too often in this country at another mass shooting in allen, it. just outside of dallas. eight people were killed and 7 were injured. the gunman was shot and killed by a police officer who was at the mall on unrelated call. a witness described the horrific scene. i never imagined in a hundred years i would be thurst into the position of being the first responders on site to be taken care of. the first person was clutched down covering her head in the bushes an i felt for a pulse and pulled her shead to the side an she had no face. no one could not bees effected it. it is just unfathomable to see the carnage. the morning after we are waiting for more information from authorities. but here is more from the mayor of allen, texas, last night. allen is a proud and safe city which makes today s senseless act of violence even more shocking. however i want to commend or police and fire department for their response. their training not the to hesitate to move toward the threat l
this, i don t know what the gunman s problem was, his motive, but it country mental health that killed these people. it was an automatic rifle with bullets. i m a gun owner, i have guns. former police officer, army officer, but these ar-15s, they have to get off the streets or this is going to keep happening. condolences and prayers won t bring these people back. we need action at the federal and state level for better gun control. i m saying that as somebody who loves guns. what texas is doing in a big-time way, we are working to address that anger and violence by going to its root cause, which is addressing the mental health problems behind it. we know that texas had been lagging in addressing mental health for years, and that s why, over the past three sessions, we ve added almost $25 billion to address mental health. we re in the waning days of a session right now where we will be adding even more funding. yeah. it s just really, right now, there are law enforceme
World news tonight s strength, churning straight toward puerto rico. Major concerns about the power grid. Parts of the east coast all watching this closely, too. Ginger zee with the new track. The new and alarming images just in tonight. The suspect taking off in reverse in a police suv, later crashing into two other vehicles at 97 Miles Per Hour. One of the vehicles with seven children inside. Two dead, one in critical condition. Tonight, the new images, Actress Lori Loughlin and her husband in court, facing charges in that nationwide cheating scandal. The major new clues as to how theyll defend themselves. The outrage in New York City. More than a dozen accusers of Jeffrey Epstein speaking out. And tonight, the one accuser now new tonight, the major opioid maker in talks to
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witnessing these things, they re going to run for office and they re going to beat you. like, do we have to wait that long for the people who are living through this nightmare. traumatized. from the beginning of their lives. they are the ones who are going to step up because you can t. yeah. still ahead on morning joe, new polling shows president biden trailing former president trump in a 2024 matchup. we re digging into those numbers and what they could mean in the race for the white house. plus, donald trump misses the deadline to testify in the civil rape case against him. he said he was going to go to new york. anyone surprised he didn t show up? but he said he was going to go. he lied? did he lie? because he said, i m going to go to new york and confront her. right. we are hearing from the former president in newly released deposition tapes. those are fascinating. also this morning, congressman pete aguilar and the house s third ranking democrat is our gues
allegation. but one piece of evidence shown to the jury is the now famous access hollywood tape. you know, i m automatically attacked to beautiful i just kiss them. this is like a magnet. and when you re a star, they let you do it. you could do anything. whatever you want. grab them by the [ bleep ]. and now with we know how trump responded to this tape. the access hollywood tape in his own words in newly revealed deposition tapes that are are also being considered by the jury. historically that is true with stars. it is true with stars that they could grab women by the [ bleep ]. well if you look over the last million years, i guess that is been largely truemen, not always, but fortunately or unfortunately. and you consider yourself to be a star? i think you could say that, yeah. i mean, that is just it is