of the congo, king philippe of belgium returns a priceless kakungu mask taken out of the country before independence in 1960. hello and welcome. the issue of gun control in the us and what to do about it has challenged us lawmakers for years. after hearing searing testimony from victims and their families of the recent mass shooting in texas, the house of representatives approved a series of measures aimed at regulating the sale of guns. but the proposals do not have the 60 votes they would need for approval in the senate, and hence are likely to go nowhere. of the house nancy pelosi spoke before the vote. to those for whom a moment of silence is good enough because you don t have the courage to take the boat to protect the children, i would say, your political survival is totally insignificant. to the survival, compared to the survival of our children. , , ., ~ compared to the survival of our children. , , . ~ , ., children. the speaker started b sa in: children. the speaker
in a letter to colleagues, speaker of the house nancy pelosi gushed over what was happening saying we ve been moved by how many have channeled their righteous anger into meaningful action. they even got support from the white house. these activists posted a map with the home addresses of the supreme court justices. is that the kind of thing the president wants to help your site make their point? i think the president s view is that there s a lot of passion. laura: deputy white house press secretary andrew bates tried to kind of clean that up earlier today, tweeting jen psaki never encouraged people to protest outside justice s homes providing a transcript in which he highlights her saying protests have been peaceful to date. but he didn t include the whole part. so i know that there s an outrage right now, i guess, about protests that have been peaceful to date and we certainly continue to encourage that outside of judges homes. laura: when the angle recognizes re
the man arrested outside kavanaugh s home said yesterday he planned to break in and kill him. bill: dhs warned it could happen. the liberal group that leaked the address online held another protest outside his house last night. only hours after the suspect s arrest. it s prompting a wave of outrage from republicans. not just the fringe left but democratic leadership inciting violence. one reason for protestors to show up outside the home of a public fixture to say we know where you live. nancy pelosi said i m perfectly okay to go to justice s home to change the view. when you send this kind of message, it just undermines the legitimacy of the united states supreme court as an institution and this is what it leads to. do you think just to be clear, you think some of the democrats rhetoric is to blame for what happened this morning? of course. bill: just last month the senate passed a bipartisan bill to increase security for the justices and their families. spe
justice brett kavanaugh telling the officers he wanted to kill justice kavanaugh. the feds say 26-year-old nicholas roske had a pistol, had ammunition, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer and more. these are new details that we re getting about what was actually on this individual. he has now been charged in court with attempted murder of justice kavanaugh. republican senator mike lee is going to join us in just a moment. first, to david spunt live at the justice department with the brand new details in hour. hi, david. chilling details in this criminal complaint just released in the last hour or so. nicholas john roske appearing before a federal judge in court in federal court in maryland. he s been in fbi custody for the past 12 hours or so. he will be appearing for that judge to face those charges of attempted murder of justice brett kavanaugh, a supreme court justice. according to a court filing, roske wearing all block got out of a taxi cab at 1:00 a.m. looking at the two
another witness announced for tomorrow s primetime hearing. and new reporting on how donald trump had the secret service scrambling on the day of the attack. plus, we ve got the top headlines from last night s midterm election primaries that may serve as a warning to democrats. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senators had hoped to reach a bipartisan deal on gun safety by the end of this week, but nbc news has learned that that timetable may slip. perhaps into next week. senators have hit a snag on how to expand background checks. two people close to the talks tell nbc news at issue is whether to add waiting periods for 18 to 21-year-olds and to enable the fbi to conduct background checks on their juvenile records. a spokesman for republican senator john cornyn of texas said he is not considering waiting periods but does support the provision on the juvenile records. democrats, howev