more than 450 march for our live rallies taking place in cities or new york, to nashville, to austin. of course, in parkland florida where it all started four years ago with the first march for our lives. president biden making his voice heard with these marches in the backstop, calling on congress to pass a number of reforms including an assault weapons ban. let s turn now to our nation s capital where thousands assemble to call lawmakers to take some meaningful action on gun violence. let s bring in nbc s savannah sellers now, she is live in d.c. at this rally. savannah, i will ask you first, what are you hearing at today s event there in d.c., especially with the negotiations happening in the backstop trying to come up with some gun legislation? yeah, hey, aaron, we heard a lot about that and we saw a lot about that on posters all over the place. first, let me give you a little there are scheduled to go up until two, and 2:30 pm, this was full of the way back to the mo
inflation, we talk about numbers, it is up 8.6% year over year. so inflation right now is the highest it has been in more than 40 years. when you look at the average american family, when you look at the prices they are paying for goods and services, things like food, gasoline, they are paying about $460 more every month than they were this time of year ago. that is a tremendous difference when you talk about budget and planning. that is why we see consumer confidence go down, that is why it is lower, and that of course has a low impact on what spending habits look like for the foreseeable future. aaron? a lot of people have a lot of tough choices to make around this issue. thank you. up next, new reaction to shocking new details on the timeline of police action during that school shooting in uvalde texas. plus, we are going to talk to democratic congressman gerry connolly about what gun legislation can actually pass both chambers on capitol hill. we will be right back. wweill be r
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