a handgun. so, this is an absurd, outdated, outmoded loophole, but this is a first step in recognizing our problem, where we allow 18-year-olds to buy weapons of war. news of this framework coming on the somber six year anniversary of the pulse nightclub shooting in orlando, florida, 49 people murdered in cold blood, targeted about because of who they live. many mass shootings in this country, the attacker used an ar-15 style guy on, the senate deal comes after communities of uvalde, texas, and buffalo, new york, were changed forever by gun violence. all together 31 americans killed in both shootings. the shooters and both shootings were 18 year old boy legally obtained obstacles to carry out their crimes. the steel wall imperfect is something, comes up after last week s testimony from the children killed in uvalde. they sidelined their grief to going through what they re going through. the deal comes as demonstrators hit the streets, demanding action. we ve seen this bef
we also learned the mob s chants of hang mike pence erupted after a rioter broadcast a trump tweet about pence s decision to certify the election results. the committee revealing trump s shocking reaction. and aware of the rioters chants to hang mike pence, the president responded with this sentiment, quote, maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. i m joined now by former democratic senator from minnesota and host of the al franken podcast, al franken. senator, thanks so much for being with us. we appreciate it as always. thank you, jim, for having me. absolutely. how do you think the committee did in that first prime time hearing? what was your assessment? i was very impressed, especially impressed with cheney. she gave i thought she did a devastating job. she laid out the case and not just the case, but the stakes of it. i think she showed that it wasn t just that one day, that this was a multiweek expeconspi. i think the conspi
i will dive deep into this with my panel of experts. our republican primary goes off the rails of the ten people who are looking to take on the michigan governor. more than half of been kicked off the ballot for election fraud or arrested by the fbi. i m going one-on-one with the michigan secretary of state about this insanity. later, thousands are getting ready today to march across the united states for new gun laws in just a few hours. the question lurking in everyone s mind, will this time be any different? i will put that exact question to activists a freddie guttenberg, whose child was killed in parkland. all of this and more is coming up. good saturday morning to you all. i am katie fang. democracy, it is not inevitable. we, the american people, were reminded of this this week with the first primetime hearing of the january six committee. here s community member jamie raskin on the panels efforts to prove that trump was directly responsible for what happened that
magnitsky. the former homeland security is. now warning about wait for it, in america, facing more volatile threat within in the months ahead. it has issued a really alarming new bulletins. warning that violence in this country could get even worse in the summer months and run up to the midterm elections. the reason why are frankly it s stomach turning as they are eye-opening. they are saying that people on online forums are encouraging uvalde copycat attacks. how cruel. but wait, there is more. there is america s old foe, disinformation. disinformation is popping up to an extent that it too could fuel further violence. but wait, there s more. as campaigns are gearing up for the midterms, the dhs expects calls for violence by domestic extremists to not only continue, but actually to increase. but way, because there are still more. it s not all about elections. and no, the dhs also does warrant to look out for the fallout from potential supreme court decisions. that must shock
he met with after the mass shooting and the victims of another preventable tragedy, this time in his hometown. watch. uvalde, texas, is where i was born. it s where my mom taught kindergarten less than a mile from robb elementary. uvalde is where i learned to master a disy bb gun. took two years before i graduated to a 410 shotgun. uvalde is where i was taught to revere the power and the capability of the tool that we call a gun. uvalde is where i learned responsible gun ownership. wore green high top converse with a heart she had drawn on the right toe because they represented her love of nature, camilla s got these shoes. can you show these shoes, please? wore these every day, green converse with a heart on the right toe. these are the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting. how about that? you know what every one of these parents wanted what they asked for, what every parent separately expr