news, beginning in paris and the planned terror attack foiled in the nick of time. french authorities say the 24-year-old in custody was only caught because he accidentally shot himself in the leg. also the man who shot president reagan and three others could be permanently released from a mental hospital. but is john hinckley jr. no longer a threat? meanwhile, people in baltimore are not giving up their demand for answers to the question of what happened to 25-year-old freddie gray inside a police van. the just department is now also trying to find out. and the controversial and courageous story that we previewed on this very show yesterday about a transgender 5-year-old. reporter: were you always a brother? not always. reporter: what were you before? a sister. reporter: how come it changed? because i wanted to be a boy. jacob s story leads us to our bing pulse question of the day. do you think a preschooler can understand gender identity?
you see him on twitter. you can join by tweeting your questions with the hash tag #nofoodwasted to @tomcolicchio. there it is on the screen. you can learn more about food waste and rescue by watching the u.s. premiere of the documentary just eat it. that s tonight, 10:00 on msnbc. still ahead, a humane way to die or untested method? msnbc s rachel maddow will join me here on set to preview oklahoma s new method of lethal execution that involves zero scientists. when we come back jacob s story. the compelling look at a controversial and courageous decision one family is making for their 5-year-old transgender child. the subject of our bing pulse question of the day, do you think that a preschooler can even understand gender identity? vote at pulse.msnbc.com.
hour, that was up to 60%. let s break it down with gender. women tend to believe more than men that preschoolers can understand gender identity. in just the past couple of minutes when we brought you jacob s story, most people females, responded toward neutral or even no. and now we have a response from some men who said no that preschoolers cannot understand gender identity. and look at the political party now. democrats believe a preschooler can understand gender identity. independents and republicans are in between. and again democrats voting again when we were airing that story, skewing more toward yes. so interesting to say how this to see how this will progress in the next hour, especially when we hear from the lemays. i m going to actually ask them about the numbers, as well. so frances thank you. coming up, what could have happened inside the baltimore police van with with freddie gray? what could have happened to his neck? we ll talk to a forensic pathologist. still ah
this hour, tensions high in baltimore, maryland more protests planned today calling for the prosecution of six suspended police officers. there s pain in our community. i think there s also pain within the police department too. coming up the department of justice civil rights investigation now underway into the death of freddie gray. also ahead, dr. oz strikes back. his fiery response to fellow doctors accusing him of pushing, quote quack treatments. jacob has made that choice in his mind and heart. it s whether or not we accept it or not. that s right. transgender at just 5 years old, i ll talk to the parents helping a daughter born mia to live and grow as a son named jacob. do you think a preschooler can
the pope and visit on the island will likely strengthen relationship between the two countries. pope francis has made full use of his role as head of state and leader of the world s 1.2 billion catholics to weigh in on key foreign issues but normalization between cuba and united states is seen as the first major diplomatic coup. thank you, frances has an update on today s bing pulse. what are folks saying? we told you the story of the 5-year-old jacob lamay earlier born mia, a little girl and transition that he and his parents agreed to and we re asking do you think a preschooler can understand gender identity? how look this has drastically changed. 34% said no and 66% said yes. earlier it was actually about reverse there, so it s interesting to see how viewers