from msnbc world headquarters. welcome to alex witt reports. we are beginning this hour with breaking news as thousands of students are leading marches and rallies early across this country demanding action on gun violence. survivors of the 2018 parkland school shooting are leading another push for a change in our gun laws. among those taking place at rallies today, younger students summoned in austin texas, saying that they are traumatized by active shooter drew drills and use of school shootings. this gathering took place in nashville in the last. our students were joined by moms demanding action. in new york city, moments ago, mayor eric adams joined those marching to demand action from congress. there s also pay paid tribute to ten killed in a racially charged shooting in buffalo last month and 21 tilde at robb elementary in uvalde. and one organizer said that more voices need to be added to the discussion. i m speaking for the places left out of the conversation about
saudi saudi arabia? good evening tonight, former president trump lashing out and insulting his daughter ivanka in the process after the january 6th committee laid the blame squarely on him, repeatedly playing video of his closest advisers admitting trump lost the election fair and square in fact one of them was his own daughter ivanka trump who said she agreed with attorney general bill barr that the election was not stolen. in fact your perspective about the election when attorney general barr made that statement? it affected my perspective. i respect attorney general barr. so i accepted what he was saying. trump, tonight, throwing ivanka under the bus after he heard that. as he tries to save himself, writes in part, ivanka trump was not involved in looking at or studying election results. she had long since checked out. nice thing to say, slamming his own daughter and comes as another trump ally who tried to turn the election behind the scenes trying to fight back t
also tonight, liz cheney described kevin mccarthy as shaken on january 6th, scared and calling members of the trump family for help. now, he s calling the investigation of the attack illegitimate. what happened to the republican leader who privately said he would hold people accountable for the insurrection? plus, devastating new reporting about the police response to the uvalde shooting. according to the new york times, officers knew there were kids in need of medical help but waited to enter the classroom anyway. we begin with the legal case against trump and why it matters. as president biden declared today the violent siege against democracy is far from over. it s important to the american people to understand what truly happened and to understand that the same forces that led january 6th remain in effect today. trump lost election. we know that. you know that. the committee has now proved that trump and his advisers knew it, too. i made it clear i did not agree w
chilling conspiracy to remain in power. an intentional scheme that played out in seven different way, one that culminates in an attempted coup. all americans should keep in mind this fact. on the morning of january 6, president trump s intention was to remain president of the united states despite the lawful outcome of the 2020 election and in violation of his constitutional obligation to relinquish power. over multiple months donald trump oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated seven part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power. it is a bold claim she is making. the question now is whether the panel has the evidence to prove a direct line from the white house to the carnage and chaos we saw on january 6. what we do know is that some of those closest to trump knew that the election was not stolen. those were lies. the committee played deposition testimony from trump staff and even members of his own family including his da
and the story of this startling image a 16 year girl old in her prom dress, in the ruins of her school in kharkiv. it s 8 in the morning in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where lawmakers have been hearing searing testimony from the victims and families of those caught up in several recent mass shootings. among them was an 11 year old girl, mia cerrillo. a student at the robb elementary school in texas, she described how she smeared herself in blood and played dead, to avoid being killed along with 19 other children and two teachers. the shooting, carried out by an 18 year old gunman, has provoked a nation wide debate about the sale of firearms. our north america editor sarah smith has more from washington. we should warn you her report contains some graphic testimony which some may find distressing. this is the last photograph of lexi rubio, getting a school prize just hours before she was shot dead, the last time her parents saw her. we don t want you to