victims of recent mass shottings testifying before congress today. we heard from the mother of 21-year-old zaire goodman who was wounded and survived the mass shooting at a buffalo grocery store last month which was motivated by racist hate. she described her son as pure joy and calling the person who shot him a domestic terrorism and says domestic terrorism occurs is because america is inherently violent. my son has a hole in the right side of his neck, two on his back and another on his left leg caused by an exploding bullet from an ar-15. if after hearing from me and the other people testifying today does not move to you act on gun laws i invite you to my home to help clean my son s wounds so that you may see up close the damage that has been caused to my son and to my community. we then heard from dr. roy guerrero, the only pediatrician in uvalde who described the horror that he witnessed two weeks ago in the city s emergency room. two children whose bodies had been
We begin with breaking news, President Trump commuting the prison sentence of longtime friend and former Campaign Aide roger stone. The move came days before stone was to begin serving a 40mujt prison term. Josh letterman is following this. The timing might be a surprise. Not a surprise but still a shock to the system with the democrats outraged over what they say is the latest example how theres now two justice systems in america, one for you and me and one for the president and his allies. Now, we knew that the president had been considering this clemency for his longtime friend roger stone because he talked about it just as recently as a few hours before that decision last night. But we also knew that the president s advisers had been really strenuously urging him not do this, very concerned about the potential political blow back of such a decision so close to the election. But the white house nonetheless putting out a Statement Last night saying roger stone was part of what happen
So they vow they are going to fight on to the Supreme Court. Its worth noting the judges in this all nominated by republicans and the lead judge who wrote this pretty scathing opinion is a judge nominated by President Trump in 2017. Nonetheless, the attack on the judiciary system is being activists from the president s legal team and Kayleigh Mcenany spoke to this saying theyre headed to the Supreme Court. Take a listen. There is optimism. There will be a petition filed with the Supreme Court. It will be up to the Supreme Court whether to grant scirtior. And its likely to succeed on the merits of the case in pennsylvania alleging the whole mailin system was deem unconstitutional and going up to the Supreme Court. Reporter its not clear that the Supreme Court would even take the case the trump team is pushing. The case that Kayleigh Mcenany is alleging has been granted a temporary stay in terms of certification. As you know, alex, the certification in pennsylvania has already taken play
Inauguration checkpoint with unauthorized credentials, a loded gun is defending himself in an interview. More arrests linked to last weeks riot. He beat a Police Officer with an American Flag pole. Death is the only remedy for whats in that building. Reporter amid all this unrest, the president is mia planning for a massive sendoff for himself that could include a red carpet and a 21 gun salute while the Vice President fills the void. On behalf of your commander in chief, from your Vice President and on behalf of every american, thank you for your service. And president elect joe biden now three days away from undoing a slew of Trump Administration policies as he outlines his agenda of the executive actions he plans right out of the gate. Good morning, everyone. It is sunday, january 17th. Im chris jansing. Welcome to the special edition of msnbc live. We have reporters blanketing this story as america remains on alert. We begin with our Incredible Team in d. C. , new york, and everywh
Controversies. Good thursday morning, everybody. It is february 13th. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside ayman mohyeldin. We begin with the president lashing outth saying he did not interfere in the Justice Departments decision to overrule roger stones sentencing recommendation of up to nine years in prison. That move prompted all four prosecutors working on the case to abruptly resign. Now President Trump is declining to say whether or not hes considering a pardon for roger stone. Nbc News White House correspondent Peter Alexander has more on this. Reporter President Trump is seething,re insisting he did no interfere in the criminal prosecution of his long time ally roger stone. Isnt your tweet political interference. No, not at all. Reporter the president complained on twitter thatl. Career prosecutors recommended sentence of seven to nine years for stone wasf very unfair. You have murderers and drug addicts that dont get nine years. Nine years for doing something that nobody can define