system by adding additional disqualifying items. if we re serious about finding common ground and building consensus, those sorts of things will stand no chance of passing the senate. a lot there of what they won t do. that is john cornyn of course chief negotiator for the republicans in these bipartisan talks on a gun safety deal. a limited deal to be clear, but one that is now building momentum in the wake of the uvalde school massacre. so what is off the table? raising the minimum age to buy a semi automatic weapon like an ar-15. but republicans say that they looking at changing criminal background checks to include essentially scouring the juvenile records which would create an enhanced waiting period. so what is on the table? creating incentives for states to pass red flag laws, those are the laws that when actually used properly can keep guns out of the hands of people deemed a danger to themselves or others about also at issue, improving the background check system t
The plan thaet can do that other than the pope. The pope. Republican congressman troy nells of texas with a totally normal comparison for the former president , the pope. A recap of what happened yesterday in Donald Trumps Criminal Hush Money Trial in just a moment. Plus, trumps comments about Birth Control that he quickly had to walk back. Also ahead a former Senior Adviser to President Obama lays out an alarming Supreme Court scenario for democrats if donald trump were to win in november. Well play for you that warning. Thats another one, elizabeth. Well get to that. So good morning. Welcome to morning joe. Its wednesday, may 22nd. Were in washington. The table is going what are we talking about today . With us we have u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, elizabeth b. Miller and Deputy Managing Editor for politics at politico, sam stein is with us. Well start with Donald Trumps criminal trial where testimony in the former president s hush money trial has officially fi
Yes our daily routines will be disrupted. The highway closures, the traffic limitations and the sacrifices the city says are worth it. This is an incredible moment in time plenty of rumors have been floating around today the city said set the record straight about what will happen when the pope comes to town and its pretty drastic. Im lucy noland. Im dawn timmeney. Whether youre planning to andy at the papal visits or not the visit will most likely impact your life in some way. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell has all the details you need to know and dave kinchen spoke to people who think its way too much. Lets begin, though, with chris. Reporter well, this is the biggest event styles this city has ever seen. It will require a lot of patience. That is for sure. Bottom line, unprecedented 3mile secure zone in encompassing all of center city. Its called the socalled traffic box. This is 18 times the size of vatican city. It goes into effect friday night of the p
Pretty drastic. Im lucy noland. Im dawn timmeney. Whether youre planning to andy at the papal visits or not the visit will most likely impact your life in some way. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell has all the details you need to know and dave kinchen spoke to people who think its way too much. Lets begin, though, with chris. Reporter well, this is the biggest event styles this city has ever seen. It will require a lot of patience. That is for sure. Bottom line, unprecedented 3mile secure zone in encompassing all of center city. Its called the socalled traffic box. This is 18 times the size of vatican city. It goes into effect friday night of the papal weekend. That box is bordered by i95 38th street, south street, Spring Garden ridge and girard. Huge area. Now cars will be allowed inside this box. Theyll ab loud to move around but once inside once youve driven out you will not be allowed back until after the papal events. 25 miles of highway shut down. I95 wi
A lot of yelling slamming of doors and so forth and they also say that police have been called to this site before. Again, the standoff has been going on for about three plus hours at this point. It was believed at one time at least that this man may be armed, possibly with a gun and or swords. We cannot confirm that but we know the police and other Security Officials here have been standing by for quite sometime and only win the last few minutes did they go into the home or at least approach the home from best we could see with a stretcher in tow and so we believe something has happened inside that home. We hope to know more in just few minutes as it stands now all is still quiet. A few homes directly next to the home were actually evacuateed. We did have some utility crews on hand in the neighborhood. Potentially to shut off power to that home. All has been stand by mode for quite awhile until the last few seconds when that stretcher went into the home. Well update the situation as t