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and unimaginable loss. young children full of enthusiasm and hope for their future. >> this next saturday on the 4th, she would have been 10. >> a look at who was lost this week. hello, i'm dana bash in uvalde, texas, where the state of our union is so sad and wondering when enough will really be enough? i'm joining you today from a community in shock. a community grieving the 21 people brutally murdered in an elementary school on wednesday. a community so overwhelmed by loss, the parents of 9, 10 and 11-year-olds have to wait weeks to bury their own children because the funeral ho...

the airport to meet with grieving families here today. try to bring some comfort to a community traumatized, absolutely traumatized by the loss of 21 innocent people. 19 of them children, as young as 9 years old. they were murdered in their classroom. this is a community just trying to understand not only that, but why 19 law enforcement officials waited an hour outside the classroom as the children made desperate 9-1-1 calls for help. the president lands here as lawmakers in washington and around the country are renewing calls for action again, but it is unclear whether the presiden...

To encourage that. we as democrats have a different view of the issue. we have to be looking for that compromise that makes things better. >> so, what is that? of course, we've known there are different views on this issue for decades now. but there are areas of compromise that have to be if you're hopeful, so what are they? >> well, you mentioned a red flag. a person who has demonstrated the kind of conduct that is threatening or worrisome to alert law enforcement officials early, to deal with this whole straw purchasing issue. we lost a policewoman in chicago, ella french, last year to a str...

Different views on this issue for decades now, but there are areas of compromise. there have to be if you're hopeful. what are they? >> you mentioned a red flag. a person illustrating the kind of conduct that is threatening or worrisome to alert law enforcement officials early, to deal with this whole straw purchasing issue. we lost a person to a purchase someone without a criminal record and handed it over to a criminal who killed a wonderful police officer and seriously injured her partner. that sort of thing, enforcing straw purchasing, these are all small but important life-saving steps. h...