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washington, president biden acknowledged his own power is limited. >> i cant outlaw a weapon. i cant change the background checks. i cant do that. >> the best hope of senate working group is diving in with a source telling nbc news that the group feels a new urgency. they have met twice in person, continued to text and e-mail and will meet again virtually tomorrow. but there maybe one key voice standing in the way. the top republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell. as one of our guests...

Storage, ethans law named after ethan song who perished at a friends house as a result of playing with a firearm, and a variety of other measures including the background checks system, maybe repealing the sweetheart deal with the manufacturers that give them absolute immunity. >> is any of that going to fly with republicans? >> im certainly, you know, im not going to do anything to gun manufacturers, playing them for an action of somebody who commits their crime. so thats off the table. ar-15, ...

See a rise in mental health services. 76% said faculty and staff members expressed concerns about depression, anxiety and trauma in students. and thats from the pandemic. doesnt even take into effect the impact of what we have seen over the last week from uvalde. we do know after sandy hook nearly ten years ago, no new gun laws were passed. after a after parkland, no action from congress. im joined now by mahmoudy mcconaughey, an english teacher in maryland, thats just outside of d.c. shes also ...

They have been why will someone not stand up. the mayor of uvalde it not said a word since last week. he granted an interview to a local affiliate yesterday. it was a pool interview. it was disseminated to other networks and news stations. there was no one else there to ask any questions except this one reporter. you might argue thats not exactly stepping up to the plate and answering the difficult questions when youre control ing the environment in which youre interviewed. >> and i also just wa...

Uvalde, but people across the state. i just met a couple that came from mission, texas it was a four and a half hour drive to come and just did that to lay flowers and share their grief with the family. but you mentioned. we are now in the period going through funerals. there are visitations underway. first two visitations of two 10-year-olds. she was a girl scout. she was someone who her family said had a heart of fwold. one thing we know is her family says she died a hero. she was trying to ca...

And he will be swayed by a democratic president whose approval ratings are incredibly low, no, he will not because that would not be rational for mitch mcconnells point of view. >> ashley parker, thank you. great reporting, as usual. carol, stick around. for now, we want to go to uvalde, texas, where the first funerals are starting to happen. nbcs shaquille brewster and sam brock are there. if i dont want to lose sight of all this conversation about politics and even the investigation. i dont ...

Square to pay their respects. its going to be a tough period of days and weeks for the families here. >> you talk to the families and another one of the victims, i interviewed her grandfather. he told he that it felt like a piece of his body had been pulled out of him. just ripped away. her aunt said this is going to leave scars on our hearts for months, for years, for decades. you look at the other cities impacted by gun violence. and we know this doesnt heal in a year or two years. so uvalde, ...

Good to be with you. im chris jansing in new york. today two families in uvalde, texas, are holding visiting hours each preparing to bury their 10-year-old daughter with 19 more funerals to come over the next devastating weeks. as flowers pour in and the communitys grief spills out, the pressure could not be anymore intense on congress and the president to get something done on guns. and lets remind you of the personal promise president biden made to folks chanting, "do something" while he was i...