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State of the Union

Interviews with: Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, Sen. Dick Durbin, Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Rep. Adam Kinzinger

State of the Union

CNN

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3.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

First, Dana interviews Uvalde State Sen. Roland Gutierrez about law enforcement waiting over an hour to breach the classroom at Robb Elementary School, whether the delay may have cost lives, and Gutierrez confronting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to push for a special session to raise the minimum age of gun ownership from 18 to 21. Next, Dana interviews Democratic Whip Sen. Dick Durbin about the bipartisan group of Senators in Washington who, after years of inaction, are working on a compromise bill to tackle gun violence. Will things be different this time?Then, Dana speaks with Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas about law enforcement accountability for the Uvalde shooting response and his stances on universal background checks, a new red flag law and raising the minimum gun ownership age to 21. After, Dana goes one-on-one with Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger about why he changed his mind to back some gun restrictions, how the GOP is “frightened of the loudest voices” on guns and Kevin McCarthy’s decision not to comply with a January 6 subpoena as it stands.Finally, Dana speaks with the Director of Children’s Services at Hill Country MHDD, Melissa Ramirez, about how her organization is preparing to help grieving Texans following the Uvalde massacre. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Fear and anger, a town grieves 21 lives cut short and reels from news of the delay in

0:12.0

trying to save them.

0:13.2

Of course, it was not the right decision, it was the wrong decision, very good.

0:16.2

How did things go so wrong?

0:18.0

Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez will be here.

0:21.0

Plus, will anything change?

0:23.2

President Biden making another somber visit, as bipartisan leaders say, again, this time

0:28.9

is different.

0:29.9

Will Congress act?

0:31.1

As our kids run for their lives, we do nothing.

0:34.3

What are we doing?

0:36.3

Senate Majority Whip, Dick Durbin on the latest negotiations and two Republican congressmen

0:41.8

with different approaches, Dan Crenshaw of Texas and Adam Kinzinger, ahead, and unimaginable

0:48.4

loss.

0:49.4

Young children full of enthusiasm and hope for their future.

0:53.0

For at least next Saturday on the 4th, she would have been 10.

0:55.8

A look at who was lost this week.

0:59.9

Hello, I'm Dana Bashan, you've all the Texas where the state of our union is so sad,

1:11.6

and wondering when enough really will be enough.

1:14.2

I'm joining you today from a community in shock, a community grieving.

1:18.3

The 21 people brutally murdered in an elementary school on Tuesday, a community so overwhelmed

1:23.6

by loss that the parents of 9, 10, and 11 year olds have to wait weeks to bury their

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