THANKS, BRET.
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>> Jesse: WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
A FOX NEWS ALERT.
AS MORE DETAILS ARE EMERGING
ABOUT THE HORRIFIC SCHOOL
SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY
IN UVALDE, TEXAS.
19 CHILDREN AND TWO TEACHERS
WERE KILLED IN THE MASSACRE.
THESE KIDS WERE AS YOUNG AS 7
YEARS OLD.
OUR HEART BREAKS FOR THESE
FAMILIES AND THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
AND AS WE STRUGGLE, THE PROCESS
THIS HORRIFIC SITUATION, TONIGHT
WE ARE ALSO LEARNING MORE ABOUT
THE DEMON WHO OPENED FIRE INSIDE
THE SCHOOL.
18-YEAR-OLD SALVADOR RAMOS.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, JUST
BEFORE HE WENT ON THE KILL
SPREE, HE HAD GOTTEN INTO AN
ARGUMENT WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER.
RAMOS REPORTEDLY SHOT HER IN THE
FACE.
GOT IN HIS CAR, WRECKED NEAR ROB
ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHICH
WHERE YOU CAN SEE HERE, GRABBED
HIS RIFLE AND HEADED TO THE
SCHOOL.
AND HE CHOREOGRAPHED HIS
DESPICABLE INTENTIONS ONLINE.
JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE
MASSACRE, HERE IS GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT EARLIER TODAY.
>> THE FIRST WAS TO THE POINT OF
HE SAID I’M GOING TO SHOOT MY
GRANDMOTHER.
THE SECOND POST WAS: I SHOT MY
GRANDMOTHER.
THE THIRD POST MAYBE LESS THAN
15 MINUTES BEFORE ARRIVING AT
THE SCHOOL WAS I’M GOING TO
SHOOT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
>> Jesse: WE JUST LEARNED TODAY
THAT AN ON CAMPUS OFFICER DID
EXCHANGE GUNFIRE WITH RAMOS
BEFORE HE WENT INTO THE SCHOOL.
THIS IS RAMOS CAUGHT ON CAMERA
ENTERING FROM A BACK DOOR.
WHEN RAMOS GOT INSIDE, OFFICERS
SAY HE BARRICADED HIMSELF IN A
CLASSROOM AND OPENED FIRE.
>> HE JUST BEGAN SHOOTING
NUMEROUS CHILDREN AND TEACHERS
IN THAT CLASSROOM HAVING NO
REGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE.
JUST A COMPLETE EVIL PERSON.
ANYONE THAT IS INSIDE THAT
CLASSROOM JUST BEGINS SHOOTING
ANYONE THAT’S IN HIS WAY.
AT THAT POINT WE HAD A TACTICAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVE MADE UP
OF FEDERAL OFFICERS, LOCAL
OFFICERS AS WELL AS STATE
TROOPERS THAT WERE ABLE TO MAKE
FORCIBLE ENTRY INTO THAT
CLASSROOM.
THEY WERE MET WITH GUNFIRE AS
WELL.
THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOOT AND KILL
THAT SUSPECT.
>> Jesse: THE ROUND THAT KILLED
RAMOS WAS FIRED BY A BORDER
PATROL AGENT IN THAT TACTICAL
FORCE.
AND "PRIMETIME" SALUTES HIM.
SAFFOLDSALVADOR RAMOS WAS DISTUR
THAT’S CLEAR.
HIS FATHER WASN’T AROUND.
HE DIDN’T HAVE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER.
SHE WAS A DRUG ADDICT.
SO HE LIVED WITH HIS
GRANDPARENTS AND POLICE WERE
OFTEN CALLED TO THE HOUSE
BECAUSE OF DOMESTIC DISPUTES.
BUT RAMOS ALSO HAD A HARD TIME
AT SCHOOL, A FORMER CLASSMATE
TOLD CNN THAT HE WAS A LONER AND
BULLIED A LOT BECAUSE HE HAD A
STUTTER AND HE WORE EYE LINER.
EVENTUALLY HE DROPPED OUT.
BUT NO ONE SEEMED TO NOTICE.
ANOTHER TEEN WHO KNEW THE GUNMAN
TOLD "THE WASHINGTON POST" THAT
NOT LONG BEFORE THE SHOOTING
RAMOS’ BEHAVIOR STARTED TO
DETERIORATE.
THEY SAID ONE DAY HE SHOWED UP
TO THE PARK WITH CUTS ALL OVER
HIS FACE.
RAMOS REPORTEDLY SAID HE SLASHED
HIMSELF WITH KNIVES JUST FOR
FUN.
THE WRITING WAS ON THE WALL.
THIS KID NEEDED HELP.
SO WHY WASN’T SOMETHING DONE
ABOUT THIS?
HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES WERE
LITTERED WITH RED FLAGS.
THERE ARE REPORTS DAYS BEFORE
THE SHOOTING RAMOS POSTED
PICTURES OF HIS NEWLY PURCHASED
RIFLES.
ACCORDING TO THE UVALDE SCHOOL
DISTRICT, FOR YEARS THEY HAVE
USED SOCIAL MEDIA THREAT
MONITORING TECHNOLOGY.
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
THIS KID WAS A STUDENT.
WHY WASN’T HE MONITORED?
WHY WASN’T HE FLAGGED?
WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
BUT GOING BACK TO THOSE RIFLES
YOUYOU HE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA
TURNS OUT RAMOS LEGALLY
PURCHASED THEM JUST DAYS AFTER
HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY MAY 16TH.
HIS GRANDFATHER WAS INTERVIEWED
BY ABC.
>> DID YOU KNOW THAT HE BOUGHT
THOSE WEAPONS?
>> NO.
LIKE I SAID, I DON’T LIKE
WEAPONS.
I CANNOT BE AROUND WEAPONS.
>> Jesse: THE GRANDFATHER CAN’T
BE AROUND WEAPONS BECAUSE IS HE
AN EX-CON.
YOU ARE GETTING A SENSE OF WHAT
THE FAMILY DYNAMIC WAS, AREN’T
YOU?
SO RAMOS KEPT QUIET ABOUT HIS
GUN PURCHASE.
BUT HE DID DO IT LEGALLY.
SO, OF COURSE, THE LEFT WASTED
NO TIME POLITICIZING THIS
TRAGEDY.
THEY ARE USING IT TO TRY TO TAKE
AWAY YOUR GUNS.
BIDEN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY LAST
NIGHT TO COMFORT THE NATION TO
GIVE US STRENGTH DURING THIS
DIFFICULT TIME.
BUT HE COMPLETELY MISSED THE
MOMENT AND LURCHED INTO PARTISAN
WARFARE.
>> WE HAVE TO ACT AND DON’T TELL
ME WE CAN’T HAVE AN IMPACT ON
THIS CARNAGE.
I SPENT MY CAREER AS A SENATOR
AND VICE PRESIDENT WORKING TO
PASS GUN LAWS.
WE CAN’T PREVENT EVERY TRAGEDY.
BUT WE KNOW THEY WORK AND HAVE
POSITIVE IMPACT.
WHEN WE PASSED THE ASSAULT
WEAPONS BAN, MASS SHOOTINGS WENT
DOWN.
WHEN THE LAW EXPIRED, MASS
SHOOTINGS TRIPLED.
>> Jesse: BIDEN IS NOT TELLING
YOU THE TRUTH OBVIOUSLY.
ACCORDING TO A 2016 STUDY,
QUOTE: ASSAULT WEAPONS WERE
INVOLVED IN FOUR OF THE 18
PUBLIC MASS MURDERS BEFORE THE
ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.
FOUR OF THE 16 PUBLIC MASSACRES
DURING THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAND,
AND NINE OF THE 38 INCIDENTS
SINCE THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.
SO BANNING ASSAULT WEAPONS HAD
NO IMPACT ON MASS SHOOTING.
ALSO, JOE BIDEN CONTROLS THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
THERE’S NO STOPPING HIM AND
CHUCK SCHUMER FROM BRINGING AN
ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN UP TO A
VOTE.
THEY WON’T DO THAT THOUGH
BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT’S GOING TO
FAIL BECAUSE NOT EVERY DEMOCRAT
SENATOR IS FOR IT.
AND, BY THE WAY, ASSAULT WEAPON
IS JUST A MADE UP TERM.
SO THIS IS THE SAME OLD ARGUMENT
DEMOCRATS MAKE EVERY TIME.
IN THEIR MINDS, THE ONLY WAY TO
STOP EVIL PSYCHO PATHS FROM
COMMITTING CRIMES, IS TO TAKE
AWAY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FROM
LAW ABIDING AMERICANS.
OR, IN OTHER WORDS, JUST DO
SOMETHING.
>> WE’RE ELECTED TO DO
SOMETHING.
>> WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> IF WE DO NOT DO SOMETHING.
>> DO SOMETHING TO STOP THESE
SHOOTINGS.
>> TO DO SOMETHING, SOMETHING.
>> Jesse: "PRIMETIME" HAS SOME
IDEAS ABOUT WHAT THAT SOMETHING
IS BECAUSE NONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
DO.
AND IT DOESN’T INVOLVE
DESTROYING THE BILL OF RIGHTS.
WE NEED TO START MAKING CHANGES
THAT WILL ACTUALLY MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
HERE’S THE "PRIMETIME" PLAN.
FIRST, WE NEED TO HARDEN OUR
SCHOOLS.
THEY ARE SOFT TARGETS FOR
KILLERS LIKE RAMOS.
WE HAVE $100 BILLION IN COVID
RELIEF MONEY THAT CAN BE USED TO
PUT UP FENCING, INSTALL SECURITY
CAMERAS.
HIRE GUARDS.
ACTIVE SHOOTING DRILLS NEED TO
HAPPEN ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF
PROTECTING THESE KIDS.
ANDREW POLLACK, WHOSE DAUGHTER
MEADOW WAS KILLED IN THE
PARKLAND SHOOTING, SAID IT BEST
LAST NIGHT.
>> WHEN YOU HEAR POLITICIANS,
WHETHER EITHER SIDE THEY ARE --
EITHER SIDE THEY VOTED TO SEND
40 BILLION TO UKRAINE AND WE CAN
USE IT HERE IN THIS COUNTRY.
AMERICANS ARE SUFFERING YOU,
KNOW.
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AT THIS
SCHOOL.
IT REALLY ANGERS ME BECAUSE I
DON’T WANT TO HEAR THAT WE DON’T
HAVE BUDGET TO PROTECT OUR
CHILDREN.
THAT’S NOT RIGHT.
>> Jesse: WE ALSO NEED TO GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF THE MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS IN SCHOOLS.
THERE NEEDS TO BE COUNSELORS IN
EVERY SCHOOL PAYING ATTENTION TO
STUDENTS.
FLAGGING ODD BEHAVIOR.
NOTING WHO IS HAVING A HARD TIME
AT HOME AND GET THE KIDS THE
HELP THEY NEED.
WE’RE SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY
HIRING CRITICAL RACE THEORY
CONSULTANTS.
HOW ABOUT HIRING SOME SCHOOL
THERAPISTS INSTEAD.
THEY CAN I.D. A SCHOOL SHOOTER
AND MAYBE GET THEM THE HELP THEY
NEED.
BUT IF WE ARE REALLY GOING TO
MAKE A BIT OF DIFFERENCE ON THE
INSIDE OF SCHOOLS, WE NEED TO
PAY CLOSER ATTENTION TO WHAT’S
HAPPENING ON THE OUTSIDE OF
SCHOOLS.
I’M TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE HEARD
THAT THESE CRAZY SHOOTERS LEFT
ONLINE FOOTPRINTS?
TECH COMPANIES NEED TO COME UP
WITH A SYSTEM, AN ALGORITHM.
THEY CAN EASILY DETECT AND FLAG
WHEN SOMEBODY POSTS HOMICIDAL
THREATS LIKE I’M GOING TO SHOOT
UP AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND THE COMMUNITY HAS TO GET
MORE INVOLVED.
PARENTS, FRIENDS, PASTORS,
NEIGHBORS, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING,
SAY SOMETHING.
SOME LOANER IS WALKING AROUND
WEARING ALL BLACK CUTTING HIS
FACE AND POLICE ARE SHOWING UP
AT THE HOUSE CONSTANTLY, IT’S
TIME TO GET INVOLVED.
WE ALSO NEED TO START
INSTITUTIONALIZING PEOPLE WITH
PSYCHIATRIC HOLDS.
BECAUSE IF PEOPLE CAN’T FUNCTION
BE IN SOCIETY, THEY NEED TO GO
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THESE ARE COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS