brad smith is the spokesman for turning point usaid joins us tonight. thanks for coming on. we see the story and your heart breaks, tragedy, a 9-year-old boy executed during the day, and then you wonder where is beto? wising beto over work in chicago right now talking aboutt this? you know, the beto o rourkes of the world, the mainstream the mainstream in it, f like this because it doesn t fit the narrative. for him to try to use gun violence is the way to resuscitate his family campaign, it begs the question, what are law-abiding citizens going to do to protect themselves from the criminals? do you think is criminals will be registering their guns? to think it will be giving upso their guns? by the way, even over labor day weekend in chicago, there were seven killed, 34 wounded. we hear these stories over and over and over again, but we don t see them covered enough because they do not fit a mainstream media narrative.
been known to take the word of autocrats over his own leaders. so there is precedent with him when he gets in the room with these people and hears what they have to say seeming to listen thoto them. but i think olivia s point is a good one, that you can t separate this from broader policy. we ve seen it with the state departments, the saudis and the chinese. this is another signal to these kinds of regimes that this is just not a priority for the united states. and beyond the tragedy of this one particular case with the grieving parents and the whole situation, it is sending a broader message that is, i think, notable, and that s part of the reason why republicans yet again are in this complicated spot when it comes to the president s foreign policy. we ll keep a watch on this one. obviously you read the statement from the warmbiers, your heart breaks. up next, the 2020 washington
10:00 a.m. he was freezing cold. we decided to call 911 instantly because the kids health was paramount. you re now an exclusive interview, tom klein the attorney for the piazza family. welcome, good to have you here tonight. thank you, martha. martha: is a such a tough story and your heart breaks for his parents, every parent who has kids in college worries about these things. everyone is aware i think across his country of the kind of culture that exists on our college campuses when it comes to drinking and looking the other way. but one of the defense attorneys for these 18 students said on friday morning quote of course is a tragedy, but that doesn t there s any intent involved in any of this. your thoughts on that? this is every parents nightmare, and unfortunately it happened brutally to the piazza family who grieved for their so son. it is ridiculous to say that there was no intent read there
extraordinary numbers. martha: your heart breaks. you see them sleeping under red cross paper blankets. they re under tough situation. politics and how they got there is huge part what is being worked out in washington and across the country. what do you think? how do we get to an answer here? is roundtable discussion with faith leaders and local officials and rick perry going to start us on a path to reform here? send us a tweet @billhemmer, @marthamaccallum. we ll share some of those as they come in. we ll look at them throughout the show and we ll put them up as win fish. bill: more breaking news. israel vowing to stop hamas once and for all, launching a new round of airstrikes, lightings up the gaza strip here. israelis now talking about a possible ground invasion after the deaths of three teenagers including one american. john huddy live at the israeli-gaza border with more. what is the latest today, john?
back to you, martha. martha: unbelievable, david, your heart breaks for people on the ground there. this typhoon is one for the history books. if the estimates of 10,000 dead are confirmed it, would be the deadliest storm in philippines history. it ranks as the 8th deadliest on the island nation s history. on landfall it sustained winds clocked at 195 miles per hour. wind gusts hit 235 miles an hour. the equivalent of a category 5 hurricane. bill: these relief efforts now starting to pour in. survivors are pleading for food, water and medicine. this is a massive undertaking made all the more difficult bit total devastation on the ground. many roads needed for distribution are blocked or washed away. claudia cowan is live at the filipino community center in san francisco where a relief effort is now underway there. claudia? reporter: bill, there are 640,000 filipinos who live in the bay area. this is a very tight-knit