tomorrow s primetime hearing. and new reporting on how donald trump had the secret service scrambling on the day of the capitol attack. also this morning, the top headlines from last night s midterm election primaries that may serve as a warning to democrats. yeah. some democrats. willy, you know this better than anybody, when brilliant minds visit our show, who do they quote? churchill, lincoln, aristotle, jesus christ. okay. of course more dorchester the british governor of quebec if it s jon meacham. willie, that s another story for another day. today we want to open the vault of deep thoughts in service to our progressive friends on the occasion of yet another setback on the issue of permissive law law enforcement. the san francisco d.a. got recalled last night perhaps the most progressive city in america. as we said last year, you said it time and again, democrats one of the most liberal cities in the east coast, one of the most liberal cities in new york elected
president in american history, unfortunately. so much of it is much of it is preventable. and the devastation is amazing. that was in a meeting with the new zealand prime minister. the united states has its first confirmed ambassador to ukraine in kyiv in three years. she arrives at a critical moment with president zelenskyy saying that russia achieved, quote, maximum combat power in the eastern donbas region. president biden has reaffirmed his support for federal reserve independence in fighting inflation in advance of a meeting today with fed chairman powell as the national frustration with rising inflation becomes a midterm threat for democrats. we begin in uvalde, texas, with nbc s sam brock, and tom winter and former u.s. attorney joyce vance. sam, while federal investigators are looking into the police response to this mass shooting, we are hearing stories about the day as the community attends services for loved ones. tell us what s going on down there. this is a
ukraine and lend their symbolic support, go to uvalde. meet with the detectives who are gathering the evidence, taking pictures. maybe sit with aiate s parents. hold her shoes and look at the pictures of this shattered child s body who was unrecognizable because of the result of an ar-15 held by 18-year-old who bought it on his birthday. sit with her parents. and look at the evidence. go to the front lines here in america and actually show that you have some bravery. i have another word but i won t use it. yeah. because you don t. you think those guns need to be used for prairie dogs and varmints? i need you to go to you value uvalde and look at the video and evidence and bodies of the children. show that you actually care but also take it in.
mitch mcconnell said to john cornyn, go ahead and talk to chris murphy. chris murphy told me friday, my friend john cornyn, this is sincere. it s john cornyn from texas. he did go to uvalde and gave blood. is he going to give votes? andrea, i think the seasoned cynic would suggest there s reason to be skeptical of republicans in the senate right now. the nation is hurting. the nation is looking for answers. ultimately, if that political pressure, that political calling is great enough, maybe a deal gets done. i think it also raises an important contrast. which is, we will see more bode action in the house this week. in some ways, that can set the democratic narrative going into november but also, frankly, from a leadership position to try to move the nation. the senate will be wrestling with more watered down solutions. i think if gun violence is actually what informs someone s