that is what we are hearing from the white house about debt ceiling negotiations at this hour. house speaker kevin mccarthy sounding more confident now that a deal can and will be reached before the new june 5th deadly. chair of the congressional black caucus, congressman steven horsford is with us to discuss what is at stake. and let s talk about governor ron desantis roll out on twitter, y all. the florida republican officially announced he s running for president. but there was no crowd, no introduction of the candidate. i mean, it s almost the exact opposite of what you want to do to launch a presidential campaign. plus, three years ago, since george floyd was killed by police, police brutality is still a deadly reality in america today. we are talking to activist tamika mallory about confronting this ongoing crisis. i am symone sanders townsend. and i have something to say. a breakthrough or a breakdown? that is what is at stake in the next nine days. that ceilin
thanks for watching. takes it from here. thanks he s in uvalde as we speak, it s the presidents second visit to the site of a mass shooting and just many weeks. we have live coverage of texas. also, some way republican friends say hardening schools into mass shootings is the way to prevent these heinous attacks. my question is, what do these 12 to be safe when asked the houston independent schools a. and we re heading into the culture corner today, britney griner s been detained in russia for more than 100 days now, our culture critics are gonna weigh in. i m simone sanders, and i have something to say. president joe biden and first lady dr. jill biden are in uvalde texas, right now they re meeting with the families and the and to educators who were murdered and yet another mass shooting in america. the bidens travel to buffalo new york less than two weeks ago consoling breedlove villains in a traumatized community. the president paid respects to a memorial outside of rob
we will figure out, and the american people are going to figure out, who is pro abortion. they are going to be able to vote on their politics. we will leave it there. , carlos curbelo, and eugene scott. thank you very much. i had folks, something you may not know about the history of honoring our fallen service members on memorial day. and why that has very special meaning in our current political climate. also, with the vice president told the graduating class at west point today as she became the first woman ever to deliver the commencement speech there. you are watching symone on msnbc. also folks, be sure to join me tomorrow when i ll be joined by actress and color far media cofounder erica shelagh xander. the second reason of run the world just premiered yesterday on star, she s in it. that s tomorrow at four p.m. eastern only on msnbc. n only on msnbc. ary. (screaming)
multiple generations of fans. here s a little throwback of me in college performing proud mary for our black student associations fund-raiser. i m one of the on the far left. tina turner, yes, you see me. we are moving honey. i see you, girl. she was like a personal inspiration to me. she was simply the best. nina, can you just talk a little bit about what her impact, the impact of her music and, frankly, her personal story, what that really meant to people? you said, it symone, her personal story. how many people can you say actually owned their life, their pain, their trauma, the way tina turner owned hers. she used that pain and that trauma to truly inspire generations through her music, through her movies, just through her transparency. that is so special in itself. 83 years. she lived.
impeach republican state attorney general ken paxton. the republican-led state house committee voted unanimously thursday to recommend impeaching paxton. they alleged he abused his office and other crimes. paxton is denying that, saying the impeachment effort is politically motivated. final rallies today in turkey, as tomorrow s high stakes runoff election that could potentially see the country s first new leader in decades. however, the authoritarian president, erdogan, is still the strong favored to win after the performance of the first one out. expect to start seeing unofficial results tomorrow morning. of course, we ll be following. that animal day weekend, already seeing a record surge of post pandemic air travel, 10 million flyers are expected to go through tsa checkpoints this weekend. thursday, airlines are under pressure to cope with a travel nightmare. 45,000 canceled flights, fewer than 1% of flights were canceled yesterday. more symone for you right after