42% of the vote. welcome to america s news headquarters from washington, i m gillian turner. great to be with everyone at home. busy political day yesterday. leland: very with busy yesterday, and it would appear as though nevada had a little better go than iowa gillian: things went more smoothly. leland: i m leland vittert. former vice president joe biden also picking up some momentum in the nevada caucuses. votes are still being counted, but he is currently sitting in a distant second place in what could become his best showing yet. jacqui heinrich in las vegas with a closer look at what we know and the results as they stand right now. good morning, jacqui. reporter: good morning, leland. yeah. the nevada caucuses were the first time we saw a truly diverse electorate come to vote, and it affirmed senator bernie sanders spot as the clear front-runner in this pack and also revised joe biden s campaign. sanders with about 60% of precincts reporting is in a strong lead ov
and through so much of the civil rights movement and highlighted in that museum in the 50s and 60s was cloaked their movement and promises of the constitution, heard that from martin luther king during the i have a dream speech and the declaration, promissory note, and civil rights leader struck a different tone, they are focusing on the history from there. across the board folks want to focus on those honoring it today. we see that on the parade route outside, civil rights leaders, and folks from the civil rights era, showing up because they want to honor those who sacrifice their lives. a long journey, those who stand on the shoulders of people who went through the exhibit, freedom riders went through mississippi under terrible violence. we are waiting the president s remarks, you see the podium in the back of your shot. recoup for a minute before the president arrives after the president speaks and to jackson, mississippi the president s remarks. i am struck, it is har
and welcome to a special edition of america s news headquarters. i m leland vittert live at the white house. we have the principal deputy white house press secretary standing by in just a minute. gillian, in some ways as much as the focus is here on the white house, it s just as much with you on capitol hill. gillian: absolutely, leland. there are thousands of people, they re down by the lincoln memorial today and the reflecting pool, just one of the cities here in washington, holding women s rallies. we ll go down there live in a few moments. so stick with us. our own caroline shively is standing by and she ll bring us the latest. both the house and senate working hard this weekend to try and come up with a deal to end the government shutdown that began last night. president trump took to twitter earlier this morning to weigh in on the shutdown, pointing the finger at democratic lawmakers for failure to come to a deal. house democrats held a news conference just a few mo
approach to this gun violence issue and guns aren t the only problem. we do have to invest more in mental health. we have to strengthen the background check system so those who do have mental health disorders are accurately reported to the nix system and can t gain access to these types of weapons. i hope republican leadership and the president get behind some simple solutions that can help make all americans safer. john roberts is live with this story. good morning to you. the president on friday night saw first responders in broward county when he went to florida for the weekend. now that the president is back in washington after the long weekend he will be focused on the school shootings and got a couple of listening sessions that are in the works here at the white house tomorrow he plans on having students and teachers in to talk about what can be done about school shootings. the white house hopes to have some students from marjory stoneman douglas here at the white h
leland: hope you re having a great sunday at home. welcome to america s news hq from washington. i m leland vittert. they make nice to be here with you and all of you. leland: glad to have you. resident trump and his speechwriters are hard at work. more on what we can expect from the white house. good afternoon, tran are. a partisanship intent that they do but we can expect from president trump for his first state of the union address on tuesday night. the white house senior officials say the president will hit on a number of themes including national security, trade and infrastructure and of course the white house is never shy about touting the glowing economy. the president will talk about where we are today as far as growing an economy. an economy growing at 3% over the last three quarters. officials say the president will also discuss immigration treating democrats are not interested in borders safety and security were funding and rebuilding our military. they a