dallas. police have identified the suspected gunman as 18-year-old timothy george simpkins. a search for the subject is under way. and he s considered to be armed and, therefore, dangerous. police briefed the public on the situation. they are confident the incident involved one student. the student was involved in a fight and drew a weapon. this is not a random act of violence. this is not somebody attacking our schools. this is a student we believe it was a student that got into a fight and drew a weapon. authorities say they re searching the school methodically. the all clear has just been given and students have been transported to a nearby reunification center. the severity of injuries of the hospitalized victims are unknown. we re going to turn now to washington where the level of government dysfunction is hitting new heights if that s possible, or maybe we should say new lows, with the fate of the u.s. economy on the line. that s all. this hour, the president is
effects on your retirement funds and your ability to borrow money. it could bring a halt to social security benefits, medicare benefits. millions of jobs could be wiped out. why would washington even think of risking all of that not to mention the catastrophic impact on america s standing in the world? to be clear, raising the debt limit is to cover money already spent during the trump administration. raising the debt ceiling right now does not authorize any of president biden s future spending plans. and to start us off this hour, we have nbc news capitol hill reporter leigh ann caldwell, jake sherman, and yamiche alcindor. yamiche and jake are both msnbc contributors. jake, i saw a tweet where you tweeted some news and it was prefaced with two siren emojis. that s not the tweet i m talking about. bring us up to speed on this offer from mitch mcconnell to chuck schumer today. mitch mcconnell offered told republicans he would offer a short term debt ceiling increase until
Actual issue. it s the issue of vaccines. dr. peter hotez who says idaho was already one of the most antivaccine states in the country before covid joins me next. you re watching meet the pretty daily. the pretty daily. - had enough? - no. arthritis. here. new aspercreme arthritis. full prescription-strength? reduces inflammation? thank the gods. don t thank them too soon. kick pain in the aspercreme. at humana, we believe your healthcare should evolve with
Develop vaccines for parasitic infections, worm infections. when i was working at rockefeller on worm vaccines, they were doing malaria vaccines at nyu. it s exciting, 40 years later we re finally seeing this. this could be a life game changer, particularly in africa. dr. peter hotez, always terrific to get your expertise on this program. thank you all for being with us. msnbc s coverage continues right now with my friend geoff bennett. it is great to be with you. i m geoff bennett. new details this hour on a possible offer from mitch mcconnell to chuck schumer to suspend america s debt after weeks of playing a game of congressional chicken. to be clear, it s no game. failure to raise or suspend our debt limit could have devastating and immediate