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In a rare prime-time address to the nation US President urged Congress, yet again, to pass stricter gun limits following the latest wave of mass shootings in America.
Members that this happened. how could layla no longer be here? how can they cope with never seeing her again? >> the hardest is that i'm her father and i wasn't there. i wasn't there to protect her. >> reporter: for now this family leans on each other for support. >> i hope you know that so many of us, not just us who are here with you right now in your yard, but around this country and around the world are thinking of you. does that give you strength? >> it helps. it helps to know so many people care. >> yes. >> reporter: a makeshift memorial has been set up in downtown uvalde. uvalde is a sm...
You said you need to be at least 21 to buy that kind of weapon. you're not taking it off the table completely? >> presently you can buy one when you're 18. we think you should be 21. i represent texans' point of view and what texans' point of view is very firm on this, i'm in the majority on this, we need a background check system that works, you saw that a background system with this horrible person would have prevented him from getting his hand os on those gu. and you need to wait until you're 21 to buy it and red flag laws. majority of texans think take those steps and take those steps imme...
So peter, give me your sense of the importance of the president and first lady visiting uvalde today. and the must that they will take with them. uvalde >> well, look. everybody has, said obviously, biden brings a special empathetic quality to this kind of an event. but is the kind of thing that has become so wearing on him and so many people, the fact we have to do it twice in just two weeks. that could be a sign of great tragedy. but also, i think, frustration. because these two events will likely not change the dynamic in washington. likelihood that there is some optimism on the part of chr...
All good people, all god-loving people to stand up and say we will not stand for this. enough is enough. we will come together, based en what we all know we have in common and we will not let those people who are motivated by hate separate us or make us feel fear. >> and back here in uvalde, as we noted, preparations are under way for the arrival of president biden. let's take you to where biden is right now. and cnn white house reporter jasmine wright who is traveling with the president in wilmington, delaware, jasmine, walk us through what we can expect from president biden's visit to texas....