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
meanwhile are now set for new ownership. the team announcing late last night it has entered into a sale agreement with an ownership led by the waltens. the heirs to the walmart fortune and also america s richest family. the reported $4.65 billion price tag marks the most expensive deal for a sports franchise anywhere in the world. testament again to the nfl s popularity. turning now to major league baseball, the los angeles angels free fall in the standings cost manager joe madden his job. madden won a world series with the cubs back in 2016, mixed success with the angels. his firing coming on the heels of a 12-game losing streak. the team then announced that third base coach will serve as interim manager for the rest of the season, but swapping out the skipper did not change the angel s fortunes last night in anaheim against the red sox. angels fell to a 13th straight loss. for boston, bobby, the 6-5 win
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about inequality and wants the government to do something about it. people are bandying about new statistics such as this one released by oxfam this week. the world s 85 richest people own as much as do the poorest 3.5 billion put together. if you put this in american terms alone, the six heirs to the walmart fortune have a net worth that is larger than the poorest 48.8 million american families put together. these are staggering numbers, and it does make for some envy and resentment. but as i ve argued before, inequality is made of three different factors the rise of the super rich, the rise of a larger group of poor people, and the stagnation of the great middle class. we re actually beginning to see a healthy discussion about the first two, especially about the poor. smart government policies could