So before I begin I do want to say a few words about this tragic shooting that took place this morning in Winder, Georgia.

We're still gathering information about what happened, but we know that there were multiple

fatalities and injuries.

And you know, our hearts are with all the students the teachers and their families of course

and we are grateful to the first responders and the law enforcement that we're on the

scene but this is just a senseless tragedy on top of so many senseless tragedies.

And it's just outrageous that every day in our country in the United States of America,

that parents have to send their children to school worried

about whether or not their child will come home alive.

It's senseless. We've got to stop it. And we have to end this epidemic of gun violence in our country once and for all.

You know, it doesn't have to be this way. It doesn't have to be this way.

It doesn't have to be this way.

So we will continue, of course, to send our prayers and our thoughts to the families and all those who were affected, including, you know, I'm going off

script right now, but listen, I mean, you know, at the last year I started a college tour and I traveled our country meeting with our young leaders, right?

And so it was college-aged young leaders.

So I did trade schools, colleges, universities,

community colleges.

By the way, I love Gen Z.

I just love Gen Z.

Right.

But I'll tell you, one of the things that I asked every time I went to the auditorium and it would be filled with these young leaders students and I'd ask them raise your hand if at any point between kindergarten and 12th grade you had to endure an active shooter drill.

And for the young leaders who are here who are raising a hand, I'm telling you every time the auditorium was packed and almost every hand went up.

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