the president s tone changed on voting rights legislation in just the last 48 hours. i m making it clear, to protect our democracy, i support changing the senate rules whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of senators from blocking action on voting rights. i hope we can get this done. iechl not sure. but one thing for certain. one thing for certain. like every other major civil rights bill that came along, if we miss the first time, we can come back and try it a second time. we missed this time. we missed this time. president biden knows that without filibuster reform, a new bill for voting rights just isn t going to get done. that s the reality here. and what that means is republican states nationwide are going to keep doing what they ve already been doing, passing laws that make voting harder. for example, drop boxes became an incredibly popular way to vote back in 2020. but then georgia passed a law last year that limited both the number of drop
jr. the issue, though, stalling on capitol hill as president biden prepares to mark one year in office. plus this. i think it s an unfortunate situation, like he s such a great player, and it s kind of sad that some people might remember him in this way. tennis s biggest stars weighing in on novak djokovic as he s sent to an australian detention center once again as the tennis star awaits his appeal hearing, we re going to look into this saga how it s raising questions about privilege, double standards and sexism in professional sports. and locked up on sedition charges, the leader of the far right group the oath keepers is in custody this morning awaiting trial for his alleged role in the january 6th insurrection. what could these charges mean for former president trump and some of his allies? good morning, everybody, it is saturday, january 15th. i m lindsey reiser. we re going to begin this morning with a strong message from voting rights legislation advocates ab
the teen posted photos of the gun saying, quote, just got my new beauty today. the prosecutor said that hours before the shooting on tuesday the boy wrote a note in class that said, help me, with the image of a gun. his parents were summoned. they resisted taking the boy out of school, and they did not ask if he had the gun with him. charging parents of child shooting suspects is incredibly rare. the prosecutor called this indicates egregious. reading the words help me with a gun, blood everywhere, this doesn t just impact me as a prosecutor and a lawyer, it impacts me as a mother. the notion that a parent could read those words and also know that their son had access to a deadly weapon, that they gave him, is unconscionable. and i think it s criminal. it is criminal. while this legal process unfolds, dozens of michigan schools remain closed due to the threat of copycat shootings. you see, it s not just the families of the kids who were killed or injured that are bein
teenage victims. we are oxford, and no one will shatter that love. plus, bracing for omicron, the new variant spreading twice as fast as delta, according to a new report. as new york s new state of emergency takes effect. we are now seeing a number of cases that are arising here in the united states, and it may very well be that we continue to see cases over the next couple of days from multiple different states. and gop house members exchange low blows, we ll take a closer look at the toxic bickering going down in the republican party. and party s leadership s inability to control it. good morning, everybody, it is saturday, december 4th. i m lindsey reiser, good to be with you, we have a team of reporters and analystle following this forrious. but want to get straight to the breaking news overnight. the parents of the accused teen in the michigan school shooting are now in police custody, after an hour s long manhunt. we re expecting to see james and jennifer crum
Thanks for being here today. that does it for me. i m zerlina, find me monday through friday on 6:00 p.m. eastern on peacock. follow us on facebook, twitter, tiktok, and youtube. more news is coming up right here on msnbc. first up on msnbc, the fight for american democracy taking center stage this weekend at duelling events in arizona. he is on the line. elections are at stake, and we are seeing it every single day that the seat of democracy is being pulled from our communities. the buying lie set to be on full display at a trump rally tonight, southeast of phoenix. and just an hours drive away in the state s capital, a march for voting rights, featuring the eldest son of martin luther king