major. >> garrett: deborah patta, thank you. now to the result of a closely watched primary race in ohio. j.d. vance, author of the bestseller, "hillbilly elegy," won the republican senate primary after securing president trump's endorsement. for more we're joined by cbs' robert costa. bob, what is the significance. >> reporter: j.d. vance's victory, major, is a prism into the republican party right now, about six months before this year's mid term election it is still very much a part in trump's image even though some party leadership might want to move on from trump and trumpism, especially after the capitol attack. but trump's playbook in primaries is working. nationalism on trade, the economy, foreign policy, and vance also echoed trump's false claim that the 2020 election was rigged. >> garrett: more tests ahead for the former president, true? >> reporter: indeed, just in two weeks in pennsylvania dr. mehmet oz, a television personality who has trump's endorsement, faces stiff competition in pennsylvania's senate republican

>> hey, garrett. look, while the u.s. attention has obviously been understandably elsewhere, the war here has been absolutely grinding on. over the last 72 hours, our focus has really been on this city, as you just mentioned, the ukrainian-held city, it is right in the donbas. and if you look at a map, it's basically in a horseshoe-like pocket. it is surrounded by russian forces on three sides. and the ukrainian military says that they are still in control of the city center, still civilians there. completely cut off from services. no more planned evacuations out of that city. and according to the local governor in this particular region, they say russian forces have arrived on the outskirts of the city. they have not actually entered the city center. what they're doing is basically attacking and trying to take over strategic villages in that area to incrementally move in. now, we did just get a big operational update from the military. i'm just going through it now. basically, it says that russian military are continuing

. >> thank you for joining us, i'm major garrett, norah is on assignment. tonight the cost of borrowing money is going up at the fastest pace in recent history. the federal reserved raised interest rates by half a percentage point stvment largest rate increase since 2 thousand when the u.s. was in the middle of a dotcom boom, just the second rate increase since 2018, the goal, cool inflation but not the job market. wall street apparently liked the news. stocks roared to their biggest advances in two year, all three indexes posting triple digit gains. president biden tried to get ahead of today's announcement and persistentsly negative public assessments of his record by touting low unemployment and falling federal deficits. we have a lot of news to get to and cbs's nancy chen will start us off from new york, nancy, good evening. >> major, good evening to you. today's decision means it will soon cost you more to borrow money on everything, from credit cards to loans for homes and cars. an aggrssive move by the fed as consumers battle the highest inflation in

>> that's a really good question, garrett. a few things to chew over here for a second. number one, mccarthy has maintained for months that he doesn't believe this committee is legitimate. unfortunately, that's not for him to decide. this committee has been given subpoena power. it was created by a vote in the house of representatives, garrett. you and i both covered it. and ali and jackie, we all covered this. this is not a committee that was created by edict. it was created by the vote of the house of representatives. so mccarthy's view that it's illegitimate might be interesting. that might be a good talking point. but that doesn't really carry weight. now, it doesn't seem -- i was in that scrum too. it does not seem as if mccarthy's going to walk in on his own and just give the committee what it wants immediately. but what could he do? could he dodge the subpoena? is it going to go to court? is the court going to compel him to testify? is he then going to testify? those are all open questions. and i just want to kind of so

. >> garrett: deborah patta, thank you. now to the result of a closely watched primary race in ohio. j.d. vance, author of the bestseller, "hillbilly elegy," won the republican senate primary after securing president trump's endorsement. for more we're joined by cbs's robert costa. bob, what is the significance. >> reporter: j.d. vance's victory, major, is a prism into the republican party right now, about six months before this year's mid term election it is still very much a part in trump's image even though some party leadership might want to move on from trump and trumpism, especially after the capitol attack. but trump's playbook in primaries is working. nationalism on trade, the economy, foreign policy, and vance also echoed trump's false claim that the 2020 election was rigged. >> garrett: more tests ahead for the former president, true? >> reporter: indeed, just in two weeks in pennsylvania dr. mehmet oz, a television personality who has trump's endorsement, faces stiff competition in pennsylvania's senate republica

garrett? >> raf, thank you. we'll dip into an event happening now at the white house in the rose garden where president biden is talking about local and community safety, but he's also addressing this baby formula crisis. let's listen. >> that's why the fda has to go through the process. >> mr. president, i'm so sorry to take you to so far. i'm going to ask a question about africa, because recently, you sent your deputy secretary of state to africa. she visit three countries, gabon, angola and south africa. in angola, she spoke with the president and when she gave her report to the media, she said that she's been seen angola many progress in terms of human rights, fighting corruption, and better business environment for the american investment environment. >> i'm waiting for her report. i've been on the phone with president of south africa at length on those same issues and i've been on the phone and have been in contact with other african leaders. there is a need for a significant increase in focusing on human

i'm garrett haake in for andrea. president biden is kicking off his first trip to asia as president today visiting south korea and then japan. the president is looking to demonstrate his commitment to the region while checking china's growing influence. earlier, he toured a samsung semiconductor plant amid a shortage of microchips that has car prices rising. it's being overshadowed. overnight, two secret service employees were sent home. one of whom allegedly assaulted a korean man before the president's arrival. meanwhile, in the u.s., the baby formula shortage that has the white has on defense, the first flights importing formula from abroad could start arriving this weekend. after the president used emergency powers to try to solve this formula crisis. >>> amid the conflicted messaging, the white house is in the midst of a staff shakeup. john kirby is now headed to the white house joining the national security council. >>> the latest from ukraine where the donbas region in the east is, quote, completely destroyed

so garrett, is there any sign back in washington of compromise on gun legislation? we know lawmakers are talking about this >> reporter: yeah, kristen. there is a bipartisan group of senators working to see if there is anything that they can agree on on this issue and now we're learning that buffalo's republican congressman said he would be open to some stronger gun laws, but there is still a lot of work to be done on this issue. kristen? >> we know you'll continue to watch it garrett hake, thank you. >>> the rise in school shootings has forced schools across the country to prepare their teachers and students for the unthinkable. that fear of a possible attack and those now routine active shooting drills it's all taking a toll on children and parents. rahema ellis reports >> reporter: they're called the lockdown generation millions of america's children taught to prepare for scenes like this in uvalde. >> they've been doing it since preschool >> reporter: stacy feely posted this on facebook when chandler was only three years old. >> she said she was practicing for a

okay, garrett graff. his book has hit the new york times bestseller list twice in the last two weeks. so that's exciting. it's good to know that people are still reading 800 page history books. we maybe he will tell us how watergate measures up to today's political scandals. garrett graff a distinguished journalist and best-selling historian has spent more than a dozen years covering politics technology and national security. today he serves as the director of cyber initiatives for the aspen institute. and it's a contributor to wired cnn and politico. he's written for publications from esquire to rolling stone to the new york times. garrett graff is the author of multiple books including another new york times bestseller the only plane in the sky. please welcome mark thompson and garrett graff. well enough goth good afternoon everyone and good afternoon garrett. um, let's just begin. this book's called watergate a new history. why did the world need a new history you pretty much every put every single per

garrett haake, can you tell us more what we're learning? some have been identified by family members. police have not identified the victims yet. we're learning more, too, about the two teachers who put themselves literally in the path of these bullets to try to save these kids' lives. >> that's right, hallie. as tom alluded to this has taken place in one or two connected classrooms with fourth graders and two teachers with them all day long. we are learning about individual students killed, many of them in neighborhoods just like this. i've been walking around here all morning talking to folks in this community and it's just a fact in a community this small, only about 15,000 people, what we find are every door we knock on essentially, someone's cousin, someone's friend, someone's school mate, someone knew someone who was in that classroom. it's been incredibly difficult, frankly, to just talk to these folks, people either had students in that school, they were desperately trying to reach them all day yesterday or they knew someone who had

garrett, what's next at the capitol >> reporter: there are some other ideas under discussion o capitol hill but among democrats i talk to, the strategy begins and ends with the midterm elections. electing like-minded lawmakers is the democrats' only path forward on this issue. >> garrett, thank you. >>> overseas, ukrainian forces are gaining some ground even as russians advance in the east. for the first time ukraine shut dow a pipeline that carries russian gas to western europe kelly cobiella reports. >> reporter: tonight ukraine says they're pushing russian troops outside kharkiv back towards the russian border in the villages retaken by ukrainian forces, scenes of devastation. this convoy of cars came under fire while trying to evacuate, the soldier said "unfortunately children were there," he says. in kharkiv, some still so frightened they're sheltering in a subway nbc's matt bradley is there. >> reporter: when the bombs started falling a few months ago this station offered a temporary refuge now it feels like a permanent community underground. >> reporter: lilia has only left the

i think we really need to look at mental health. >> garrett joins us now. you're outside the convention right now i'm curious. what's the crowd temperature like there? >> reporter: it's high, tom. there's been no violence here today. only shouting back and forth across the street between demonstrators and attendees in the texas heat a reflection of just how divisive this issue is tom? >> all right garrett haake for us tonight, we thank you for that. >>> now to the extreme weather making holiday travel a nightmare for millions rain, winds, even tornado warnings up and down the east coast are grounding flights and slowing traffic. if the weather isn't extreme enough where you're heading the prices certainly are jesse kirsch reports. >> reporter: from coast to coast with nearly 40 million people expected to skip town for memorial day, tonight summer's unofficial kickoff getting a bumpy start. severe weather threatening up to 35 million people along the eastern seaboard today with flash flooding, destructive winds, and tornado threats. flight aware tracking mor

joining us now, nbc news senior capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. garrett. >> hey, mika. that draft really increases the sense of urgency among democrats to try to do something on aborg rights. they knew that vote would fail and now it the battle shifts to the states and the courts and midterm voters. the senate blocking the women's health protect act. following that leak of a draft opinion that could overturn roe v. wade. >> we're watching the supreme court prepare to drag this country backward by half a century. >> reporter: democrat joe manchin joining with all 50 senate republicans to oppose the bill with vice president harris presiding. >> sadly the senate failed to stand in defense of a woman's right to make decisions about her own body. and let's be clear, the majority of the american people believe in defending a womans a right, her choice to decide what happens to her own body. >> reporter: that statement backed by a new poll showing a majority of americans support abortion access with no or some limitations. republicans arguing this bill goes too far. >> democra

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joining us now is garrett lake, msnbc contributor. what's the latest, garrett? >> reporter: the nra is a formidable political draw. former president trump is going to be here, senator ted cruz. 14 acres of gun and ammunition for attendees here to peruse through. they'll be greeted by protesters. in fact, they're already here. dozens of people across the street from the convention center shouting shame and connecting these events here with the events in uvalde, texas. beto o'rourke will be there leading profits. totally different viewpoints here in downtown houston. >> carol, how much influence does the nra still have? >> the nra has been weakened. it used to be described as this unbelievable juggernaut in power, in lobbying. it had an incredible hold over republicans, but also democrats who wanted the nra's support and money. now after four years of lawsuit, internal blood feuds, disputes with its own character, it's main public relations firm and enormous legal bills as it faces a civil lawsuit over wayne lepierre's use of the money, after that it's significant

>> hey, garrett. some of the workers are still behind me in front of the offices in brooklyn where the votes were counted this afternoon. there's a lot of disappointment and frufrt raising and there was anticipation and excitement behind all of this program the workers wanted to send a message to amazon any they wanted the first vote you mentioned in april to be the first domino that set off and set a new tone and sent the company a message that there was now going to be an uprising of young, diverse workers at this company demanding a seat at the table. so many people wanted this second vote to solidify that pattern. they described, as you mentioned many union bussing efforts inside ldj5, which is the name of the warehouse that took this -- that had the votes counted today and they said that there were relentless efforts to bring managers into one-on-one meetings with employees and to discourage them to voting. take a listen to my conversation with one of the workers out in staten island? >> they tre

here's garrett haake >> reporter: outside the capitol building today, senator chris murphy was combative. >> we are not prepared to allow the gun lobby and the gun industry to continue to run this town and this place. >> reporter: but inside he was negotiating. nbc news learning murphy led a bipartisan group of nine senators to work on a path forward for gun legislation with the hope of having a bill to propose after the memorial day recess democrats are trying to win support for expanded background checks and the authority for judges to confiscate firearms from people deemed dangerous. but many republica lawmakers oppose any attempt to modify the nation's gun laws. senator ted cruz was pressed by sky news correspondent mark stone. >> if you want to stop violent crime, the proposals the democrats have, none of them would have stopped this. >> but why does this only happen in your country? i really think that's what many people around the world, just they cannot fathom why only in america. why is this american exceptionalism so awful? >> you know, i'm sorry you think american exceptionali

garrett haake, thank you. turning to an update on the covid-19 pandemic. for some parents of younger children out there, this morning the food and drug administration authorized a booster dose for pfizer's vaccine for kids 5 to 11. we're still dealing with 5 to 11. still no vaccine under 5, but kids will be able to receive the booster shot five months after completing their first two dose. pfizer is the only drug maker with an approved vaccine for any kids. the decision will go to the cdc who will make an official recommendation about how the booster should be used. the agency is expected to discuss the booster in a scheduled meeting on thursday. again, for those with kids under 5, we still do not yet have a timeline. >>> coming up, if it's tuesday, we're in an even numbered year, voters are voting in the biggest primary day of the election cycle so far. we're tracking the most contentious races with our reporters all over the country, right after this. you're watching "mtp daily." right after this right after this you're watching "mtp daily." ♪i got bon

garrett. >> reporter: shep, you laid it out quite nicely here. texas with 29 million people is the largest of those states that have set up a trigger law, in this case just 30 days after this draft opinion if indeed it reflects the will of the supreme court, abortions would be illegal here in all but the most exceptional cases in which the life of the mother is threatened this has become and really frankly remains a political hot button issue in the state after they enacted sb-8 that put those tight six-week time frame on abortions in the state just a short time ago there was a rally right behind me here on the grounds of the state capitol. several hundred abortion rights demonstrators here gathering at the capitol, yelling towards the governor's mansion, marching down congress avenue they're directing their ire at the governor here is noteworthy because we're going to have a top tier governor's race here in the state of texas this year betoe o'rourke against governo greg abbott who signed both of those bills into law o'rourke has made defending

republicans are suggesting they might do the same to democrats next year. >> garrett haake, thank you. >>> overseas, the leaders of finland declared today they want to join nato without delay, drawing an immediate reaction from russia as it battles for control of eastern ukraine. kelly cobiella is there. >> reporter: tonight, as russia intensifies its assault on eastern ukraine, the kremlin now vowing retaliatory steps after finland's announcement it will seek to join nato with sweden expected to follow. russia says it considers the move a threat finland shares more than 800 miles of border with russia and has been neutral for decades. >> if that would be the case that we join, what my response would be that you caused this look at the mirror >> reporter: russia previously demanded that ukraine not join nato, using it as a justification for its invasion ukraine's president conceding back in march it was no longer possible because nato would likely not let them in. in a speech overnight -- president zelenskyy said if ukraine had been part of nato before the war, there would have been n

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let me bring in garrett haake who's there with more. garrett, this has become a critical not just policy, but political issue, and a human/parent issue for many in this country and lawmakers, too. it is perhaps no surprise lawmakerss are looking to do something. tell us more about what the money is going to do, the time line through the house, and obviously it's going to have to get through the senate, too. >> reporter: does feel like the biggest deal on the hill this week. at the conference i was just at, i heard lots of that. republicans hammering the biden administration, trying to make this another issue in their lap. spends $28 million. none of it buys formula, acquires formula. it allows the fda to staff up, increase their oversight, including formula that the united states will be import in the short-term, and then to improve oversight inspections, safety protocols and so forth over the formula that the u.s. government certainly hopes domestic producers will be able to ramp up production of now that there does seem to be agreemen

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nbc bay area c garrett johnson has been on the scene all morning long, joining us from pittsburgh. i know you spoke with the minister of that church. >> reporter: good morning demarcus. that minister understandably upset as he stood and watched those plans and that smoked you spoke of earlier. now a few hours later, a much different scene. much of that smoke is cleared. they even stopped watering this building, hosing the spelling down, knocking down those hotspots. right now, it seems they are in the investigative stage of the fire investigation. firefighters tell us there was heavy smoke and flames that could be seen. this is the costal of the bay area church at the intersection of railroad and central in pittsburgh. firefighter kaplan unseen house may partially collapsed roof at the church made fighting the things more difficult. and, at one point, 13 fire crews were on scene. again, because of the fire remains under investigation. as we mentioned, i did have a chance to speak with the senior pastor of this church. he says he is devastated to want that church in front of his eye

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garrett, let's talk about here at home. what do we know about the timing of this vote on the aid package. how soon is the senate expected to take it up? >> reporter: the aid package will be larger than the white house initially requested. they asked for $33 billion. congress added to the pile for humanitarian assistance and military aid, the final cost closer to $40 billion. they'll probably vote late this evening on it. it's a little question when the senate gets to it. remember, the senate set aside most of tomorrow to deal with the women's health protectio vote. >> it looks like it will be, as you say, 40 instead of 33. >> reporter: that's right. this happened with the last ukrainian aid package. remember the white house sent a request that it was for $10 billion and it ended up being something like 15 by the time it got to the president's desk. this aid for ukraine is enormously popular in a bipartisan way. it will move very fast once it starts to move. both parties want their fingerprints on helping ukraine stand up fo

continue to have these horrific tragedies like we saw this week in uvalde. >> one of my colleagues, garrett haake who is headed to the nra convention and before he left he spoke with congressman gonzalez and we heard garrett ask why is it that an 18-year-old can repeatedly get assault weapons, and no answer. do you believe 18-year-olds should get assault weapons in texas. >> no. i think if you have to be 21 to buy alcohol, you have to be 21 to buy an ar-15 like this killer bought, and so i think that's something we should do in texas, and i hope congress does it, too, because apparently it's the case in many states that you can buy these weapons at age 18. >> let me pick up this thread with you that we started our show with, which was the news conference that we heard from law enforcement officials in uvalde about what had happened. there have been, as you i'm sure are well aware, gaps in the time line now regarding the police response to this instance. >> do you have plans to call an investigation into the police response into what specifically happened and finding out more as this shootin

garrett haake is with us live in austin. also with us, victoria soto-dean and michael steele, former change of the rnc. garrett, let me start with you. we are seeing abortion be a top issue for voters. how is this impacting candidates in the primaries? >> reporter: beto is trying to raise this against the governor. it's playing out in the primaries in texas as well, specifically in a runoff southwest where i am right now in texas' 28th district where you have a self-described pro-life democratic congressman. he represented that district since 2005. he is the only congressional democrat to vote against the women's health protection act when that was on the floor last year. he is challenged by jessica cisneros who says he is out of touch. he is getting hammered by progressives. he told me they just don't get this district. here is what he had to say. >> the problem is that they in their own minds have an idea what a, quote, democrat should be. they want us to vote with the democratic party 100% of the time. i don't do that. i

i suspect we'll see that more so in the days and weeks to come. >> thanks to you, garrett, in texas. barbara mcquade, university of michigan law professor. what happens now? we've never seen anything like this. >> of course, we have to wait for the actual opinion to come out, which we'll see in probably june or july, maybe change at the margins. i agree with pete, we're not going to see a seismic change here. this is going to be the law of the land. i think one thing we'll see, in addition to the trigger laws, we have laws in the books in other states that pre-existed before roe that will be resuss stated. i think we'll see challenges within the state, challenging the state constitutionality of those laws. one of the reasons we have stare decisis is to bring certainty to the law. what this opinion has done is create chaos. >> when you speak about stare decisis which means following precedent -- not literally -- that's the way it's always been interpreted, this means that any other constitutional right could now be challenged by this particular majority. it's always been viewed even b

nbc news garrett haake is there. what are you hearing? >> reporter: you can hear the angry response that they're getting at this convention. there are a couple hundred demonstrators telling folks attending this conference which contains 14 acres of guns and gear that we want them out of their city. we've heard folks saying this is not the time and place or anything like appropriate to be holding this event in downtown houston today, just a couple hundred miles from uvalde. talking to attendees in the convention inside, it might surprise people to know their views on what if anything washington can do to restrict the ownership or somewhat make it safer are more nuanced than the hardline second amendment protection that's their organization represents. here's some of the folks i talked to this morning. >> no one can own a weapon unless you're 25 years old. >> 25. >> 25. that's my opinion. okay. now, my kid -- like i said, he grew up with being able to shoot automatic weapons. any kind of weapons you get your hands on, you can do that. but h

so, garrett, talk us through this, the significance of this, the likelihood that any five gentlemen will respond and the roles they played in the days leading up to and the day of and the days after january 6. >> i was looking at that graphic and we talk about scheduled to appear. that is because that is when the committee wants these men to appear but scheduled is probably a bit strong. none of them seem at all inclined toward actually answering these subpoenas. these are all folks who the committee has been trying to get to come testify voluntarily for quite sometime. and you go through the list, you have kevin mccarthy and jim jordan, constantly in contact with donald trump in the lead up. scott perry was involved. there is a senate report on his involvement with the doj and kind of pulling some levers behind the strings of doj to change leadership there to make it more trump friendly to the claims of a stolen election. and andy biggs and mo brooks get more interesting closer to january 6 based on conversations they were having both with trump and with folks who were involved in the p

there's no leadership. >> garrett, it's like everything. you read this book and it seems like the only person that seems to have some leadership ability is the speaker of the house. >> well, and democrats may find themselves lost without her in the next term if she decides she's going to follow what she said and not seek another term in leadership. i mean, she has been consistent through 2018 through now, but she's had her own problems too. >> this book claims she doesn't want to be speaker, she's so tired of the left. >> that's probably true. always hard to be speaker of the house when the senate is controlled by the other party or your party, the idea to get 60. if i have to talk to another house democrat upset about the filibuster, she would like to move more. she can only do so much and she's tired of holding off one side to keep everybody on the same, pulling in the same direction. >> helene cooper, the kamala harris, biden stuff, there's a part of it that i read and like, i could have transposed the words obama and biden and biden as

. >> i'm major garrett in washington, thank you very much for staying with us. a russian soldier has admitted to killing an unarmed citizen. the 21-year-old sergeant faces a possible life sentence. the victim was shot in the head and left to die along the side of the road. ukraine's top prosecutor said hers of is preparing cases against 41 other russian soldiers. the charges include, bombing civilian infrastructure, killing civilians and rape. >>> meanwhile, there's questions about the fate of hundreds of ukrainian soldiers who surrendered from the devastated steel plant in mariupol. >> reporter: these are the men and women who held off russian forces for 83 days. dep depleted, worn out, loyal to the end. the last stand is over, their rtain as they are not free, held in russian controlled territory. ukraine is negotiating a prisoner swap. as mariupol falls, the ukrainian flag flies proudly over kharkiv, after months of fierce fighting, russia has been pushed back to the border and the bloody battle scars litter the roads. this woman shows me the shrapnel she fou

nbc's garrett haake is there. >> reporter: good morning, kristen. former president trump was the top draw in the convention in houston. outside, demonstrators loudly protested against the gun lobby. this morning, downtown houston, ground zero of the national debate on guns as the nra's annual meeting was inside. former president donald trump rejecting gun laws in the wake of the shooting in uvalde. >> the existence of evil in the world is not the reason to take guns from law abiding citizens. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott remaining in uvalde where he was confronted over the response to the shooting. >> i don't think we have to do something. >> reporter: nearly at same moment, opposing any response that toughens gun laws. >> there are thousands of laws on the books across the country that limit the owning or using a firearm. laws that have not stopped madmen from carrying out evil acts on innocent people. >> reporter: the democratic opponent among those outside. >> promise me you will get in their faces before another child is shot. >> repo

i'm garrett haake in you valuedy, texas, on this memorial day. and as we come on the air, the first funerals are set to begin today, as we follow a major development in the investigation into that mass shooting that left 19 children and 2 teachers dead here. the justice department now says that it will launch a review of the highly criticized law enforcement response to tuesday's massacre. this comes just days after texas officials admitted to a string of failures, including waiting for almost an hour for backup before moving in on the shooter. th

garrett haake, grateful for having you spend time with us. >> i want to pick up on what garrett said about red flag laws. the gunman was a high school drop out with no known history of mental health problems. red flag laws are part of the solution and i don't know anybody that opposes them, but they are not by themselves the answer. where are your thoughts today? where is your head on the conversation? >> the red-flag laws are a no-brainer and they're a small piece. you know, i'm working on a piece right now. i'm just sort of as toundzed that in the history of political -- american political movements, gun control is probably the biggest failure. it started in the '60s, and i just looked at the stats. two-thirds of american wanted to outlaw the handguns. people want to google that because that's impossible and inconceivable. most americans wanted to get rid of any kind of handgun. that's when we started and the gun control people have lost so badly all of the way in the other direction. not only did they fail everything it's completely obliterated. the dumbest thing they ever did was

garrett, you're at the civic center, this is where they are uniting with the children. at this point, this every brand nor his or her child's? >> stephanie, i wish i could say that they did. this is a place that earlier this afternoon was a place of relief for a lot of families. kids were taken wrong scoop unbought here and there were reunited with their family, and there was joy ramstein. tonight there is no place mormons and herbal in a city that is consumed with missouri right now than at this notification center, because the families that are here now are basically preparing themselves for the news that their child won't be coming home. they're conducting dna tests, they're trying to get positive identification on kids. and a couple of minutes or so over the last hour and a half, sometime in some of the doors behind me in tears. their life forever changed. it is incredibly sad experience to be a part of. and it's, you know, this is a community that is so small, everyone is going to know someone. there are so many friends and relatives so the people who have been wai

garrett joins us now, what is the political reality here in the prospect of congress to act? >> this is an issue over 10 years, congress has failed to do anything but fail, democrats would like to see a stronger background check put in place, there was one negotiation after sandy hook, it didn't have the republican vote then, and it doesn't now. republicans would like to see the schools be hardened, more of a focus on mental health. democrats say that is besides the point, you have to focus on the guns. chris murphy of connecticut laid out the steaks today. >> unless you are going to put a brigade outside of every single elementary school, outside of every single church, out of every single movie theater, every single shopping mall in this country, the solution is not going to be arming every single inch of every single school. we have to be completely sure, that these kids don't have access to these weapons of mass destruction.>> much of a sweet spot, these emergency protection orders, red flag laws, republican governors are in the senate, they need to be the key vote to get

joining me is garrett haake and pete williams. pete let's start with you. >> reporter: he said it would be absolutely foolish for the person responsible for this leak to think it will have any effect on the court's decision-making process. he said what upsets him is it might give the wrong impression of the court's workforce. he said he hopes the actions of one bad apple won't do that. and he called the breach a betrayal and breach of trust and he ordered the marshal to launch an investigation. she is the court's security officer and is in charge of the court's police force. the court has so far declined to provide any details about how the leak investigation is being conducted. i would note josh gerstein of politico, who co-wrote this bombshell story about the alito draft, he said as far as he knows nobody from the court has contacted politico about the leak. i don't think that's very surprising. i don't think there's any way politico is going to reveal anything about its source. >> absolutely. garrett, i interviewed senate murph