i m in tennessee on a family vacation, visiting my sister in law, i have been lobbying in d.c. since we survived a mass shooting in july. i have met with lawmakers, how is this still happening? how are our children still dying and why are we failing them? those frustrated comments came following yet another deadly school shooting in america. this time, it was in nashville. where three young children are among the victims. we ll have a live report from the devastated city in just a moment. these tragedies always bring gun legislation and proposals to ban assault-style weapons back into the spotlight but given the current balance of congress any meaningful action remains unlikely. good morning. welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, march 28th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for starting your day with us. we begin with the latest from nashville, tennessee. where six people including three children are dead following a school shooting that s left a community shattere
was targeted. and we re getting a disturbing look at the moment that suspect who police say is a transgender person and a former person at the school shoots out the school s windows and walks inside to carry out the attack. we re also learn much more about the six victims. three students, just nine years old and three adults in their 60s, including the head of the school. the lost, once again, renewing calls to do something to prevent the next shooting. the mayor of nashville sharing this call to action earlier on today. the country needs to pick itself up and say no to an assault weapons lobby that, again, is making it too available and too convenient and too first of mind for people to go out and commit terrible acts. and that is where we begin today. yasmin is in nashville for us. you were on your way home from one disaster in mississippi when you got the call to reroute to another tragedy. this time in nashville. i know you as a mom, your two boys, you keep thinking a
history. he said it was at the risk of civil war. my report on some of our most beloved heroes, rosie the riveters. sparked generational change for women in the workplace. it was a man s world. they didn t realize how capable women are. there s nothing i don t think that a woman can t do. it s up to a woman whether she wants a career raising a family or whether she wants to be an astronaut. we have that choice now. good day. we begin with breaking news from nashville. the bodycam footage from the nashville police. we want to warn you, this is difficult to watch. they released more than six minutes of video from cameras worn by multiple officers as they move from classroom to classroom at the covenant school on monday. searching for the shooter responsible for killing six people, including three children. their tactical movements sending them through the main halls and up to the second floor for an exchange of gunfire with the suspect. today, the nashville community is
also today, the man who acted as donald trump s secret weapon to keep some of the most salacious stories out of the headlines, be suddenly a surprise witness for the grand jury in manhattan. and prime minister netanyahu calls off reshaping the judiciary appearing to avert a national crisis. up next, the negotiations meant to keep things from boiling over again and the invitation that may be coming from the white house. we start with the six families who may be starting the day without the people they love the most. the horrors of the nashville shooting more gut wrenching because three of the victims were 9-year-olds. -year-olds who should be coming home from school in an hour or two. instead evelyn dieckhaus, halli scruggs, william kinney are gone. cynthia peak, katherine koonce also gone. the maps drawn by the shooter audrey hale, we have to ask the question why does it keep happening and why don t we stop it? we saw from video, locked doors did nothing. hale shot right
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. report on the new york grand jury probe of trump and the losses piling up in several criminal investigations. mike pence losing his bid to duck testifying in a new ruling while a new admission is upsending the stolen documents case. we ll bet to that later while the heat continues in new york. the d.a. brought in a a pro trump tabloid for months before the election. its headlines hyping a win. another trump ally cooperating with investigators, and this one s getting immunity for doing so. that friend, david pecker is the ceo of the national enquirer s parent company, american media. national enquirer hit president trump s secrets in a safe. you agreed to provide information about michael cohen, the president and the criminal investigation into campaign finance violations. this is a big case. this is absolutely whether the twice impeached president likes it or not, the work of manhattan district attorney alvin bragg