converge at the same time. the big important one, the president of the united states that is planning to combat crime that he says is the source of guns. too many of them out there in everyone s hands and he wants to limit that. we re also going to hear from his attorney general on how you go about doing that without stepping on some constitutional rights here. critics are already saying the president is ignoring some other factors that have been at play for quite some time, long before the gun issue was an issue. more on that in a second. first, to black berman with the latest at the white house. blake? thanks. state dining room here at the white house. we expect to hear from president biden at animent. the president will lay out the comprehensive strategy to combat gun violence and crime is how they re putting it. let me walk you there what we re about to hear from the president this afternoon. his plan calls for a zero tolerance policy for rogue gun dealers, allowing atf
we have got carley shimkus. john: but first, president biden set to lay out a plan for gun control as crime rates rise in the debate rages over police reform. i am john roberts, and this is america reports. sandra: agreed to be with you on this wednesday newsday. thanks for having me. i am gillian turner and four sandra smith today, south their plan is to invest in communities and keeping quotes down that cops on the beach. a lot of big cities are having a really tough time recruiting officers, and now departing the four syndromes, so republicans say that the president is ignoring the underlying problem, which is rising and ty cobb sentiments. only going to attack law-abiding citizens, why doesn t the president just start by recanting the fund of the police? john: all of this as we are reminded of the daily dangers that they face. a 19 year veteran of the force was killed in a shoot-out wednesday. he was targeted because he wore a police uniform and a badge, accor
also expected to be called by the prosecution, one of the doctors on duty at the hospital where george floyd was taken as the doctors tried to save his life. let s begin this hour with our colleague josh campbell. he joins us from minneapolis. good morning to you, josh. last week s testimony was really stunning. it was heartbreaking. it was emotional from eyewitnesses on down. what is the goal of the prosecution team this week? starting with today. it s going to be a building on what we saw last week, poppy. gripping testimony. we heard from george floyd s girlfriend who humanized him. telling about him as a person. we also heard last week from two key witnesses for the prosecution. these were two senior officers with the minneapolis police department that were devastating for the defense. they rejected this idea that somehow george derek chauvin was operating within policy when he put his knee on george floyd s neck for over nine minutes. what we re expecting this week a
and is now in police custody charged with ten counts of murder, and as i said, those victims have now been identified. we learned yesterday that one was a police officer, eric talley. three worked at the grocery store, 20-year-old denny strong, 25-year-old, rikki olds and 55-year-old terry leiker. tralona bartkowiak, and suzanne found and jody waters believed to have been shopping and neven steveisec was killed in the parking lot. i want to bring in katie in colorado. what s the latest right now? good morning, jeff. investigators are still doing a deep dive trying to understand the motive behind this crime. that is really the question that s on everyone s mind, how this happened, why it happened, what motivated the shooter to do this. they are going through his records. they are going through his car. his home, his social media account and combing all of those subjects trying to find any indicators as to why this could have happened. they know that just about a week before
but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. why isn t president joe biden more popular?. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. this week no labels, the group seeking to mount a third party so-called unit presidential ticket in 2024, held a town hall to announce its intentions and what it calls its common sense agenda. the co-headliners were joe manchin, john huntsman, former utah governor and ambassador to china and russia. former north carolina governor pat mccrory who is working with no labels, defined their mission this way. we hope we won t have to do it, but the fact of the matter is if by super tuesday that we see the final two candidates frankly being donald trump or joe biden and joe biden, the american people are saying loud and clear, and we ll measure that again come super tuesday, right nouf now 60% to 70% of the american people are saying we can do better. that s not the choice