The numbers getting worse, a Public Safety issue and political one. Plus another decision day from the Supreme Court. 12 cases left, gang, including several on Voting Rights and Freedom Of Speech, as always, we have our team ready to go for any breaking developments as we get them sometime in the next couple of minutes here. Good morning. Im Hallie Jackson in washington along with our nbc news team, leigh ann caldwell, capitol hill and kel iodonnell at the white house. This is a new day in d. C. , right . The path forward on Voting Rights seems very difficult. It seems like there might be some movement on infrastructure although even that is facing some hurdles. And the biden agenda, the democratic agenda really on the line. Thats absolutely right, hallie. It will be very difficult for democrats to clear the issues theyre trying to get through congress and the congress of course is the road block. The Voting Rights vote failed last night. Democrats are continuing to say the fight is no
The numbers getting worse, a Public Safety issue and political one. Plus another decision day from the Supreme Court. 12 cases left, gang, including several on Voting Rights and Freedom Of Speech, as always, we have our team ready to go for any breaking developments as we get them sometime in the next couple of minutes here. Good morning. Im Hallie Jackson in washington along with our nbc news team, leigh ann caldwell, capitol hill and kel iodonnell at the white house. This is a new day in d. C. , right . The path forward on Voting Rights seems very difficult. It seems like there might be some movement on infrastructure although even that is facing some hurdles. And the biden agenda, the democratic agenda really on the line. Thats absolutely right, hallie. It will be very difficult for democrats to clear the issues theyre trying to get through congress and the congress of course is the road block. The Voting Rights vote failed last night. Democrats are continuing to say the fight is no
telling you the truth. what we saw here. police officers trance toward that gunfire. we have been trending like that since 1999. they recently had training on this a few months before this incident, but that s really disgusting, knowing you are trained to go towards the gunfire, you are fully equipped , you see them coming in with shields, body armor, helmets, automatic weapons, and yet, the first sound of gunfire, they turn, retreat, go the other direction, and you can hear the gunfire. for me as a law enforcement official, i find it disheartening. it s hurtful, painful for me to watch on so many different levels, but if i can encourage the community with one thing, what we saw demonstrated, and i think what we re going to continue to see demonstrated on this particular video, what we see there, they did not uphold their oath. this is not to be confused with the rest of the men and women out there who go out there and courageously will go towards the gunfire, and i don t wan
through our tragedies. and while the nation mourns the seven people dead after monday s mass shootings of dozens of parade goers in the highland park illinois, the shooter in that case, though in custody and looking at life in prison, because otherwise unharmed. even after an intense police man hunt following the massacre. two states over, in akron ohio, protesters has stretched into the second week spread by the fatal police shooting of jayland walker last month and driven by the grim body cam footage showing the moment akron police wounded walker. more than 60 times after karen fauci s last month. two tragedies of gun violence. to glaringly different outcomes. and i will talk to akron s congresswoman, in just a moment. about what her constituents have to say about that difference. what they want from the states investigations into walker s death. and two weeks after the reversal of roe v. wade, how is the escalating abortion rights battle impacting her district and others l
[ gunshots ] police tackled the gunman. now described by police as a 41-year-old unemployed man. police say this man has admitted to the shooting. state broadcaster nhk is quoting police who said that he used a homemade gun. we ll take you live to tokyo for updates in a moment. what a shock for that country, for the world. right now here at home, former white house counsel pat cipollone is on capitol hill for closed door testimony today, speaking to the january 6th select committee. we are watching that closely. first, our top story japan s former prime minister shinzo abe, the longest serving prime minister, assassinated during a campaign speech. cnn senior correspondent will ripley joins us now from taipei, taiwan. the circumstances of this particularly in a country with so few instances of gun violence just shocking. what more do we know about the shooter and the circumstances? reporter: yeah. you re talking about a country with half the population of the unite