right now, here in washington, president biden and the first lady are at a middle school in northeast d.c., greeting seventh grade students as they return to school, shaking hands in the hallway before stopping by the cafeteria and the classroom. and after vivek ramaswamy grabbed the spotlight during the first gop primary debate last week, americans are learning more about the political newcomer on the heels of the racist shooting in jacksonville. he appeared to be saying that racist violence was possibly the result of affirmative action, that was sunday on meet the press with chuck todd. is there existing racism in the united states? of course there is. but those last burning embers of racism, the last thing i want to do is throw kerosene on it and that s exactly what he believe the modern culture is doing by creating race-based quota systems that deny people access to goods or services based on the color of their skin. the right answer to stop discrimination on the basis of rac
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on andrea mitchell reports, the special council overseeing donald trump s case, ordering a trial date. in atlanta, former trump chief of staff, mark meadows, is on the stand trying to move his trial from state to federal court, where there would be no cameras and he might find a more favorable jury. and new information today from a security guard at a historically black college in jacksonville, in florida, where the shooter stopped briefly just before killing three black people at a nearby dollar general. the racist rampage in jacksonville coming as family and friends marked the historic march on washington 60 years ago, and i ll speak to martin luther king jr. s close friend and adviser, clarence jones.
legally, despite being held several years ago when he was 15 years old under florida s baker act for an involuntary mental health evaluation. there was also a domestic violence call at his home involving his brother. its unclear what became of that. police say he had no criminal history and that he also lived with his parents in a home just outside of jacksonville. but as you just heard the sheriff say, he had many racist writings and that he intended this attack to kill black people, andrea. and, gabe, governor ron desantis attended one of the vigils sunday and apparently didn t get an entirely friendly response. reporter: that s right. he got a chilly response by some of those who attended the vigil. the broader context here, you know that governor ron desantis has drawn backlash around the country for the revamping of teaching standards here in florida involving african
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