Rosemary Bayer is a state senator in Michigan.

She represents a suburban district just north of Detroit.

Most days, she gets in her car and she drives west to Lansing.

That's where her office is in the state Capitol building, except for this week.

This morning, I got in my car and immediately started driving north.

Rosemary was driving north because that's how she gets to the town of Oxford.

She used to live down the street from Oxford High School. It's still in her district.

Just was automatic, just going there. So, of course, I've been there every day. So that's, there's that.

Last Tuesday, Oxford became the latest school in the U.S. to experience a mass shooting.

11 people got shot. Four were killed, and all of those were teenagers.

When I spoke to Rosemary, the funerals had started.

I've gone to two, and it's just horrific.

That's all there is to it.

I keep having these episodes of, you know, just flat out crying.

Crying in the shower, crying, you know, just it seems like as soon as I'm alone and I can actually breathe, I start to cry, you know.

So I'm sure you all know why I'm standing here today.

It is a terrible day.

You spoke really movingly on the Senate floor the day after the shooting.

You asked for a moment of silence in honor of the victims.

And I noticed as you spoke, people gradually gathered behind you, and suddenly the frame was full, full of people.

Well, all members, staff, and guests in the gallery, please rise for a moment of silence.

Those are your colleagues?

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