harris faulkner. also joining us, lili gil valetta and richard fowler. the six victims of monday s shooting will be remembered today individual. a clear picture of their courage is emerging. head of school katherine koonce sprang into action when the shots first ring out. she was on a zoom call and she ran towards the shooter and sacrificed her own life by putting herself in the line of fire to protect her students. one of the young victims displayed bravery that defied her young age. at just 9 years old, evelyn dieckhaus was murdered as she attempted to save her classmates by trying to pull the fire alarm. police say the suspect was a former student who had detailed maps of the christian school. they say the shooting was targeted but it s not being investigated as a federal hate crime. senator josh hawley says that just doesn t make sense. police in nashville has said this school was targeted. it wasn t random, wasn t happenstance. they were targeted. it s a federal hate c
we owe them action. we have to do more to stop the gun violence of ripping communities apart and ripping apart the soul of the nation, protect our children so they learn how to read and write instead of duck and cover in a classroom. president joe biden expressing solidarity with the victims of the nashville school shooting as we learn new details about how police were able to stop the shooter within minutes of entering the building. plus a federal judge said former vice president mike pence must testify into the probe into donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and the latest from israel as benjamin netanyahu and president biden trade word amid ongoing protests across that country. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 29th. i m jonathan lemire thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with the latest from nashville. we re learning more about the victims, the shooter, and the police response to the tragedy. we ll begin
the manhattantoday. they will be in tomorrow. but they won t be working on the donald trump hush money case. at least not right now. and that is about all that we know at this moment. it is unclear when the grand jury will be meeting on donald trump again. there is a report saying the case is taking a one-month break starting next week, but our nbc news team says to treat that pronouncement with caution. at minimum, d.a. alvin bragg can still use the grand jury tomorrow, next monday or next wednesday on donald trump. as always, our sources add the agenda is fluid, and can change at any moment. we re going to get an update from someone who used to work in the d.a. s office in just a second. there are also developments in the january 6th special counsel investigation. former vp mike pence now says he and his team are considering whether to appeal a federal judge s order to force him to testify. here he is in iowa today. when are you going to decide on any possible appeal of t
custodian were killed, too. can you imagine? of course you can. because at this point in this country you ve either lived through in that shooting or you ve imagined it. we cannot keep having the same conversations over and over again. tonight. we try to find a different way to talk about it. plus listen to this 2017 duet from dolly parton and miley cyrus. living in rainbow land, fluid and things are brand. i where we re free to be exactly. did you hear those inflammatory words there about rainbows? tonight? we re going to talk about why that song was deemed too controversial by one wisconsin elementary school. and gwyneth paltrow is accuser took the stand in that ski collision trial today at his story was very different from hers. we re going to play for you what happened in court, but let s begin with the latest school shooting in nashville today. i want to bring in my panel, los angeles times columnist lz granderson starve cnn john berman, former senate candidate joe pinyo
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