Proof of what happens when you fight for the city that you love. The first black mayor of New Bern, alabama, despite literally locked out of Town Hall by his white residents. Im Charles Coleman Junior in for Ayman Mohyeldin and we have a lot to talk about, lets do it. Would begin the saturday with tale of two elections and how in the span of weeks, we have seen complete turnabout of fortunes. You can tell that Donald Trump is rattled because he is still obsessed with joe biden. The presidency was taken away from joe biden. If we did not have a debate, he would still be there, can you imagine . Why the hell that i debate him . I hear he will make a comeback at the democrat convention, he will walk into the room, he will say, i want my presidency back. Donald trump the fortuneteller, what has him off of his game . Think back to a few weeks ago when democrats were looking at the reality of losing in november, all of the odds, polling, otherwise leaning in trumps favor, including the surve
limits on the justices, are on the table as a presidential commission examines the impact of the changes that could be raised to current conservative majority. they are going to report back here within 180 days. before the election democrats really didn t want to go there. should democrats pack the supreme court? this was as close as biting god? i ve already spoken, i m not a fan of court packing. now that they are the white house the administration is asking 36 as experts to study the effects of expanding the supreme court and filling new seats would liberal justices, something biden did not like as a senator in 1983. he said he thought that court packing was the boneheaded idea when fdr tried it. it was a boneheaded idea. it was a terrible mistake to make. so why should he do it now if it is a good idea? so the panel is being asked to do a number of steps, including the pros and cons on exactly that issue. they will also be were looking at the courts rule
series of shootings across the nation. tonight, president biden took to twitter to call on congress to take action, only days after he announced executive plans of his own. gun violence in this country is an epidemic and it s an international embarrassment. calls are growing for congress to act, but current legislation is stalled, some lawmakers seem unwilling to act at all. but maybe we don t need to wait. let s see what ideas you ve come up with. current and former lawmakers will help us think through what can get done, what roadblocks remain in the way, and consider the solutions that you sent us. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. we are reimagining america s gun laws on this special edition of the week. it s been nearly 27 years since the last gun law passed congress. that was in 1994, when bill clinton was president. why has it taken so long for congress to act? in the next hour, we re going to work a panel of policy makers to draf
is an epidemic and it s an international embarrassment. calls are growing for congress to act, but current legislation is stalled, some lawmakers seem unwilling to act at all. but maybe we don t need to wait. let s see what ideas you ve come up with. current and former lawmakers will help us think through what can get done, what roadblocks remain in the way, and consider the solutions that you sent us. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. we are reimagining america s gun laws on this special edition of the week. it s been nearly 27 years since the last gun law passed congress. that was in 1994, when bill clinton was president. why has it taken so long for congress to act? in the next hour, we re going to work a panel of policy makers to draft a bill, broad strokes, not too much fine print, just to get the ideas out there. our goal is to put together a framework that could survive congress and get signed into law. we know the american people
hello, i m laura trevelyan in washington, clive myrie is in london. police in northern ireland say last night s violence in west belfast was the worst they ve seen in years, a return to the rioting that so many hoped was behind them. during an emergency session of the northern ireland assembly, politicians on all sides condemned the violence, which has been going on for over a week now. the white house joined the chorus calling for calm. the worst of the rioting was in the west of the city, on either side of a wall dividing the largely protestant loyalist and mainly catholic nationalist communities. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy, looks at the roots of the violence. sirens blare. on an already febrile situation, more fuel on the fire. shouting. at one of belfast s peace lines last night, the peace was broken. in the hands of teenagers, petrol bombs, thrown in both directions over the wall. each evening, these gates are locked to keep the mainly protestant and catholic