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up to 18 children and 2 adults were killed in a school shooting in the us state of texas. you as president joe biden, as in washington, dc, will comment on the countries deadliest school shooting in a decade. ah, 11 o'clock, this is out 0 life. and her also coming up calls for an independent investigation into the death of serene abruptly at the un security council. in new york. ah, so a texas state senator says 18 young children and 2 adults have been killed at a school shooting. it is a deadly attack of an american elementary school. in all my is

a decade. the lockdown was ordered after the lone gunmen open for the rob elementary school. in the town of you, val day, a greg abbot named the suspect is 18 year old. salvador ramos. he was shot dead by police. nearly $600.00 children are enrolled at the institution. a ton of you've all the is in southwest texas, not far from the mexican border. it's home to more than 16000 people. one parent has described how terrifying the experience was. i keep asking questions it was going on and nobody's telling me anything. nobody's telling me telling me anything . and one of the parents are saying that there's kids possibly held at the funeral home. and that's what brought me over here to find out what's going on and where you see and other kids leaving. yes, yes. yes. there's kids there still right now, but my daughter is not there. yeah. okay. and you haven't been able and you checked in with them and they didn't know where her hello. and how are you

this confused and worried about trying to find out where my babies are for more in this, let's get a rub. reynolds in the zones is a rub terrifying time for all. what more do we know at this point? well the death toll has risen obviously when governor abbot texas came out to make an initial announcement, he said that that 12 children had been killed. now that is up to 18 children, 2 adults. total of 20 people killed the shooter, identified as an 18 year old male, also killed, killed by the police as they intervened during the shooting at the rob elementary school, the president of the united states, joe biden is going to speak a short while from now and see, we will see what he has to say. as you mentioned, this is the worst school shooting since the sandy hook massacre and connecticut

that killed 28 children. at that time, there was a very concerted effort by then president barack obama and a number of democrats in congress to pass some kind of nationwide gun control lit and restriction legislation. but it was beaten back republicans and a handful of democrats, staunchly refusing to consider any kind of nationwide legislation. naturally, that will be, you know, perhaps the 2nd day conversation about this incident after the, the sheer horror has, has sunk in people will be asking, well, what can we do about it? is there anything we can do? and based on past experience and observation, it's not likely to change much in terms of any sweeping new legislation. it's interesting to note that well, president vine is going to speak tonight. certainly,

there will be eulogies and many other public figures speaking out over the coming days on friday. the former president donald trump, is scheduled to speak at annual convention of the national rifle association, an organization that it has been instrumental in forwarding any additional gun control legislation in the united states as if he is robin. the figures show that that active shooter incidence does that terms of surged in the last year. right. if you take a baseline of 2021, of course we're only have less than half way through 2022. but if you take a baseline of 2021, the f b, i says that the figures for 2021 were 78 percent higher than those of the previous year. and then if you go back to 2017 ah,

when there were still some several math shootings, but the number of, of shootings in 2020 compared to 2017 is 98 percent higher. so there is, these shootings are not always as high profile and as gut wrenching as a lot of small children being mercilessly gun down in a classroom. it's too much that even even think about. but these happen in disputes in families, in, in bar rooms in on basketball court. so, ah, you know, it runs the gamut. whenever people interact, maybe a fueled with alcohol or, or something else, the anger breaks out. and if there's a gun around then of their kids, there's the possibility of a mass shooting. well, there are more guns now than there are people in this country held in civilian

hands. i'm not talking about the military or, or the police. so guns are widely available. ready in a state like texas, it's very easy to buy a gun. you can carry a gun around a strapped to your hip if you want to. ah, and a, you know, as, as we've been saying, ah, after a terrifying and horrible incident like this, there's a call for thoughts and prayers. and then there's of some wailing and gnashing of teeth about why can't we do better. and then maybe somebody will propose some legislation and it will quietly die in congress after a few weeks or a robot for the man who leave it. that thanks very much indeed that let's cross over to washington d. c. she have returns. he is standing by for says she have, i see that the, the flag is flying at hoff moss at over the white house from where we will be as soon hearing from the us presidents a joe biden at we can imagine the kind of thing he's going to say,

but realistically, what can he do? you can take any kind of executive action on on this it'll he already has taken some executive actions when it comes to, to gun control. most recently, i believe he, you took some action on so called ghost guns, which are kind of the pops that you can buy on the internet and then, and then put them together. but because of the complexity of enforcement this, this can be very difficult. and it was interesting, rob mentioning sandy hooker about is that a very specific thing. you were here in washington after any mass shooting, which is if we didn't get gun control pos and then in 2013. and i was held by the way, by joe biden, brocker about my specifically job by to get this done. you'll space me the great congress whisper jerry button failed and there's all sorts of reasons and recriminations at all sorts of different sides as to why that failed. what you always hear in washington, we couldn't do it then with so many children, dad, and so many teachers that well, how are we ever going to do it? do it now?

i don't fact. there's a very practical thing that's happening right now. tonight's primary nights in the us and right now in texas, there is a democratic, one of the few democratic house members who has the support of the national rifle association. but rob just mention that the and all right. it's done so much so successfully to prevent gun control in the u. s. he has the complete support of the entire democratic party leadership from in the house from nancy pelosi downwards. now we're going to have stuff from nancy pelosi about how something must be done to or not gun control, but they're actively supporting against the progressive challenge or a democratic candidate. who has an, a rating from the right angle, stand in the way of legislation in the house of representatives if it ever comes up . so clearly as a hierarchy of issues, a democrat leadership has decided upon on gun control simply isn't that policy perhaps because that failure in 2013. nonetheless, we will hear the speeches and the vice president common harris,

very much part of that democratic leadership just spoke a few minutes. few hours ago. enough is enough, enough is enough. as a nation, we have to have the courage to take action and understand the nexus between what makes for a reasonable and sensible public policy to insure something like this never happens. again, that he is vice president she, he mentioned nancy pelosi a. she did issue a statement and invoking the will of the american people. i wonder, what is the will of the american people on, is it, do we have any, any polls been done that kind of thing? they're always consistent poles and, and those polls, the headline always says a majority of americans believes in some gun control. that usually means universal background tracks. a burn, banning,

assault weapons are insisting on safe keeping for guns when, when it, when in people's possession and so on. but actually interesting, over the last year, even though there is still a majority of people in favor of gun control that has actually has dropped over the last year at which is, which is rather interesting. and it's not clear what that reason might be. it's also worth noting of, in the aftermath of one of these mass shootings, the, the only significant statistical thing we can point to that oil seems to happen is more guns become available in the us because americans fear while this time, surely, congress is going to do something we better stalk up and then congress doesn't do anything. so actually, that is probably the most likely outcome of this latest, this latest appalling event is the actually more people will actually have access to guns. and she had, thanks that a she had return c reporting from washington d. c. let's speak to kenneth williams. now, his professor at south texas college of law in houston at mr. williams,

birth williams. federal. what's your reaction to what we've been hearing? well, actually a very calling the situation. i know it was awful, so it would be nice. i heard your guest earlier, something could be done, but probably not likely we just talking to a correspondence about the what maneuvers the u. s. president has parts we can explore that little bit further in terms of executive action. is there anything that he can do a of his own back without the need of congress? there are certain things you can do to executive action, but very limited to one of the big problems we're going to have is a supreme court as basically held that there is a right. but most citizens and united states to possess firearms and to purchase them. so he's going to be very limited and what he can do one cannot help, but be incredulous. certainly looking him from the outside. when you see the

statistics from shootings like this in the scale of death, of americans by americans with guns. what will it take to elicit change or, or is it, is it just something that is, it's always going to be this way? i think for the time being is probably for the most part, going to be this way. and that's largely because the us been court has given a very broad and robust interpretation of the 2nd i'm in. the spring court is basically held that the stage in the federal government can very limited. and what they can do in the regularity farms in the united states. so there's not a whole lot that can be done legislatively. ready or through the executive branch given and especially given the current composition supreme court, those coding is probably not going to change your time soon. so extremely limited in the things that can be done. what is the argument of those who disagree with, with changing gun legislation? even if the death of 14 or 18 children 18 children being killed,

doesn't make any difference. well, their argument, they make a couple of arguments. one is that the right to bear arms is protected under the 2nd amendment. other, there's some dispute about whether that was the intent of the framer to do that inaccurate 2nd amendment. so it's one argument that they make. and then secondly, they make the argument that both better off to have more people arm so that when the shooting occurred. if you have other people there who are, let's say, in the school or anywhere else than the killer, the shooter can be killed and others can be defended. so they make the argument, it's a self defense issue. basically to have other people have everybody armed. they is, you have states slight texas, which have relatively well, very lax gun laws, but then you do have more liberal states like massachusetts, which 3 guns in some ways like dangerous cars. right?

that's correct. so there are more restrictions and no set of states. that's correct . or in terms of background checks and more restrictions like that permit, they may have to go to have a permit to purchase a gun. but even though states have been limited, i know chicago, for instance, band harms and houston court overturned that began. ok, so now state level progressive limited and what they can do and the limiting firms. so one and a half 1000000 deaths in the united states and 975 through this kind of incident, more americans kill by farms in the united states and all was more gun violence in america than 26 industrialized nations combined. what will it take to tip the balance well, electronically you will have to start electing people to congress in the state

legislature to support some sensible gun restrictions and regulations. and then they probably have been somewhat of a change of the supreme court. the composition has been court. i just think this current supreme court is going to be very reluctant to allow much in a way of restrictions on gun ownership. they've given a very robust interpretation. the 2nd amendment more robust than most people. i think they're probably bus legal spellers think there should be. so i think combination of those 2 things are going to have to happen before there's any real meaningful change of ownership as part of the culture and united states. gun ownership as years previous speaker indicated where people stay there more people, more guns, there are people. so there's a real strong sense that there's this right gun there. that's very unique. reinstate some like other countries. kenneth williams appreciates your point of

view analysis. thanks very much. indeed kenneth, when it's professor at south texas college in houston, thanks very much. sure. thanks for inviting. okay, well let's take a closer look at this. now. more than 300000 students in the united states have been exposed to gun violence at school since columbine high school shooting in 1999 in the u. s. in 20. 22. so far that have been 27 separate school shootings with dozens killed or injured since 2018 that had been a 119 school shootings across the united states. they include the shooting and parkland florida was 17 which enough and john rosenthal, he's the founder of the stock time gun violence. he says tough regulations is about consumer safety and would lower the number of mass shootings. you know, to sell a toy gun in america. you have to have a little red dot at the end of the barrel. so people police know it's a toy. they're teddy bears have to have, you know, non flammable material, or they can't be sold real firearms that have resulted in 1500000

deaths in the united states. since $975.00, that is more americans killed. i guns in america, then all us service men and women killed and. busy all foreign wars combine, there is no safety features. there is no licensing requirements. there is no magazine size limitation. when they go, golden is executive director of the texas guns sense and she said that gun lords in the state i'll be relaxed instead of tightened. i feel like my heart is broken. i feel sick. i have felt this way before. i hate that i feel this way again. and this happened only hours from where i am, but it's not ok anywhere. anytime i feel i feel like we've been failed and i feel like we've been screaming into the void and it's very exhausting. we have seen ongoing weakening of our already lacks done last here in texas during the

legislative sessions that we've been a part of. we watch the passage and open carry of hand guns and 2015 along with campus kerry, which meter which had broad public support. and, and this last legislative session, we saw lawmakers remove licensing and training requirements to carry a loaded hand gun in public in the state. we are joined by other states, state legislatures doing the same thing and the data out of the states that have passed that law some years back is not looking good. there's a rise of homicide. so we have reason to be concerned about in the face of escalating gun violence with more than $4000.00 checks. and having died from guns in c, d, 's most recent 2020 data. and then we have this horrific incident today, which is we're adding this to the list of some of the most high profile mass shootings that have taken place here in our state. nicole golden,

the executive director of texas guns. and so let's go back to the c she every time so you can see a study by she are waiting for joe biden to speak from the result room. i believe what we expect from him today. what if last week speech about that a pulling massacre is and they go by, it's very difficult to see what, what he's going to say, because he did say enough is enough. and the usual messages, actually it was a speech filled with religious overtones about america being better than this. and about, you know, almost, you know, where gods chosen people. why is this happening? it seem to be, it was very general and very much based on american exceptionalism when what we're watching here is american exceptionalism. but it's gotten crime and its ability to shoot its own, its own people. and actually i was just looking up about statistics. i was mentioning about how support for gun control has been dropping it actually its lowest level since 2014. there is a slim majority in favor of gun control,

but it's actually that that level has gone down over the last year. and as your last guest suggested, things are going in the other direction of anything, which is why when joe biden left buffalo last week and we had him on the tom back on the way to apple is, well, he was rather counted and said, well actually i don't think we can, we can possibly get a gun control, can it go control true to congress. and then as i said, when his own democratic party leadership and the house tonight is supporting a candidate who has a great a rating from the national rifle association. what doesn't seem like that terribly committed either because putting about person is going to stand in the way of gun control, but has the support of nancy pelosi and the democratic leadership in the house. it's simply not a real issue for them, but they're actually going to be going to be thinking about it would say, well that's why again you hear, bob says trans, at the local level to be starting to move things we do have these anecdotal reports of some republicans, whether all mass shootings are beginning to look at local,

local statutes like weights that may be enough. is enough sort of playing that i'm talking about bouncing with the n r a because the national rifle association, we have to understand how it works. it's also much as millions, you know, it's not a huge number of people in america who are members of the but the people who want to keep gun control away from legislation they want or against legislation, are the most active single issue voters of the ballot box in some cases they will go to the ballot boxes when others weren't and they will go because of this issue and the right how it works is on the action of a pack, the israeli. they'll be doing what they do is they supports the candidates in a local race. they will just flood everything with negative campaigning about any candidates who spouses, some kind of gun control. so that means everyone knows that if you, if you start talking about gun control, we've, you know, that israel, for example, and all right, have a pack, whatever. now they will flood the waves with negative campaigns with others or supporting anyone else. but trying to destroy you,

that's how the n r a is what very well and seems to be doing so even now, despite of bankruptcy and, and it's, and it's raised divisions, share with you as just as soon as the president comes up and we hear from him will return to you after some further analysis time being thanks very much for time today in washington. in the meantime, let's carry on with some other news in the un security council calling for an independent investigation into the death of the alger agenda street. abruptly, the council has be meeting to discuss threats to global media, freedom of work that was shot in the head by israeli forces while on assignment. and janine earlier this month, the un special ripple to denounced the targeting of journalists and urge governments to do more to protect them. the security council must strengthen the fight against impunity. it must call on state to investigate fully, promptly and independently or catholic, and john, just in 9 with international standards and grabbing international criminal court is

not an appropriate remedy. and yet, impunity is rampant. the us must consider other measures such as established independent international investigative mechanism. enhancing the capacity of existing un human rights mechanisms using targeted sanctions and strengthening national capacity, including civil society or migrations. where the us state department says it expects those responsible for the killing of st. backlit to be held to account the jury journalist was shot in the head by reading forces while on assignment in the occupied westbank 2 weeks ago. army chief prosecutor and a speech on monday noted that the decision of a pending criminal prosecution would have to wait until the initial pro is completed that initial pro has not yet been completed. so i'm not aware that there's been any final determination about the suitability of a criminal investigation or not. regardless, we have publicly condemned the killing of american policy and journalist rena. luckily in the west bank, we continue to do so. not only was she

a close partner of ours, she was an inspiration to millions around the world. she was a dear friend to many and the u. s. government, we do expect full accountability for those responsible or her killing. while kristen salumi has the latest from the un member state, speaking at this meeting, talking about the importance of protecting journal is particularly in conflict. and this is something that is required under not international law and the killing of a journalist in such a situation. journalist being considered civilians in a conflict could be considered a war crime. so that is something that we've heard, reaffirmed over and over again throughout this meeting. and the security council has weighed in on this, in the past resolution to, to, to makes it clear that protection of journalists in a conflict area in particular is crucial to democracy and freedom of expression.

we've heard this also from many speakers of the security council needs to do more to uphold this who's saying this while the you ends on representative irene con. uh, she is an expert on freedom of expression. she call them security council to do more to hold perpetrators of violence against journalists to account, pointing out that 9 times out of 10. no one is held accountable when someone is killed. but of course, in the case of sharina ob walkway, the al jazeera journalists, al jazeera, has said explicitly, and the bureau chief said, in this forum that al jazeera has evidence that it was in his really bullet that killed her eye and that they are pursuing all avenues of accountability on their end. north korea has 53 ballistic missiles off its east coast. that's according to the south grand joint chiefs of staff. the missiles were launched from

the $29.00 area towards the sea of japan. japan's coast guard says has already fallen into the sea. the launch comes as you, as president joe biden, wrapped up his trip to south korea and japan some people gave us just 3 days, but we endured 3 brave heroic months. there was a message from president vladimir zalinski as ukraine marked 12 weeks since russia's invasion. some areas are now returning to normal fighting his escalades in the east semanski is told the world economic form devils. the ukraine needs $5000000000.00 a month to rebuild. the european union has pledged more than $10000000000.00 in financial aid to keep ukraine's economy going. it is the large package of micro financial assistance ever conceived by the european union for so to country. other countries, starting with our friends in the united states, are doing their utmost to it is an economic relief

operation with no precedent in recent history. people in ukraine's capital still confident about winning the war and even reclaiming their loss. land our correspondence and best robbie found a lot of optimism in keith. despite the death and the destruction the war in ukraine has not gone as expected. keith was meant to fall to russian invaders in a matter of days. 3 months after missiles shells and paratroopers began landing in and around the capital, ukraine is putting the spoils of war on display. morale and anger at russia are now so high. ukrainian say the only acceptable victory will be taking everything back occupied territories in the east even crimea. duck. yeah. if you do sandwich leave . yes, i believe the return of our territories is possible,

and i think we should not stop and i believe there should not be any negotiations about returning to the theme borders we had before. the start of this war on, you know, we should get our citizen crimea back. this is our so in country and we should defended green there should not be in and go she sions with the enemy, these numbers i'm happy with. of course, i believe full stop. i hope that it will be this way. the truth is on our side, we are descending our land. we really want and hope for this to happen. yes, you probably need to weapons and then our are an army real, real do everything and we will when i am not to i'm sure we will get to victory and yes to really and there was less optimism when all at war came to ukraine on february 24th, russian president vladimir putin so called special military operation was the

biggest assault on a european state since world war 2. the, you an estimate at least 14000000 people have been displaced so far, at least 6000000 to neighboring countries. when missile had ukrainian army base in yahoo as near the border with natal member, poland, it was the 1st russian attack in the west of the country. the siege of mario pole so violent, it wiped the city off the map. leaving little doubt as to how far russia was willing to go to achieve its aims. unable to penetrate ukrainian defences around the capital, rushes withdrawal from future revealed civilian killings that ukraine described as war crimes, a dramatic victory for ukrainians. the sinking of russia's lead worship in the black sea. russia blamed and on board ammunition explosion. ukrainians claimed it was a missile strike. the invasion did change the map, but not perhaps has put in that hope. finland and sweden applying to join nato stands to more than double the alliance. his board.