Pelosi held a briefing on gun violence. They urged Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell to bring up a housepast background check bill. This briefing is just over half an [indiscernible conversation] hour. Here we go. Senator schumer welcome. Hi. Great. Ok, lets get started. Im very proud to be joined by, of course, my friend and colleague, Speaker Pelosi, mayor nan whaley from dayton. Good to have you here. And i want to thank my colleagues senators brown and stabenow and representative escobar from el paso, texas and representative thompson. Too Many Americans are losing their lives to gun violence. Too many families are just weeping because they have lost loved ones. I was at the airport today. A gentleman came over to me and said thank you for what youre doing, i lost my nephew to gun violence last year. Americans are suffering from the abundance of gun violence in america. Last month, Mass Shootings claimed 51 lives in el paso, dayton and odesza, to say hing about the daily lives
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About the recent mass shooting in el paso. Mr. Orourke announced he will continue his run for the democratic president ial nomination in 2020. From earlier today, this is just over 35 minutes. [marching band playing in distance] [crowd talking] mr. Orourke good morning. Buenos dias. Isnt it beautiful to hear the el paso high band practicing behind us . We may hear the strains of the next song coming through over the course of this conversation but i was just thinking about the fact that charlotte and i raised by melissa and pat and , our sister aaron grew up four blocks from here and when i would walk to el paso high i would walk through this park, climb over this wall and make my way to the side of this mountain and see chris and jim and robert and our friends at el paso high, and its definitely a part of who i am. Helped to form me and shape me and makes me proud of this community, looking out at everyone who has taken the time to be here this morning. I want to begin with my gratitu
Nomination in 2020. From earlier today, this is just over 35 minutes. [marching band playing in distance] [crowd talking] mr. Orourke good morning. Buenos dias. [crowd talking] mr. Orourke good morning. Buenos dias. Isnt it beautiful to hear the el paso high band practicing behind us . We may hear the strains of the next song coming through over the course of this conversation but i was just thinking about the fact that charlotte and i, raised by melissa and pat and our sister aaron grew up four blocks from here and when i would walk to el paso high i would walk through this park, climb over this wall and make my way to the side of this mountain and see chris and jim and robert and our friends at el paso high, and its definitely a part of who i am. Helped to form me and shape me and makes me proud of this community, looking out at everyone who has taken the time to be here this morning. I want to begin with my gratitude and my thanks and an expression of my overwhelming pride in this c