Im Peter Alexander here in for Andrea Mitchell. We are following that Breaking News from georgia where we are monitoring an incident. Its 40 miles outside of atlanta. As you just heard, the Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is directing all available resources to that Schools Campus right now. You can see the pictures we are getting. The Chopper View from above. A lot of Police Presence and other Emergency Vehicles on scene right now. We want to get to nbc News Correspondent Anne Thompson joining us alongside Jim Kavanaugh and former Fbi Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi right now. Anne, acknowledging we are learning little bits of information, trying to get a better understanding, whats the best information you have been able to gather at this point . Reporter right now, we know that the High School has about 1,900 students. They are from grades 9 through 12. We have seen many of them come out of that building, the building is said to be on a hard lockdown. The governor put out this statem
It is good to be back in pennsylvania. 63 days from election day. Pennsylvania. They are going to change the name of pennsylvania. s tonight, steve kornacki on the road to 270 and how the keystone state has become a crucial battleground. I love the road to 270 map and now we get to use it. And donald trump s eroding advantage on his centerpiece issue. And just as you thought the unearthed tapes were all earthed clearly this has made me a miserable person who can t have kids. J. D. Vance and his longstanding ties to the project 2025 masterminds. I think what the heritage foundation is doing is so important and so worthwhile. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. I am chris hayes. The labor day holiday is over. It is the first tuesday of september. The first tuesday of november s election day and that means, yes, it is happening america. We are two months out. 63 days to be precise, which means the sprint is on to the finish. Republicans are getting very nervous abo
But a report from the Scottish Fiscal Commission says while Uk Government policies have contributed to the pressure, much of it comes from the Scottish Governments own decisions. Heres our scotland editorjames cook. This is the reality of life less than four miles from the scottish parliament. A Community Centre handing out free bread to help the residents of muirhouse make ends meet. And yet, now, here and across scotland, the tough times could be about to get worse. Prolonged westminster austerity, the economic damage of brexit, a global pandemic, the war in ukraine, and The Cost Of Living crisis, have all placed enormous and growing pressure on the public finances. I must take further and more urgent action now to ensure that we can balance the scottish budget in 2024 25. And i call. There is also £800 million of additional spending for new pay offers, and all that means £500 million in direct service cuts, plus a raid on the Proceeds Of Offshore Wind and publicly owned scottish w
[protesters chanting] john and that is a live shot outside The Gates of Columbia University in new York City where right now dozens of antiisrael protesters are Holding Signs and chanting, all while other students are trying to attend their first day of fall classes. In just the last few moments, there have been some arrests. Im John Roberts in washington, as we kick off a Brandnew Week in the fall season. Good day to you. Gillian good to have you, or good to be with you, i should say, john. Excuse me. You know what i mean. Sandra is off today. This is america reports. Right now we are getting these new pictures into our newsroom. They are also showing columbias famed Alma Mater Sculpture covered, you can see there, and red paint. The statue sits very prominently on the steps of the School Library on the main quad. John the protest came after israeli forces recovered the bodies of six hostages, including israeli american hersh goldbergpolin, executed at close range in gaza. Gillian rea
A crucial supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action could come tomorrow, as colleges and universities grapple with the possibility that race might no longer be a factor in admissions. The Central Question being decided this time is should Affirmative Action continue forever In The Name Of diversity, and are the gains achieved worth the harms allegedly inflicted on Asian American students . This is the most important civil Rights Case of our era. I dont think its an overstatement to say theyre freaking out right now. One admissions official told me, some colleges are so worried about being sued in the wake of this decision that theyre thinking about scrubbing racial and ethnic data from their websites. There has to be some discrimination here. There has to be something against Asian Americans specifically. This case is going to be something more than just about admissions. The notion that noticing race is per se unconstitutional could be devastating for a number of areas of the law. An