Conversation with gun safety activist david hogg. A caught up with him on the mall, to discuss the plague of gun violence ands latest chapter on right here on nbc. The last few weeks have been historic, unprecedented and yes at times pretty alarming. Former President Donald Trump is under an avalanche of legal trouble. And remember those, cases are not just about the criminal conduct of one man. They are about the future of our democracy, our very way of life. The stakes for this country cannot be higher in this moment, and the question who is leading the country impacts every single issue cared about. So we will continue to talk about those cases through every twist and turn. Believe me i believe the former president under multiple indictments is enough to shake the confidence of anyone. But today were gonna change things up a little bit. Partly because i was recent alarm that when i saw that 30 of voters think were in danger of failing as a nation. Failing. So want to spend the show
Perhaps you know me as, the kung fu panda. Ah, youre adorable. Huh. Oh, whah welcome back to msnbc state of the Union Special coverage. President biden gave a forceful speech and made clear that democracy is under threat. Not just abroad but right here in the u. S. In front of both chambers of congress, he reminded of the january 6th Capitol Attack in the very room, three years ago. History is watching. Just like history watched three years ago on january 6. Insurrection stormed the capitol , the threat of american democracy. Many of you were here on the darkest of days. We also, they were not patriots. They stopped to overcome the peaceful transfer of power. January 6th lies about the 2020 election and the plots to steal the election posed a threat to the u. S. Democracy since the civil war. They failed. America stood. America stood strong. Democracy prevailed. The Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute of politics and public service. And brendan buck is here but he is the for
The Supreme Court today making it a reality and making history settling an issue thats been unclear since reconstruction. All nine justices deciding that neither colorado nor any other state can bar him under the 14th amendment, Section Three insurrection language quoting from the opinion, quote, we can clued that states may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office, but states have no power under the constitution to enforce Section Three with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency. The opinion was per curiam, meaning not attributed to any specific justice however, in a concurrence that you might say reads more like a dissent justices sonia sotomayor, elena kagan, and Ketanji Brown jackson take issue with the rulings broadness, which they suggest is to quote, insulate this court and petitioner from future controversy. The petitioner, of course, being donald trump, asked for him he praised the ruling, then pivoted to the courts. Next big decision on pr
We know this happened well within french waters. We know it actually happened on a canal some 30 kilometres or so from the coastline itself. We have seen footage of the canal in question, the water level is very high. It is a wide waterway, flanked on one side by forests and on the other by some homes. We have also seen footage of Emergency Services appearing to be by the bow of a small white boat which is jutting up from the water line and alongside that belongings strewn all over the towpath. The authorities in france say the boat was just too small for the number of people, 16, they say, who were trying to board it. Then it capsized as people were getting on board. They say that a seven year old died at the scene. They also say a person walking by raise the alarm and there were other children on the boat as well. 0ther children on the boat as well. Other siblings of the girl as well as other adults and other children and they are all being cared for any hospital in dunkirk. We have
the case that can change the course of the election. nine justices are ironing their robes, as we speak. tonight on laura coates live. and just a few short hours from now, the supreme court of the united states will hear arguments in a historic effort to ban former president trump on the ballot for his alleged role in the january six insurrection. we ll be able to listen i tomorrow morning. let me make it easy for you to follow their conversation tomorrow. you ve been hearing a lot about the 14th amendment. it s not the center of the case before the supreme court tomorrow. now, it has five sections. of the five, you may only know section one, the one about due process, attention to laws, that one. that is not what we are talking about tonight. it s the other white me, section three. that s what s so important. the so-called insurrectionists clause. at its core, it says, you can t hold office if you engaged in insurrection. if it were that easy, i would not have to explain, it