Murders. Those are events in which four or more people are killed. And nearly 9500 Gun Violence Deaths already this year. The president is using this moment to announce new Executive Action to tamp down, to try to tamp down gun crime. Hes also once again calling on congress to act on gun legislation. Lets begin this hour at the white house. Our Jeremy Diamond joins us. What is to come from biden today . Reporter listen, were going to see the president Layout A Comprehensive Gun Prevention Violence Strategy to address the surge in Violent Crime that happened over 2020 and appears to be continuing into 2021, with experts warning of a potentially dangerous and violent summer. Were going to hear the president sign some new Executive Actions on gun reforms. Hes also going to Push Congress once again to enact gun control laws. Press for the confirmation of his atf director. This will all follow a meeting between the president , his attorney general, and several mayors and chiefs of police as
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. Remember, those cases are not just about the criminal conduct of one man. There are about the future of our democracy, and our very way of life. The stakes for this country could not be higher in this moment. The question of who is leading the country impacts every single issue you care about. Well continue to talk about these cases, through every twist and turn. Believe me, i understand that a former president under multiple indictments is enough to shape the confidence of anyone in our system. Today were going to change things up a little bit. In part because i was pretty along when i saw a recent poll that 37 of voters think were in danger of failing as a nation. Failing. I wanted to spend the show talking about some of the people about the efforts to make progress, even under the threat of trump hanging over everything. N
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
Alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 president ial election. The twice impeached former president already hit with two other criminal indictments, pleading not guilty. When it comes to the second federal indictment, trump refuses to remain silent. In a social media post yesterday trump threatened, in all caps, if you go after me, im coming after you. Which got a response from the Special Counsels office. Overnight, attorneys asked the federal judge overseeing the case to issue a protective order on trump and his legal team to limit the information they can share publicly about the case. All of this comes as trump faces a trial on four Felony Counts laid out in Special Counsel jack, smith, damning 45page indictment. Those counts include conspiracy to defraud the United States government. Conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. Obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding. Conspiracy against the right to bow and to have one vote counted. That fourth charge falls un
This is gps the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and Around The World. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from aspen, colorado. Today, an extra special program with three, yes, three former secretaries of the treasury. First, ill talk to Henry Paulson and Timothy Geithner about the state of American Politics and the downgrade of the uss Credit Ratings and the struggles of the chinese economy and then robert ruben talks to me about how to make hard decisions and what a yellow legal pad has to do with that skill. Finally, david burn came to fame with his new wave band talking heads, some 40 years ago. Ill talk to him about his latest wave of creativity which includes a musical about former fill pina first lady Imelda Marcos. Performed in a Broadway Theater thats been transformed into a disco. But first, heres my take. For years American Politics has been shaped by the idea of the china shock. The term coined by three economists in a paper captured the widespr