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anderson. actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey spoke at the white house. and a son of a woman killed in buffalo testified before the senate judiciary committee. >> youre elected to protect us. and because if there is nothing -- and respectfully, senators, you should yield your positions of authority and influence to others who are willing to lead on this issue. the urgency of the moment demands no less. my mothers life mattered. >> negotiations in the senate appear to be at a cr...

magnitsky. the former homeland security is. now warning about wait for it, in america, facing more volatile threat within in the months ahead. it has issued a really alarming new bulletins. warning that violence in this country could get even worse in the summer months and run up to the midterm elections. the reason why are frankly its stomach turning as they are eye-opening. they are saying that people on online forums are encouraging uvalde copycat attacks. how cruel. but wait, there...

and well see you tomorrow night. a big show to get to tonight. thanks so much. this is "don lemon tonight," and we are at a very critical point in this country right now. a crucial point, as a matter of fact. a moment when we get to decide whether were going to do something about the gun violence that is killing more and more americans every day, even if its only a first step, or do nothing and just watch more and more funerals, more and more families torn apart. this could be the mome...

do you see a change? >> i think the consciousness level has been raised, but i think, like the experts said at the hearing today, people are being rewarded for advocating this race replacement theory, and they are using their cable news shows, theyre using their political pulpits to make it popular, get more ratings off of spreading evil. and we have to call that out. we cannot put politics over people anymore. and we have to, like garnell said, deal with the issue of white supremacy. ...

legitimate reasons why people would want to have them. >> why do you think people need to have ar-15s in this country? >> you are talking about a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. >> if we can introduce to them safely, they normally say that things not even scary. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> wednesday, june 8, 4:00 a.m. on capitol hill where in the coming hours u.s. lawmakers will hear the testimonies from the families of mass shooting vict...

powerful republican in the senate is open to raising the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21. he has said that in private, but mitch mcconnell has not and wont, it seems, say it in public. it is highly unlikely that it will be part of any agreement on gun safety as talks intensify between democrats and republicans. two weeks ago republican senate cynthia lieu mass of wyoming said she doubted any ideas to curb gun violence would be welcomed in her pro-gun state bu...

world, it is wednesday, june 8th. cnn has learned the most prominent republican in the senate supports raising the minimum age to buy a semi-automatic weapon like an ar-15 from 18 to 216789 mitch mcconnell has said that in private we are told, but he wont say it in public, and it is not likely to be part of any agreement on gun safety as talks heat up between democrats and republicans. republican senator cynthia lummis of wyoming said two weeks ago that she doubted that any plan to c...

constituents demanding an end to mass shootings. as negotiations continue, cnn chief congressional correspondent manu raju pressed lawmakers about ar-15s and why people need them and he got a range of responses. here it is. >> why do you think that people need to have ar-15s in this country in. >> youre talking about a constitutional right to keep and bear arms. people who are law abiding citizens are in good mental health and arent a threat to the public. >> in my state, they use them...

buffalo. and actor matthew mcconaughey who is from uvalde, appealing to congress from the white house briefing room to take action on guns. his wife held a replica of the green converse sneakers, the only thing that helped identify a 9-year-old girl shot and killed in uvalde. thats the power of the weapon used there. >> maite wanted to be a marine biologist. maite wore green high top converse with a heart she had hand drawn on the right toe because they represented her love of nature. ...

these witnesses begin talking. >> goodness. an 11-year-old girl. as a small circle of senate negotiators, democrats and republicans continue to work on the possibility of gun legislation. cnn has learned that a larger group in the senate are expected to meet in the next hour to discuss an emerging proposed package, following an emotional plea by actor and uvalde texas native matthew mcconaughey from the white house podium yesterday. >> can both sides rise above? can both sides see be...