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
minister boris johnson s political fate now comes down to a secret vote. results due any minute will determine whether he survives. and more shipments of baby formula on the way, but so many u.s. parents desperately want to know where is all this formula going, and how do i get some? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our national lead and what seems to be growing optimism among negotiators in the u.s. senate that some kind of deal on guns can be reached. as the united states reels from yet another horrific weekend of gun violence. now, it s not clear exactly what this compromise on capitol hill might look like, whether it includes increased background checks or new mental health provisions and funding or encouraging states to enact red flag laws or all of the above, or none of the above. but one of the lead democratic negotiators, senator chris murphy of connecticut, told me this yesterday. i have never been part of negotiations as serious as t
president was going to turn publicly against the vice president, and there could be a security risk to mr. pence because of the. the vice president team feared that the president of united states posed a legitimate threat to him, believe it or not. in the very next day, sure enough, the trump mob stormed the capitol, chanting, hang mike pence. more from the report, quote, mike meadows, the white house chief of staff, is reported to have told colleagues that mr. trump said that perhaps mr. pence should have been hanged. we now know that the january six committee is investigating this reporting. they are also looking into a newly-revealed plan to overturn the 2020 election. in a recent court filing, we learned of a memo approach up attorney, john eastman, that sketched out a plan for mike pence to hold out the certification of the victory, overturning the election. a judge memo said that it is potential criminal acts committed by donald trump and john eastman. against the backd
learned of a memo approach up attorney, john eastman, that sketched out a plan for mike pence to hold out the certification of the victory, overturning the election. a judge memo said that it is potential criminal acts committed by donald trump and john eastman. against the backdrop of all these new details, a shift is taking place within the republican party. they re in the 2020 election, as we all know, republicans claim that voter fraud was happening everywhere you look, all the time. now, as this year s primary unfold, we are seeing a very different reaction to election results. suddenly, everything is fine, there is no fraud anymore. you see, when it is republican races on the line, all the votes are somehow magically legitimate. curious how they have changed their tune in such a short time. joining me now is david jolly, an msnbc political analyst and national chairman of the conservative movement, molly jong-fast, it contributing writer for the atlantic and author an
legislation after another series of deadly mass shootings of force the issue back to the top of its agenda. on wednesday, family and survivors from the racially motivated attack at a supermarket in buffalo, new york, as well as the robb elementary shooting in uvalde, texas, will participate in a hearing held by the committee on oversight and reform. among the speakers will be maya surrey oh, a robb elementary fourth grader who was trapped in one of the adjoining classrooms of the gunman attacked. she told cnn that she covered herself in her classmates blood and play dead for an hour until law enforcement finally brought an end to the attack. now, she will tell her story to the entire country. think about this for just a second, think about the trauma that has been inflicted on school children because of our inaction. think about how much we ve been active asking of young people across this country as the united states senate has continued to stall on passing any kind of legis