another witness announced for tomorrow s primetime hearing. and new reporting on how donald trump had the secret service scrambling on the day of the attack. plus, we ve got the top headlines from last night s midterm election primaries that may serve as a warning to democrats. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senators had hoped to reach a bipartisan deal on gun safety by the end of this week, but nbc news has learned that that timetable may slip. perhaps into next week. senators have hit a snag on how to expand background checks. two people close to the talks tell nbc news at issue is whether to add waiting periods for 18 to 21-year-olds and to enable the fbi to conduct background checks on their juvenile records. a spokesman for republican senator john cornyn of texas said he is not considering waiting periods but does support the provision on the juvenile records. democrats, howev
killed, and 61 wounded. we are talking just this weekend. and the reality is those numbers are not out of the ordinary compared to prior weekends in america this year. across the country, people are frightened and fed up. i myself was hiding behind cars, because the shots kept getting closer and closer. we need justice. we need justice. and we need it, because we need our kids to be safe in the community. we shouldn t have to walk around having to watch our backs. i was almost asleep and heard numerous gunshots. 20 to 40. woke me up instantly. i don t need this in my backyard. nobody needs it in their backyard. like, i don t want to feel like i can t get home from work safe. over the last ten days we ve had three killed here and something like 23 injured. so it s a terrible situation. we will do as mayors what we have to do to keep our people safe, but we could sure use some help at the federal level. the stakes are higher. the pressure is greater. and after yea
facing a no confidence vote triggered by members of his own party. the question is, will the british leader now be removed from office? good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, june 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. we re coming off another weekend of deadly mass shooting across the country. in the past 72 hours, at least 17 people have been killed, nearly 70 were hurt and several of those victims have critical injuries. according to data from the gun violence archive, there were at least 13 mass shootings from friday, through sunday. the independent research group a defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot. not including the shooter. two cities saw the worst of the violence. in philadelphia, three people died and 12 were wounded, late saturday night, in a popular downtown district. south street. investigators believe the shooting came after a fight between two men. and most of the victims, innocent bys
accelerated psych and we re under all these pressures to come up with something new, and there s still a lag. there s still things sinking in outside in the real world. i always remember that whether i m home sick or get to sneak away. so shout-out to reality. is that what it is? yeah, because this is only a version of it in a box. but great to have you back, nicole. thank you very much. absolutely. nice to catch up with nicole. as she mentioned, sometimes inside the news it does seem like it s going really fast. well, that s the actual case today. so welcome to the beat. begins the congress building on the case that got a trump white house aide indicted friday. that s the news nicole was just referring to a liptically. there s also going to be the first primetime hearings andty january 6th this week, and they say there s sign of damning new evidence. the select committee has found evidence about a lot more than incitement here, and we are going to be laying out
is sadly not the first, they responded to. and speaking of calls for action, that s because someone who solving gun crime once could start by convincing a new generation that they re safer without guns. welcome to a new hour of american voices. this sunday the city of uvalde remains in shock struggling to find a way forward after 19 students, and two teachers were killed inside robb elementary behind me on tuesday. the president, just warning remain first responders. he s now heading back to san antonio before heading back to delaware, earlier today president biden and the first lady in town doing what they can to let uvalde know the nation is with them, president biden took the time to take in each of the victims pictures at the memorial behind me, he bostic touching pictures stolen by americas mass shooting, the crowd nearby pleading for action join the president today greg abbott which was all about welcomed in open arms. there people jeering to their governor, looki