biden s message to the american people. next hour he s expected to talk about the american rescue plan and what it means for local economies. msnbc will bring that to you live as reactions pour in after president biden delivered a blistering speech last night about what he calls maga republicans and called out former president trump by name. the president accused trump and his closest supporters of peddling lies about the 2020 election, an ideology he says that poses a threat to the foundations of our republic. democracy cannot survive when one side believes there are only two outcomes to an election, either they win or they were cheated. you can t love your country only when you win. joining us now with more on this is nbc news senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell. yamiche alcindor, an nbc news washington correspondent and eddie glaude is the chair of the department of african american studies at princeton university, he is also an nbc news political analyst.
house oversight committee on gun violence. there have been nearly 250 mass shootings happening nationwide so far this year and the hearing takes place just weeks after the mass shooting in buffalo, new york and uvalde, texas. a fourth grader who covered herself in blood and played dead to survive the massacre is also scheduled to attend the hearing. caroline maloney from new york is here. what can we expect to hear during the hearings? this can be an opportunity to listen to people who know more about gun violence than anybody, because they ve experienced it. a mother lost her son doing his job in buffalo. an 11-year-old girl saw her teachers and fellow students murdered. it would be a parent who was just celebrating making the honor role. hours later a pediatrician lost five of his patients in one day. we hope their heart wrenching stories will open the minds and hearts of the members of congress to vote for the protecting our kids act, which would move forward some form o
mia cerillo covered herself in her friend s blood, pretended to be dead so that she could survive. the hearing comes as pressure mounts on u.s. lawmakers to address a recent string of mass shootings. this afternoon the house will vote on a set of bills that would raise the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21, ban high capacity magazines and crack down on ghost gun purchases or guns that are not traceable. the bill is unlikely to garner republican support, but a different story is unfolding in the senate where the top democratic negotiator of a bipartisan package of gun bills says a deal could be reached by the end of this week. some issues on the table include addressing mental health, expanding background checks, providing incentives for states to implement red flag laws and strengthening school security. the calls for lawmakers to act got a boost on tuesday afternoon when actor matthew mcconaughey a uvalde native made an emotional plea from the white hou
It s flexible if we need to cancel. cancel. i haven t left the house in years. nothing will stop me from vacation. no canceling. (laughs) flexible cancellation. kayak. search one and done. good morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. spa civic here in los angeles, i m jose diaz-balart. right now on capitol hill a critical hearing as a national debate around how to handle the gun violence crisis in this country grows. any moment survivors and parents of the victims from the robb elementary school massacre and the racist shooting at a buffalo grocery store will be testifying right there in front of lawmakers to highlight the urgent need for solutions. among the survivors we will hear from this morning a fourth grader who lived through the uvalde rampage.