President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, as they arrive back from Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump and the mass shootings (all times local):
4:45 p.m.
President Donald Trump is denouncing two mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, saying "hate has no place in our country."
Addressing reporters in Morristown, New Jersey, Trump said Sunday that "we're going to take care" of the problem. He says he's been speaking to the attorney general, FBI director and members of Congress and will be making an additional statement Monday.
Trump pointed to a mental illness problem in the U.S., calling the shooters "really very seriously mentally ill."
He says the problem of shootings has been going on "for years and years" and "we have to get it stopped."
The shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend left at least 29 people dead.
President Donald Trump, with first lady Melania Trump, speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Eric Trump, left, and Donald Trump Jr. watch during the second round of a welterweight mixed martial arts bout between Robbie Lawler and Colby Covington at UFC Fight Night on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in Newark, N.J. Covington won the bout. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Eric Trump, left, and Donald Trump Jr., right, wait for the start of a welterweight mixed martial arts bout between Colby Covington and Robbie Lawler at UFC Fight Night Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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