sensationalized for click bait. so that would be a way so this bill would in a way protect the privacy of those victims? absolutely. if you think about it, we are parents, we bore these children, we raised these children, we spend birthdays with them, we celebrate christmas with them, these are our hopes and our dreams. and the fact that their records are private in life should be the same in death. melissa alexander, thank you so much for being with us this morning. very much appreciate your time. thank you. up next, defying woke. how the word has gone from a term of empowerment to a politically charged insult. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc.
updated on that. we re going to talk a little bit now about the debate tonight, when the republican presidential candidates take the stage. there is one word voters should expect to hear. woke. msnbc s trymaine lee is with us. the word woke means so many different things to different people. where does it come from? that s right, jose. for generations the term woke was a part of black american in speak. it meant to keep your eyes open, stay aware to the forces that might be around you that might want to cause you harm, be vigilant. but in recent years it has been co-opted, some would say hijacked by far right wing conservatives and turned into anything but a feeling of awareness or warning for awareness. take a look. and i think reporter: by now you probably heard it. woke ideology. weak and woke. wokeism. reporter: over
but what this further reinforces is there is still a lot of demand for housing. what is interesting here, though, is the prices paid of a new home sales piece of data. that median price of a new house in america actually fell by 8.7% from the same time last year, that now stands at roughly $436,000. what it does indicate perhaps, jose, is that home building companies are looking towards things like discounts and incentives to get would be home buyers to sign on the dotted line. dominic chu, thank you very much, appreciate it. coming up, an emotional day at tennessee special session on gun safety legislation. several people that were there were kicked out of a committee hearing. we ll talk to one of the moms who was there, next. you re watching jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. . you re watchg in jose diaz-balart reports on msnbc. (christina) with verizon business unlimited, i get 5g, truly unlimited data, and unlimited hotspot data. so, no matter what, i m running this kitchen.
him, he s going to be the subject of the questions that the moderators ask the other candidates, so, he will very much be there, whether or not that s in we know it is not going to be in physical form, but he s going to continue to dominate the stage and you can imagine that the moderators are going to try to put candidates like desantis and vivek ramaswamy on the spot, how much can you tolerate, how much can you condone, what we know were highly unethical and really immoral things that he did in and around january 6th? i expect that to take up quite a bit of this debate because what the moderators are going to want to do is get the candidates on the record. what how much of trump s, you know, bad behavior are you willing to stand behind? dasha burns, shaquille brewster, jeremy peters, thank you so very much. stay with msnbc for
joining us now from wisconsin, nbc s dasha burns in milwaukee and shaquille brewster in waukesha. also with us, jeremy peters, new york times reporter and msnbc contributor. dasha, tonight marks the first chance for these contenders to make their pitch to voters on the national level. what can we expect? reporter: well, that s absolutely right, jose. that s why it is really unfortunate timing for governor burgum to have that injury. we re not sure if he s going to be able to make it on that stage or not. because for candidates like him, who is lesser known, doesn t have that sort of name recognition, it is a huge opportunity to try to introduce himself to voters who might be tuning in really for the first time, jose, after the dog days of summer. now, the folks with the highest stakes, the most to lose, number one on that list is the front-runner who will be on that stage, florida governor ron desantis. we expect and he certainly expects along with his team that he will be taking t