Right. The economy does do better under democrats. And as vice president kamala harris announces a major plan to boost small businesses, economists are saying that trump s proposals, like for instance, tariffs, would actually hurt americans. Also tonight, we are just days into the new school year for many students, but we ve already had our first school shooting, leaving four dead and several injured at a high school in georgia. Plus, breaking late today, republican liz cheney, who once said that donald trump is unfit for any office, announced that she will be voting for vice president kamala harris. But we begin tonight with it s the economy stupid. James carville s famoused a moe in addition from the 1992 election that remains true today. Polls show the economy continues to be the top issue for many voters, including inflation and affordability. And yet there is only one candidate who is proposing policies that would actually help americans. Vice president kamala harris. Here she is
video disturbing video of the shooter entering the school, and we have new information just in to cnn that the shooter had actually reached out to someone on instagram moments before. also this a crucial witness in the donald trump hush money case testifies again. david pecker, the former publisher of the national inquiry appeared before the grand jury. for the second time, those jurors set to meet again tomorrow. and at least 39 people have been killed in a fire that swept through a migrant detention center in mexico. we have new details coming in. but we start this morning, tracking the several overnight developments as we are getting new details out of nashville, where that school shooting took place, including this surveillance video from inside the school and new information about the minutes leading up to the murders of 39 year old children and three school staff members. i want you to know that what you re about to see is disturbing. this is the shooter pulling into th
so-called red flag laws. enhanced review process for gun buyers under the age of 21. closing the boyfriend loophole. penalties for straw purchases. and clarifying the definition of firearms dealer. eva joins me now. there s a lot to unpack here but the issue is moving forward. it has the potential to become law. jim, it is. it could be consequential. we have not seen any real gun safety measures passed in decades in congress. take the boyfriend loophole, for instance. anyone deemed to have been in a serious dating relationship and convicted of a domestic violence charge would no longer be eligible to buy a gun. previous atempts to pass this have failed under the weight of pressure from the nra. there s also a red flag law provision that allows law enforcement to keep guns away from people who pose a threat to themselves or others, found by a judge. but it sounds like the states would be given the choice to opt in to be given federal dollars for this effort, doesn t seem to
developing. biden s white house calling the situation at the border a challenge at a big problem but still not calling it a crisis. this is as the administration officials blame the trump team for what is happening there. now biden s homeland security chief s warning we are on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border when we have in just the last 20 years. john: pretty shocking statement. were going to speak with texas senator john cornyn and arizona s attorney general who is leading efforts to sue the biden administration over its immigration policy. so-called public charge. we begin with casey stegall live at the southern border in alamo, texas. casey, what s the situation? john, sandra, good to see you. the border patrol agent chief for this very sector which is the rio grande valley of south texas, one sector alone covers and encompasses some 277 miles of the entire southern border. over the last couple days, he says his agents have arrested almost
this kind of tragedy and to say enough is enough. and when are we going to learn? and we re grieving city? um right now and guns can be, um, second amendment for sure, but they can also be a little bit of a cult and let s let s not let s let s keep him out of the hands of people who should not be having them. do you think there will be any changes guns? president biden is calling on what do you what do you think will happen in washington? any action? well i think it more likely from the federal then from this state level cities are relatively not that effective in doing this, i think hopefully in the state will reverse the tide, as opposed to a 10 year tide of reducing regulation common sense regulation on guns to go back where we were just 10 or 15 years ago, which was not an anti gun place to be. it was just