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the wrong decision. not my words but the description from the director of public safety. he said the officers responding made a serious mistake and not immediately going into the classroom where a gunman killed 19 kids and two teachers tuesday. this is coming after extraordinary briefing that provided more clarity about the time line but raised a lot more questions, many more questions. we learned teacher propped open the door. the killer would later enter. the school safety officer responded to the scene and drove right past it as the gunman hid in the school parking lot. they said ...

Happening. you can expect the program to begin at any point. notably missing the governor. he will be sending a pre-recorded video mezmessage b appearing in uvalde just about 45 minutes ago. tuesday's massacre is one of 200 mass shootings alone. at places like grocery stores, malls, street corners. leaving long lasting damage to the families, communities around them. even though it's so obvious why this is so devastating, there's not much research on the long term effect of gun violence. why not? a more than 20 yearlong freeze on government funding for research. that's after congress passed th...

To wait until i'm 21 to get a handgun but can serve at 18. >> we didn't address it, mr. president. >> because you're afraid of the nra. >> i represent a december strict in central florida and we were affected by pulse and in the aftermath the american people want to see us, their elected leaders working together to do something. i'm heartened. >> this didn't happen after pulse. how bad was pulse and nothing happened? >> i have a bipartisan bill to remove the so-called dickie amendment that prevented over the last couple decades, the cdc and federal agencies from researching gun violence. >> th...

Something. >> this didn't happen after pulse. how bad was pulse and nothing happened? >> i have a bipartisan bill to remove the so-called dickie amendment that prevented over the last couple decades, the cdc and federal agencies from researching gun violence. >> that was president trump talking with lawmakers at a bipartisan meeting last month and that member of congress you just heard from is here with us and will join us in just a moment. the white house in the meantime outlined its gun plan over the weekend. it's in response to the park land florida school shooting that left 17 dead and spa...

Happened in orlando in your district, had no previous experience in politics and got into the race and won, pushing the issue of guns. you had specific concerns, the dickie amendment, a term most people aren't familiar with. why do you believe it ought to be changed? >> what i did was after the pulse nightclub shooting i was frustrated by our elected leaders, i ran a four-month campaign and unseated an incumbent who had taken a check from the nra two days after the pulse nightclub shooting so i care deeply about this issue and i've put forward a bill called the gun violence research act that r...