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Roberto Marquez creates public art after mass shootings and other tragedies. Unfortunately for everyone, he’s been very busy.

Killed in uvalde. cbs nikole killion is going to start us off from capitol hill. good evening, nikole. this was some of the toughest testimony ive ever heard. >> reporter: yeah, very difficult day, indeed, norah. and as the debate over how to combat gun violence intensifies here on capitol hill, many lawmakers were forced to confront the human toll that its taking by listening to a young girl who had the courage and instinct to save her own life. >> my nameri ep this th nt fgr m ceo relid the nu...

Lifetime. >> reporter: the data shows six of the countrys deadliest mass shootings in the last four years were committed by men 21 or younger. as part of a recent settlement with families of nine sandy hook victims shot dead by a 20-year-old, lawyer josh koskoff reviewed the gun makers internal records. >> the gun industry know exactly whats going on. the parent has no say. theyre reaching around the parent and getting to the kid. >> reporter: some states, including connecticut, opened the court...

>> so this goes back to decembe of 2012 sandy hook massacre, which was devastating, as is uvalde pick i ask your viewers to pray for the family on the victims of that horrible tragedy . so when sandy hook hit december 14, 2012, the mama bear in me immediately liked it measures our district had paid we had three school resource officers spread across 11 campuses and my further investigation told me that thos school resource officers had a two minute response rate. among public safety that is a pr...

Relatives and as you look at the list of the deceased so far, you see that a lot of them are ten-years-old, 9-years-old and now those parents are planning their funerals and this entire town is planning to mourn right there with them. jo john. >> reporter: rosa, i believe you bring an important story to us. its everywhere in town. you cant drive by or talk to a person without a connection. but also you drive by the wendys where the killer worked. you drive by the store where we think he purchase...

Leaders come together and mouth words and do nothing. its too late to prevent the last shooting. were already failed those victims and families. we need to act to prevent the next shooting. we need to identify the risks and threats and finally do something. >> joining us now is senator dick durbin of illinois, the democratic whip and chair of the judiciary committee as well f. you can tells e tell us these bipartisan conversations going on between senators? >> weve issued an invitation, a good f...

For this community. we thank you for the work youre doing, appreciate it. >> thank you. and appreciate you giving me the opportunity this morning and just like to thank all my staff for their work in this as well. and condolences to the people out there that lost loved ones. thank you. >> all right. thank you. and, again, 21 families near uvalde are broken, struggling to make sense of the loss they are suffering. this morning we do want to remember them. jose garcia loved everything on wheels an...

Employees time to mourn, to grieve as well. i talked to one woman who was holding a sign here that said uvalde strong and she says that she just could not be at home anymore. she ned to come out into this community and feel that she was doing something. take a listen. >> its just really hard. like i do have some victims, i, you know, i know of them. i know their mom, a cousin, a zampbt cousin, first countries or cousin to them. but everyone has just come together this morning. >>. >> reporter: a...

Prior to the pandemic and during covid he just dropped out. karl, it took a while for people to find people who knew him in that small town of uvalde. >> yeah. and look, as a society -- family matters. having a stable family helps make for stable individuals. and, you know, shuttled between his mother and grandmother, god knows where his father was in all of this. his father lived in uvalde but was, you know, his parents were clearly at odds with each other and the father doesnt appear to have p...

Sufficient resources for mental health issues. think about this. this is a young man who had an absent father, shuttled between the homes of his mother and grandmother. there was an absence of a family that surrounded this young man and would be able to detect these kind of impulses and deal with them. the local mayor, don mclaughlin, who has been a long time fixture in uvalde. one of the problems was the county doesnt have enough mental health resources. both of the answers that were given in t...