lot to there's a learn from all this. it was a cowardly, despicable act that i'm very angry about. there's not much we can do, but we can learn. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for everybody's care and concern. i'm really proud to be with everybody who is here. the mayor, the congressman, attorney general, sheriff, congressman, our law enforcement, this is the nevada family at its best. god bless all of you. god bless most importantly the families, the victims, the mothers, the fathers, the sons, the daughters, the aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, nieces, friends and neighbors. for everybody who is watching, please stop for a moment and pause and say a prayer for them. thank you.

>> sheriff joseph lombardo, we just heard from and tweeted photo at about 11:00 this morning. 8:00 a.m. las vegas time with the message, great pleasure to speak with our president, president trump, thank you for your phone call, support, and your prayers. and another tweet from about 20 minutes ago by nevada senator dean heller. en route to las vegas. and we have for you a series of tweets from massachusetts senator ed markey, he says enough is enough. americans are tired of living in fear that their community will be the next victim of mass shooting. the epidemic of gun violence in our country is not preordained. it is preventable. it's time the g.o.p. stops blocking gun control legislation. let's once again ban assault weapons. these are weapons of war and should be used in combat not in our communities. coming up in about a half-hour a e on c-span, bring you news conference with congressman mike thompson of california on gun violence.

he'll be joined by former congresswoman gabby a giffords ence who was shot in the head in 2011. she said she's headed to capitol hill for that news conference. we do plan bring that to you live on c-span starting at is:00 p.m. eastern. right now more reaction to the mass shooting in las vegas from this morning's "washington journal." giffords who was shot moment. but this was breaking overnight, i want to read a little bit from the "las vegas sun." they've been updating this constantly. more than 50 dead now, 200 injured, a mass shooting on the las vegas strip. a gunman on the 33nd floor of a las vegas casino opened fire sunday night on an outdoor music festival killing more than 50 people including two off-duty police officer and wounding in excess of 200 people. this from authorities. they confront the suspect that the mandy bay across the street from the concert grounds and he was killed. this is coming from clark county sheriff. they identified the shooter as stephen paddock, 64 years old, a local resident. police believe the shooting was a "lone wolf attack but we're

looking for a roommate of paddock for questioning." the woman identified as 62-year-old marilou danley as well as two vehicles being sought. dozens of police vehicles swarm the strip after authorities receive reports of an active near the route 91 harvest festival. buzzfeed was one of the news outlets that put out some video of what was going on during all of this have happened in the middle of the night and here's what they put out. and you can watch and listen for yourself. ♪ [sounds of gunshots]

host: you could see the man running off was country music singer jason aldean. he sent out a message to fans and to everyone basically saying he and his crew were ok. and was praying for the victims and well wishing everyone else involved in this tragedy. our first call this morning is from david from tulsa, oklahoma. good morning to you, david. what's your reaction? caller: good morning. my reaction is obviously, it's a tragic situation in many, many ways. and it takes me back to the inaugural address from president trump claims that things like this is not going to happen and he was the law and order president. and you can't stop this from happening.

and thank goodness for our first responders and those who put themselves in harm's way to defend the people who were at the concert and it's just a very, very sad day for the united states. host: thank you for calling. we'll get more of your reaction by phone and by social media. well, remind folks of the number. republicans, call 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000 is your number. ndependents, 202-748-8002. -- 200t 200 dead now and uncovered. more rusty is next. caller: i want to echo thoughts and prayers to those who are affected. encourage anybody who's concerned to donate blood. i know some people are going to

be needing that. to pe this event isn't used a political agenda and tried to assault the second amendment. i think that would be poor taste. crazy people do crazy things. there's not a lot you can do to avoid these types of situations. those are just my kind of thoughts on this. and, you know, definitely pray for those affected. thank you. host: ghost eagle at twitter says gun violence is inevitable in a culture of guns where they believe violence will solve their issues. we have nathan on the line as we continue to get your reaction to the shooting in las vegas. nathan, good morning to you. caller: hi. just sympathy for everyone and what a way to wake up. this has become a norm and i'm 53 and people talk about guns and as i said once before in a gun issue. we all had guns growing up. we had more guns growing up when

we were kids. we took them to school. we had rifle teams in school. it's nothing to do with guns. but i remember it like the late 1970's, the biggest tragedy that happened at a musical event was the trampling of four or five people at a who concert in cincinnati. and i believe the candlelight vigils. the idea of terrorism and people opening up a fire at a festival was unheard of. so something's changed within the culture. but i'm always fascinated by the responses. i wonder what this guy is. first of all, his name, stephen paddock, sounds like an older white guy to me because the m.o. is never usually that old. but i'm wondering why are we opening up on a bunch of music money people? unless he just hates country music and i'm not trying to be facetious though.

i have a feeling it's going to be a white guy and i'm not politicizing it, but i don't think it's going to be a trump guy supporter. i don't know. i think it's just going to be -- last time we had something like this, it was a crazy bernie sanders supporter. i'm just saying. i don't think -- it's just interesting one this time. i can't figure out who would do this. host: ok. let's dig out more information s we hear a call from gil from jamestown, north carolina. good morning. caller: yes, good morning, sir. this is just one of the saddest days in american history. and i feel it compels our nation to really revisit the brady bill and, you know, to prohibit the selling of, you know, high, you know, magazines that can carry, you know, tremendous amounts of ammunition that can kill people.

and i don't understand the previous caller. he starts talking about whether the guy was white or whether the guy was black. we need to print -- prohibit the sale of automatic weapons, revisit the brady bill. you know, this is an incident that is just continues, continues, continues to happen where families now are going to mourn the loss of innocent lives being taken and it's a tremendous, tremendous tragedy. and lastly, i would say that, you know, the lack of people getting access to mental health facilities, whether or not this person was deranged or not, there has to be a mechanism to allow people to get to facilities where if they are troubled, they can get counseled. they can get medical treatment

before another one of these tragedies happens. it is just -- it saddens my heart. it saddens my heart for this country. and i'm just -- i'm just terribly, terribly saddened about this. host: that was gil in north carolina. on to new jersey, not far from new york city, josephine. go ahead, please. caller: good morning. very, very, very sad. i was awake at that hour seeing it live. you can't say people panic. obviously, they were running away from harm. to see people trying to help other people, if there's nothing else we can get out of this is that people were literally there to try to help others. sadly, this person is a resident from there. so it's sad. it's sad. and i know the argument about guns. now, you want guns?

so be it. this is going to be an outcome. i know other people are going to say -- whatever. let me just say that i grew up when a gun was a rare thing that you went hunting with. now it's a thing that you take revenge. something was in this individual's mind. who knows what it was? but he was there out to kill and that he could walk in with large weapons into a hotel, very, very, very sad. thank you very much. host: at least 50 people dead. at least 200 people hurt. they're calling it now the worst mass shooting. in terms of numbers in u.s. history. and the congresswoman from nevada put out a tweet. her full statement on the shooting. my heart aches for the victims. i am grateful for law enforcement's swift response and the many good samaritans whose selfless act of bravery showcases las vegas's values to

the world. we are a resilient and ben nevada vent town that will not be intimidated by acts of violence. during this difficult time, my office will be working closely with local, state and federal partners to provide support for southern nevada as we heal and move forward." caller: when we didn't have weapons and ammunitions and such things that we got today. we need to go ahead and revisit and -- we're dealing with some unconscious individuals in this country. and an unconscious person will hurt and kill anybody. i don't care any form or fashion. and all of a sudden, we always coming up now when you're a american. oh, they got a mental problem. that man is 64 years old. you got to stop giving excuses.

we call the people over there in the middle east, we didn't say that they got mental problems when they commit a terrorist act. people got to lose their lives and no -- pass a law, man! everybody don't need no guns in this country. not those kind of weapons any way to destroy people. this is not but a justification for the n.r.a. and all this stuff here. pass a law! stop playing games and pass a law because we're dealing with some foolish unconscious individuals and that's what this is all about. we've seen six million jews got shot because of unconscious character. they don't have compassion or remorse and concern for individuals. we need to get rid of these unconscious individuals! host: that was herbert from georgia. herbert, i want to get some other voices in. we will do this for the full hour here before we get into other topics. and here is a tweet put out by

senator dean heller of nevada. "senseless, horrifying acts of violence. praying for all the victims and those impacted by the tragedy." here's the "new york times" write-up. a gunman firing from a las vegas hotel rained a rapid fire, barrage on a huge outdoor concert festival sending thousands of people fleeing until swat units found and killed him. more than 50 people died. at least 200 others hurt. making it one of the deadliest mass sootings in u.s. history. online video of the attack mandalay hmanman -- get down, one -- shouted and stay down, screamed another. several swat teams were sent to

the hotel after reports of the shooting. this was at 10:08 p.m. local ime. the vegas metropolitan police department reported one suspect is down and soon after, the police say they did not believe there were any more active gun man. that's the "new york times" write-up. more of your phone call. flushing, new york. hedla. good morning. caller: for me, this becomes everything in our country and this one makes it very tragic is there's no way to control such kind of shooting. but it might be a lesson. a guy from the top floor sending automatic rifle essentially killing so many people. it shows that in the future, concerts might be checked on, not only underground like we do

in central park or wherever you are, we have to learn the police and security will have to learn. this is -- it didn't happen. i didn't see such killing officially -- efficiently and it is a lesson. i do not know the politics behind gun control. forget that. for me, how to control this in the future. is it possible in the future to stop such things? maybe you cannot allow such kind of -- around the hotel or whatever. but a lesson to be learned if you want to save lives in the future. i can tell you that this was a very efficient way of killing people. even the terrorist who were not successful in conducting such -- why the man from a height finishing so many people, maybe more than 50. so we better know what to do in the future, how to control this

kind of things. we have to. host: head da, thank you for calling. more from twitter. will we ever no know his motive? something twirged his rage. that's from hall fred hernandez. president trump tweeted. here's what he had to say. "my warmest condolences and sympathies to the victims and families of the terrible las vegas shooting. god bless you." if we hear more from him or anyone else in a official capacity, we'll bring them to you. for now, you folks get to weigh in on this tragedy. ted is wahling in from santa ana. ted, thank you for joining us so early out there. caller: yeah, i think the media had a lot of responsibility to bear on this. you turn on the news, the sunday morning talk shows, cnn, all these cable channels and all they do is negative, negative, call me bigots, racists.

eventually i think they're going to trigger somebody to go act on what they're being said every day. it's 24 $7. instead of trying to bring people together, it's like trying to just divide us and turn us all into different tribes, you know? host: well how does the media -- how should the media play it, then? you're saying it's all negative. news folks are out there to report the news and it's not always good as you know. caller: yeah, but the negative stuff sells more, you know? that's what it is. it's about ratings and it's about money, you know? and they don't realize that there's going to be a cause and effect of what they're doing. unintended consequences, you know? it's nonstop negative. it never used to be like this. but it is now. and i think they should look in the mirror. the media has a big responsibility in this. host: all right, ted, thank you. cooper where is at our facebook page a little sad but pretty much used to it by now.

we are a nation of hatefulness and cluelessness. we have high powered weaponry and a pity of a lack of insight. fisher where is it's awful that people lost their lives. it's awful that we weren't as shocked as we were because it's so common. it's awful when our leadership refuses to make any move towards common sense gun control. this was a terrorist attack writes edwin. seriously, tired of the double standards. stephen paddock is a freaking terrorist. nothing more. nothing less. and sandra where is the only reaction i could have at this moment us one of sympathy for victims and families and a grateful heart to those who help the wounded and to those who help protect the others. we have steve calling now from little river in south carolina. steve, thank you for calling. caller: yeah, it's not a good morning. throughout the country, people are, you know, one of -- best hired people in the world and it's a tragedy.

but i mean, to make it into a gun thing, i mean, first off, yeah. people shouldn't have multi-guns that shoots so much bullets at one time. but the bad guys are going to get them no matter what you do. and it doesn't matter. and as far as the one guy was saying the news makes a big hype about all these things. that is true. the more you hype this stuff up, the more people that have bad thoughts in their heads are going to say hey, i can be a hero and i could go out and i could top that and i could kill more people than that dude did. well, we had a civil war. we killed more of them americans than ever before. o forget about it. quit making people view this so much and centralizing it. i don't know. i can't say the word. host: i understand what you're

trying to say, steve. thank you. we do understand what you're trying to say. here's some video that was put out by cnn as well in the overnight of the chaos there at the shooting in las vegas. more of the video there. governor sand vol of nevada. here's a tweet. a tragic and heinous act of violence have shaken nevada families. our prayers are with the families and all affected by this act of cowardness. the governor of nevada there. cliff is calling from maryland there. good morning, cliff. caller: good morning. thanks for c-span for taking my call. host: you're welcome. caller: i didn't even hear about this until this morning when i turned the tv on. host: yeah. caller: and i'm looking at it and i'm looking at cnn. i'm looking at msnbc.

and i don't see anything except ambulances and flashing lights. i don't see any victims here. i don't see anyone has been shot . this could be another false flag just like sandy hook was where no children was shot. that was a mass media manipulation. say caller, how do you something like that? i mean, you just don't believe the reports that are going on? caller: you're talking about sandy hooks? host: i'm talking about everything you're saying. caller: well, what i'm saying is the government we have now will stage false flags whenever they need to. just like 9/11. host: just want make sure i understand. so you're saying this reporting of at least 50 dead, 200 plus injured is not true? caller: what i'm saying is we don't even know anymore. the american people can't tell anymore. sandy hooks was a false flag.

nobody died there. host: all right, cliff. you made your point. let's move on to paul from hawaii now. caller: hi. host: thank you for being here. caller: that was a good pronunciation of my town there. i just want -- my only point is, you know, i just want to know how many people calling in and twittering, how many of them actually get in -- get involved with this kinds of things and these issues if how many of them actually vote? we know the answer that because voting is always at an all-time low wherever elections come around. how many times do they call their elected officials and actually get involved and have a voice in it? is it only when these things happen that everyone whines and gets concerned about it? you know, you need to get involved. everyone calling in, everyone twittering. you can't just watch tv and wait for the next event. that's all i have to say.

host: all right. thanks for calling. lewis is calling from way cross, georgia. good morning, lewis. caller: yeah. garbage in, garbage out. killing babies on monday, you'll be killing each other on friday. host: ok. and ryan, let's hear from danny now. danny is calling from louisville. danny, are you there? caller: yes. i was calling and i was wanting to make a comment. i think everybody needs to think about the first responders -- thank the first responders, how good a job they were doing. and for some of these last couple of callers and the guy from georgia, i think we really need to pray for them for having anger in their heart to understand, you know, what you give away your rights, you know, first and second amendment and then it's first amendment and it's just crazy talking going on. i think everybody needs to sit back and take a breath and try to see what's really going on,

you know. not like killing babies on mondays and killing each other on friday. that's crazy stuff, you know? i don't know where they get that. all right. one caller acting like it didn't happen. that's unbelievable. host: all right, danny. robert is on the line from washington, d.c. good morning, robert. caller: yes, good morning. i'd like to just put something on the table, which is, you know, it seems to me that this is a very good time to be talking about repeal of the second amendment. you know, the point isn't -- i don't mean that in the sense of taking guns away from people. that's not the point at all. but the second amendment gets in the way of sensible gun regulations. so it prevents places from requiring background checks or limiting certain kinds of weapons. and i think if we didn't get bogged down in all this constitutional non certain, it will be much easier to control

the situation. so i really think we should be repealing the second amendment. host: thanks for calling. senator katherine cortez, democrat, in the. she is praying for all those affected by the senseless tragedy. thank you to all the first responders. i will continue to monitor the situation. that's the senator from nevada. we heard from dean heller earlier. that was senator cortez masto. we will hear plenty from congress this week with the house and senate back in session later today. house here in c-span and senate on espn2. you can imagine members will take to the floor talk about this as well. eric is calling from virginia on the line for democrats. hi, eric. caller: how are you doing, sir? host: doing ok. what's your reaction? .aller: well, shock shock for one. i mean, this is by far the deadliest shooting in american

history. how do you wrap your head around something like that? i'm just -- i'm appalled. my heart goes out to all the people in las vegas from some of the people in the crowd to the families that lost their loved ones. as a veteran, as a veteran, i firmly believe in the second amendment. i firmly believe in the right to bear arms. but we have to draw the line somewhere. host: where do you draw that line? caller: exactly. there is no reason for any civilian whatsoever or anybody outside the military or the police departments having access to these fully automatic killing machines. because that's what they are. that's what they're designed to do. why in the hell do we have these? why are people able to get these? i don't get it. and it's -- i hear all these people all the time. they got the right to bear arms.

you have the right to bear arms to protect yourselves but you do not have the right to take people's lives. where do we draw the line? it's time to do something. i pray for everybody affected and thank god there are people to help out and to take care the wounded. host: thanks for calling, eric. we do have another eric on the line from virginia. but here's a tweet first from someone identifying themselves as peace love. very sad, they write. these are all signs of civil society breaking down. eric from burk, virginia, good morning. caller: good morning. first of all, my this to all affected. i heard some callers talk about the media dividing this country. just want to remind everyone we have a president who started that type of rhetoric. and so much effort focused on attacking and labeling mexicans as terrorists, the muslim ban. and now we have what appears to be a white male, 64-year-old male who is responsible for all

tease deaths. so it makes us to think about this and, you know, how do we really protect ourselves and who the bad people are in this country? that's all i wanted to say. thank you. host: thanks for calling. allen is calling from hot on, michigan. ood morning to you, allen. what's your reaction? caller: it's not good, c-span and america. i'm wondering if eric holder is a little nervous from "fast and furious." could be on a handguns and we remember what president he worked for. st: all right, caroline from springfield, virginia. caller: good morning. my thoughts and feelings, i ctually have lost -- sorry for what happened. i've lost two cousins.

and i would -- to guns. and as an educator, let's move the discussion away from the amendment, constitutionally are. i understand that piece. as an educator, i've been fingertipped, drug tested, local, state, national, criminal checked twice in one year. just to be able to do special programs. if i need to be checked, everybody needs to be checked on when you're purchasing and requirements that you have to meet. and i would add to the point of -- and actually, i have been on four radio stations about sharing that thought. community checks. many people and it's a lot of money. i think i had to spend i think close to $200 going through these different checks to be able to be part of certain educational program. and in response to the person who said something about sending -- sanly hook not happening, -- sandy hook, a friend of mine lost a child there and there was

a girl named carolyn, community service, amazing. much, much, much more beautiful than i could ever be and she lost her life and i wrote a poem and it's been used for a period of time. we have the same name. to raise money for the park in new town. so community checks. that's my message. host: caroline, thank you. one viewer american one where is the second amendment is not the cause for the attack, it's the reason it was, as bad as it was contained. nancy pelosis the minority leader as tweeted as well. horrified and heartbroken by the awful tragedy in las vegas last night. praying for those lost, wounded and waiting for news from loved ones. that's nancy pelosi. and we have one from richard shelby, the senator from alabama. he where is praying for the victims and the families in the tragic las vegas shooting. thankful for brave first

responders. elliott on the line now from san marcos, texas. elliott, your reaction to the shooting. caller: my reaction is just complete heartbreak, first of all, sad. but i also had a question for the media. i know you're not the entire media. why hasn't even call -- anyone calling it a terrorist attack yet? host: why do you think that is? is it too early? caller: i don't think so. i think that in other situations, they're quick to call it a terrorist attack. but here, we seem to just -- we just say shooting or there was a shooting. well, it's a terrorist attack. that's exactly with a it was. there's a guy in the building shooting down, raining terror on a bunch of people. host: we understand your point. thank you for calling. shauna is calling now. shauna is in maine. welcome to the program. caller: hi.

actually, i was like -- i'm hearing maine and i'm dealing with a situation with my house. i watch this like -- unfold and nobody -- it started out with like two people being shot in las vegas, which is -- i mean, las vegas is a -- and then supposedly, the person was caught and killed. and then it went to like 20 and then -- nobody took into account o.j. simpson got rosed yesterday and that started a lot of things. seems hike they waited until the police officers got further in like one of the person with the television was speaking. you could hear the shots going off again after they said the person already been shot. host: we watched it. caller: yeah. i mean, this -- and i was in the

military but the person -- they obviously waited until it was secure. but o.b.j. got released. that's a big thing to everybody. and nobody took that into account. las vegas, nevada, i mean, and o.j. when they showed him on the camera, i mean, everybody was like first caught him like he was drinking a bottle of booze between his legs. host: all right, shauna, let's go get some other viewpoints in here. international reaction. this from the prime minister. in great britain. teresa may. the u.k.'s thoughtings are with the victims responding to the appalling attack in las vegas. more than 50 people dead and at least 200 injured. the loan suspect is dead. we're hearing -- lone suspect is dead. the roommate has been found.

they wanted her for questioning. the "l.a. times" talked about the opening fire this gunman sunday night, last night, just after 10:00 local time at a local country music festival opposite the mandalay bay. police released the updated death toll after a horrific night of violence that turned a concert into a scene of carnage. while initial report put the death toll to 20. but later, 50 were dead. right now, we believe it's a olo act. more than 50 dead. more than 200 hurt. and we'll keep count of the

death toll as news reports continue to come out. but we'll continue to take your calls now. bob from massachusetts, baldwinville, massachusetts. good morning, bob. caller: good morning. my personal opinion on all this is that the country is now divided. everybody is picking a side. you're a republican. you're a democrat. and if you're not one of those groups, the other group hates you intensively. the democrats are getting away with viciously attacking the republicans. the republicans, they're a bunch of wimps and they don't really attack anybody but it doesn't matter. they're blamed for everything. i love it. our country is going to hell in a hand basket. because nobody wants to be american anymore. everyone wants to have free stuff. our borders are wide open to the world and we can't control them anymore. we've got 40 million people in this country already on welfare and they want to bring in

another 40 million that will be on welfare. so, i mean, until we get our stuff together and start treating each other as countrymen, instead of democrats and republicans, this is where we're going to live. host: that was bob. and at twitter. terrorism, as he put in kuos is committed in the name of a political or religious ideology. we have helen on the line now. helen is calling from fullerton, california. good morning. caller: good morning. guns don't kill people. gun statusship kills people. the reason i say that is those people who crazily defend the second amendment in light of the incidence that have been happening in the united states and what happens last night. the reason -- a few years ago, i wrote a letter to the editor about gun control. and it was online and so i could read the comments made about my

gun control and people don't need to have guns in met trop liss area and the comments that i got only proves my point that these people who defend second amendment, who are demanding they have all the guns they want and all sorts of automatic weapons is they had attached this wasn't a gun to them. this had more attachment to it than what it really was. for these people and from the comments i read and it gleaned from the comments i tpwhreened, it proved my point that they were bizarre fanatics that this wasn't a gun. this was security. this was power. this was supremacy individual. these were people who somehow felt that they needed a gun to feel good or secure in their own ersonal world.

we don't need weapons in a metropolis area. if you need a gun to hunt and the police can't get to you before bad guys do. i live in metropolis and minutes away. this is ridiculous. he killed 50 people in seconds. in minutes. and this has got to stop. and i want my republican party and my president to stand up and get rid of this second amendment and get rid of guns and get gun control now. st: more reaction from the twitter. urgently establishing brits are involved. boris johnson. steve scalise was on "60 minutes" last night. he was the congressman who was shot at that congressional

baseball game practice many months ago and made his return to the house floor last week to a rousing applause after being shot. in his first interview, he recounts the near fatal shooting. he called the survival a miracle and recounted a shocking act of violence that left four others injured and threatened. here's a quote. if you look at what happened that morning, you know a gunman came out with a lot of artillery, hell-bent on killing a lot of us and we were just out there playing baseball, sitting ducks. and he just started firing away said scalise. you could watch it at their website. you said to us the only person would be dead would be the shooter, no one would have believed it. let's get back to your calls. john from silver springs, maryland. john is reacting this morning of the shooting in las vegas. hello there. caller: yeah, good morning. my condolences to those who lost their lives and those who were injured. i like for c-span do me a favor.

please remove the titles of those persons to those persons that are calling in. it is the callers rather than -- the opportunity to politicize this. this is not the time to politicize this type of incident. let's show some compassion. let's show some empathy for those who lost their lives for the first responders, for those who are now mentally damaged by this incident and for those who are categorizing this or trying to put this in a frame -- a country music, rap music, hip-hop music, r&b. it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter what type of concert it was. 50 people are dead. 200 have been injured. so do me a favor. don't say republicans, don't say democrats. don't say independent. just say next caller. host: we got the point. caller: for those folks who are politicizing it, don't call.

host: got the point, john. appreciate you calling. and our next caller is from arlene from cleveland. go ahead, please. caller: you have abortions, you have no respect for life anymore. i mean, we had partial-abortions. the babies are already formed and when they are born, they came out in pieces. plus, they break up the family. there's nobody home. these people are lost. nobody was discarded back then. and then when you have all these young people who are willing to is home to dy nurture your children. you must make them feel like they're somebody. they don't care anymore. i worked as -- in the schools of 15 years. our children are lost. how many of these little kids ask me could they come home with

me? i was a foster grandparents. they said granny, can i come home and live with you? there's something wrong here and we need to get over it. and this is not the guns. it used to be you just send away a sears catalog and get a gun. people just used to live like this. and we need to stop it. host: all right. that was arlene calling from cleveland, ohio. our first guest will come up in less than 20 minutes. he's lawrence hurley of thomson reuters. he a supreme court correspondent there. we have a picture live out the supreme court this monday morning. this is the first day of activity for the new term. you can see various folks out there lining up to watch the early cases in "the washin

host: good morning. caller: i want to come from a little bit of a different angle. i spent 27 years scrubbing trauma in the operating room and the first thing that i think our whole country should be focused on is the sympathetic compassion we have to feel for these people who died senselessly and that are injured. there are many more that will due to these injuries. [no audio] i do not understand this mentality in our country that that guns are the problem. it wasn't like this in the 1970's.

as a traveling surgical technologist i was in the mass shootings of kip in springfield, oregon, in 1998. the last week of my assignment. i want to tell you something, it was the worst day of my career. host: so lynette, you say people are the problem. i know this is an impossible question to answer. people are the problem, what might the answer be to this violence then? caller: maybe we should stop raising these generations of entitled children thinking that everything is owed to them. it's not. we all earned our way. i went to work with my dad as a brick mason and carried bricks for him when i was a little girl. host: lynette, thank you. thomas calling from lakeland, florida. good morning, tom. caller: hey. how are you, buddy? host: ok, tom.

caller: i just wanted to say it to say it wasn't a gun that brought the towers down. [no audio] host: if we lost you, want to hear what you have to say. james, virginia, good morning. caller: hey, paul. i just want to say it was like our generation, 1964. the guy who shot steve scalise was in his 60's too. i don't know. ut anyway, there is a reason for not politicizing this but when do you want to talk about guns? that's all i got to say. host: all right, james