gloria steinem said, if women have to wait a certain amount of time to get an abortion, why should we be able to get a gun so easily? i feel the same way. it's unacceptable. this is not who we are as a country. we know this. it's not who we should be. >> reporter: we are better than this. we are better than this. kevin powell, thank you. and i just want to encourage everyone to read your piece, cnn.com/opinion. john berman, as i toss to you in el paso, i should point out as the former vice president was speaking in iowa, i am staring at a tweet. we know that the president in between, you know, these two tragic events, being here on the ground in dayton, he is now en route to you in el paso, he is slamming, slamming joe biden. >> reporter: indeed he is, brooke. we were looking at that ourselves here. the temperature is rising literally here in el paso, and also metaphorically. the demonstrations are beginning