he came out for tighter gun laws after buffalo and uvalde and is now going to be out of a job. i ll speak exclusively to republican congressman chris jacobs and i ll sit down with mass shooting survivor and activist gabby giffords. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is hopeful. we have breaking news this morning. a bipartisan group of senators is on track to announce the outlines of an agreement to address gun violence as soon as today, according to sources familiar with the talks. the sources tell me and manu raju that it is an agreement in principle only at this point and that legislation is not yet written. and because getting any changes to gun law is so dicey, sources say that negotiators are working to get ten republican senators to sign onto an agreement before it s announced to show they can get a filibuster proof 60 votes. here s what sources involved tell us the plan includes. funding to incentivize states to implement, quote, red flag
so president biden just released a statement thanking the negotiators and saying, quote, obviously it does not do everything that i think is needed, but it reflects important steps in the right direction and would be the most significant gun legislation to pass in decades. the sooner the legislation is written and comes to his desk, the sooner he can sign it. senators agreed in principle to these measures. first, funding to incentivize states to implement, quote, red flag laws, implementing a 10 state pilot program to mental health on all 50 states, allowing juvenile records to be searched during background checks for those under 21, strengthening the background check system and increasing funding for school security. the outline does not include the renewal of the assault weapons ban or raise the age to purchase a firearm but does boast the support of ten republican senators. you look at them. john cornyn. tom tillis. roy blunt. richard burr. susan collins. lindsey graham, m
signaling it could be strong enough to overcome any threat of a filibuster. the new legislation comes in the wake of several mass shootings across the country including an attack on a texas elementary school that claimed the lives of 19 little children and two teachers. for the latest let s bring in daniella diaz on capitol hill. this is significant. what do we know about what is in this potential new bill? amara, i want to emphasize the point you made. this is just a framework. no legislative text yet. but important to note that there are ten republicans that supported this framework signed the press releases that were sent out when that news broke a little over two hours ago. i m going to talk a little bit about what s in this framework. it has proposals to support a state crisis intervention orders. investments in children and family mental health services. protections for victims of domestic violence. funding for school-based mengts health and supportive services. fundi
with lester holt good evening i m savannah guthrie in for lester. tonight, the impassioned calls for change in this country, from the uvalde teacher, the lone survivor of his classroom among 11 dead students, to a grieving son of buffalo in a hearing room on capitol hill to the white house briefing room where this afternoon the actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey made a surprise appearance, eulogizing the dead in heart wrenching detail, down to the green high tops the only identifying marker left for one little girl, so ferocious the wounds from the gunman s ar-15. for a moment the nation was captivated. rare roadblock coverage on cable news we have been here many times. tonight, bipartisan momentum appears to be growing for some change to the nation s gun laws what s on the table and will it make a difference nbc s gabe gutierrez leads us off reporter: tonight as the u.s. grapples with the dramatic surge in gun violence, relatives of those killed in the buffalo m
also front and center on the hill. earlier speaker pelosi visited the gun violence memorial on the national mall with former congresswoman gabby giffords who is a survivor of gun violence. we re getting more clues on where senate negotiations on new gun legislation stand at this hour. democratic senator chris murphy who is negotiating with republicans says he s hopeful for an agreement by the end of this week. he s laying down a marker saying he will not support anything that doesn t save lives. in moments i ll speak with democratic congresswoman shawn tall brown who will hearing from survivors at a hearing tomorrow. i ll ask her what s the minimum she s willing to accept on any new gun legislation. new details we just learned about who will be testifying during thursday s public hearing from the january 6th committee. ahead, we ll play what one of the witnesses told me about what she experienced on january 6th. will any of these issues matter in the midterm election? more