Good evening. We begin tonight by recognizing what a difficult week this has been for so

many people and how tough the days ahead will be as more funerals are held in Al Paso

and Dayton. More moments for a parent or a child or a childhood friend to face the infinite

sadness of feeling the word is when it comes to a loved one give way to was. My grandpa

was, my child was. So many people are facing that now. So many who've lived those moments

already at Sandy Hook and Parkland in Orlando and Pittsburgh are really being them yet again.

Because in many respects there's sadly nothing new here whether it's the weapons used,

the first responders, the heroes, the heartache. Nothing new in the call for change or what

feels like the endless fruitless battle between the forces of gun control and gun rights.

In some ways though we've really never seen anything like this. We've never seen a president

offer division to the hurting instead of unity or use a visit meant to consult to settle

scores and air grievances. Some of them entirely made up or be the focus of questions about

whether his racist statements gave an already hate-filled person another reason to kill.

And today the alleged Al Paso gunman made it clear admitting he was the killer and that

he specifically targeted Mexicans. Nor have we seen as is being reported tonight in Axio

so president whose campaign officials say that having the president of the United States

called a racist could be politically good for him. That's where we are. That's how this

week is ending. It's also ending with the president making claim that he's made before

about action on gun restrictions.

I think we can get something really good done. I think we can have some really meaningful

background checks. We don't want people that are mentally ill, people that are sick. We

don't want them having guns. Who does? Well we'll see where the NRA will be. But we have

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