and guillotines, you all. that s what we re talking about. it will only happen if the voters allow him to do it. plus, nikki haley wants the gop nomination for president. if she can t take on her former bass does she have what it takes to be commander in chief? also tonight, the long reach of the big lie. colorado secretary of state jim griswold is here to talk about a brand new threat from election deniers. later, it s blacker all freedom week. how all of us can empower americans fastest-growing new group of entrepreneurs. this is american voices. hello, i m michael steele in for alicia menendez. we start a new hour of american voices, we have to talk about some new reporting that frankly sounds nuts. we must take it seriously. we know donald trump loves him some law and order. reporting in rolling stone says he wants to take things back to 17 and 92 if americans sent him back to the white house. in short, he wants to expand the federal death penalty according to three sourc
to stop assailants on a ram pain. easier said than done. let s go to c.b. cot in nashville with the latest. c.b. we re in downtown nashville where in a couple hours a citywide vigil will get underway. a vigil to bring together this broken city to honor the six lives taken in the covenant school shooting. jill biden will be here and we re expecting cheryl crowe to perform. we re hearing from community members that say they re floored by the loss of life. take a listen. i think it s horrible. i think the evil that was done here is obviously made worse by the fact that there s children involved in it. so i think that s gut wrenching for everybody. a big reason why we want to come out, put flowers down and say prayers and pay our respects. nashville police say they re no longer holding news conferences and will provide any up tates on their investigation in writing. so it s not likely we ll find out the contents of the shooter s manifesto any time soon. we know from the pol
kind of considered taking a question. this were a number of shouted questions. then decided he said something about you can come see me in my office or something like that. departed. so here s a bit of the new details about the objects that were shot down over canada, alaska and lake huron. the intelligence committee s current assessment is these three objects were most likely balloons tied to private company that studied weather or other scientific research. martha: he spoke about the chinese spy flight, the balloon, whatever you want to call it. he said he expects to speak with president xi. watch this. we seek competition, not conflict with china. we re not looking for a new cold war. i make no apologies and we will compete. we ll responsibly manage that competition so it doesn t veer into conflict. martha: that s something that the president says a lot. he wants competition with china, not conflict. he said he expects to speak with president xi about this. it s
toward a possible presidential run. bill: the south carolina native has put optimism and hope at the center of his message. leaning heavily on his own ration to riches story or as he says cotton to congress in one lifetime. rise to the dream in what could be a crowded republican field. sandra: and welcome back as america reports rolls into a busy second hour, a lot of news expected. bill, good to be here with you. bill: good to be with you as well. i m bill melugin coming up in this hour, but it is a busy day in washington and massachusetts, law enforcement are circling in on the man believed to be behind the pentagon leaks. sandra: any moment now you are looking live at the pentagon, leaders are expected to face questions from reporters on this highly classified intelligence leak. what we know so far. a law enforcement source telling fox the fbi is searching for a member of the massachusetts air national guard in connection to the leak, adding they are not naming h
we are back with the second hour of cr chris jansing report reports live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. at this hour, breaking news, we are waiting for a pentagon briefing expected any moment as we learn new details about exactly who might be behind the leak of classified u.s. intelligence documents of government secrets online. plus, in the hot seat, former president donald trump s deposition in a high stakes civil lawsuit here in new york what it could mean for the fate of the family business and days of flames, the fire at an indiana plastics recycling plant, pumping toxic black clouds into the richmond skies for a third straight day the danger and how the community is responding. plus, a 50-year flood event. we re live from fort lauderdale, florida, where officials just issued an emergency declaration after that massive rainfall. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, let s start with that breaking news officials have identified a