just a few hours. his remarks coming after a harrowing 24 hours in america yesterday when one gunman shot and killed four people inside a hospital in tulsa, oklahoma, before turning the gun on himself. the shooter whom officials say purchased his ar-15-style rifle just hours before he barged into the facility looking for a doctor he blamed for ongoing pain after back surgery. the tragic attack in tulsa was not the only one to take place. a prison inmate in dayton, ohio grabbed a security guard and fatally shot him. outside in los angeles, a student was shot outside a high school. that incident now among the two dozen acts of gun violence near schools that have taken place since the start of 2022. according to one count there have been 20 mass shootings just since the rampage in uvalde, texas, last week, which of course, became the country s deadliest mass shooting this year, just ten days after a white supremacist murdered ten people and wounded three others in a supermarket
msnbc political analyst elise georgia jordan. reporter: let s have a show of hands. who is going to vote in the primary? everyone s going to vote in the primary. who is going to vote for brian kemp? i m undecided. i m undecided, too. is anyone definitely going to vote for david perdue? i m more leaning that way. reporter: why are you leaning that way? because perdue is a true businessman and we need somebody who knows how to run a business and i think if he had that ability, you can run a state because a state is a business. despite an enthusiastic support are here and there, purdue has been all but abandoned by trump. according to several republicans who have spoken to him, he is ready to wash his hands of the georgia primary and distance himself from perdue before the votes are even counted. instead donald trump appears to be focused on his candidate in the too close to call republican senate primary in pennsylvania. tv s dr. oz is holding on to a razor th
But even mccarthys own party seems divided over the decision. We also just got new reaction from Mitch Mcconnell. We are following Breaking News this hour. Five Police Officers involved in the deadly beating of tyree nickels have been indicted on federal charges. The indictment states they deprived him of his constitutional rights. Armed and extremely dangerous. This is how police are describing the convicted killer who escaped from a Pennsylvania Prison nearly two weeks ago. Hes now stolen a rifle from a homeowners garage. Were following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. With his speakers gavel possibly on the line, Kevin Mccarthy just threw down the gauntlet. This morning, the House Speaker officially gave key Republican Committee chairs the go ahead to start an Impeachment Inquiry into joe biden, all based on allegations of Corruption Stied to Hunter Bidens business dealings. House republicans have been threatening to oust hi
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world quarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with some breaking news. a dramatic turn in a texas abortion case. the state supreme court now stepping into pause a lower court ruling effectively preventing kate cox from having an abortion. her baby is unlikely to survive the pregnancy. i m gonna be talking to a legal expert in just minutes about what this all means. also this hour, president biden is on the west coast. he and the first lady will be in california for fundraising events tonight. before that he stopped in las vegas to highlight a major infrastructure success. we are building the first high speed rail project in our nation s history. part of a 2.8 billion dollar investment. ten major rail projects across america. reaching tens of millions of people. also new today, outgoing congressman kevin mccarthy is now endorsing donald trump for president, saying he is open to serving in trump s c
in this segment. so before we go to break, we ll be getting into one of those. first i want to give you the latest with the middle east. the israeli cabinet is meeting on the very big question of whether or how to extend a pause in the fighting in the ongoing conflict with hamas, and they re racing against a deadline, because that pause s according to the deal that was struck, basically over, terminated if no new deal is reached tonight. officials from the u.s., israel, qatar, egypt, they ve all been in talks today. there s a lot of forces that want to make this step possible, especially considering with any deal you say, will it work? will both sides participate? innocent people have been freed according to many of the people in the region, so when you look at the scenes of some of these people being reunited, you can see why many people want this to continue. the last two hours hamas released 14 hours, including an american. that is if you re counting many of them younger