politicsnation. tonight s lead, the after party. right now, i m back in new york after attending last night s white house correspondents dinner in washington. which may end up being a rare moment of levity in the next political year, because with president joe biden officially running for reelection and donald trump likely general election opponent, at least for now, an epic political battle lies ahead, leading up to november of 2024. biden cutting and confidence in last night s dinner must now reengage voters, many of whom appear to lack confidence in his candidacy, specifically black voters, who say the kind of post racial america promoted by the administration is increasingly out of reach, according to nbc news polling. can biden make the sale to finish the job? former obama press secretary robert gibbs joins me with his analysis of where the 2024 campaign already stands. and we have got some church on this politics nation sunday. mr. t.d. jakes joins me later in t
this morning, brooke. the families of the victims who lost their lives, we are honoring them at a vigil. all six victims from the deathly rampage that left three 9-year-olds and three faculty members of the covenant school data. the family of 9-year-old evelyn dieckhaus lost her life trying to pull a f fire alarm ad an unthinkable spirit her sister said again, i don t want to be an only child. her family adding, our hearts are completely broken. we cannot believe this has happened. evelyn was a shining light in this world. katherine koonce was on a call at the time of the shooting. she hung up and went for the shooter after three gunshots, something that her friend said she would do for her students. she was an absolute champion for her students and her students always knew that she was in their corner. she was an educator herself, so she would tutor them, encourage them and the smartest person in the room. the daughter worked for the school for a decade and spoke
former federal prosecutor paul krieger is here. former senate candidate joe pinyon, former secret service agent jonathan wackrow, and joining us is cnn s joanie o sullivan. who as we far as we know, is not form or anything, um okay, guys, great to have you all here. jonathan tell us about secret service and what? how they re preparing tonight and how they can possibly be everywhere and cover this unprecedented event. tomorrow we ll listen to secret service tomorrow plays an interesting role. it s not what we typically see them playing. they re not playing the lead role. the nypd is the lead organizing entity for the security operation tomorrow. the secret service is keenly focused only on donald trump getting him safely from trump tower down to the courthouse and then whether it s back to trump tower or to the airport safely and efficiently, but they re not taking that coordinating role. and there s a reason why here alison because the secret service has to show that they are
in trump tower tonight in the midst of a massive security presence in new york city. here with me on our panel. we have vanity fair s molly jong fast. former federal prosecutor paul krieger is here. former senate candidate joe pinyon, former secret service agent jonathan wackrow, and joining us is cnn s donie o sullivan, who as we far as we know is not form or anything, um okay, guys. great to have you all here. jonathan tell us about secret service and what? how they re preparing tonight and how they can possibly be everywhere and cover this unprecedented event. tomorrow we ll listen to secret service tomorrow plays an interesting role. it s not what we typically see them playing. they re not playing the lead role. the nypd is the lead organizing entity for the security operation. tomorrow the secret service is keenly focused only on donald trump getting him safely from trump tower down to the courthouse and then whether it s back to trump tower or to the airport safely and
heartbreak goes so much deeper. at least 25 people are now confirmed dead in mississippi. another person was killed in alabama for perspective in all of this, consider this fact more people have been killed by tornadoes and the past 24 hours than in all of last year in the united states last hour, i spoke with mississippi democratic congressman bennie thompson, whose district includes some of the worst damage from the storm. here s what he had to say. it was devastation beyond imagination. uh first of all, we had no lights in the entire community. uh people were absolutely stunned at what had just occurred. and so as the night wore on, it was clear. that this was something, uh, that people have never seen before. congressman thompson also told us that tomorrow the head of homeland security alejandro mayorkas, will visit the area along with the fema administrator. cnn s nick valencia, is in rolling fork mississippi. nick ah, good to see you back on the air. i know that devasta