Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Mitch mcconnell is stepping down as leader of the Republican Party in the senate, a position he has held now for 17 years. What is going to change . Mcconnell has been hugely effective as leader. He single handedly blocked President Obama from filling a Supreme Court seat, refuse to go hold a vote on merrick garland. Coming up with a novel and hugely controversial policy that Supreme Court vacancies cant be filled in election years. A policy he immediately said did not apply when President Trump had the chance to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburgs seat just before november 2020. From the Supreme Court to the federal courts across this country, no Single Person has arguably had a bigger impact, confirming 228 judges in the trump years alone. Almost all young, White Conservative men who will be able to serve for the rest of their lives. In spite of that success with trump, mcconnell has also been seen as one of the last guardrails against maga. Holding firm on uk
making reporter: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening it goes against every fiber in our being, having to bury our own children parents in uvalde, texas now facing that grim reality, beginning to lay their children to rest in a world no safer today than it was a week ago when their children became victims of mass murder this holiday weekend, nine people were killed and more than 60 hurt in mass shootings across the u.s. overall, at least 156 died by gun violence hundreds left wounded. but in the tiny texas town of uvalde, still mourning the 19 children and two adults who were ruthlessly murdered last tuesday, we re still learning about the timeline and what officers did or didn t do to try to save them but today s focus, the first of 21 funerals celebrating the lives lost our morgan chesky is there. reporter: tonight heartbreak hitting home, with hundreds saying final goodbyes. you feel sad, man, it hits you hard reporter: 21 funerals over the ne
potential interest rate cut to help lower costs for consumers. a very good day to all of you. i m alex witt in new york in for andrea mitchell who is on assignment. in his second speech in as many days marking the 80th anniversary of the d-day invasion. president biden drew parallels between the threats faced by democracies during world war ii to those being faced by american interests and ideals today. believe in something bigger than ourselves. that s what every soldier and marine decided. they stood against hitler s aggression. does anyone doubt that they would want america to stand up against putin s aggression here in europe today? the president s speech echoed reagan s iconic address at the same location 40 years ago when he famously honored the boys, the american solders who gave it all for democracy, in one of the most d-day operations, 225 u.s. army rangers scaled normandy s 100-foot perpendicular cliffs under heavy fire to destroy nazi guns threatening ship
you are about to embark upon a great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. the eyes of the world are upon you. the hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you. across the english channel, the allied armada of ships and crafts steam. these are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped create continent. these are the heroes who helped end a war. the beaches of normandy were consecrated by the blood of our heroes, british, canadian, polls, free french, and can canadian. allied forces move forward and were eventually victorious. and then swept across europe. over a stretch of 60 miles, the battles raged. on these beaches, the forces of freedom turned the tide of the 20th century. never relenting even as comrades died all around them. when they had reached the top, the rangers radioed back the code for success. praise the lord. 80 years ago today more than 73,000 courageous americans join allied
It s possible that one or more jurors might refuse to vote to convict and the jury would hang. that, i think, sets up one of the most interesting strategic questions for prosecutors. if this jury hangs, will they, in fact, retry this case? which has been so starkly criticized by a number of federal prosecutors, including myself, because this charge involving a user or an addict in possession of a firearm is so rarely brought. we can tell why from ashley s comments. millions of americans with issues with addictions, lots of access to firearms and second amendment protection in this country, even if there s a conviction, it s likely that the supreme court will weigh in in the constitutionality of the statute, if not this term, then next term. there would be very little reason for the justice department to seek to retry this case. we will have to watch how that plays out, too. ken, i understand you have something new from the courtroom