literally tilting at windmills. it comes as his legal team decides its best defense in his civil rape trial. no defense at all? another deadly mass shooting in america. the latest, a medical center in atlanta, prompting an impassioned plea from georgia senator raphael warnock. also, new reporting on the deep financial ties between supreme court justice clarence thomas and a texas billionaire. keep getting deeper. it keeps getting worse. on capitol hill, there is no off-ramp when it comes to a deal on the debt ceiling. we ll have the latest on the contentious negotiations. meanwhile, the markets mostly flat this morning in response to the latest interest rate hike from the federal reserve. we ll have a full breakdown of what could be the final move from the central bank in the fight to bring down inflation. good morning, everyone, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 4th. we got two out of three birthdays under our belt here. exactly. willie
then maybe you have the political movement and power that will frighten republican. it ll take fear to get them off of this. it needs two things. it needs the political action. this has to be a voting issue. abortion was a voting issue in the midterms, i think we saw. i think guns has to become a voting issue on the side of sanity, as well. and then i think we need people we need, like, a million person march, you know, in washington, about gun violence. we really do. we need big, public demonstrations of what people believe and what people fear and what people know we need now in terms of gun legislation. willie? to inject a little optimism into the conversation, i think the good news is, there is an entire generation of young people. that s it. maybe it s not us, and shame on us for not dealing with this. joe, you and i talked about this. in 50 years, people will look
the obama administration is keeping the heat on the gun control issue. this afternoon, vice president biden will answer questions live in a facebook town hall about gun violence. meanwhile, more movement on the gun control issue outside of washington. colorado state house of representatives proofing four bills tightening gun laws yesterday. the new york times reporting today that lawmakers are increasingingly open to a ban on high capacity magazines. joining me is party a democrat from pennsylvania. you wrote a post for msnbc.com around the two-month mark around the newtown incident. you wrote the following. so as a strong advocate of the assault weapons ban, would you be happy if this congress was able to do something initially with universal background checks
choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. president obama today traveled to minneapolis where he met with victims of gun violence and their families and with local law enforcement. the president then gave a speech in which he explained that he has done what he can do as president about gun violence. for more to happen, he said, congress must act. real and lasting change also requires congress to do its part