candidacy. and co-host of the good lies trying to make sense of the continued allegiance to the nra, at the nra meeting. stay tuned for that chat. good evening, i m mehdi hasan, if you support the democratic party, you probably don t want to hear this forecast from election expert and political analyst dave wasserman of the cook political report because he posted this tweet last week projecting that republicans would gain a hefty 20 to 35 seats in the house in november s midterm elections. ouch. exactly the kind of defeat president barack obama once called a shellacting, and republicans are planning for that victory for control of congress for what they re going to do and i tell you this won t be health care policy or tackling prices at the pump, top gops have conservative think tankers on the tony eastern shore of maryland ways to investigate the biden administration as soon as they get congress, and looking for flimsy excuses to launch congressional probes according to
at the nra s houston convention last week, which took place three days after the massacre of 19 children at an elementary school, a short drive away, part of the agenda was reserved for members of the audience to ask questions, a man stepped up to the microphone and spoke directly to wayne la pierre, the embattled ceo of the radical gun group. whenever there is a plas shooting, they all say that, a mat shoo shooting they all say that wayne la pierre is not doing enough to stop these mass shootings implying that wayne la pierre has played a part in making it easier for these shooters to get guns. and frankly, that s not true. the nra, under wayne la pierre s leadership has provided thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families.
citizens of new zealand and those of us around the world are in a state of shock and mourning. officials now say that 50 people are dead in the wake of friday s deadly terror attacks of two mosques. the suspected shooter is an australian citizen and self-described white nationalist. he s currently in custody and has been charged with murder. massive crowds gathered earlier in welington, the nation s capital, in a show of support for the victims. joining me now live from christchurch new zealand is nbc news correspondent miguel almaguer. what more can you tell us? kasie, good evening. vigils like this one in christchurch are popping up across the country. as we learn more about the suspect, we also learn more about the victims. with happy hearts, this nation is grieving now the loss of another soul. a 50th victim has been found after friday s las shooting at two mosques. my dad took a bullet for me.