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Democratic leaders implored Republican senators to drop their opposition to gun legislation while signaling that the Senate won’t immediately hold votes.
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In 2020, there were more than 19,000 gun-related homicides in the U.S., according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s an average of 53 per day. There have been 213 mass shootings so far this year. The death toll in school mass shootings is also startling — since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012, 77 students have been killed.
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Linda Biegel Schulman’s son was a teacher at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. He was killed trying to protect his students during that mass shooting in 2018. Schulman joins CBS News’ Lana Zak to discuss the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
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The political firestorm around gun reform was on full display when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s news conference on the Uvalde school shooting was interrupted by his Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke. In Washington, Democrats plan to hold votes on new gun reform bills but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer isn’t optimistic. Ed O’Keefe has the latest.
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Officials say an 18-year-old opened fire in a Texas elementary school Tuesday, killing 19 children and two adults in one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian reports on the devastated community, and CBS News anchor Tanya Rivero joins Lana Zak with more on the reaction.
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The court and Republican-led redistricting commission have been at odds over state House and Senate lines.
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger joins CBS News’ “Red & Blue” to discuss his Republican primary win where he fended off a Trump-endorsed opponent in former Congressman Jody Hice.
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A funeral was held for one of the victims in the Buffalo supermarket mass shooting. Security guard Aaron Salter was shot and killed when he tried to protect customers from the gunman. Jericka Duncan reports.
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Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke interrupted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference in Uvalde after the mass shooting that left 19 children and two adults dead. Watch the confrontation.
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