our latest reporting on what s in, what s out, and the timeline of what votes, if any, could happen. and the house january 6th committee gears up for the most consequential week of its investigation, holding the first public hearing in primetime, in front of a country with a growing divide over who is to blame for the deadly riot. one member giving us a preview of what to expect. talking about new evidence and the conspiracy and premeditated activity before the riots. plus, the news coming in about the world leader in imminent danger of losing his job. what we know about the no-confidence votes around the uk prime minister boris johnson. good afternoon. i m chris jansing in new york in for hallie jackson. joining me now is josh letterman by the white house. liz mclaughlin is in uvalde, texas. and john is with us, as well. so allie, we just learned about this meeting between senators involved in the talks. what are they talking about? what more can you tell us? yeah, loo
investigation in uvalde. then breaking this morning, nearly 400,000 jobs were added in the month of may. labor secretary marty walsh will join us with more on the new jobs report. and today marking 100 days since the start of russia s brutal invasion of ukraine. we re going to bring you the very latest on ukraine s fight for freedom. hey, everybody, good to see you on this friday morning. we re going to begin this hour with this renewed message from the white house on gun violence enough is enough. in a rare primetime address from the east room, the president laid out specific policy proposals he says will, in fact, address this crisis head on. he s calling on congress to reinstate the 1994 assault weapons ban. and if not, raise the purchase age from 18 to 21. he s also proposing congress ban high-capacity magazines, extend background checks, enact red flag laws, repeal gun manufacturers immunity from liability, and address the mental health crisis. he called out sen
straight ahead we ll get a reality check on where all this goes. we re also live in tulsa where the police revealed a gunman who shot four people bought his gun just four hours beforehand. in uvalde, texas, as more and more kids are being laid to rest today, a state senator revealing the officer in charge never got word that children were calling 911, basically calling for help. mike memoli is covering the white house, blaine alexander is in tulsa, oklahoma, thompson is in uvalde, texas and we re joined by security analyst clint watts, former head of the counterterrorist division. i think you can t technically call it an address from president biden. why now? we learned that the president would be taking to the white house and in prime time tonight, we noted it was a rare instance of him using the biggest stage a president has to use the bully pulpit to paint the case for gun action at a critical moment. when the white house made their announcement of making it official
first in uvalde, families of loved ones that killed 19 children and two teachers are mourning in that community. an investigation into what exactly went wrong. why didn t officers get into that school and confront the gunman much faster? here s how a texas lawmaker described his conversation with one little girl s father. the. reporter: their little girl had been shot in the back with one bullet through the kidney area. she likely bled out, according to the first responder. who is to know what would have happened to that little girl had officers showed up timely, had they gone in timely? we have comprehensive coverage for you this morning. nbc s morgan chesky is live in uvalde. howard litman, former attorney under president clinton, and cedric alexander is part of the national organization black law enforcement. he is now an msnbc law enforcement analyst. morgan, funerals start for the victims of this shooting soon. what else can you tell us from there on the ground? ch
psychopath, which is what senator cruz called him, was able to legally buy an assault rifle more than 1600 rounds of ammunition, and then walk freely into an elementary school because he wanted to kill kids. there are two small funeral homes not enough to handle a massacre. that means funeral directors, morticians and volunteers from across texas are now there to help. among them are facial reconstructionists, because, yes, it was that bad. and making it even worse, just how long the cops waited to go in. they waited an hour outside that classroom before they finally confronted the gunman. more than an hour while some of those kids were still fighting for their lives. including the daughter of one family who spoke with state senator roland gutierrez. their little girl had been shot in the back with one bullet. through the kidney area, she likely bled out, according to the first responder. who should know what would have happened had officers showed up timely? had they gone