another witness announced for tomorrow s primetime hearing. and new reporting on how donald trump had the secret service scrambling on the day of the attack. plus, we ve got the top headlines from last night s midterm election primaries that may serve as a warning to democrats. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senators had hoped to reach a bipartisan deal on gun safety by the end of this week, but nbc news has learned that that timetable may slip. perhaps into next week. senators have hit a snag on how to expand background checks. two people close to the talks tell nbc news at issue is whether to add waiting periods for 18 to 21-year-olds and to enable the fbi to conduct background checks on their juvenile records. a spokesman for republican senator john cornyn of texas said he is not considering waiting periods but does support the provision on the juvenile records. democrats, howev
tomorrow s primetime hearing. and new reporting on how donald trump had the secret service scrambling on the day of the capitol attack. also this morning, the top headlines from last night s midterm election primaries that may serve as a warning to democrats. yeah. some democrats. willy, you know this better than anybody, when brilliant minds visit our show, who do they quote? churchill, lincoln, aristotle, jesus christ. okay. of course more dorchester the british governor of quebec if it s jon meacham. willie, that s another story for another day. today we want to open the vault of deep thoughts in service to our progressive friends on the occasion of yet another setback on the issue of permissive law law enforcement. the san francisco d.a. got recalled last night perhaps the most progressive city in america. as we said last year, you said it time and again, democrats one of the most liberal cities in the east coast, one of the most liberal cities in new york elected
testimony from victims of the recent shootings. this student described watching her friends and teachers die and saying she s afraid to return to school. the devastating story of kimberly and felix rubio who lost their daughter. we told her we loved her and we would pick her up after school. i could still see her walking with us toward the exit. in the reel that scrolls across my memory, she turns and acknowledges my promise. then we left. i left my daughter at that school, and that decision will haunt me for the rest of many i life. we don t want you to think of her as just a number. she was intelligent, compassionate and athletic. she was quiet. shy unless she had a point to make. when she knew she was right, she stood her ground. she was firm, direct, voice unwavering. today, we stand for lexi and as her voice we demand action. somewhere out there, there s a mom listen to our testimony, thinking, i can t even imagine their pain. not knowing that our reality will one day
excuses are made, evidence just disappears. and the media makes sure the controversy goes away. they look out for their own. and if you aren t on their side, you get dumped in the basket of deplorables. with all the other racists and mass shooters. hillary clinton pioneered this tactic way back in 2016. remember that? it almost worked. and joe biden is doing the same thing right now. demonizing millions of responsible republicans who own firearms. they are deplorable. but not his son hunter. he voted for dad. so it s totally cool that he committed a felony by lying on a federal gun background check. think about that. a drug addict breaks the law, buys a gun, and uses it in some weird fantasy with hookers in a seedy hotel room. and then he loses it. he gets a pass. the press looks the other way. that s liberal privilege. do you think don jr. would get away with that? i don t think so. how about the bush twins? what if they went on a crack bender and tossed a hot gun in a dumps
this is a map where they occurred from phoenix to philadelphia. there s also a look at locations of all the mass shootings so far this year. at least 246 and that s just so far. according to the gun violence archive which compiles these statistics, it puts the country on pace to match or exceed the worst year on record. now, in a moment, we ll have the latest from congress, first, though, cnn s brian todd on the weekend. reporter: a physical altercation escalated to a shootout saturday, according to police, with bullets flying into the crowd in an entertainment district. when police responded they on bserved civil civil s suffering from gunshot wounds, lying on the sidewalk and in the street. reporter: police believe at least four gunmans, 14 shot, three killed, one a suspected gunman. charges filed today including attempted murder against one of two suspects, one already in custody. authorities say a responding officer shot and injured him, the other still at large.