would not make any changes as a country because of that shooting. that day in the rose garden marc barden, the father of one of the little boys that was killed in that massacre, mark barden was allowed to speak first in the rose guard anne head of president obama. and then after mark barden president obama stepped up to the podium and he showed more anger that day in those remarks than i think he had shown ever before in any circumstance as president. i m going to speak plainly and honestly about what s happened here. because the american people are trying to figure out how can something have 90% support and not happen. it begs the question, who are we here to represent? i ve heard folks say that having the families of victims lobby for this legislation was somehow misplaced.
obviously grieving. but no, the time he was angry was when it became clear that we would not make any changes as a country because of that shooting. that day in the rose garden marc barden, the father of one of the little boys that was killed in that massacre, mark barden was allowed to speak first in the rose guard anne head of president obama. and then after mark barden president obama stepped up to the podium and he showed more anger that day in those remarks tha than i think he had shown ever before in any circumstance as president. i m going to speak plainly and honestly about what s happened here. because the american people are trying to figure out how can something have 90% support and not happen. it begs the question, who are we here to represent? i ve heard folks say that having the families of victims lobby for this legislation was somehow
people, if the gunman is included in that count. the sheriff is not saying either way. the newspaper the oregonian is reporting and they re sourcing the fbi saying the shoog shooter is among those ten fatalities. if that s true, it would be the shooter plus nine other people killed. we do know that the gunman dead. if he did act alone, then honestly, part of me does not care what was going on in his mind that caused him to kill all these innocent people. but we do not know that either. just in the last few minutes we also have learned according to law enforcement officials the gunman s name and age. we have been told earlier in the day that the gunman was a 20-year-old male. now we are told that the shooter is believed to be a 26-year-old male, and we re told his name is chris harper mercer. again, 26 years old. those law enforcement officials say that this person was not a student the the school where the massacre happened today. that reporting is from nbc news justice cor