to rush in immediately and take down the gunman. he was set to take his place on the city council tonight. we ll tell you what the town s mayor is saying about that. and the latest in the debate over gun reform. more on what the key players are thinking and saying ahead of a senate meeting that is scheduled for today. along with joe and me today, we have former aide to the george w. bush state departments and white house, elise jordan. and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. the white house bureau chief at politico. the senators led by chris murphy and john cornyn of texas will hold a meeting tonight. many issues should be held at the state level, but they said mental health, background checks, and red flag laws are something congress can address. after spending four hours with families on sunday in uvalde, the president returned to the white house and expressed hope that republicans will go for reform. he also discussed the limitations of his power on this issu
memorial day. i m julie banderas. glad to be with you today. griff? i m griff jenkins. great to be with you. such a special honor to anchor on this day, memorial day, the day that we say never forget the sacrifice and valor of the brave men and women who laid down their lives in the name of freedom standing in the breach between tyranny and the cherished freedoms we have at home. arlington national cemetery a live look in the more than 400,000 tombstones in that hallowed ground of the sacrifice those heroes made. an important day as we reflect, honor and remember today, julie. but we also have more news to get to. that is go ahead. julie: i was just going to add it is a day we want to remind everybody not only a day to remember the fallen heroes, but also a day to give thanks for those veterans that were lucky enough to survive in place in war. those veterans today remembering and giving thanks for being alive but also remembering for those who did not be so lucky. we
there s a variety of things that we can do and are doing on that front. lowering the cost of internet bills for american families. making it cheaper and easier to move goods from ships to trucks to railways, so that people can get the things they want cheaper. we re working on all of those pieces. then there s important pieces we need congress help on, as well. for example, lowering the cost of prescription drugs. all of those things are our focus. some of them we need congress. some we can do on our own. they re all focused on one central idea, which is how can we make things more affordable for families during this transition period? then, of course, as willie mentioned, lowering the federal deficit. this is a place where we made notable progress, more than $1.5 trillion reduction in the deficit this year alone. we want to keep making process on that front. a set of proposals to do that. there is broad support among the democratic caucus to do that to tackle tax reform, so we home t