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Protect them. let's do everything we can to protect our children and our community. >> i believe you're watching the senate negotiations like i am, and the grant protection orders, there is not such a program in texas. allowing for a background check toly, the shooter in u -- uvalde, is that a valuable first step in your view? >> i will take everything to move the ball closer. we haven't passed a substantive thing. we've had mass shooting after mass shooting, so if we can pass something that has some form of delay for young people to get

Probably imagine for themselves why the necessity of that is. this town didn't deserve this, these families didn't deserve this. we deserve better from our state officials here in texas. we deserve that when a problem like this happens to fix it, or at least try to fix it. none of this is normal. i feel like every day i'm in this groundhog day when i'm in uvalde. none of this is normal, and the people of uvalde deserve so much more than what happened. we had a system creator, we had human error, but it goes back to not just what happened on that day, it goes back to years and years prior to hu...

Stories, activists are out here saying we won't let this end until there is a vote that will prevent the kind of tragedies we're hearing about in so many survivor stories. >> so, shannon, what would be the kind of things that would help what happened in uvalde or new york from happening again? >> look, the data is clear. too often we hear if one law won't stop gun violence, nothing will. that includes background checks, that includes regulating assault weapons, that includes red flag laws, appointing a director, on and on. because america is made up of this patchwork of different gun laws, som...

Destruction of families? >> for 14 days straight, i stayed in uvalde trying to be there for families and talk to them. i've gone to too many viewings where i've seen too many little babies in coffins. it shouldn't be. it's not normal. the last one i went to, a beautiful little girl. she had a shroud over her and she was so beautiful, so angelic. and, you know, you're right, the devastation that happened to some of these kids is something i can't bring myself to think about. i cannot even bring myself to think of the pain some of these families are having to deal with. imagine the last funeral ...

Of transparency coming from law enforcement. who knows if that is any indication of what is to come for this review. but the attorney general seemed optimistic they will get cooperation from law enforcement oak. it is a notable team. they've assembled expert information many different areas, including law enforcement, also victim response, even media response here. notably, this has happened in the past here. with the pulse nightclub shooting, it was the chief of police of orlando at the time that requested the after action review and notably, she a part of this panel of experts na will be con...