Top of a brand new hour. Former president obama is slamming senate republicans ahead of their expected move tomorrow to reject even discussing a sweeping voting reform bill. The for t phe people act would expand voter access, but it appears that there is not enough republican support to even allow debate on the proposed law. Former president spoke at a town hall, listen. In the aftermath of an insurrection with our democracy on the line, and many of these same republican senators going along with the notion that somehow there were irregularities and problems with legitimacy in our most recent election, they are suddenly afraid to even talk about these issues and figure out solutions on the floor of the senate. There is a new monmouth university poll that shows an overwhe whelming of americans an favor of voter i. D. Laws and rules to makie voting easier. And manu raju is joining us now from capitol hill. There is no expectation this passes tomorrow, so what is the expectation of what w
fourth grade classrooms, killing 19 students and two teachers. the american people were shocked, outraged, and devastated by this attack and collectively asked, how can we prevent this from happening again? while the discussions surrounding this topic causes emotions to run high, and i understand why, for too long some politicians have tried to pit the right to live in a safe community against the iewnl right to keep constitutional right to keep and bare arms, they make it seem like the country can only have one, either the second amendment or safe schools and churches and grocery stores. and, of course, this is a false choice. law-abiding gun owners are not the problem. men and women who buy guns to protect themselves and their family, to hunt or engage in sports, they re not a public safety problem. following the shooting, i promised to do everything in my power to try to answer that call to do something. i don t believe in doing nothing in the face of what we saw in uval
recourse afforded to address the harm suffered. now, when you look at the legislation, there are pieces of the legislation that pay lip service to due process while legislation, you might say draws near unto due process with its lips, its heart is far from it. whep you read the fine print, the due process to which it refers is not due process at all. it s poacht deprivation post deprivation due process. the procedures we associate with due process, the opportunity to be heard before a fair and partial tribunal, the opportunity to offer up evidence, the opportunity to cross-examine adverse witnesses, things we think of as inextricably intertwined as due process because they are, those things are articulated at the back of this due process paragraph of the bill. it makes revenues to the fact that that s the type of due process that in the view of the bill can, according to state law, be made either before or after the constitutional deprivation in question, depending on the d
legislation into law today. mr. cornyn: mr. president, tomorrow will mark one month since the tragic shooting in uvalde, texas, a high school dropout with a history of violence and mental health struggles, purchased two ar-15 s within days turning 18, and he passed a background check. he then shot his own grandmother because she wanted him to go back into the classroom rather than drop out of school and then went to the robb elementary school through an unlocked door. he then opened fire on two fourth grade classrooms, killing 19 students and two teachers. the american people were shocked, outraged, and devastated by this attack and collectively asked, how can we prevent this from happening again? while the discussions surrounding this topic causes emotions to run high, and i understand why, for too long some politicians have tried to pit the right to live in a safe community against the iewnl right to keep constitutional right to keep and bare arms, they make it seem lik
line. president trump maintained ownership of his business in the white house. the business itself is secretive. it is guarded, the secrecy of his parter ins and three legal challenges are trying to pry back that secrecy and see the investigation. the mueller investigation, the stormy daniels lawsuit and a lawsuit filed by d.c. and maryland. which one is the biggest threat for this presidency? well, the mueller investigation seems like it has the most fire power behind it. a special council, they can serve subpoenas. the one i am most interested in is saying that president trump violated the constitution, to accept payments from foreign countries, they aren t out his ball rooms, high gets the money. a chance to examine his books and tax return, to see how much money he gets from foreign government that say huge inelectrocution into this private company. which one will pop the first? first pop, excuse me? that is hard to know. the immoll umts, a few hurdles have to be