greetings everyone, you are watching symone. former president donald trum indicted by a grand jury o tuesday. he will be formally charged an fingerprinted. it s the first in american history. we are digging into why there a debate over whether president, former current should be hel to the same legal standards as you and i. and in true trump fashion, h is lashing out district attorney alvin brag and his staff, even the judg in the case. targets of attacks on social media and we re talking to reverend al sharpton, a man wh knows all about donald trump s history in new york. last republicans, while they are falling in line. the former vice president elec the leaders, even people trump could be riding against in the 2020 primary all defending donald, trum right now. before we even know the charge or the evidence. i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. no one is above the law. it is not just a slogan, it an american principle that i supposed to guide the ju
politicsnation tonight s lead, a study in contrast the new week begins wit even a clear contrast betwee the current democratic president joe biden, who returned to the u.s. yesterday after an emotional state visit to arland. and the current, presumed fron runners for the republican nomination next year former president donald trum and florida governor ron desantis, both of whom mad their appearances at the national rifle s annua convention this weekend. and in - biden showed poise and earne swagger, playing out in hi remarks and appreciation for the nation s embrace o progress and mulch louis cultural-ism, while here in ne york, his vice president and several cabinet members turned out at my national actio network convention to show unity and the commitment t racial equity he has staked hi administration on. but in indianapolis, both trum and desantis and their message play to a program on crouch, grievance and hostilit doubling down on the secon amendment rhetoric, even as
And that seems to be the mos common - display shun, i hope peopl will just see that there i humanity in our politics, an put the politics aside and get something done there all right thank you for being with u this evening, congressman ro khanna earlier this weekend, in the national at work convention, i had the chance to interview number of high-ranking cabinet members of the administration. one of them is the secretary o education, miguel cortona. i started by asking him how we can make schools safe in light of the most recent i nashville. not only as a educator bu as a father, i wonder, how man deaths of children will it tak before we take this issu seriously as it needs to b taken? you know, in tennessee, no only the massacre of childre
Teacher of the year. congresswoman, i am actually holding back tears as i wa reading this piece about these children and their funerals. there should not be happenin and, the united states o america. the shot be happening anywhere but it feels like it is only it is uniquely america problem. so what do you say the republican colleagues wh believe that arming educator are solution to this issue can you hear me i am muted. i am like maybe it s my emotion? no, i have said first of al thank you for having me and feel this with every fiber o my being this is actually the reaso that motivated me to run for congress, the discussion around arming teachers and whe the previous secretary o education came before th congress, this is how directed my questioning. and their very first resolutio
Candidates who are gonna sav the of it and gun safe candidates i can tell you that when i initially was elected in 2019, just to shift and the cultur change around how we approac comment sense gun legislation, we are not trying to tak anyone s guns. but american peopl overwhelmingly agree that re flag laws and background check and now even assault weapons bans are things that we should at least be debating on th floor and calling to a vote. the do nothing is just unconscionable i think what we are going to see is more people because lik i said, that is what motivated me after parkland, having lived through a school shooting when my students were asking me after noon, mess why is this happening and why at the adult doing anything when i heard the secretary o education floating the idea of arming teachers, as that i v had enough, i cannot wait for legislator to fix this for me. i have to enter th conversation, be part of the