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Myriad before those. but you never imagine when you're watching social media and you're sounding off on your thoughts and your emotions that your family would be a poster board that your niece would be a poster board for such a senseless horrific crime. and it's just painful. to see my brother and his wife and his dogs lead -- and ashleigh lose their sisteri the light of our lives. i can't even imagine. we've been watching families coming in and out of the hospital. but you can see the pain in everybody's eyes, the prayers, the community and so i want to say you never ever think that you will ...

Big city mayors see a lot. they prepare for a lot. all the preparaion, all the simulations, the drills a mayor can take part in, nothing prepares someone for a mass shooting. i spoke with the mayors of el paso and dayton. i'm sorry we are talking under these circumstances. how is your community doing at this moment? >> we're going to survive. we will persevere. this will not define us. we have a history that goes back 350 years. we have weathered other storms. we are a unique community. >> do you see this as a strike at that bilingual, binational

Yes, our police force plans for shooters of this type. but i gotta tell you, as mayor, i didn't plan for this person to come in from out of town -- i'm convinced it never would have occurred with someone from el pa paso. to come from out of town and reap the destruction on our community with 20 deaths that he has done and we have 26 people still in the hospital. i'm just -- i'm not prepared. we're going to go forward. this will, as i said, not define us. we have -- this community -- you are right, we are one of the say theest safest cities in the nation. we continue to be. we're not going into...

A lot of hope. hopefully, this community is very strong. those like donna johnson will be coming together and honoring those they lost and continuing to have hope for the future. back to you. >> thanks. thanks ms. johnson for talking to us in the midst of her grief. moments ago the fbi issued a new directive. josh campbell joins us with that. explain what this new directive says. >> we are learning new details about the federal government's response in the wake of the spate of mass shootings in california, here in texas and then overnight in dayton, ohio. two law enforcement sources telling ...

Strong and we appreciate you coming on and honoring your loved ones by telling us their story. and what kind of great people they were and are. and so we appreciate you. america is standing with you right now. and our hears are breaking but we can't imagine what you're dealing with. i just again thank you and we hold you up in our thoughts and just thank you. you guys be strong, okay? >> i do want to say, i do want to send our condolences to victims in ohio, as well that we know are going through there. a huge thank you to the el paso community to the first responders, to our christian brother...