i m in tennessee on a family vacation, visiting my sister in law, i have been lobbying in d.c. since we survived a mass shooting in july. i have met with lawmakers, how is this still happening? how are our children still dying and why are we failing them? those frustrated comments came following yet another deadly school shooting in america. this time, it was in nashville. where three young children are among the victims. we ll have a live report from the devastated city in just a moment. these tragedies always bring gun legislation and proposals to ban assault-style weapons back into the spotlight but given the current balance of congress any meaningful action remains unlikely. good morning. welcome to way too early. on this tuesday, march 28th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for starting your day with us. we begin with the latest from nashville, tennessee. where six people including three children are dead following a school shooting that s left a community shattere
tragedy again and again. so i you know, they might take a couple of small steps again, although this year in an election year is unlikely but there is nothing that indicates that something like an assault weapons ban or a true universal background check bill is anywhere going to happen any time soon. only a matter of time before the country s next mass shooting. michael, let s turn to the events play out if israel. the prime minister at least for now has paused its effort for judicial reform. tell us about the role that the biden administration has had here. we had a sharply worded statement from the president in recent days. what pressure has the white house been putting on israel? yeah, you know, it s interesting.
democratic-leaning americans, democratic-leaning voters, 75% have a favorable view of president biden. that s a good place to be if you re the president and you want to run for re-election. only 25% of the same set said they think that he should run again. so who should run in his place? more than half say, i don t know. top backup choices, vice president harris, pete buttigieg, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren. it gets you below the i don t know threshold. it is good for joe biden in terms of reducing internal efforts as if there were going to be any. it is not great news in terms of enthusiasm. this is the imbalance you re seeing in the two potential primaries. they re not primaries, but the contests heading to the general. noteworthy for the vice president to not have that backing. margaret, lastly and quickly, new research found that sports are a great way to improve your mind. this bodes well for me. what can you tell us?
both houses of congress democrats weren t able to pass the ban. biden with few options but the bully pulpit. karine jean-pierre told the press. he wants congress to act because enough is enough. in his state of the union the president called on congress to do something to stop the epidemic of gun violence tearing families apart and communities apart. how many more children have to be murdered before republicans in congress will step up and about to pass the assault weapons ban? to close loopholes in our background checks system. or to require the safe storage