Countr recoil in horror at the tragedy and at the senseless taking of lives. People are gunned down going about their daily business. And in the city where it happens, it is local police and other Emergency Personnel who are first on the scene and generally right behind them is the mayor. I think most of us feel this is the hardest part of what we do. From the initial shock to shorting out facts of what happened, making sure the suspect or suspects have been apprehended, if theyre still alive. Identifying the victims and providing information and comfort to their a phenomenals and information and reassurance families and tphfpgs and reassurance to the people at large. Mayor lucas with us today are five exceptional mayors who do great work each day in every realm of leading in their cities. But theyre also five mayors who have dealt with high profile Mass Shootings. Three of whom just in the last 10 weeks. Atlanta mayor andre dickens. One person was killed and four others wounded in mid
Atlanta, nashville and other cities talked about Lessons Learned from Mass Shootings and the longterm effects on communities. The discussion held at the u. S. Conference of mayors 2023 meeting in columbus, ohio. Hi. Thank you, tom. When a Mass Shootings occurs, particularly one that makes national news. People across the country recoil in horror at the tragedy and at the senseless taking of innocent lives. People are gunnened down, going about their business, work, school, shooting or to a medical appointment or spending a night out in their town and in the city where it happens, its local police and other Emergency Personnel who are first on the scene and generally right behind them is the mayor. I think most of us feel this is the hardest part of what we do, from the initial shock, to sorting out facts of what happened. Making sure the suspect or suspects have been apprehended and they are still alive. And the victims and providing information and comfort to their families and inform
fox news top of the hour, three big stories topping the news. china s military carrying out massive blockade drills around taiwan today. china announced three days of drills on saturday after taiwan s president met in california with house speaker kevin mccarthy. protests expected in tennessee today where the state legislature is back in session for the first time since it voted to expel two democrats for their role in a chaotic gun control protest. a at the detention of erin gershkovitch. more on those stories throughout the hour. first. someone got shot. dana: the army sergeant convicted in the death of a black lives protestors in 2020 says it is self-defense but facing a possible sentence of life in prison. texas governor abbott is calling for the state to grant a pardon. that is developing now. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: i know you had a good weekend. excellent. great easter weekend, thank you. i m bill hemmer
Yesterday, Fighting Away tears, called a close friend. Today im hurt. And im hurting. And i know so many people out there are as well. Another investigation into the who and the why. Another set of questions, like why did a 25yearold Bank Employee bring horror to his own workplace . Why did he live stream it . And why was his Weapon Of Choice an ar15, like so many other shooters before him . And now another conversation about gun violence and reform. A conversation well continue in just moments with Congressman Morgan Nicardi who represents louisville The Big Question once again, will this cycle end the same way as all the rest before with nothing changed whatsoever also this morning, back in action, one of the two black tennessee lawmakers expelled from the state house last week is back at work. There he is, justin jones. How soon could his other ousted colleague be back there with him . And the race to keep a popular Abortion Pill on the market, the doj now appealing a controversial
inside the offices of a bank before the gunman was killed after a shootout with police. all the attention now turning to the victims as well as a possible motive. sandra: and we are expecting another news conference from investigators in louisville coming up, that is happening less than an hour from now. a lot we still don t know. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m sandra smith and a big welcome to you, bill. bill: i m bill melugin in for john roberts today. the white house set to face a whole lot of important questions at the briefing, how the white house reacts to the china dress rehearsal of a threatened invasion of taiwan. sandra: a snub from america s oldest ally, france. french president the latest leader to cozy up to china as that country works to create a new world order. bill: and now china scoring another political win, president biden heads to ireland, expecting john kirby to join the white house press briefing to preview the p