From new york. Today on the program, the knesset votes to take away a key power of the Supreme Court. And as Benjamin Netanyahu urges calm, the nations Political Center and left erupt in anger. Ill talk to the New York Times tom friedman and with Emily Bazelon about the legal issues. Then, the secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on the good news and the bad news from americas Southern Border. Finally, did President Putin or gain power after prigozhins failed mutiny . Ill ask russian journalist in exile mikhail zygar. But first, here is my take. The Mystery Disappearance of chinas Foreign Minister is a timely reminder that the future of u. S. China relations about be determined not just by american policy, and what is happening domestically in the United States, such as the president ial election campaign, it will also be shaped by developments in china. Which at this point are opaque but troubling. From what outsiders could tell, china is reverting to a mild era style of
this. if you look behind me, you can see the 21 crosses with the names of 19 little kids and two teachers killed in their classroom. 2 place they were supposed to be safe. what we re learning about the police response raises some disturbing questions. police vealing nobody was there the try to stop the gunman when he got in through door that was apparently locked and he was inside for about an hour before he was killed. how can that happen? what happened? an hour when desperate parents were all crowded outside. they were pleading with police to go in and let them go in or let them go in themselves. that is so hard to watch. so hard to listen to listen to their screams. the father of one student says he pleaded with officers to give him their gear so he could go inside as the shooting was happening. his son did survive but 19 ore children, two teachers did not survive. also joining us, cn nrknn law enforcement analyst, anthony barksdale. it s good to see you. i wish it was und
the streets and in protest. the white house weighed in as well saying that the move was unfortunate. to understand the complexities of israel and the middle east, who better to ask than the new york times columnist tom friedman who won his first two pulitzer prizes reporting from that region. welcome, tom. explain to us, first, what is this about because it feels like a small step but it is part of a series of moves planned to curtail the supreme court s power. and why are they trying to do that? why is this narrow majority trying to it do that? you have to start with netanyahu s political situation. he tried to make a political comeback. and he was so unpopular within his own party he had to reach ore the fence of israeli politics and bring into israeli politics people who have never been there before. tem ear prado, equated them to
i know they will tell us the facts as to when things happen. i do expect that and i expect it quick. what do you want to hear from the president and first lady? listen, the president needs to come here and comfort people. that s what he is here to do. thank you. i m sorry we met under these circumstances. thank you. thank you for standing up. looks like you haven t gotten any sleep. i hate the say that. i m recovering from a surgery, but yeah, thank you so much. again, a lot more to talk about here, including her niece was inside the school behind me when the shooting happened. no one could reach ore. while worrying about that 8-year-old little girl, she was in lockdown here s teaching at uvalde high school. this is my next guest story. she ll tell us about it right after this. ork is here. it s there. it s everywhere. but for someone to be able to work from here, there has to be someone here making sure everything is safe. secure. consnsistent.