states will in fact send advance rocket systems to the war-torn country. we ll have more on what changed the president s mind there. along with joe and mika, we ve got mike barnicle and elise jordan and the former chairman of the republican national committee michael steele. we will begin in texas, where the official account has changed again, about how the gunman who killed 19 children and their two teachers entered that school in uvalde. last friday, you ll rememberer the director of the department of public safety said a teacher had propped open a door through which the gunman entered the school. well, now, the agency said the teacher had come back to close the door but it just failed to lock. this new account comes after an attorney for the teacher told the san antonio express news the teacher did prop open the door using a rock to carry food from her car into the school. when she saw the gunman crash his car into a ditch, she went back inside to get her phone to report t
Halfstaff at the capitol and Supreme Court. She leaves behind a legacy there on the court, and of course, that seat, 45 days out from an already heated president ial election, it is clear this race has now been intensified. More now on the political fights that have already started. In just a moment, but first, a look at juices ginsburgs life and the zbrit and tenacity she was known for earning her the name the notorious rbg. Reporter ginsburgs rise from humble neighborhood to the Supreme Court is a classical story. What is the difference between a bookkeeper and new yorks district as a Supreme Court justice just as one generation my mothers life and my bear witness where else in america would that happen. Reporter she was smarted tied for first in her columbia law school. There were three strikes against her. First, she was a woman, first she was jewish, third, she had a young child. Very much with the model of the naacp defense fund led by thurgood marshall, she had this idea you had
The stock market tonight fell off a cliff when the president made his statement precluding any possible covid help. Even some republicans in congress are expressing shock and disagreement with the president s statement. Theres polling just out as of last night which shows that the American People by almost a 3 to 1 margin prefer for congress to work on a new covid relief measure before the election rather than trying to install the new judge on the Supreme Court almost 3 to 1. Look at that. Nevertheless, thats the opposite of what theyre going to do. So, representative alexandria ocasiocortez will be live here to talk about that in a moment. Ill tell you honestly though were sort of on the lookout for maybe a potential reversal from the white house on this tonight. And maybe the laws of political logic dont apply here. But if they do, this is something that should probably be reversed. I mean, even if you ignore the stark and terrible impact of a policy decision like this, the fed chai
To make it easier to start a business, to buy your first home, to pursue an education after high School Without being burdened without debt, to invest in hbcus that do so much to mold black leaders of tomorrow. I mean it. This is not just talk. I mean it. Were going to act to deliver Racial Justice in america. I see in all the protests here in philadelphia and across the country, a cry for justice. Folks, protesting is not burning or looting and violence must never be tolerated, it wont. But the names of george floyd, breonna taylor, jacob blake, Walter Wallace jr. , they will not soon be forgotten. They will not be forgotten by me. They will not be forgotten by you. And will not be forgotten by the American People. Because heres what theyre going to do. Theyre inspiring a new wave of justice in america. George floyds little girl, 6 years old, said to me when i went to be with the family, i knelt down to say hi to her and she looked at me and she said, daddy is going to change the worl
Its been almost three weeks since hundreds of school girls were abducted by islamic terrorists in nigeria, and now the u. S. Is sending a team of technical experts in the country to help bring the girls home. Demonstrations continue to take place in cities across the globe. U. S. Lawmakers brought attention to the situation as well with a moment of silence. At least two senators are asking the president to place boko haram on the National List of terror groups. Nbcs ann curry has more. Reporter a first glimpse of one of the school girls who escaped an attempt to hide her identity describing the night she and her classmates were kidnapped. We were sleeping at night. Suddenly there were some soldiers to come in and asked us all to get ready because we were being attacked by boko haram that night. We were happy to be in safe hands but they werent safe, the soldiers turned out to be the very militants who thought they were saving. Secretary of state john kerry called nigerias president for