palestinian refugee camp. matt bradley caught in the firefight last night. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we begin our second hour of andrea mitchell reports with the gun violence epidemic in our country. according to the gun violence archive, there were 17 mass shootings in 15 states over the long july 4th weekend. leaving 18 people dead and more than 100 others injured. it brings the annual tally to 351 this year on track to surpass previous records. right now in el paso, texas, sentencing is underway in one of the deadliest mass shootings in u.s. history, the 2019 walmart shooting, where the shooter pleaded guilty to federal murder and hate crime charges for targeting hispanic migrants. family members of his 23 victims are making impact statements in court later today. the gunman is likely to be sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences. in philadelphia, a 40-year-old man has been charged with five counts of murder after allegedly opening fire
you. we have got a lot more coming, up everybody. you are watching msnbc, or second hour starts right now. starts right now hey everybody, i m yasmin vossoughian. if you re just joining, us welcome. if you are sticking with, us we are so thankful for that. collision course, the president in the air right now, flying back to washington and right into a debt ceiling showdown with speaker mccarthy. the two men sit to meet tomorrow sometime, to try to resolve the gulf of differences between them as they face a deadline. it could lead to the unimaginable default by the united states of america. my assessment is that the odds of reaching june 15th will be unable to pay all of our bills. it s quite low. based on what i ve offered, i would be blameless. on the politics of, it no one would be blameless. it seems as though he wants to default more than he wants a deal. speaker mccarthy is allowing himself in the entire nation to be held hostage by the biden republicans. just by
live to talk about why she s trying to stop them. object to the k part, this is the sunday show. it s americas recurring nightmare. deadly mass shootings that leave community after community in mourning. today, that community is allen texas, for a lone gunman opened fire at a crowded mall on a saturday afternoon, killing at least eight people, and injuring at least seven before police officers killed him. according to the gun violence archive, so far this calendar year there have been 109 mass shootings. this is defined as the shooting of at least four people. as of now, we don t know the identity, or the motive of the suspect. the authorities believe the shooter acted alone. that s of little comfort to those who ran for their lives as carnage erupted around them. as soon as they knocked on the doors, i heard pow, pow, pow. everyone ran. we heard, run, run, run. we thought it had to be he walks up, he seen the pillars in front of our store get hit by rounds. we ra
plus, canada has a new gun ban, and if they can pass restrictions in the wake of a buffalo uvalde shooting is happening in our country, why can t we? i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. tonight, a new bombshell development in the january six committee investigation. days before the committee s first primetime public hearing, a federal grand jury has entitled former trump white house advisor, peter navarro, for contempt of congress. navarro is set to face two counts. one for his failure to produce documents to the committee, and a second, before failing to appear for a death of he is now the second former trump advisor to be indicted for criminal contempt in congress. in connection with this investigation. presidential advisor, steve bannon, indicted on similar charges in november. it now appears navarro, in fact, will be the last person indicted. why? because on friday, the justice department said, they will not file criminal contempt charges against trump s ethics ch
president was going to turn publicly against the vice president, and there could be a security risk to mr. pence because of the. the vice president team feared that the president of united states posed a legitimate threat to him, believe it or not. in the very next day, sure enough, the trump mob stormed the capitol, chanting, hang mike pence. more from the report, quote, mike meadows, the white house chief of staff, is reported to have told colleagues that mr. trump said that perhaps mr. pence should have been hanged. we now know that the january six committee is investigating this reporting. they are also looking into a newly-revealed plan to overturn the 2020 election. in a recent court filing, we learned of a memo approach up attorney, john eastman, that sketched out a plan for mike pence to hold out the certification of the victory, overturning the election. a judge memo said that it is potential criminal acts committed by donald trump and john eastman. against the backd