China will escalate. Good afternoon. We begin with the shootings in texas and ohio. Here is the latest in the situation. President donald trump addressed the nation condemning the attacks and making remarks regarding Mental Illness. The death toll in el paso has risen to 22 bringing number killed in a weekend of violence across the country to 31. Fetters in ohio are still searching for a motive in the killing of nine people outside a popular taking club. In mr. Trumps speech she blamed Mental Illness but Katherine Johnson reporter said he condemned racism and white supremacy. We are outraged and sickened by this monstrous evil. Reporter President Donald Trump says all americans must Work Together to and Mass Shootings like this weekends tragic shootings in el paso and dayton. We are a loving nation and our children are entitled to grow up and adjust, peaceful and loving society. Reporter the president said he was sickened by the racist manifesto the shooter in el paso used to justify h
Nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia, turned deadly, the president said this you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. Reporter today, mr. Trump pledged more federal resources to combat domestic terrorism. He also recommended curbing the glorification of violence found in video games and restricting access to firearms for the mentally ill who pose a threat. Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun. Reporter but mr. Trump did not talk about the need to mandate strong background checks on gun buyers which he tweeted this morning and initially supported after the 2018 shooting at a florida high school. And im pissed because my daughter im not going to see again reporter just days after meeting with victims and family members, the president had what he called a great meeting with the nra and backed off his background check pledge. Today, former president barack obama issued a lengthy statement calling for tougher gun laws and in a rare rebuke
This morning what the president had to say. Our racism must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. The question, will words be followed by action free fall, wall street plummets, its worst day of the year as china plays hardball, the aggressive move it just made escalating the trade war when it will hit your wallet. All that, plus saying goodbye, the heartfelt goodbye. The terrifying moments caught on camera, smoke filling the cabin of a packed plane forcing an emergency landing. And judge jay, late night legend jay leno is on a mission to find hidden talent on our plaza, today tuesday, august 6th, 2019. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a tuesday morning, and nice to have you become. I know its a hard duty to be there in dayton with the community thats just really, really hurting right now. Yeah, its good to be back, and youre right, they ar
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The nations leaders are facing growing cries to do something after backtoback Mass Shootings claim 31 lives in texas and ohio. And today the president is defending himself by tweeting quotes from fox news. Insisting that Mass Shootings predated his presidency and again declaring himself the least racist person. Those tweets appear to be in response to an indirect condemnation from his predecessor barack obama. He issued a rare statement calling on all americans to, quote, reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feed a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments. Trumps name was never mentioned but it struck a nerve at the white house. The president and his staff have been busy divorcing themselves from the kind of rhetoric that critics say led to the violence and the deaths we all saw this weekend. Looks like this dayton monster, the shooter in ohio, had a leftist leanings in a twitter feed that was complimentary of antifa and complimentary of