president biden on the world stage. we hear accomplished at the summit of the americas. when john kirby, a member of the presidents national security team joins us live from the white house. let s begin this hour on capitol hill. today s news of a bipartisan deal on gun reform. it s the latest sign that public pressure is working, and this time it s different. the framework reached and enhanced background checks for 18 to 21-year-olds. incentivizes for states to implement red flag laws. new funding for school safety, mental health and tele-health. clarification of who receives f else. and penalties for struck here s what s not in the deal. they would not ban semi automatic weapons or high capacity magazines. it would not raise the age to buy assault weapons. it would not apply universal background checks. make no mistake, this would be a historic achievement. a deal is a deal. sometimes politics is the art of the possible. president biden released a statement today saying i
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world quarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with some breaking news. a dramatic turn in a texas abortion case. the state supreme court now stepping into pause a lower court ruling effectively preventing kate cox from having an abortion. her baby is unlikely to survive the pregnancy. i m gonna be talking to a legal expert in just minutes about what this all means. also this hour, president biden is on the west coast. he and the first lady will be in california for fundraising events tonight. before that he stopped in las vegas to highlight a major infrastructure success. we are building the first high speed rail project in our nation s history. part of a 2.8 billion dollar investment. ten major rail projects across america. reaching tens of millions of people. also new today, outgoing congressman kevin mccarthy is now endorsing donald trump for president, saying he is open to serving in trump s c
Memories, being a young man and how he felt suspicion simply by the fact he was africanamerican. And so hes going to get some very con temtemporaneous information from some of these Young Leaders about what it is to be young and black in america today. Hes going to be talking to Community Leaders, religious leaders. What can be done in these individual communities to stop things from happening to reduce the number of violent confrontations between Police Officers and those in minority and lowincome communities. And i think its going to be something we will hear from him today. He will not come into the Briefing Room but we should hear something today. Said the federal investigation into ferguson is continuing. What are his plans today . Yeah hes going to be in atlanta. Hes going to kick off what is going to be an actual tour. Hes going to be making stops, similar to the conversations the president will have today with those Community Leaders. A lot of it focused on community policing.
Youd be hardpressed to find a republican in washington today. Theyve all gotten out of town but what theyre up to is driving talk in d. C. Gop lawmakers making their way to hershey, pennsylvania for a twoday type of soul searching retreat in parts of deep blue california turning red as the rnc convenes its winter meeting in san diego. Well hear from mitt romney there tomorrow. Ahead of the rnc meeting kickoff, a potential game changer. Ellering up the convention now in midjuly instead of late august. Joining me now nbc Congressional Correspondent luke rumplt russert at the retreat in hershey and joining us from the rnc winter meeting, luke start with you. Everybody wants to talk about 2016. Republican lawmakers have to get 2015 figured out. Yeah. That little thing calm called governing. Right, jose . This retreat is extremely important because they have to mesh out difference on one big issue, immigration. Yesterday House Republicans passed a bill that went to the right of where a lot
That could change the face of the russia investigation. A new report that former National Security adviser Michael Flynn could be moving towards cooperating with special Counsel Robert Mueller and youre in luck because ive got the best team here of correspondents and guests to break it all down. First, i want to take you to florida where Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is live very near where President Trump is spending the holiday. Kelly, what can you tell us about this New York Times report . Well, good morning, stef. This is a pivotal signal. When youre looking for tea leaves in the longrunning russia investigation. The New York Times was first to report that the Flynn Legal Team notified the president s outside counsel they could no longer share communications, which is something that when theres common issues, they typically do. So this is some kind of signal. But what it is is unclear. Now, lawyers for the president say it would not be a surprise if flynn were making some kind of a plea agre