texas, and buffalo, new york. now, this is sad and infuriating ritual to go through ever going list of mass shootings every time we go on the air. this week, biden said enough. he said enough 12 times in a rare primetime speech to the nation. but apparently, enough isn t enough, because no substantial legislative solution appeared on the horizon. the president believes there is some, quote, rational republicans who might be willing to address this gun violence endemic. senator mitch mcconnell got some favorable headlines, which he suggested a willingness to work with democrats on this. but don t be fooled. he s had a decade long history of blocking gun control. this is not the first mass shooting that he s been involved in. the washington post provided a detailed list of times he spent working to quote, delay, obstruct or prevent most major firearm restrictions from being approved by congress. now, his stories begins back 1989, after a mass shooting rocked his own hometown of
Passed a Stopgap Funding Bill that would temporarily keep the government open for 45 days, if signed by president biden. This comes just hours before finding was set to expire, which would have affected millions of americans and their families. Theres lots to get to this hour. Lets bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali, and National Reporter sahill kapoor. And we actually heard Michael Bennett speak on the senate floor. What did he have to say . Thats exactly right. Because you will remember that just a few hours ago, we wondered if senator Michael Bennet of colorado would be the one to hold this whole thing up. And certainly, he did provide a hold for about an hour or so, over the idea that no ukraine funding was included in this continuing resolution. Bennett certainly not the only one who was upset to find that that money was not included here. But what he was able to do, by putting this temporary hold on, was extract from leadership, and both the democratic and re
at the end of this long tunnel. i hope it that those hostages get released. thank you for joining us. ayelet shaked, thank you. that is all in on this wednesday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. thank you, my friend. a robust discussion. thanks to you at home for joining me this evening. approximately 140 police officers were injured on january 6th, when a violent mob stormed the capitol. one of those officers was james, and he is involved in a lawsuit with the former president. they re engaged in, and for which we have no decision from the d.c. circuit court. there have been shocking moments in the trump presidency, many of them, so many that it is actually hard to count. if there were some kind of accounting for all the shocking moments in the trump presidency, this one, if we have the video, would certainly be near the top of the list. just now, president putin denied having anything to do with the election interference in 2016. ever u.
there have been shocking moments in the trump presidency, so many that it s hard to count, but if there was some kind of accounting for all the shocking moments in the trump presidency, this one, if we have the video, would certainly be near the top of the list. just now, president putin denied having anything to do with the election interference in 2016. ever u.s. intelligence agency has concluded that russia did. what, who, my first question for you, sir, who do you believe? they think it s russia. i have president putin. he said it s not russia or. i will say this, i don t see any reason why it would be. i will tell you president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. the president of the united states of america, donald trump, standing alongside russian president vladimir putin, aligning himself with russian claims over u.s. intelligence. denying what everyone at that point you to be true, russia interfered in the 2016 election. throughout hi
their definition of religious freedom. you know, really discrete of means you have the ability to worship, to believe the way you choose, in your home and in your house of worship. and that know what one religion has presidents over the other. that has been subverted, so that we have people who are demanding preference for their particular interpretation, of their particular relation, and everything, in public life. and i think that that is at the root of many of the challenges that are being, that are being faced by the lgbtq+ community. and you know, i just have to ask, you know, do any of these bills make life better for anyone? do they helped create jobs? do they rates pay? do they help address the cost of gasoline? or do they help address the cost of groceries? no. these laws do nothing to help people. these laws do nothing to make lives better. in fact, these laws actively harm people. and i don t understand why so