legislation following a pair of deadly mass shootings, proving that action can overcome partisan division. serbia is taking swift action on gun violence not a progressive country, by the way. just two mass shootings in may that left seven dead and 21 injured, serbia took action. it has the third largest rate of gun ownership in the world, and it pushed through new laws with near unanimous support despite deep political divides. joining us now with more nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, how were they able to get this done? reporter: well, the secret is it wasn t even that difficult. there were these two mass shootings last month. they were extremely rare. people were outraged. they took to the streets. but they weren t just dismissed as tragedies, dismissed as part of a problem that is too difficult to confront. the people got together. the government got together. lawmakers from a variety of political parties put their differences aside, a
much we ll talk to you again a little later on morning joe. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early with us on this monday morning. morning joe starts right now another community is grieving this morning following another deadly mass shooting this time, it was at a birthday party in small town alabama. we ll have the latest in the investigation and the reaction to more gun violence in america. a daily occurrence almost. it comes as the nra held its annual convention this weekend in indianapolis, with donald trump as one of its top speakers we ll show you the mixed reception the crowd gave to a possible challenger to trump in the 2024 republican presidential race also ahead, new reporting on the wealthy donors who are now backing away from ron desantis why they are ditching the florida governor before he even launches a presidential came p campaign plus, the legal fight over abortion medication will go before the supreme court this week we ll break down
held in new york different from the dominion trial, which was held in delaware, new york tends to move a little bit slower in terms of their legal system, so that could be part of the holdup. but this is going to be a huge case for fox and a lot of us were watching the outcome of the dominion case because it has big implications for how fox is going to litigate the smartmatic case. but another thing to note that that s not the only lawsuit that they face you ll recall they face a lawsuit from one of their former producers. she is suing the company alleging that fox tried to sort of medal with her testimony. pretrial and then in addition to fox, you have a slew of other companies that dominion is actually suing so dominions lawyer yesterday who appeared on cnn, justin nelson said that it s not just fox. they have lost it out against newsmax one american news, rudy giuliani, sidney powell. there s a whole slew of them. and so for the next year or two, we re going to be seeing a
a staffer injured. what we re learning. president biden returning to the white house after we learned the fbi found more classified documents at his home. the key questions still unanswered. the verdicts in now for the january 6th rioter that put his feet on nancy pelosi s office. and for oath keepers on trial for seditious conspiracy. jury selection underway for alex murdaugh, the south carolina attorney accused of killing his wife and son. the dangerous back-to-back storms. we re tracking them. and the major changes the fda is proposing on how often americans should get a covid shot. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. reporting tonight from monterey park, california. good evening, everyone, from monterey park, the latest american city shattered by mass murder. it happened beyond the doors of this popular dance hall, miles from downtown l.a. monterey park was considered the first suburban chinatown and is home to a predominantly asian american communi
shooting now charged with seven counts of first degree murder. more charges coming police say. police say they had two calls about the gunman back in 2019, one in april was a report about him attempting suicide. that was ultimately handled by mental health professionals. and then in september, a family member called police saying he had threatened to, quote, kill everyone. in that case officers con confiscated a collection of knives and a sword. at this point they say there was who probable cause to arrest him, but a short time later he legally purchased five firearms including a pistol and the high powered rifle he used to kill innocent people. which raises questions about the earlier police visits and whether more could have been done to prevent this tragedy. investigators also revealing the suspect may have been planning this attack for weeks, several weeks. and they say that afterwards he wore women s clothing as you see here to conceal his identity and facial tattoos. th