US School Shooting Uvalde -- WEB
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- US School Shooting Uvalde -- WEB
- May 27, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English US SCHOOL SHOOTING (TV) HEADLINE: US Congress weighs ways to prevent mass shootings TEASER: Lawmakers debate whether mental health support or stricter guns laws would better prevent deadly attacks like the one in Uvalde, Texas PUBLISHED AT: 05/25/22 at 8:32p BYLINE: Katherine Gypson PRODUCERS: Katherine Gypson CONTRIBUTING: Anita Powell DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Reifenrath, Mia Bush, DJ ok VIDEO SOURCE (S): ABC, AP, AFP, REUTERS, ZOOM PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:20 VID APPROVED BY: Jepsen TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) ((INTRO)) [[U.S. lawmakers will vote Thursday to impose stricter background checks on gun sales after the second-worst mass school shooting in the nation's history earlier this week. As VOA congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson reports, the killings reignited the national gun control debate, but the chances of politicians passing significant changes are slim.]] ((NARRATOR)) Nineteen children and two adults dead in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas Tuesday … killings that have reopened the nation’s debate over regulating guns …Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott confronted by his Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke, who alleged his loosening of gun laws led to the tragedy. ((Video: still of Salvador Ramos)) ((MANDATORY COURTESY: AFP / SOCIAL MEDIA)) ((NARRATOR)) The governor said the 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, did not show any warning signs until just before the shooting, and Abbott called for greater support for mental health services instead of stricter gun laws. ((Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas)) “I hate to say this, but there are more people shot every weekend in Chicago than there are in schools in Texas, and we need to realize that people who think that, well maybe if we just implement tougher gun laws, it's gonna solve it. Chicago and L.A. and New York, disprove that.” ((NARRATOR)) U.S. President Joe Biden called on the narrowly Democratic-controlled Congress to pass new regulations. ((President Joe Biden))( “When in God's name will we do what needs to be done — to if not completely stop, fundamentally change the amount of carnage? ((NARRATOR)) Democrats said they wanted to move quickly to pass new regulations… ((Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader)) “America’s gun epidemic is unmatched by any of our peer nations in the world. No American is safe from it, and the American people are sick and tired of it.” ((NARRATOR)) … but noted such efforts had been stopped in the past. ((Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat)) “This is a gun industry talking point. The gun industry wants to stop any discussion about changing the laws after these mass shootings because they know that that's the moment when the public is demanding policy change.” ((NARRATOR)) While Republicans acknowledged the scope of the tragedy … ((Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader)) “It is literally sickening to consider the innocent young lives that were stolen by this pointless, senseless brutality.” ((NARRATOR)) … they cautioned against limiting Americans’ constitutional right to bear arms. Protests have consistently failed to move Congress to pass new regulations every time there is a mass shooting. ((Matthew Valentine, University of Texas)) ((Zoom)) “The assumption is that if any policy that advocates for any kind of reform is a prelude to confiscation and to a sort of a sweeping reform in the sort of model of New Zealand. Those aren't — that's not what's being proposed. There are lots of legislative measures that have been proposed that would create some obstacles for people who are trying to commit these kinds of acts.” ((NARRATOR)) According to 2021 Pew Research Center polling, half of Americans see gun violence as a very big problem, and a broad number of both Democrats and Republicans favor background checks on private and gun show sales. ((Katherine Gypson, VOA News, Capitol Hill))
- Transcript/Script US School Shooting Uvalde (TV) HEADLINE: 9-Year-old Survivor Recounts Texas School Shooting TEASER: 'Thank God that he is fine,' says the father of Jaden Luna, a student at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde PUBLISHED AT: 5/27/2022 12:15pm BYLINE: Celia Mendoza CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Uvalde, TX VIDEOGRAPHER: VIDEO EDITOR: Celia Mendoza SCRIPT EDITORS: Reifenrath, Jepsen VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV __ RADIO __ TRT: 2:00 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRODUCTION)) [[The city of Uvalde, Texas, is in mourning after a teenager from the community shot 19 children and two adults to death at an elementary school. VOA's Celia Mendoza spoke with a family whose son survived.]] ((NAT SOUND OF YOUNG KID)) ((Jaden Luna, Uvalde Shooting Survivor)) "It was a day like any other." ((NARRATION)) 9-year-old Jaden Luna, a survivor of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, remembers his last day at the school. ((Jaden Luna, Uvalde Shooting Survivor)) “And then this happened.” ((NARRATION)) Jaden and his classmates' daily routine was interrupted by an 18-year-old gunman, identified as Salvador Ramos. ((Jaden Luna, Uvalde Shooting Survivor)) “We were outside at recess and our coach was like ‘go inside’ and then we heard like three gunshots, and then we just heard like yelling and then that’s all we heard." ((NARRATION)) Jaden's story moves his father. ((Víctor Luna, Jaden Luna’s Father)) ((in Spanish, voiceover needed)) “He knows that he went through a tragedy that he should not have gone through. … Thank God that he is fine.” ((NARRATION)) Not everyone in the school of 600 students was as lucky as Jaden. ((Chris Olivarez, Texas Department of Public Safety)) "We have confirmed the death of 19 children and two adults. Two teachers. And another 17 injured in this horrific tragedy, this massacre that took place here." ((NARRATION)) … adding that what motivated the attacker, whom the police shot to death, is not yet known. ((Chris Olivarez, Texas Department of Public Safety)) “He did live with his grandparents here in Uvalde, Texas, did go to a local high school here. We have not been able to identify any friends, a girlfriend. We do know for a fact that he had no criminal history, no gang affiliation.” ((NARRATION)) What is also certain is what Cynthia Luna, mother of Jaden and grandmother to other students at the school, remembers of that day … ((Cynthia Luna, Jaden Luna’s Mother)) "The scare we went through. We didn't know if he was okay. We had grandchildren at school. I saw one come running out of a window.” ((NARRATION)) … during the chaos. ((Jaden Luna, Uvalde Shooting Survivor)) “I am happy that I survived” ((NARRATION)) Celia Mendoza, VOA News, Uvalde, Texas.
- NewsML Media Topics Crime, Law and Justice
- Topic Tags Shooting Uvalde
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date May 27, 2022 16:43 EDT
- Description English The city of Uvalde, Texas, is in mourning after a teenager from the community shot 19 children and two adults to death at an elementary school. VOA's Celia Mendoza spoke with a family whose son survived.
- Brand / Language Service Voz de América