that action can overcome partisan division. serbia is taking swift action on gun violence not a progressive country, by the way. just two mass shootings in may that left seven dead and 21 injured, serbia took action. it has the third largest rate of gun ownership in the world, and it pushed through new laws with near unanimous support despite deep political divides. joining us now with more nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, how were they able to get this done? reporter: well, the secret is it wasn t even that difficult. there were these two mass shootings last month. they were extremely rare. people were outraged. they took to the streets. but they weren t just dismissed as tragedies, dismissed as part of a problem that is too difficult to confront. the people got together. the government got together. lawmakers from a variety of political parties put their differences aside, and they radically changed the entire country s relationship wit
legislation following a pair of deadly mass shootings, proving that action can overcome partisan division. serbia is taking swift action on gun violence not a progressive country, by the way. just two mass shootings in may that left seven dead and 21 injured, serbia took action. it has the third largest rate of gun ownership in the world, and it pushed through new laws with near unanimous support despite deep political divides. joining us now with more nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, how were they able to get this done? reporter: well, the secret is it wasn t even that difficult. there were these two mass shootings last month. they were extremely rare. people were outraged. they took to the streets. but they weren t just dismissed as tragedies, dismissed as part of a problem that is too difficult to confront. the people got together. the government got together. lawmakers from a variety of political parties put their differences aside, a
We begin with a stunning White House Security breach and bizarre new details on the intruder. The president was inside the white house when the intruder was finally stopped a few hundred feet away. Heres what President Trump had to say a short time ago about this midnight security lapse. Secret service did a fantastic job last night. I appreciate it. Secret service did a fantastic job. It was a troubled person. Very sad. Secret service was fantastic. Weve now learned the intruder is 26yearold jonathan tran, he was not detected until he ran into a secret Service Officer near the south pordco entrance. Our other break news story stems from the sudden order for 46 u. S. Attorneys to resign. Weve learned that now President Trump has fired u. S. Attorney Preet Bharara who had been refusing to step down. A statement into cnn from bhararas boss, new York Attorney general Eric Schneiderman, quote President Trumps abrupt and unexplained decision to summarily remove over 40 u. S. Attorneys has o
those candidates. you know what, run for office yourself and, for god s sake, vote them out. there are other options as well being considered by two democratic attorneys general all at the forefront of this issue. oregon s ellen rosenbloom. and michigan s dana nessel. joining us is host symone sanders townsend. thank you all for being with us. attorney general, i ll turn to you first. what are some of the things that you are able to do in the state at least to preserve abortion rights? well, one of the things that we did, honestly, in advance even of the dobbs decision was to fight against our 1931 zombie law that we knew would come back into effect in the event that roe was overturned which, of course, it was. so working together with governor whitmer, we were able
being considered by two democratic attorneys general all at the forefront of this issue. oregon s ellen rosenbloom. joining us is host simone sanders townsend. thank you all for being with us. attorney general, i ll turn to you first. what are some of the things that you are able to do in the state at least to preserve abortion rights? well, one of the things that we did, honestly, in advance even of the dobbs decision was to fight against our 1931 zombie law that we knew would come back into effect in the event that roe was overturned which, of course, it was. so working together with governor whitmer, we were able to ensure that that law was stayed and never went into effect, and then we brought a ballot proposal that passed in overwhelming numbers that