we were all panicking because we didn t know what was really happening. i just want to protect my little girl. and i can t. the last time i saw her, i dropped her off at school, and that was going to be the last time i would see her. as long as they ever it was the longest day ever. those families, the city of uvalde, it will never be the same. and the families are not alone in their grief. guns has become the leading cause of death among children and teens surpassing car accidents for the first time in decades. researchers in michigan found gun related deaths surged more than 30% among young people. largely because of an increase in homicides. kids mostly dying to everyday gun violence, not just mass shooting.
kids and two teachers taken from this town far too soon. live stolen from senseless violence. the daycares honors, like most uvalde, you many the students and watch them grow up over the years. we are learning more about their lives, their unforgettable personalities behind each face, big plans for the future. rodriguez had big dreams of becoming a marine biologist. she planned to study at texas a&m. her mom said that she was carrying and cold driven. her classmate lexi rubio wanted to become a lawyer. her family said that she loved learning about feminism and played volleyball in middle school. as we honor the victims, we are struggling to understand how a gun man was able to get inside or school in the first place, and why the gunman was allowed to stay inside for as long as he did. it is a question at the forefront in today s new york times. the editorial board examining
ways. for sure, there is a sadness that this is what we have become as a country. there is anger. people are infuriated. what i heard today, above everything else, from parents here that they want change. sometimes people do not know with policy change they want, who they need to get it done, but they say that something has to change. that is clear, i think, regardless of where you live or who you talk to, there is this sense that something has to change. this cannot be happening. julian castro, you are staying with me. next, my conversation with the texas state representative from uvalde. that is after the break. live pictures from what the memorial in the center of uvalde after outpouring of support and sanders continues. de after outpouring of it makes me sad. i lifted my whole life. i know that this never happened when i lived here.
answers, which is why we keep asking about the timeline and what happened there grieving process is just in the beginning, what type of support are they re going to need as they continue the process? when we don t owe them is some nonsense about replacing a pair of glasses. there is a community health clinic here in uvalde that serves 11,000 latinos that do not have health insurance. they have a behavioral health component and not enough money to be able to have full-time therapists. they have their pace that we re doing telemedicine on. we need to have four or five therapist. greg abbott needs to give that community health clinic $2 million right now. i asked for that is today. he has said nothing about that. this is going to be a long term mental health issue, for sure, for survivors and for friends of survivors and family. i talk to little girls s today in a restaurant that were crying to me. they said, we were scared, but then i got brave. they were braver then the folks
about gun safety and gun violence. i am a person of faith. i am active in the ministry ever since my mother was taken in domestic violence, to help people get out of those situations. but when they say thoughts and prayers to me, i mediately think what is said in the word of god. that faith without work is dead. so we need action. we don t just need your thoughts and prayers. we need you to do something. thank you both so much for spending some time with me. our live coverage from uvalde when american voices continues after this. can voices continues after this you try crazy things. .because you re crazy. .and you like it. .badder.