Senate chaplain: ‘thoughts and prayers’ not enough after Nashville shooting

Barry C Black said: When babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers'

The chaplain who leads prayers in the US Senate said on Tuesday: When babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers."

Barry C Black was referring to the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday, in which three nine-year-olds and three adults were killed. The shooter was killed by police.