with lester holt good evening i m savannah guthrie in for lester. tonight, the impassioned calls for change in this country, from the uvalde teacher, the lone survivor of his classroom among 11 dead students, to a grieving son of buffalo in a hearing room on capitol hill to the white house briefing room where this afternoon the actor and uvalde native matthew mcconaughey made a surprise appearance, eulogizing the dead in heart wrenching detail, down to the green high tops the only identifying marker left for one little girl, so ferocious the wounds from the gunman s ar-15. for a moment the nation was captivated. rare roadblock coverage on cable news we have been here many times. tonight, bipartisan momentum appears to be growing for some change to the nation s gun laws what s on the table and will it make a difference nbc s gabe gutierrez leads us off reporter: tonight as the u.s. grapples with the dramatic surge in gun violence, relatives of those killed in the buffalo m
i am thinking about that drawer you just described. at home it s filled with those cords. oddly enough, they are never where i need them when i need them. there is that little problem. it s a common problem for us, my friend. you have a great show, i will be watching. thanks, ali. well, matthew mcconaughey did something at the white house press briefing room today that we have never seen before. we have seen visitors step up to the podium. we have occasionally seen actors do that. but what s matthew mcconaughey had to say in the white house briefing room today may turn out to be the most important speech that an actor has ever given. and i mean ever. because it might it just might save lives. it might it might stop a school shooting or more than one school shooting in the future, if it helps move washington. helps them and act new laws on washing gun safety. it was matthew mcconaughey as you ve never seen him before, standing there with no makeup, no help, no ligh
good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, we are 154 days out from the midterm elections. and tonight, we are tracking all the results from the biggest primary day so far this year. seven states held contests today from new jersey to california. where the polls have just close. all eyes are on two key elections there. the race to be mayor of los angeles. the leading candidates, six from congresswoman karen bass, and billionaire developer rick caruso. in the ballot measure to recall progressive san francisco district attorney, chase but dean. let s get to steve kornacki, we know he s gonna be here at the big board waiting for us. steve break this down. who is, running what are they doing, one of the numbers? yeah stephanie will the numbers right now are zero, but within the next few minutes, we expect this map here of california to start lighting up like a christmas tree. this is the way it works in california. folks have been voting by mail for weeks now, this is diffe
now closed on another critical primary day. results are coming in just as we are coming on the air. steve kornacki is breaking all down for the big board. and only two days away from the first january six hearing. new reporting about the former presidents plans. that sent secret service scrambling that day. plus the emotional and powerful plea from uvalde native, matthew mcconaughey. to get something, anything done, on gun safety. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle, we are 154 days out from the midterm elections. and tonight, we are tracking all the results from the biggest primary day so far this year. seven states held contests today from new jersey to california. where the polls have just close. all eyes are on two key elections there. the race to be mayor of los angeles. the leading candidates, six from congresswoman karen bass, and billionaire developer rick caruso. in the ballot measure to recall progressi
another witness announced for tomorrow s primetime hearing. and new reporting on how donald trump had the secret service scrambling on the day of the attack. plus, we ve got the top headlines from last night s midterm election primaries that may serve as a warning to democrats. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. senators had hoped to reach a bipartisan deal on gun safety by the end of this week, but nbc news has learned that that timetable may slip. perhaps into next week. senators have hit a snag on how to expand background checks. two people close to the talks tell nbc news at issue is whether to add waiting periods for 18 to 21-year-olds and to enable the fbi to conduct background checks on their juvenile records. a spokesman for republican senator john cornyn of texas said he is not considering waiting periods but does support the provision on the juvenile records. democrats, howev