that s what motivates me. it would be disastrous for us to decouple from china. antony blinken travel to china as chinese counterparts continue to publicly criticize the u.s. there is no reason to talk with china right now. the congressional baseball game brings together republicans, democrats, and fans of all ages. know that by the steube deep into left field and bouncing into the bullpen. republicans took it 16-6. brian: straight to a fox news alert now. marine veteran danny penny is indicted on second degree manslaughter charge connected to jordan neely s death on a new york city subway train. mr. penny says he acted in self-defense and to protect those people around him on that car. after neely said reportedly he was going to kill him. ainsley: todd piro joins us with the latest. todd: that indictment under seal right now. the manhattan d.a. is expected to formally announce 24-year-old daniel penny s indictment later this morning. new york city mayor e
speed bump. on the republican side, new skepticism over next week s default deadline. and a day of raw grief and remembrance in uvalde, texas, where almost one year to the moment a gunman walked into robb elementary school and killed 19 students and two teachers, forever changing the community and the nation. we ll hear from one mother who lost her daughter, lexi, and is now demanding change. i m hoping that seeing her face, hearing her story encourages other moms and dads to join us in this fight. and we begin this hour with florida governor ron desantis set to jump into the presidential race in just about seven hours. nbc news was first to report he plans to launch it on twitter, during a talk with billionaire twitter owner elon musk on the social media platform. casey desantis, the governor s wife, released this teaser video. our best days lay ahead of us. but is it worth the fight? do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it, every si
welcome to the beat: weekend. i m ari melber. let s get to the headlines. we begin with breaking news today out of the spring court and is feeling concerns about the increasing partisanship, credibility crises, and corruption on display in this court. let me tell you what s going on. conservatives now reversing one of the only measures for gun safety that was actually passed and the recent era, and again you can put all politics to the side, as a measure of how extreme the support supreme court is today with his ruling. this was one of the things that got through the broken, hyper partisan washington we hear so much about. it even had centrists and moderate and republican support to try to deal with one part of our gun crisis in america. today the court reversed a ban on something called bump stocks . and the opinion was 6-3 meaning the conservatives and all three trump justices are making it easier to get deadly weapons in america. the other three justices from democratic
this court. let me tell you exactly what s going on. conservatives now reversing one of the only measures for gun safety that was actually passed in the recent era, and again you can put all politics aside. as a measure of how extreme the supreme court is today with this ruling i m going to tell you this was one of the things that got through the broken hyper-partisan washington that we hear so much about that even had centrists and moderate and republican support to try to deal with one part of our gun crisis in america. today the court reversed a ban on something that are called bump stocks, and the opinion was 6-3, meaning the conservatives and all three trump justices are making it easier to get deadly weapon in america. the other three justices from democratic appointees dissented. all you really need to know about the bump stock thing is it takes weapons and makes them deadlier, basically makes a faster semiautomatic with a faster rate of fire. in fact you can go hundre
politics. it s flagged it. and also donald trump s burden the former president presumptive republican nominee is celebrating the big 78. he says he wants to pretend the day does not exist, but it does. and it highlights one of the biggest issues of this election plus a supreme court decision on guns, the highest court in the land, striking down a ban on bump stocks the one used in the deadliest mass shooting in american history. one liberal justice warren s rulli will have deadly consequences and the lesser of three evil that, that s how some voters who backed trump s 2016 and then biden in 2020, explain why they re choosing robert f. kennedy jr. this time around, you hear firsthand how swing voters and swing-state are weighing their choices. manu raju in for dana bash, let s go behind that leinz in inside politics first up they say age is just a number. but in this presidential race where both candies would be the oldest president ever integrated. it s so much more. now,