Tonight on the Readout.

We just learned about another shooting in Tennessee, a school shooting.

And I am truly without words.

And our children deserve better.

First lady and teacher Dr. Jill Biden responding to the latest horrific act of mass violence.

As politicians in states like Tennessee worry more about drag shows and banning books

than about actually protecting our children.

Also tonight public protest in Israel and elsewhere against a rising wave of authoritarianism.

While here in the U.S. there is a shocking lack of urgency in repudiating the conspiratorial

and violent rhetoric from our homegrown autocrat in waiting Donald Trump.

Meanwhile Trump continues to lash out at the Manhattan DA as the Manhattan Grand

jury hears from a key player in Trump's hush money scheme.

But we begin tonight with a tragedy that is unique to America.

Another school massacre.

This time in Nashville, Tennessee, where a 28 year old woman shot and killed three students

and three staff members at a private Christian school.

The shooter was armed with two assault style rifles and a handgun.

The Nashville Police Department said the shooter was a former student at the school who

identifies as trans.

The children who were fatally shot are Evelyn Dijkhaus, Halle Scruggs, and William

Kinney, all elementary school age.

The adults are Cynthia Peake, Mike Hill, and Catherine Coons all in their 60s.

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