Today theres just a lack of respect. Ito assume the other sidenot just the political opponent, bu themy. And what this produces is two americas that are separate not only in their partisan affiliation, but in pretty much everything. Narrator tonight on frontline part one of americas great divide. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your s station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ra and by the coron for public broadsting. Major support is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macahur foundation, committe to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. And by the Ford Foundation working with visionaries on the frontlines of cial change worldwide. Adtional support is provided by the Abrams Foundation committed to excellence in journalism. The park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and spires. Si the heisinns foundation unlocking knowledge, op
About the violence against women act. And i speak to this body not just as a senator, but i speak to this body as a survivor of rape. And as the survivor of Domestic Violence. For months for months, the senior senator from california and i worked together on a piece of legislation that would reauthorize the violence against women act, a bipartisan effort, an effort that brought the senator and i together in an effort to reauthorize the bill with as much support in this body as possible. Now, we were working together in good faith. To make our way through the issues that affect so many women in abusive situations, partners in abusive situations, Domestic Violence situations where children are involved to find a common path forward to have this bill reauthorized, again with as much possible support in this body, at a time when america views us as so politically divided. What could bring us together . The issue of violence. Directed at women and children and survivors of Sexual Assault. T
Saying she got off too easy. All that, plus, will he play . Well do whats best for the team. Antonio brown appearing likely to take the field for the first time with the new England Patriots tomorrow, despite a rape accusation against him. A new saturday night live cast member under fire this morning for past racist and homophobic remarks. And toy story. Classic toy soldiers are getting a makeover, thanks to a 6yearold little girl, on a mission for equality. It made me so happy. Today, september 14th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today, with sheinelle jones, Peter Alexander and dylan dreyer. From studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. How about little lillian there. Its not just army men, representative of green toys, but army women, too. Hundreds of thousands of female Service Members in this country, finally getting their chance. Talk about the power of a child asking a fair question. Lets begin with our top
The ammunition. Brennan there are sober reminders that gun t en fl daughter was struck by a stray bullarmyon, daughters twin brother, witnessed what happened that day. She died two days later. I have a six and three year old boy. Im imagining. I was imagining it was one of them that got shot and the other saw it. Im so sorry. El paso walmart, el paso, texas. Oregon historic district, dayton, ohio. These are less than half of the Mass Shootings in my lifetime. It is time to do something. Failing to get gun control measures passed on a national level, what bill thats different could get through congress and get signed by the president . We have to have meaningful background checks. Meaningful. Brennan well hear from all sides. Former mayor Michael Bloomberg hosted a Candidate Forum saturday in iowa to push for gun control. We spoke with him there. Red flag law, those are in place in connecticut before sandy hook. They didnt stop that massacre. No, but theystop brennan background checks w
Predicted every last recession weighs in. Now to Edward Lawrence at the white house, on the trade front where things stand. What is going on there . Reporter looks like better than expected numbers coming out of china helping markets today. China says their exports have increased 3. 3 from june to july. Surprise with some with escalating trade tensions. Export numbers deficit from the United States has shrunk 2 billion from june to july. It is still a huge number, look at yeartodate. It is 168. 5 billion yeartodate. Also thursday, Chinas Central Bank made moves signaling future devaluing currency even though today theyre stablizing. Should the currency weaken too much that should cause Asian Countries to cut their Interest Rates even more. White house Economic Advisor Peter Navarro down playing that this morning. Listen. The yuan has gone down 12 . We put on tariffs at 10 . The yuan goes down 12 . Theyre basically trying to offset the effect of the tariffs but it does have ripple effec