and i can tell you in southerland springs, six months after the horror, there was hope and joy. there was grief and mourning and loss, but there was also hope and joy. i'll tell the people of santa fe , you are right now being lifted up at this instant in prayers by millions of people across texas, across the country, and across the world. and in the public policy arena, we need to be doing everything humanly possible to stop this from ever happening again. to stop violent criminals. to stop them from getting firearms. to stop them from getting access to schools. to incarcerate them when they try to illegally purchase firearms. in the days ahead, we'll discover more about this particular shooter. about what red flags, what warning signs there may have been or there may not have been. and i'm sure we'll have a robust conversation about what more could have been done to prevent this horrible atrocity. but texas as a state, we'll make it through this. this community, santa fe, will make it through this. leaning on each other, praying for each other, standing with each other. e will

it would be great to have people that were victims of southerland springs. it's very important to have those that believe in making sure that gun rights are protected. we want to have everybody who brings every perspective to bring the right strategies that will work. >> any specific legislation? >> that will be up to the governing >> [question inaudible] >> interestingly, i had prepared a policy paper that was going to be rolling out next week addressing gun safety in the state of texas. i ticked off a few of the proposals in general. they include some things that wouldn't be relevant to what happened today. they do include background checks, they include strategies to keep guns out of the hands of those that pose an immediate danger to others. have safety people that need to respond and hardening of schools. to address the mental health issues that are behind these shootings and address them in a way that reduces gun violence. also includes looking at that program, the mental health problem, that's been i'm employed by the lubbock independent school distri

it is not only the shooting, but they're reeling from the church shooting at southerland springs. the governor is hoping to implement these statewide policies. >> thank you. >> out of this tragedy, some are feeling a call to action. we have the details with gadi schwartz. >> this weekend ending with one of the first of many funerals to come. >> army boots, national guard soldiers driving an hour to donate blood. >> we want to come out to support the local community. >> they're joining strangers answering the call to help around the small down of santa fe, coming together to find love and strength where ever they can. santa fe baseball team returning to the field. >> how it was to see everyone out here? >> it was moving, the emotions are running high. >> their star pitcher shot in the head, barely missing the brain. >> i was out of the room for maybe 30 seconds. >> players wore wristbands with the names of the vick temperatures. >> when it was going down, i was just jumping into action. i heard the guns go off and i heard the door. >> he kept holding it closed while others ran out

the pulse night club, southerland springs church, the boston marathon, washington navy yard, the attack on congresswoman gabby giffords in tucson. sandy hook. the aurora theater. virginia tech. the norwegian summer camp. west nickel mines amish school. the charleston church massacre. the attack on republican members of congress at baseball practice. and even the youtube and tennessee waffle house shootings, just a few weeks ago. mr. speaker, all of these horrifying events on this nonexhaustive list have something in common. every single one of these attacks was carried out after someone close to the killer observed and reported concerning behavior to the authorities. the good news is there is something that we can do to fix this. these killers were under law enforcement's watch. but a proactive threat management structure in large part does not exist in the culture and fabric of contemporary law enforcement today. for starters, our local law enforcement is simply undertrained, understaffed, underequipped and have no integrated system in place to effectively identify and address these ty

abbott was referring to attack in church last november and he said this, unlike parkland, unlike southerland springs, there were not the warning signs, we have what are often categorized red flag warnings and the red flags warnings were either nonexistent or very imperceptible. >> right. julie: the suspect did not have criminal history. there were warning signs all over his social media accounts which were taken down on friday, on facebook a photo, born to kill on it. websites of sick guns, gun's pictures, did his family, what is his family saying about social media, did his family not monitor social media? he's 17 year's old. i would imagine the family was aware that this was online? >> i have no idea. i have not spoken to his family, i was with the governor when we got the same briefing yesterday where investigators told us that they were unable to locate much other than the facebook post. as time goes by, they will have more opportunity to look, but the governor was basically repeatingpeating what we were ty investigators that they didn't have any warning signs and the criminal history. julie: wa

texas and the people who were affected by the santa fe shooting and the other shooting like the southerland spring shooting at the church. governor abbott focused on round table and talk to gun safety experts and teachers and administrators to gather the information and put forward action plan that is pertinent to what each school needs. a lot of time on the federal level it's a one size fits all policy and every school in the country has a different need. whether it's the security of the school, whether it's the hard target, soft target, the setup of the school in new york city is different than one in texas. so this plan i would actually encourage a lot of people around the country, parents, governors to read it and look at it because it's a comprehensive plan on the mental health aspect, the security aspect and making sure that people are responsible gun owners at home as well. >> dana: leslie, let me get your take on that. there is certainly action at the state level. not all across every 50 states but congress failed to act on a few things they said they would try to do. we have a list of tho

the las vegas shooting, southerland springs, texas. in particular of schools and you talk about the legislation you just introduced would it be with any specific requirement? or would you allow the school districts to decide what works best for them? >> i think it's always important to let the local school districts decide what is best for them. education is a local concern. this just enables and authorizes the department of homeland security to assist schools and provide a grant funding program for them if they choose to do so to provide this active shooter training program. also, you know, in this case, once again, not unlike the boston bombing in austin we are looking at the pipe bomb and the pressure cooking bombs. these are illegal. there is no question about that. we can talk about gun control debate. these are illegal devices. you know, firearms are not allowed in a certain perimeter of the schools by law as well. but this is a grant program to help them harden again what i think to be one of the softer targets we have with our