before getting to where it all stands tonight, i want you to hear from these witnesses, starting with this 11-year-old talking about the gunman coming into her classroom. it s graphic and difficult to hear, but it s important to hear it unfiltered. no matter where you stand on the issue of guns, this shouldn t be happening. we were just watching, and then she got and she went to lock the door. and he was in the hallway, and they made eye contact. and then she went back in the room and told us, go hide. and then we went to go hide behind my teacher s desk and behind the backpacks. and then he shot the little window. and then he went to the other classroom, and then he went there s a door between our classrooms, and he went to there and shot my teacher and told my teacher he shot her in the head. and then she shot some of my classmates. when i went to the backpacks, he shot my friend that was next to me, and i thought he was going to come back to the room. so, i grabbed
for life. a doctor recounts wounds that are inflicted in movie theaters, synagogues, supermarkets, and most recently, fourth grade classrooms. john berman here in for anderson. today, members of the house oversight committee heard from people whose lives were changed forever in the mass shootings in uvalde and buffalo. i want you to hear from these witnesses, starting with miah, 11 years old, talking about the moment the gunman came into her fourth grade classroom at robb elementary school and her teacher tried her best to keep everyone safe. we do want to warn you that it s graphic and difficult to hear, but it s important to hear it unfiltered, because no matter where you stand on the issue of guns, this shouldn t be happening. we were just watching a movie and then she got an email and then she went to go lock the door and he was in the hallway and they made eye contact and then she went back in the room and told us, go hide. and then we went to go hide behind my teacher
millions of americans? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening from the mouths of babes, 11-year-old girl appearing by video before a congressional hearing today describing in spellbounding detail her desperate and agonizing efforts to save herself from a gunman inside her school smearing herself with the blood of a classmate, pretending to be dead to survive. young miah cerriillo telling lawmakers i don t want it to happen again as the house prepared to vote on a series of gun control measures, families and survivors of the uvalde school massacre appeared in washington to demand new gun laws insisting lawmakers know the depths of their sorrow and their loss their testimony incredibly moving but not necessarily moving republicans from their opposition to new restrictions on guns and those who wish to own them gabe gutierrez was inside the hearing room reporter: in one of the most chilling firsthand accounts so far of the uvalde massacre, 11-y
evening. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, june 9th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, white house bureau chief at politico and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. we ll dive right into the house investigation into the january 6th capitol attack, which kicks off tonight in primetime. an aide tells nbc news the committee will present evidence never shown before which shows president donald trump at the center of a coordinated effort to overturn the 2020 election. the aide says tonight s testimony will serve as sort of an opening statement, and that the information we hear could go beyond the testimony we hear from live witnesses. as we ve reported, this evening s witnesses include a filmmaker who is embedded with the far right group, the proud boys, and a capitol police officer who was injured in the attack. the new york times reports the committee will also play video excerpts of the testimony from j
mia cerillo covered herself in her friend s blood, pretended to be dead so that she could survive. the hearing comes as pressure mounts on u.s. lawmakers to address a recent string of mass shootings. this afternoon the house will vote on a set of bills that would raise the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21, ban high capacity magazines and crack down on ghost gun purchases or guns that are not traceable. the bill is unlikely to garner republican support, but a different story is unfolding in the senate where the top democratic negotiator of a bipartisan package of gun bills says a deal could be reached by the end of this week. some issues on the table include addressing mental health, expanding background checks, providing incentives for states to implement red flag laws and strengthening school security. the calls for lawmakers to act got a boost on tuesday afternoon when actor matthew mcconaughey a uvalde native made an emotional plea from the white hou