A repeal of the Second Amendment. 97yearold John Paul Stevens retired from the high court in 2010. Tonight he is criticizing the constitutional right to bear arms as a relic of the 18th century. Garrett tenney starts off with that. The president and the Administration Still fully support the Second Amendment. We think the focus has to remain on removing weapons from dangerous individuals, not on blocking all americans. Speak of the gun control debate lurched toward the left one former Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens took to the New York Times oped page and called for a full repeal of the Second Amendment. He argues eliminating it would do more to weaken the nras ability to stymie legislative debate and block constructive guncontrol legislation than any other available option. From my cold dead hands. For years the nra has argued that the real goal of guncontrol activists to take weapons from lawabiding citizens. Today the group said the threat is clear and present. The proteste
Rising. Slowly, but rising. Joining us now to talk about this, abby phillips, cnn white house correspondent, jeffrey toobin, former federal prosecutor and cnn chief legal analyst. Great to have you. Well break away for the live event as the pomp and circumstance begins. Jeffrey, the idea that right before he lands he sends out this tweet of the mayor of london insulting him. Now, by the way, no love lost between them. This was in response to the day before, mayor khan saying it is so unbritish to be rolling out the red carpet for a formal state visit for a president whose divisive behavior flies in the face of the ideals that america was founded on. That was in response to calling Meghan Markle nasty. Already there is a very public, unpleasant tiff between leaders and some of the royal family. Thats true. I would like to focus on the nasty issue, not because it is terribly important what the president said about Meghan Markle, but the idea that the president would deny saying something
Im ali velshi in for brian williams. Day 894 of the Trump Administration. And we now have shocking new images of the extent of the humanitarian crisis at the border, released today by the department of Homeland Securitys own internal watchdog. The government provided these images from facilities for migrants in texas rio grande valley. This photograph shows families packed into an area called pod 2. In laredo, children laying on concrete benches, on top of each other, with what appears to be one water cooler, some Wearing Masks over their mouths. In ft. Brown station, one man holds up a sign that says, help, 40 day here. The office of the Inspector General surveyed those rio grande detention facilities last month. The report describes, quote, serious overcrowding and prolonged detention of unaccompanied alien children, families, and single adults that require immediate attention. Senior managers at several facilities raised security concerns. One called the situation a ticking time bom
Show with something just sort of incredible that happened in federal court with no warning. Out of the blue. Just blew up something. It is coming from this remarkable and dramatic soap opera of a thing that has to do with this administration and with something that the president feels more strongly about than anything else in his presidency. You might have seen a few days ago that chuck todd from meet the press had an interview with President Trump. There is always news when someone from outside the conservative media gets to ask the president questions that involve followups and not just him screaming over helicopter noise. We knew there was going to be news in that interview and in fact one of the things that made news and chuck todd asked what his biggest mistake was. The biggest regret from his presidency thus far. The president s answer was that his biggest mistake, the one thing he has done wrong is Jeff Sessions. Think about everything that has happened and gone wrong over 2. 5