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texas, and tulsa, oklahoma and congress debating what if anything to do, president biden spoke to the country, calling for a restoration of the ban on assault weapons or failing that, raising the age for purchasing such weapons. also, banning high capacity magazines, instituting tighter red flag laws and repeal of liability shield protecting gun manufacturers from prosecution or being sued following mass shootings. >> it must end. lit there be no mistake about the psychological trauma ...

thats a case of five mass shootings a day, upwards of 10 every week, after three especially deadly acts of gun violence, buffalo, uvalde, texas, and tulsa, oklahoma, and congress debating what if anything to do, president biden spoke to the country, calling for a restoration of the ban on assault weapons or failing that, raising the age for purchasing such weapons. also, banning high capacity magazines, instituting tighter red flag laws and repeal of liability shield protecting gun man...

expected to press washington to take action after the rash of deadly mass shootings. well bring you his speech when it happens this hour live, lets go "outfront." and good evening, im erin bur e, burnett, biden about to discuss gun violence in the united states, looking at pictures from the white house in a moment where biden will be speaking in about 30 minutes. his prime time speech follows what, of course, in the past few weeks has been mass shooting after mass shooting that have ta...

this hour one day after police say a gunman killed four in a hospital building before turning the gun on himself. investigators are warning to determine the motive and believe the shooter entered the building with a specific target in mind. in texas, the uvalde community holding more funeral services for loved ones killed in last weeks mass shooting. as a bipartisan group of senators led by democrat chris murphy of connecticut say they are making progress on potential gun safety legi...

from tulsa police after a deadly mass shooting there at a medical complex last night. police say a gunman carrying a rifle and a handgun killed four people and injured nearly a dozen others at an orthopedic clinic and officials are saying the attack was not random and the shooter died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. once the news conference we will, of course, be bringing that to you live. the gun violence archive says this is 209sth mass shooting in america since the mu...

situations, difficult patients, unhappy patients, and -- but nothing that we have in place, i dont know that any health system in the country has in place that can stop somebody with two weapons that are hell bent on causing harm. >> reporter: does st. francis have any drills or joining on campus? >> the question was have we had mass shooting drills or training. we have training and educational modules. i couldnt speak to actual drills, but as i said earlier, theres going to be 1,000 q...

weeks of horror. three mass shootings. the latest hours ago in tulsa, oklahoma. police say a gunman burst into a medical building on a hospital campus and killed four people including the doctor he blamed for his post surgical pain. we also learned from police that that killer bought an assault-style rifle less than three hours before the attack and a handgun only three days earlier. we are also letting new details about last weeks horrific school attack in uvalde, texas. the mayor say...

a gunman opened fire inside a medical building. he killed his orthopedic surgeon, another doctor, a receptionist and another patient. he then shows hi life. he purchased a gun at 2:00 p.m. yesterday. less than three hours later, he went on a shooting rampage. >> our training led us to take immediate action without hesitation. thats exactly what officers do. thats what they did in this instant. law enforcement across the nation is dealing with increased violence among people. this is ye...

. >> its the top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." . >> president biden will address the nation about the gun violence epidemic in america. as we are getting new details about yesterdays shooting in tulsa, oklahoma. police say a gunman killed four people, injured nearly a dozen others at a hospital. they say he killed his orthopedic surgeon, another doctor, a receptionist and a patient. >> we have also found a letter on the suspect which made it clear that he came in with the intent to ki...

information on 911 calls was actually relayed to the school police chief. another layer of uncertainty surro surrounding the police response. our correspondents are standing by as we cover the mass shooting crisis in america. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." we begin with president biden getting ready to speak to the nation after the 233rd mass shooting here in the united states so far this ye...