It's Wednesday, May 24th.

I'm Aaron Ryan, and I'm Josie Deppie Rice, and this is What A Day.

We're in honor of Bob Dylan's birthday.

We are reminding you that Timothy Shalame will be playing him in the next biopic.

And before you ask, yes, he's doing the singing.

But I gotta say, Bob Dylan was boot off stage of his high school talent show when he tried to sing.

He can't sing.

He's not a songbird that Bob Dylan.

On today's show, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to announce his bid for 2024.

And one of the worst ways possible?

Plus, a Russian court has extended the detention of an American journalist.

But first, on May 24th, 2022, one year ago, a gunman entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas,

and killed 19 students and two teachers.

The response to the shooting echoed what we've often seen in the wake of senseless violence in this country.

On one side, rage, demand for change, and a call for lawmakers to enact reforms that most Americans support.

On the other, useless platitudes about thoughts and prayers, and blame placed on everything but the guns.

In the months since, we've learned heartbreaking details about how this tragedy could and should have been prevented,

both by lawmakers who failed to protect the public from firearms, and law enforcement officials who failed to take appropriate action that morning.

As a reminder, nearly 400 law enforcement officers descended on the school that day and waited over an hour to confront the gunman.

Yeah, one of the most horrific stories in recent memory, which is really saying something considering how many horrific stories are but in recent memory.

So to get some perspective in all this and some reflection, I sat down with Shannon Watts, founder of mom's demand action, the nation's largest grassroots group fighting gun violence.

Watts, a mother of five, founded mom's demand on December 15th, 2012, the day after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, since then the organization, which is now part of every town for gun safety, has grown to more than 10 million members across all 50 states.

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