multiple magazines of ammunition entered marjorie stone in high school and murdered 17 people, that shooting sparked a nationwide youth lead movement for new gun safety legislation. a year later, little had been done at the federal level to curb gun violence. by valentine valentine s day, 2019, then president donald trump was trying to push attention back to his pet issue, building a wall to stop immigrants. at the time, trump was threatening to declare a national emergency in order to try to build his precious border wall without congressional approval. it was that threat from trump which prompted this counter threat from house speaker, nancy pelosi. if the president can declare an emergency on something that he has created as an emergency, an illusion that he wants to convey, just think of what a president with different values can present to the american people. you want to talk about a national emergency? let s talk about today, the one year anniversary of a another man
at the time, trump was threatening to declare a national emergency in order to try to build his precious border wall without congressional approval. it was that threat from trump which prompted this counter threat from house speaker, nancy pelosi. if the president can declare an emergency on something that he has created as an emergency, an illusion that he wants to convey, just think of what a president with different values can present to the american people. you want to talk about a national emergency? let s talk about today, the one year anniversary of a another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in america, that is a national emergency. why don t you declare that an emergency, mister president? i wish he would. why don t you declare that an emergency, mister president? if trump declares a national emergency, at the border, she said, just think about a president with different values can present to the american people. the very next, day donald trump did de
Join the millions of people taking back their privacy by Downloading Duckduckgo On Mobile and desktop today. Welcome to our continuing coverage of israel at war, im jim acosta in washington. We begin this hour with a growing death toll in the war. Minutes ago, the hamasrun media reported that 248 people have died in gaza just in the last 24 hours. Palestinian Health Officials say 4,300 people have died in gaza since the star of the war. That number set to rise as israels military says it is increasing air strikes beginning today this is new cnn video showing israeli troops and machinery positioned along the border, awaiting the order to launch a Ground Invasion. Commanders are being told that, quote, forces will enter gaza, for the First Time Since the war began two weeks ago, humanitarian briefly rolled into gaza, but the rafah Border Crossing is closed again after that 20truck convoy made its way through. Relief agencies, in the meantime, say additional shipments of water, fuel, and
Coming up in moments. Three hours from now President Biden becomes the first u. S. President to join the workers on the picket line in michigan. He will appear alongside the striking auto workers outside of detroit. Their strike against the Big Three Automakers approaching week two. See what the president has to say about that. The head of the d. E. A. Is about to address families impacted by fentanyl. Devastating epidemic had direct ties to the chaos weve been watching at the u. S. Border. Im bill hemmer live in new york. Dana is in semi valley. A big welcome back to smitty. Good morning. Sandra well all be watching tomorrow night. Great to start the day. Im sandra smith and this is americas newsroom. Eagle pass, texas, the town recently saw more than 2,000 migrants in 24 hours. President bidens Border Patrol chief says the surge forced him to divert resources. Cartels are exploiting that to get more drugs over the border. Bill got a picture getting a lot of attention today. A group o
This morning, trumps former chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was sentenced to five months in jail for perjury, for lying under oath before and during trumps new york civil fraud trial. The sentencing comes one day after a new York Appeals Court judge blocked trumps bid to stop his Hush Money Trial, while he appeals the partial gag order put in place by the judge overseeing that case. Jury selection in the Hush Money Trial is scheduled to begin on monday. With us now to talk more about all of this, msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa rubin and charles coleman, former prosecutor in brooklyn, new york, now a civil rights attorney, also an msnbc legal analyst. So, lisa, you were inside the courtroom for the sentencing. What was that like . It was somber, jose, because, of course, this is the second time that Allen Weisselberg has pled guilty to a crime, associated with his service to the trump organization. However, it lasted only a matter of minutes. Allen weisselberg entering the cou