white macbook and back. singapore. president biden is expected to deliver a primetime tv address shortly — on tackling gun violence. it follows a string of mass shootings which have led to renewed calls for action on gun safety in the united states. recently, of course, there was the attack at the elementary school in texas, in which 19 pupils and two teachers were killed. and in past weeks, a grocery store in new york was also targeted as well as yesterday's gun attack at the medical building in oklahoma.

a gunman went on the shooting spree in the medical centre which resulted in four deaths, including the gunman. we are expecting the us president to be speaking very shortly and he is expected to essentially press for tighter gun regulations. pressing the congress to track and go—ahead with stronger legislations rather on us gun control. president biden is surely able to speak. but as listening. m0 to speak. but as listening. no solid to speak. but as listening. iir> solid grounds, we saw a rows and rows of crosses. among the

rows, honouring those who paid the ultimate price and battlefields around the world. the day before, we visited texas, ulvade. we stood before 21 crosses of elementary school children into teachers. on each cross and name, nearby, a photo of each victim that we reached out to touch. innocent victims murdered in the classroom and have been turned into a killing field. standing in that small town like so many other communities across america, i couldn't help you think there are too many other schools, too many of their places that have been killing fields, battlefields here in america. 12 days before, across more

grocery store in buffalo, new york, memorialising ten fellow americans, a spouse, a parent, a grandparent, a sibling, gone forever. and both places, we spent hours with hundreds of family members who were broken, whose lives will never be the same. they had one message for all of us. do something. just do something. for gods sake, do something. after columbine, after sandy hook, after charlston, after orlando, after las vegas, after parkland, nothing has been done. this time, that can't be true. this time, that can't be true. this time, we must actually do something. this is one of conscience and common sense. for so many of you at home, i want to be very clear. this is not about taking away anyone's

guns. it's a not about vilifying gun owners. in fact, i think we should be treating responsible gun owners as an example of how every gun owner should behave. i respect the culture and the tradition and the concerns of lawful gun owners. by the same time, the second amendment like all other rights is not absolute. it was justice and i quote, most rights, the right second amendment, the rights granted by the second amendment are not unlimited. not unlimited. it never has been. there have always been limitations of what weapons you can own in america. for example, machine guns have been federally regulated for nearly 90 years. and this is still a free country. this is about taking away anyone's rights. as for protecting children. it's by protecting

families. it's about protecting whole communities. as my protecting our freedoms to go to school, to a grocery store, to school, to a grocery store, to a church without being shot and killed. according to new data just released by the centers for disease control and prevention, guns of the number one killer of children in the united states of america. the number one killer. more than car accidents, number one killer. more than caraccidents, more number one killer. more than car accidents, more than cancer. over the last two decades, more school age children have died from guns than on duty police officers in active duty military combined. think about that. more kids than on—duty cops killed by guns. more kids than soldiers killed by guns. for god sake, how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough. enough. i know we

cannot prevent every tragedy. here's what i believe you have to do. here was with the overwhelming majority of american people believe we must do. here's what the families and buffalo and uvalde, and texas told us we must do. we need to ban assault weapons and high—capacity magazines. if we cannot ban assault weapons, and we should raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21. strength the background checks and enact safe storage laws and red flag laws, repeal the immunity that protects gun managers from liability. address the mental health crisis deepening the trauma. and gun violence as a consequence of that violence. these are rational common—sense measures and here's where it all means. it all means this. we should reinstate the ban on

high—capacity magazines that we passed in 1994 with bipartisan support from congress. and the support from congress. and the support of law enforcement. nine categories of semi automatic weapons were included in that band like ak—47s in ar 15. and in the ten years it was law, mass shootings went down. but after republicans let alone expire in 2004, those weapons were allowed to be sold again and mass shootings tripled. those are the facts. a few years ago, the family of the inventor of the ar 15 said he would have been horrified to know that is designed is being used to slaughter children and other innocent lives. instead of being used as a military weapon on a battlefield as it was designed. enough. we should limit how many rounds weapon

can hold. why, in gods name, should an ordinary citizen po should an ordinary citizen p0 to purchase an assault weapon that holds 30 round magazines that holds 30 round magazines that let mass shooters fire hundreds of bullets in a matter of minutes? the damage is so devastating and uvalde that parents had to do dna swabs to identify the remains of their children. nine and ten—year—old children. nine and ten—year—old children. enough. we should expand background checks to keep guns out of the hands of felons, fugitives and those under restraining orders. stronger background checks are something that the vast majority of americans, including the majority of gun owners agree on. i also believe we should have safe storage laws. personal liability for not locking up your gun. the shooter and sandy hook came from home full of guns. they were too easy to access. that's

how we got the weapons. the weapon used to kill his mother and then murder 26 people, including 21st graders. if you own a weapon, you have a responsibility to secure it. every responsible gun owner agrees. to make sure no one else can have access to it. to lock it up. try trigger locks. if you don't, and something bad happens, you should be held responsible. and we should also have national red flag laws so if a parent, teacher, counsellor can flag for a court that a child, student or patient is exhibiting violent tendencies, threatening classmates were experiencing suicidal thoughts. classmates were experiencing suicidalthoughts. it classmates were experiencing suicidal thoughts. it makes them a danger to themselves or to others. 19 states in district columbia have red flag laws. it was named after my son, attorney general. fort

hood texas, 2009, 13 dead and more than 30 injured. douglas high school in parkman florida, 17 dead, 17 injured. and in both places, countless others suffering with invisible wounds. red flag laws could stop both the shooters. uvalde, the shooter was 17 and when he asked his sister to buy him an assault weapon knowing he would be denied because he was too young to purchase one himself. she refused. but as soon as he turned 18, he purchased two assault weapons for himself because in texas, you can be 18 years old and by an assault weapon even though you cannot buy a pistol in texas until you're 21. we can't ban assault weapons as we should, but we can at least raise the age to purchase up to 21. look, i know

some of the 18—year—olds can serve in the military and fire those weapons. but that is with trainings and subdivisions. at some of the best trained experts in the world. don't tell me raise the age will make a difference. enough. we should repeal the liability shield that often protects gun manufacturers from being sued from the death and destruction caused by their weapons. they are the only industry in this country that has that kind of immunity. imagine, imagine if the tobacco industry had been immune from being sued, where would be today. the gun industry special protections are outrageous. it must end. and that there be no mistake about the psychological trauma that gun violence leads behind. imagine being that little girl, that brave little girl and uvalde who smeared blood off her murdered friends body under her murdered friends body under

her own face to lie still among the corpses in her classroom and pretend that she was dead in order to stay alive. imagine. imagine we will be like for her to walk down the hallway of any school again. imagine what it is like for children to experience this kind of trauma every day in school in the streets and communities. all across america. imagine what it's like for so many parents to hold their children goodbye in the morning and not be sure whether they will come back home. unfortunately, too many people don't have to imagine that at all. even before the pandemic, young people were already hurting. there is a serious mental health crisis in this country. and we have to do something about it. that is why mental health is at the heart of my unity agenda that i laid out in my state of the union address this year. we must provide more school counsellors, more school nurses, more mental health services for students and for

teachers. more people volunteering as mentors to help young people succeed in more privacy protections and resources to keep kids safe from the harms of social media. this unity agenda, one fully heal the wounded souls, but they will help. it matters. i just told you what i would do. the question is what will the congress to? the house of representatives of already passed key measures we need. expanding background checks to cover nearly all gun sales, including at gun shows and online sales. getting rid of the loophole, the one that allows the gun so to go through after three business deals even though the background check is not been completed. plan to give them more action next week. safe storage requirements. the banning of high—capacity magazines. raising the age to buy an assault weapon to 21. federal red flag laws. my ban on ghost

guns that don't have serial numbers and can't be traced. in tougher laws to prevent gun trafficking. this time, we have to take the time to do something and this time, it is time for the senate to do something. but, as we know, in order to do anything done in the senate. we need a minimum of ten republican senators. i supported the bipartisan efforts that include small groups of democrats and republican senators trying to find a way. but my god, the fact that the majority of the senate republicans don't want any of these proposals even to be debated or come up for a vote, ifind unconscionable. we cannot fail the american people again. since uvaldejust over a week ago, there have been 20 other mass shootings in america. each with four or more

people killed or injured. including yesterday, in a hospital in tulsa, oklahoma. a shooter deliberately targeted a surgeon using an assault weapon he boughtjust a few hours before his rampage and left the surgeon, another doctor, receptionist and a patient dead and many more injured. that doesn't count the carnage we see every single day. it doesn't make the headlines. i've been in this fight for a long time. i know how hard it is. but i will never give up. if congress fails, i believe this time and majority of the american people will not give up american people will not give up either. i believe the majority of you will act in making this outreach centre to your vote. making this outreach centre to yourvote. enough, enough, your vote. enough, enough, enough. yourvote. enough, enough, enough. overthe yourvote. enough, enough, enough. over the next 17 days, the families and uvalde will continue burying their dead. we will take that long in part because is the time for

everyone knows everyone. and day by day, they will honour each one they loss. being strong, strong to take care of her own and the people of uvalde moran as they do over the next 17 days —— mourn. what will we be doing as a nation. a teacher who was murdered and her husband died of a heart attack two days later, leaving behind four beautiful orphan children. the sister asks us, what could she say, could she tell her nieces and nephews. the most heartbreaking moments i can remember. ijust told her to hold them tight. hold them tight. after visiting the

school, we attended mass at the catholic church and in the pews, family and friends held each other tightly. as the archbishop spoke, he asked the children in attendance to come to the altar and sit at the altar with him as he spoke. there was not enough room, so mum and her young son sat next tojill and me mum and her young son sat next tojilland me and mum and her young son sat next tojill and me and as we left the church, the grandmother who had just lost her granddaughter passed me a handwritten letter and it read quote erase the invisible line that is dividing our nation. come up with a solution and fix what's broken and make the changes that are necessary to prevent this from happening again. end of quote. my happening again. end of quote. my fellow americans, enough. enough. it's time for us to do our part. it's time to act. for

the children we've lost, the children we can save, for the nation we love. let's hear the call and the cry, let's meet the moment, let us finally do something. god bless the families that are hurting. god bless you all. may he raise you “p bless you all. may he raise you up on eagles wings and beer you on the breath of dawn make it shine like the sun and hold you in the palm of his hand. that is my prayerfor all of in the palm of his hand. that is my prayer for all of you. god bless you.— is my prayer for all of you. god bless you. does the us president joe _ god bless you. does the us president joe biden - god bless you. does the us president joe biden they're| presidentjoe biden they're making a rather impassioned appeal to the nation. essentially pushing for tighter

gun control legislations and talking about how enough was enough and that as the victims of the various mass shootings were still in morning the dead, it was time that the american government did something about it. some of the highlights of what the president said just to take you through it was that he did suggest that america must raise the age from 18 to 21, especially for assault weapons and also talked about how it was very important to try and expand background checks in these situations to ensure that these situations to ensure that the guns that are going or going to the right people after conducting thorough background checks. he also talked about safe storage so will be more difficult to get access to these weapons to try and make it a deterrent. he also talked about the need to ban high—capacity magazines as high—ca pacity magazines as well. high—capacity magazines as well. also talk about raising the agent essentially how there also needs to be tougher laws on gun trafficking in the us.

he is talking about how there is a need to for the senate, to really do something because again, that a passionate appeal, the president said that they cannot feel the people again and again. he also talked about the last incident of shooting that took place in tulsa, oklahoma just after wednesday evening in which case four people died, including the gunman and that is coming close on the back of what we saw in texas at the uvalde elementary school which left 19 students dead, including two teachers as well before the gunman had been shot dead and there was another incident that took place earlier on in buffalo in new york at the grocery store as well. this appeal coming in from the president after a spate of shooting incidents that have taken place. but, there is also strict resistance to the tighter legislations for gun control. we also saw in the

first weekend of the texas school shoot—out, the nra going ahead with a conclave as well. i am told that we can go across to the bbc for more on this. i'm joined now by the bbc�*s nomia iqbal in washington. what stood out the most from the speech for you? he what stood out the most from the speech for you?— the speech for you? he was incredibly — the speech for you? he was incredibly passionate - the speech for you? he was incredibly passionate and i the speech for you? he was| incredibly passionate and he said enough is enough many times. i think that is the word that really came out. president biden is been here many times before in his speech there and since the president, and as the vice president and as a senator, he is always trying to push gun reforms and all of the different shootings that happened in recent weeks and days, i was in uvalde for the shooting that happened in texas and that is hugely weighed on peoples minds that the murder of 19 children and two teachers

in the classroom is just terrific. but since then, there been so many more shootings it's almost become a regular occurrence. i can tell you as a journalist, usually about shootings and not all of them did notice. it's almost become an everyday part of american life and that's something that he said in his speech and he has laid out what you think should happen and to go through a little bit of what he said, he said talking about assault weapons, they banned them before 1994 but asked about high—capacity magazines and strengthen background checks and red flag laws as well and that the proposals that he is offering in the speech and behind him, all these candles were lit up and 56 and they represent 50 states and six territories to show a gun violence happens in every part of america. it's not that this happens in some deep dark parts of america, it happens every part of this country. the next

auestion part of this country. the next question would _ part of this country. the next question would be _ part of this country. the next question would be how - part of this country. the next question would be how do i part of this country. the next| question would be how do you expect this to be received. what's next, you've seen the resistance in the past. it’s resistance in the past. it's hue resistance in the past. it's huge resistance _ resistance in the past. it's huge resistance to - resistance in the past. it�*s huge resistance to it, basically, you need lawmakers from both parties to get on board. in the house, this simple majority that you need to packs something but then it is to go to the senate and for anything to pass through the senate, unity republicans on board. and republicans serve largely resistant to any idea of gun control, any sum of legislation that they think could stop people from getting a hold of guns. their powerful leader is a man called mitch mcconnell and just a few days ago, he said he was in favour of talking about new gun legislation but he said it cannot be drastic. but then he talked about saying that it has to be consistent with the second amendment and that really gets the heart of the issue for the republicans. they

believe that it is a constitutional right for american people to own guns, to bear guns and they believe that any kind of legislation that is proposed to restrict that and what is interesting and the speech, something else that god out to me was this is not about taking away your guns that is something that he has to say because that is out a lot of americans would feel if it actually, we want you, for gun owners, we want you to be responsible gun owners and have people on your standard where they can have a gun but act responsibly. it is difficult, it's hard to see where they will go next but there are compensations being had on what laws they can pass. but it is a mountain to climb to try to get any kind of common sense gun legislation as president biden calls it, through. i5 legislation as president biden calls it, through.— calls it, through. is there any sense that — calls it, through. is there any sense that you're _ calls it, through. is there any sense that you're getting - calls it, through. is there any sense that you're getting out| sense that you're getting out the door going from one taste to the other covering these kinds of incidents in the conversation is perhaps at its

peak at the moment because of all of these incidents. is there a sense that there is a greater chance of the us to action some of these ideas and this is perhaps the most precious moment actually do that? is precious moment actually do that? , ., , ., precious moment actually do that? , ., ., precious moment actually do that? , ., , ., that? is really hard to say, because — that? is really hard to say, because whenever - that? is really hard to say, because whenever there i that? is really hard to say, because whenever there a | that? is really hard to say, - because whenever there a mass shooting, people get really angry and support for strong gun laws the spike. and i should point out that most americans are in favour of universal background checks, stronger gun laws. when i was in texas, texas is a very pro—gun state. people said to me that they do want something to happen and something to change but that is, the other thing i quickly point out is that what happens then is that americans in the prioritising lots of other issues, guns don't become a central issue, it's about income, inflation, what's going on in their bank accounts. so, it remains to be

seen what happens. imilli accounts. so, it remains to be seen what happens. will leave it there. we _ seen what happens. will leave it there. we appreciate - seen what happens. will leave it there. we appreciate you . it there. we appreciate you joining us on newsday. thank you very much for watching. hello. obviously, so many events taking place over thejubilee weekend and many of us are hoping for some fine weather. and, yes, there will be plenty of sunshine around but also some heavy showers lurking on the horizon. they will be very hit—and—miss, though. now, the recent satellite picture showed the cloud which we had during the course of thursday into friday across the northwest of the uk, so some wet weather through the early hours, southwestern scotland, northern england, into wales too, but elsewhere across the country, there is actually a lot of dry weather to be had. 13 degrees at 8am in the south, 8 degrees expected in aberdeen. now, how about friday daytime, then? cloud and rain comes and goes,

i think, in the northwest of the country, and then eventually most of that should fizzle out and give way to some sunny spells. however, to the south, across the midlands and wales, we could see showers brewing in the afternoon — again, very hit—and—miss. and our temperatures, 22 in london on friday, up to 20 degrees in the western isles of scotland, but for some of us, it'll be closer to the mid—teens, particularly on the north sea coasts. and that's because of the fresh winds blowing off the north sea. and this is the forecast for friday night. so, friday night, many of us having dry weather, but through saturday, there is a change taking place to the south of us, a weather front here. high pressure in the north, so it's scotland, from saturday, that has the best of the weather — windless weather, clear blue skies, stunning conditions here. fine weather also stretching into the lakes and northern ireland, but in the south, there will be more cloud and a good chance of catching some showers, from southern wales, along the southern counties, maybe a little

bit further north. and then, saturday night into sunday, there is a risk of thunderstorms across southern areas of the uk. they will be drifting in from the south. the forecast will keep changing. these are very notorious to forecast. the shape of these storms change, the areas they affect may change. but the point is that through the course of sunday morning, we think that area of thundery weather will be drifting further northwards. but even once it clears in the south, showers could return in the afternoon, so a very unpredictable day for southern parts on sunday.

welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. the headlines: us president biden addresses the american people, saying something has to be done about the country's shocking level of gun violence. for gods sake, how much more carnage we going to accept? how many more innocent american lives might be taken before we say enough, enough. in front of a crowd of thousands, the queen takes the salute from the balcony of buckingham palace, with members of the royalfamily, kickstarting four days of platinum jubilee celebrations. a spectacular military flypast, as planes spell out �*70'

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