IT IS IMPENETRABLE.
WHAT REASON WOULD YOU HAVE FOR
NOT PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN, OUR
TRUE DIAMONDS.
WE HAVE SANDRA BLACKBURN.
NASHVILLE HAPPENED WITHIN ABOUT
AN HOUR.
I GET TEXT FROM FEARFUL MOTHERS
WORRIED FOR THEIR CHILDREN, TO
MY KNOWLEDGE, AND DID NOT SEE
ANY OTHER SENATOR BESIDES YOU
AND SENATOR HAGERTY COME OUT
WITH A PLAN IN THE IMMEDIATE
AFTERMATH TO PROTECT MY CHILD
TOMORROW.
WHAT IS YOUR DEALINGS WITH
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND WHY WOULD HE
REJECT HIS.
>> IT IS JUST UNSEEMLY THAT
THERE WOULD BE SUCH A REJECTION
OF THIS BY THE DEMOCRATS.
EVERYBODY SHOULD BE FOR THE SAFE
SCHOOL ACT, KAYLEIGH.
THEY SHOULD WANT TO DO THIS
TOMORROW, AS YOU WERE SAYING.
TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE.
THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE WORKED
ON SINCE 2018.
I TRIED TO GET IT PASSED THEN.
I TRY TO GET IT PASSED LAST YEAR
AFTER THE UVALDE SHOOTINGS, BUT
TO HAVE THIS GRANT POOL AND TO
ALLOW LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO WORK
TOGETHER TO BRING AND VETERANS
AND RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
SERVE AS A SECURITY OFFICER AT A
SCHOOL, THEY KNOW HOW TO USE
WEAPONS.
THEY KNOW HOW TO DE-ESCALATE
SITUATIONS.
I HAVE TALKED TO A LOT OF THEM.
THEY LIKE THIS IDEA.
THEY ARE GRANDPARENTS LIKE WE
ARE, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE
GRANDPARENTS.
AND THEY WANT TO BE THERE TO
HELP PROTECT CHILDREN.
THIS WOULD ALSO ALLOW SCHOOLS TO
HAVE CAMERAS AND PEOPLE TO WATCH
THE CAMERAS.
AND BULLETPROOF DOORS AND THE
FILM ON WINDOWS, THE LOCKS THAT
ARE NECESSARY TO BE CERTAIN THAT
CHILDREN ARE SAFE.
AND THAT SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.
SO THAT PARENTS CAN HAVE THE
CONFIDENCE THAT THEIR CHILDREN
ARE GOING TO BE SAFE.
>> Kayleigh: SANDRA BLACKBURN,
JOSH SENATOR BLACKBURN, THERE
WAS A CASE AND IT WAS MADELEINE
WHO BROUGHT IT.
THE CASE THAT BANS SCHOOL
PRAYER.
HER SON ENDED UP HAVING A
MINISTER AND HERE IS ONE THING
THAT HE SAID.
HE NOTED THIS BECAUSE IT WAS
BALTIMORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE
PRAYER WAS INITIALLY BANNED.
HE SAID 1963 WAS THE FIRST YEAR
OF THE CHILDREN CANNOT PRAY IN
SCHOOLS BEFORE THAT, THERE HAD
NEVER BEEN A MURDER IN A
BALTIMORE SCHOOL.
HOW MUCH OF THIS IS FAITH
LEAVING THE HUMAN HEART IN THIS
MENTAL ILLNESS WE ARE SEEING AND
THE CULTURAL PLACE WE ARE AT
CAUSING THE VIOLENCE AND CHAOS
WE ARE SEEING IN OUR SCHOOLS?
>> KAYLEIGH, AS A MOTHER AND A
GRANDMOTHER, I WORRY ABOUT THIS
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND IT IS JUST SUCH CONCERN TO
ME WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMICIDAL PEOPLE
THAT ARE SUICIDAL, OUGHT NOT TO
HAVE ANY TYPE OF EQUIPMENT
WHETHER IT IS A CAR OR A KNIFE
OR A GUN OR ANYTHING THAT CAN
CAUSE HARM.
AS WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE
PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMICIDAL AND
ARE SUICIDAL AND THEY ARE
GETTING THAT CAR OR THAT BOMB OR
THAT DYNAMITE OR THAT GUN OR
KNIFE AND THEY ARE COMMITTING
HARM.
AND WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO
SAY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO KEEP
PEOPLE SAFE IN THE PUBLIC SPACE?
AND A GREAT STARTING PART IS THE
SAFE SCHOOLS ACT AND FOR THE
DEMOCRATS TO BE AGAINST THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT I CANNOT IMAGINE
WHY ANYBODY WOULD OPPOSE THE
SAFE SCHOOL ACT TO KEEP CHILDREN
SAFE.
TRENCH I CAN’T EITHER.
10 SECONDS HERE.
SENATOR BLACKBURN, WILL BE END
UP SEEING THAT MANIFESTO?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE
WRITINGS ARE WITH THE JUDGE AND
THEY ARE REJECTING SOME THINGS.
I DO WANT US TO ALL BE SENSITIVE
TO THE FAMILIES THAT ARE
INVOLVED HERE.
BUT THE PEOPLE OF TENNESSEE
DESERVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
AND HOW THIS SHOOTER WENT ABOUT