how different that is than in practice what happens now? >> reporter: well, the federal deat...

Because so far all theres been is a bunch of talk and that cannot continue. we are a community thats been devastated by gun violence again and we will not be the last if the politicians dont get together and do something about this at the legislature and federal level. >> are you optimistic that congress on the national level here, talking about on the federal level, will or could actually, as you put it, do something? >> i know that they could. its a question of whether they will. >> yeah. >> w...

Supremacy in this speech. he did. although lacking solutions that he proposed to try to prevent something like this happening again. >> reporter: two things we will remember from the speech. the condemnation of white supremacy, as he said, domestic terrorism. we will remember his defense of the gun. and he said that mental health is the problem. that pulls the trigger, not the gun. so there was a lot the president tried to accomplish in this speech. he clearly signals hes open to having some sor...

>> i think it is the gravity of these crimes 24 hours apart. when you talk to people in my constituency or people just around this country, there is real fear. i was in new hampshire today. i was talking to someone. he said it will be a few weeks before something like this could happen in our state. i dont want p i dont remember a time in this country where people are that afraid these incidents could take place next week, next month. it is no longer just the horror of my lost children in sandy ...

Strategist and msnbc political contributor. jeff, you heard the presidents remarks there. we have covered numerous speeches like these in the past. . >> yeah. it brought me back to that time after parkland, one of the first major shootings under president trumps presidency. at that time he also showed quite a bit of emotion, quite a bit of what seemed like interest and motivation to do something on gun laws. he said even went so far as to say he would stand up to the nra. days later had a meetin...

People arent safe. i think the speaker needs to call us back into washington to work on this issue. . >> congressman, one of the things that president trump did suggest or raise in his remarks was red flag laws, essentially, and trying to put something in place to help identify people before they become fully radicalized and get their hands on weapons. senator graham has proposed similar legislation. is that something we would be willing to support if it comes to the house? >> yes, i would, if i...

That somebody who spent years pouring gasoline on a terrible fire for their own gain doesnt get to turn around and decry their own fire. as we speak to the city manager saying theyre happy to hear the president decry racism and bigotry, versus the juxtaposition with things the president has said in the past. >> going forward weve already talked about consistency for the president. on the democratic side this could end up politically being something that really rallies them. i remember, in presid...