condense everything in a short time frame. the house passed a bill with the senate democrats and now it s more difficult. what else do you have to negotiate with from a lot of different perspectives but we can still finish in time. that s house speaker kevin mccarthy giving his side of the debt ceiling negotiations, which are stalled over republican demands to cut spending. we ll have more on what s expected to happen today with the talks in just a moment. plus new reporting on a downright unusual presidential campaign launch for florida governor ron desantis. that s coming today as well. and also ahead texas and the nation mark a grim anniversary, one year since the gun massacre in uvalde. we ll take a look at the tributes planned for the victims and what, if any, impact the tragedy has had on gun legislation in that state. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 24th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. the 2024 white ho
ayman wilkie dean and new york, we are continuing to follow the tragedy out of allen, texas this hour. police reports are at an outlet mall just north of dallas. and moments ago, local officials made a very brief statement saying a police officer and an unrelated call at that mall heard shots ring out at about 3:36 pm local time. officials are confirming there are casualties, they have not yet released the exact numbers on those dead, or injured. police also say they s believe the suspect has acted alone. they re saying they plan to hold another press conference in about two hours from now. as you can imagine, lots of questions. we are going to bring you more updates the money they come into our newsroom. a short time ago, governor greg abbott issued his statement writing in part, quote, our hearts are with the people of allen, texas. tonight, during this unspeakable tragedy. we are going to, as we mentioned, bring you all the information that we get as it happens. joining
we owe them action. we have to do more to stop the gun violence of ripping communities apart and ripping apart the soul of the nation, protect our children so they learn how to read and write instead of duck and cover in a classroom. president joe biden expressing solidarity with the victims of the nashville school shooting as we learn new details about how police were able to stop the shooter within minutes of entering the building. plus a federal judge said former vice president mike pence must testify into the probe into donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and the latest from israel as benjamin netanyahu and president biden trade word amid ongoing protests across that country. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, march 29th. i m jonathan lemire thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with the latest from nashville. we re learning more about the victims, the shooter, and the police response to the tragedy. we ll begin
shelby county commission just voted to send justin pearson back to the tennessee state house. his colleague justin jones was reinstated monday. both were protesting for gun reform after three kids and three school staffers were shot and killed by someone who legally bought the weapons and used them to murder school children and teachers. and both lawmakers were expelled from the state government for speaking out republicans said it was because they lacked decorum on the house floor. the backlash to the gop decision has been so intense, it s only helped to fuel the debate on guns in tennessee. and now the southern states governor is actually pushing for some gun reform. governor bill lee signed an executive order on tuesday, strengthening background checks, and he s now calling for gop state lawmakers, the same ones who expelled pearson and jones to pass a red flag law let s first listen to justin pearson. guilty of not expanding health care. guilty of not giving us educatio
he said that california has one of the toughest gun laws in the country, but that the status quo was simply not working and i think that really cuts to the heart of the situation. as we have, time and time again on his conversations but we fall short every time and we keep seeing more and more mass shootings. we are going to continue the conversation, thank you so much for all of your coverage. over the past come our. we want to continue that right now by going back to monterey park for nga, and in that brief ten others wounded kathy park joins us now live from the scene. kathy, lots to break down for what we have heard from the last hour. give me some of the major takeaways in terms of how this particular incident has come to a conclusion with the suspect being identified in self inflicted gunshot wound in that white van. yeah, ayman, it s important to note that they re saying there is no longer a threat at this time. the suspect connected to this mass shooting has been