Senders sheldon whitehouse, senders sheldon whitehouse, The 11th Hour, starts now. Tonight, tragedy in georgia, a deadly high School Shooting Forces Gun Violence back into the spotlight at the height of the election. Plus, former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney gives revolt to Vice President harris, but how much does it actually help the democratic ticket . Then, the Vice President unveils her vision for the american economy. We get into the Probusiness Agenda she is pitching to voters as the election approaches. A High School a High School in georgia, mason schermerhorn, and teacher, christian and official say the 14 your suspect used an Arstyle Weapon during the attack when police investigated online threats last year to carry out a School Shooting but Founno Proable cause for an arrest at the time. Here is more from georgia. Reporter horror in georgia after officials say a suspected shooter opened fire in appalachia High School. 14yearold student here, at the High School, has been taken into custody. He will be charged with murder and will be tried as an adult. Reporter this video, showing realize, if you do not give up, get on the ground, the deputy took, to custody. Reporter golf coach, david phenix, who was st, posted that he was in stable codiion. My heart hurts for these kids, my heart hurts for this community, but i want to make it clear that he will not prevail in this county. Love will prevail. Reporter kids returned back to school in august, sophomores, describing the terrifying moments. I didnt know what was going to happen, because you could hear E Nfire right close. I was shaking. Just scared. I thought i was going to die. Reporter this student said she was sticking up but shaking and scared. How does it feel to have this happen in High School . I am shocked. Reporter panic parents reuniting with their children at the football field. My daughter called me at work. She was screaming that there was a shooter at apalachee. Porter President Biden, briefed today, writing, jill and i are mourng the death for those whose lives were cut short due to more senseless Gun Violence. The president ial candidates offered condolences as they hit the Campaign Trai Donald trump responded with a true social post, quote, these cherished children were taken from us far too soon by a sick and deranged monster, end quote. Vice president harris addressed the tragedy in New Hampshire earlier today. Watch this. Every day in our country, in the united states of america, the parents have to send their children to school worried about whether or not their child will come home alive. It is senseless. It is. We have got to stop it, we have an epidemic of Gun Violence. You know, it doesnt have to be this way meanwhile, a new Nbc Survey of Gen Z voters shows that 85 of those under the age of 30 say that theyre somewhat or very concerned about the possibility of Gun Violence in schools or public spaces. So, the question is, are lawmakers going to do anything with that . With that, lets get smarter with the Leadoff Battle Tonight Panel Tonight with hugo low, senior reporter for the guardian, and rolling gutierrez, represented uvalde School Shoing that left students and teachers did back in 2022. Senator, i hate having you on, because every time you are here, we know it is for one reason. It is a new school year, and here we are again. Students and teachers, sheltering from another deadly shooting from a teenager, 14 yearold, a freshman in High School. When you heard this report today, what went through your mind . Three years ago or two years ago . Stephanie, i was just this is just so sad and disgusting, quite frankly, that we can figure this out in this nation. My heart goes out to those families. It is so important that everybody across this country understands that Mason Scrmerhorn and those teachers, theyre not coming back but it is not another School Day for those children. The finality of death, we have to understand it, because we have to do something about this in this country, and to do something means an Assault Weapons ban. This weapon fires three times the speed of a nine millimeter, and it caused this incredible damage. I sued the State Of Texas to see the videos that happened, but in uvalde, texas, you dont get a Human Body left when you get shot by one of these weapons. We have to do something now. It is my hothat, the people in this country you go, what an awful day, this tragedy, again, putting the issue of Gun Violence Front And Center in the final stretch of campaigning. Oftentimes, one of these tragedies happens, we talked about it for a few days, the News Cycle moves on, but here we are, less than 70 days from the race, from the election. Do you think this somehow changes the dynamic for the race . Will voters demand action from one or both candidates . Ill knew the extent to which it will change the dynamics of the race, but certainly, at the moment, on the Campaign Trail today, i ought it was very telling, because it was really a Spl Screen in many ways. You know, traveling with the Vice President today to New Hampshire, she delivered those remarks, and she kind of spoke very common sense, i thought, you know, the way she said, it is going to have to be this way. We can add new restrictions on firearms. Meanwhile, the trump Campaigns Response to this was, we dont even want to address it, which is telling, for this campaign, that is usually a sign that they dont want to engage on this sort of policy. I think the reason for that is because that policy is to oppose any new restrictions on Gun Rights. It is to oppose any rollbacks on curbing the proliferation of assaultstyle weapons, which is the kind of weapon that was used today. They didnt want to draw attention to that, because it made their position look weak. When you look at that on a whole, for voters, that is very apparent. You know, which side is for curbing guns, and these sorts of instances, allowing people to perpetrate real murders with these sorts of weapons. But policy is what millions of parents around the country are amending tonight. Parents are too afraid to send their skids kids to School Tomorrow out of fear that another kid could walk in with another ar15 style weapon. What do you think . This is what the issues with the Stt Divies in the party is very, very clear here. The republican party has set for a long time, the answer for Gun Violence is either more guns or, just, theres nothing you can do about it. Democrats try to talk about beauty of Assault Weapons bans and other kinds of Gunn City Legislation And Gun safety measures. It just is so difficult in these moments to have it ever sort of breakthrough. It doesnt have to be difficult. Right . It doesnt. Everything is difficult and so you you say, no, i will do something for the public. Which is quite true along those lines. Talking about this issue, Gun Violence and Gun Safety, we should realy jumon this issue more and push harder on it, because you mentioned talking about young people and how worried they are about this. There are guns like this put on the Back Burner by democrats, and other top issue . They obviolcare about it and talk about it a lot, but it is not the number one thing. These experts told us that they think there are elements where the democraused to be bolder on this issue because of numbers like that, and because of just how focused people in this country are on try to do something about this as you both mentioned on the Campaign Trail now, theres only one candidate actually offering any sort of solutions at the moment. Senator, after the Mass Shooting in uvalde, President Biden did sign the first major Gun Safety legislation that we had in our country in 30 years. That is something. What did you think, reasonably, can be proposed and can get done . You are in texas, where things havent gotten done on a state level, even though it happened in your own backyard yeah. Nothing has happened in the State Of Texas, definitely. I want to point out, looking at the Parkland Shooting in florida, after that horrible act that happened in florida, rick scott, then the governor, passed over 21 pieces of legislation, including Red Flag Laws, including certain age limit requirements on these types of weapons. 75 of republican voters in texas want to see age limits on access to these types of weapons. I, of course, m one of them. So, they need to do what i didnt want to go see, which is dead kids. When you see a little girl with her face just gone, just obliterated in such a horrific way, it changes everything that you believe in in life, and it changes your focus entirely. If policymakers truly want to do the right thing here, they need to understand that s is not just another Mass Shooting, this s he end of Two Little Boys lives, The End of two teachers lives, and all of this is avoidable. Every sheriff in parkland in florida, rather appreciates the fact that they have Red Flag Laws. If we had Red Flag Laws in georgia and i dont know if we do this might have been avoided about a year ago. Yeah. It was parkland students who fought for it. David hardge was a 17yearold high School Student in parkland, florida. Today, he is one of the strongest, most outspoken and safety advocates in this country. So, change can happen. We have to remind yourself, though, Donald Trump, last time we saw his statement on his cial media platform, the last time we had a shooting, the aftermath of a shooting in iowa, i want to share a bit of what Donald Trump said watch this. It is a very terrible thing that happened, and, it is just horrible to see that happening. It is just horrible. So surprising to see it here, but, have to get over it, we have to move forward. We have to move forward. Hugo, no we dont. We dont have to get over it and move forward. We have to do something about it. So, who is that message for . Is that for hardcore nra favored republicans are saying, dont talk about it, look the other direction . Not oking to get over it and s move on. Certainly, No One from those communities, certainly, none of those families. I think that is right you know, the audience, really, is basically red Meat Maga people, and his wider base. For them, they see Gun Rights as something that is inalienable, shouldnt be touched. I think the Trump Campaign runs into this issue over and over again, which is they have policies that are unpopular with large parts of the country, but are very popular with certain sections of their base. If you think about what trump is trying to do in this election, he is actually trying to turn out a Building Block that didnt turn out for him in 2020, but did in 2016, and that is young white men, especially here, young white men who are difficult to reach, probably skew conservative and dont consume mainstream news. To that demographic, the Trump Campaign has long believed most conservative policies and their positions on the second amendment or what is going to get them to gto the poll up for this year, and that has been there singular focus for months, and it explains why trump does what he does when trying to bridge this gap between fundamentally unpopular policies and the very narrow subsection which he thinks will swing the election in his favor. Are they right . Lets talk about young male white voters. They might like to play violent video games, they might be anti , quote unquote, cultural brokenness, but i dont know, theres an awful lot of males who certainly dont want Gun Violence. He is doing it for them . The young male voter. Yeah. this is the big challenge republicans have with this issue. It kind of feels like were kind of in a Zombie Land when it comes to this, because the nra doesnt have the power it used to have, it has changed the conversation in politics for this issue. Do you remember what a Superpower Wayne Lapierre once was . He is a shriveled up old man unemployed at this four with zero power, probably not even in his household. I dont know about that, but i do know, like, this a fascinating piece to cover. I have covered so many of the shootings, it is such a horrible part of being a journalist in this era, ing these and being a part of these conversations. Every time, it goes the exact same way, what everybody says, truly, theres something we can do, and then someone says, no, we really cant do anything at all, and the republican party there have been moments as the senator manchin, where some states have made changes and political changes, and those republicans havent been almost losing national support in those states. But when it comes to this issue on the national stage, for some reason, the gop, specifically, seems very, very nervous about getting anywhere away from the idea of guns for anybody who wants them whenever they can get them. That is the best way to solve this problem. Im not convinced that is a great thing for them going forward, but they keep sticking with it. Nervous, like when parents when they send their kids off to school. We will leave it there, gentlemen. Thank you for joining me tonight. Evan, hugo and i said before, roland, i dont like seeing you, but i appreciate your insights. When we return, Vice President harris scoops up a very big gop endorsement. Ill It Lead to gop votes though . Later, the u. S. Accuses russia of Election Interference again. The department of Justices Effort to stop it before americans head to the polls. You need to hear this. The 11th hour, just getting underway on a very important wednesday night. You better stay up for this one. Only Purples Gel flex grid passes the raw egg test. No other mattress cradles your body and simultaneously supports your spine. Memory foam doesnt come close. Get your best sleep guaranteed. Save up to 1,000 during our labor day sale. 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Former congresswoman Liz Cheney, Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, said tonight that she will vote for harris in november. Cheney made the announcement during an appearance at Duke University earlier. Watch this. I dont believe that we had the luxury of writing in candidates names, particularly in Swing States. As a conservative, as someone who believes in and cares about the constitution, i have thought deeply about this, and because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am i not voting for Donald Trump, but i will be voting for Kamala Harris. Macklemore, former democratic New York congressman, max rose, now a Senior Advisor to vote thats, and stores deepened is here, veteran of the Mitt Romney and george w. Bush president ial campaigns, now the lincoln project. Stewart, she did just say, im voting against Donald Trump. She said, im voting for Kamala Harris though. What is your reaction . Do you think she will have an impact on this race . You know, i think she will have an impact, and one of the impacts is others will follow her. I really dont understand how, what a lot of republicans have, about Donald Trump. To not endorse harris. If you really believe he is a threat to the country, one of these two people will be president of the united states. You can say, i really care about the country, but i will set this one out . It just doesnt seem patriotic, or any kind of coherent thinking at all. So, i think, liz, i have worked with a lot of back in the day i think he will help here. Max, i spoke to a very senior former republican who said, tonight, Liz Cheney just put herself on the right side of history. My question is, does this endorsement put any votes on the side of Kamala Harris that might not have been there yesterday . That is a big deal. Look, part of the Big Ten right now for the democratic party are disaffected oldschool republicans. You know, that is the story so far. This is is not a runofthe mill republican. I mean, this was, you know, part of the nobility almost of the republican party a decade or two a, and when you look at suburban areas in Swing States, or even when you look at these contested congressional districts, Theres Plenty of republicans that cannot stand Donald Trump. The danger for the democrats right now is they can just say, we have it in the bag. This is one piece the puzzle, but theres certainly more to come, and it is absolutely imperative now that we stay on the offense, that we dont just assume people hate Donald Trump, consistently remind people of the fact, why ms. Cheney is doing this is because Donald Trump is th