this press conference i handed over to mehdi hassan. hello alicia. a horrific day of breaking news. the worst kind of breaking news. we are now waiting for police preface conference on the shooting in california. that is going to be a very important press conference, is it not? it is going to be a very important press conference. a lot of big questions, still outstanding. many of course, the question of public safety. you heard representative chu saying she had people coming up to her all day saying can i send my kids to school? can i go to another event that is there, trying to reassure them. then of course questions about motive, what was it that was driving the suspect here to commit this horrific act. and then there is still a lot we don t know, matty, about the victims. we know that there are ten people dead, five were men five are women, we know that there are going to be ten more injured. but beyond that a lot of questions. we don t know enough about the victims. w
whether we will ever have a seat at the table. truly profound question. karoun, thanks so much for time tonight. that is it for american voices. i m alicia mendes, as we continue to follow this breaking story, and this press conference. 100 over two hello mehdi. hello, alicia. horrific day of breaking news. the worst kind of breaking news. we are now waiting for police press conference on the shooting in california. that is gonna be a very important press conference. it s good beaver in portland press conference, a lot of big questions still outstanding. mehdi, of course, this question of public safety. you heard representative shoe saying she had people come up to her all day saying, can i send my kids to school? then i go to another event that is planned. trying to reassure them. and then of course questions about motives i what is driving the suspect to commit this horrific. act and this a lot we don t know, mehdi, about the victims. we know there are ten people de
that is a lot of issues at this point. amazing. amazing that just a reminder viewers, it is a magazine fed, semi automatic assault pistol that had an extended capacity attached to it, found at the scene at the second location where he was confronted by two american heroes. carmen, let me ask you this. congresswoman judy chu spoke there and she had a bunch of questions that we still don t know the answer to. what was the motive for the shooter? did you have a history of domestic violence as many mass shooters do? how did he get these guns legally or not? absolutely important questions. one that people, i can tell you right now, looking for answers. the suspect s name, determine if there was any criminal history, if anyone had a restraining order or against him, if there is a history of domestic violence, who you get in contact two of lay, who did he live,
with a large capacity magazine set that the sheriff said was it, looked like it is illegal in california. that is actually currently being litigated. it was illegal, those types of magazines were illegal. they were deemed illegal by the federal the supreme court in light of one of their other opinions related to firearms in a new york city case. they have sent that back down to the appellate court in california and to make old other look at this decision in light of our previous decision. that is a lot of issues at this point. amazing. amazing that just a reminder viewers, it is a magazine fed, semi automatic assault pistol that had an extended capacity attached to it, found at the scene at the second location where he was confronted by two american heroes. carmen, let me ask you this. congresswoman judy chu spoke there and she had a bunch of questions that we still don t know the answer to. what was the motive for the shooter? did you have a history of domestic violence as many
people. i think those who are marching as white supremacists and haven t studied the history are mishe ha miseducated. we have to share the knowledge. we have to share it in a manner that is clear and across the board. but at the same time, we have to stand up against those injustice that s are happening daily and be forthright about them and have and be courageous and not be coward about it. i m honored to have two of my heroes, two american heroes. not just african-americans for all americans. both you bill rhoden and craig hodges, two of my heroes. thank you for being with me this morning. what s up noah and clo? peace. praming note. today marks the beginning of global citizen week here on msnbc. series of events that will take place across new york city and culminate with the 2017 global citizen festival in central park next saturday. later today, i ll be at river side church in manhattan for an