norah: former vice president mike pence jumps into the republican race for the white house, taking aim at his former boss, donald trump. i believe anyone that puts themselves the constitution should never be president of the united states. a florida woman is facing manslaughter and assault charges after a very disturbing shooting that is leading to new questions about the state s stand your ground law. she had no weapon. she posed no imminent threat to anyone. the fight over transgender rights. meet a teen activist pushing back against a growing bans on transgender care. what are you fighting for? the right to exist.po francis is expected to be hospitalized for several days after undergoing abdominal surgery. norah: and rap icon tupac gets some. california love we proudly welcome to the hollywood walk of fame, the legendary tupac shakur. [applause] norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this we
shoulders of law enforcement on the front line. that includes texas dps and u.s. border patrol. today, the head of border patrol told lawmakers the united states have lost control of its own border. does dhs have operational control of our entire border? no, sir. that s border patrol chief raol ortiz, ortiz disputed homeland security myorkas who previously said our border is under control. do we have our border under control? yes, we do. chief ortiz testified there is been a staggering 385,000 known got aways at the border pushing the total to 1.4 million gotaways. they are the threat, they are the migrants who do not surrender. ortiz defended his horse back agent who he is accused of whipping migrants. the chief also told lawmakers that he does not agree with president biden s decision to shutdown construction on the 200 miles of border wall. the goal was to examine the link between president biden and secretary myorkas on the crisis of the borborder. i just got
bret: breaking tonight the effort to avoid a disaster involving commercial airlines. there have been several very close calls lately we told you about them yesterday. today the held a safety summit to come up with solutions. mark meredith leads us off from reagan national airport. good evening, mark. bret, good evening to you. the top aviation the skies are safe. after a number of near misses and close calls, including one at this airport just last week, the government is also examining if more can be to avoid potential disasters. we have seen an uptick in serious close calls that we must address. transportation secretary pete buttigieg kicked off today s aviation safety summit with a warning. more mistakes than usual are happening across the system, on runways, at gates when planes are pushing back, in control towers and on flight decks. the government says it s investigating six runway incursions this year alone, including one at washington s reagan airport 8
they re growing silence has one s favorite network is moving on. is he already losing the fox news primary? and later, matt gates s bullying tactics backfired big-time. how is body shaming helping one teen abortion activist raised over 1 million dollars? my interview with her and much more is coming up. a good saturday morning to you. i am katie phang. we ll see, or want to. the good question this morning about whether speaker nancy pelosi will visit china on a trip to asia this weekend. china said it will take, quote, forceful measures if it happens. taiwan s self governed by china claims it is a part of its territory and promises to take it back by force if necessary. for more on all of this we are joined by nbc news correspondent allie raffa on capitol hill. katie, nancy pelosi saving security concerns for why she could not confirm or deny whether she or a group of house lawmakers will visit taiwan during this multi day four of asia. military officials say that they are
number. hey, do you have snapchat? without social media, you would probably never really understand what people even are talking about in conversations. like many girls, ali posts about her struggles in order to connect with people, even when screen times make her feel bad about herself. american teens wracked up four hours on social media and an hour and a half on tiktok and snapchat. they re likely than boys to use all three platforms. last night, teen activist told lawmakers social media apps are weapon and mass destruction for teens and mental health. i, a 12-year-old girl can go on instagram and research a healthy recipe and within seconds be fed anorexia content. the way that girls are