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In a rare prime-time address to the nation US President urged Congress, yet again, to pass stricter gun limits following the latest wave of mass shootings in America.

Members that this happened. how could layla no longer be here? how can they cope with never seeing her again? >> the hardest is that im her father and i wasnt there. i wasnt there to protect her. >> reporter: for now this family leans on each other for support. >> i hope you know that so many of us, not just us who are here with you right now in your yard, but around this country and around the world are thinking of you. does that give you strength? >> it helps. it helps to know so many people c...

You said you need to be at least 21 to buy that kind of weapon. youre not taking it off the table completely? >> presently you can buy one when youre 18. we think you should be 21. i represent texans point of view and what texans point of view is very firm on this, im in the majority on this, we need a background check system that works, you saw that a background system with this horrible person would have prevented him from getting his hand os on those gu. and you need to wait until youre 21 to...

So peter, give me your sense of the importance of the president and first lady visiting uvalde today. and the must that they will take with them. uvalde >> well, look. everybody has, said obviously, biden brings a special empathetic quality to this kind of an event. but is the kind of thing that has become so wearing on him and so many people, the fact we have to do it twice in just two weeks. that could be a sign of great tragedy. but also, i think, frustration. because these two events will li...

All good people, all god-loving people to stand up and say we will not stand for this. enough is enough. we will come together, based en what we all know we have in common and we will not let those people who are motivated by hate separate us or make us feel fear. >> and back here in uvalde, as we noted, preparations are under way for the arrival of president biden. lets take you to where biden is right now. and cnn white house reporter jasmine wright who is traveling with the president in wilmi...

They did as a delayed response, they shouldve taken the immediate action to subdue the shooter, to help reduce for their lives in casualties, and im very, very concerned about what i saw and that updated report. so, yes, im looking forward to it i dont have a rush to judgment, but the evidence looks like that there was failure, abysmal failure and unfortunately additional lives probably were lost because of that delayed response. >> texas state representative ron reynolds, thank you -- julián y...

Inspire and say we can move forward. we remember barack obama. leading congregation in amazing grace after charleston. we remember ronald reagan after the challenger disaster in 1986. i think that president biden should say words of consolation and comfort. try and inspire change today. because thats when americans are looking for. i can tell as well, secretary castro, sticking with me. thank you for sticking with me through this when i know the care lot about this community. its incredibly impo...

We believe theres an innovator in all of us. thats why we build technology that helps everyone come to the table and do more incredible things. ♪ ♪ were back live from uvalde, texas, where the president spent his day visiting victims families and honoring the 21 lives lost. consoler-in-chief seating wiping away teas its an understatement to say being here in this moment is emotional. the toll in the community as visible, the trauma long-lasting, especially those that survive until tuesdays m...

Purpose, to kill a lot of human beings quickly. an assault weapon is a weapon of war. with no place -- no place in a civil society. >> reporter: now, the vice president also called for enhanced background checks had it comes to purchasing firearms. she made those remarks as she was leaving buffalo after attending the funeral of ruth whitfield, the oldest person to die in that buffalo shooting just two weeks ago. boris? >> jasmine wright, from wilmington, delaware, thank you. when president bid...

To try to not get emotional myself. a lot of these stories are just really hard to hear. im just about a half mile or so from you and this town square and the crowd has been getting thicker and thicker all day but its very quiet here. people are very reflective. piles of stuffed animals seem to just be growing. one man and police officer here who is not on the scene. was actually doing a high-speed chase on the other side of town and lost his sister, his little sister in this tragedy. so that wa...