Tonight, seconddegree murder charges against the father of the georgia school shooter, eject new intensity into the national debate on gun plus the cost of a donald trump win economists say the former president s plans would take money out of american wallets. Also cell block, tango, trump makes a threat to imprison democrats and an indictment, accuses maga influencers of doing the kremlin s work as vladimir putin trolls the world by revealing who he wants to win in 2024 live at the table. Erin green ashley allison shermichael singleton, jamal hill, and brian stelter sure welcome to a special edition of newsnight, state of the race good evening i m abby phillip in new york. Let s get right to what america is talking about. A potential flashpoint in a national crisis? breaking news tonight, the father of the suspected school shooter in georgia. He is now under arrest and he has been charged with two counts of seconddegree murder, among other things, police say that colin gray gifted his
leaders at the white house to address the looming debt ceiling deadline as financial calamity moves one day closer to reality. in manhattan, nine jurors are deliberating in a trial against president trump brought by e. jean carroll. a 6-year-old boy wounded in a mass shooting. the only member of his family to survive. both his parents and 3-year-old brother slain while two young sisters, aging 8 and 11, are also killed. their mother in critical condition. just two of the families, some of the victims in the latest mass shooting involving an ar-15-style rifle. i will speak with gun safety advocate fred guttenberg whose daughter jamie died in 2018 in parkland. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president biden will hold speaker mccarthy, leaders schumer and mcconnell and hakeem jeffriess for a meeting on the debt ceiling. it s not expected to produce any major breakthroughs with the nation weeks away from falling off a fiscal cliff. can they find a way
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. very busy news day. thank you for your time. five men, one room. the stability of the global economy on the line. today the white house is the stage for talks and what happens could set the country on a path towards paying its bills or on a path towards financial chaos. pluses heartbreak in waiting in alan, texas. two school-aged sisters robbed of their futures. we re learning more about the victims and the shooter who slaughtered them. his fascination with guns, police stay quiet. and donald trump s civil case goes to a new york jury after closing arguments, the focus on credibility and mr. trump s refusal to show up. but up first for us in just hours, the white house meeting that will help answer this question. can washington still work? the stakes for today s big sit-down could not be higher. the full faith and credit of the united states. the roster pools together the biggest players. president biden,
starts right now. hi. thank you so much. i am ari melber and whoop there it is. election day within three weeks. early voting has begun, including in new key states. and we begin with something special. i m not going to hide the ball. i m going to show you the two chairs. howard dean who ran the dnc. michael steele who ran the rnc. in our opinion, no two better people to walk us through and it, they are here right now. let me tell you the context. 2 million people cast ballots. when we say election day, it s like rhetoric. this is election month. early voting is showing records smashed in certain states. fluid dynamics. new polls show the house leaning slightly towards republicans, depending on what happens. democrats believe they are still in a strong position to hold the senate majority. and as we ve told you, we cannot accurately cover 400 plus races at once. we will bring you the highlights, the context, the facts and the music. but i will show you some of the deba
so i asked nick akerman in the last hour have trump boxed himself in by making that claim, or least his representatives speaking on television. look you can t have your cake and eat it. that s how the special master responded to teen trump harry. his excuse for not handing over that evidence. this is candidate trump s lawyers, that s what they put forward, so how do you think that is sitting with the former president? you know, the former president has wanted to say this in the public sphere. he hasn t wanted to say it in court where you make a false statement, that s a separate crime. i think he is as always completely brazen and indifferent about saying any old thing when he s talking on the hustings, but not in court. look, the courts overall have done a pretty good job all the way through. it takes a while to get to them, they re not perfect but most of the time you really gotta come with the goods or lose. and that s what happened today. a conservative reagan appoint