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Hook. if you have done anything good, it is the fact that you have brought us here together and that we are committing ourselves to act. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott was initially scheduled to appear in person but sent a video message instead. >> there are thousands of laws on the books across the country that limit the owning or using of firearms. laws that have not stopped madmen from carrying out evil acts on innocent people and peaceful communities. >> reporter: yeah. you can see some of the signs that protesters left behind. look, they're tired of all the talk and back and fort...

What stops armed bad guys is armed good guys. we must not react to evil and tragedy by abandoning the constitution or infringing on the rights of our law-abiding citizens. >> reporter: christi, i really want to emphasize this shows there's still such a divide within the republican party on how to handle gun safety legislation with, you know, senator ted cruz and senator john cornyn really showing that divide with cornen, of course, participating in the bipartisan talks and senator ted cruz still saying that gun legislation does not need to happen, that everything but is the reason to blame for...

Buenos dias, good morning, and welcome to your new day. it is saturday, may 28th. i'm boris sanchez live in uvalde, texas. >> and i'm christi paul, boris, i look at what's behind you and i cannot imagine the atmosphere there in uvalde, and i feel like, i think a lot of people i talk to feel like the more information we get the more disturbed we are. >> reporter: that's right, christi, the anguish in this community has been exacerbated by the discrepancies that we've gotten from law enforcement, different angles of different stories and ultimately learning that mistakes were made in the law enf...

Tomorrow when he goes to uvalde. >> well, christi, the president is bring ago ming a message of support. he wanted him and the first lady to go down and say the first family has a sense of their pain. he wanted to bring a little comfort to the community at large who are suffering with shock, trauma, and grief, and we know he has a special way of communicating that. it was less than two weeks ago we saw the president and the first lady venture down to buffalo, new york, the site of that last mass shooting really laying flowers at the memorial there trying to really offer support to the families...

Santa fe burn in excess of 300 acres and now we've got gusty winds. there could be some dry thunderstorms there. look at these temperatures. close to 90 degrees for sunday for chicago. behind the front much colder. and christi, that's where we're going to pick up some of the coldest air and could be measuring snowfall in southwest montana in feet. >> karen maginnis, thank you for the heads up. and thank you so much for sharing part of your morning with us. i'm always grateful to have you here. there's more ahead in the next hour of "cnn newsroom" with jessica dean in just a moment. stay close....