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also front and center on the hill. earlier speaker pelosi visited the gun violence memorial on the national mall with former congresswoman gabby giffords who is a survivor of gun violence. were getting more clues on where senate negotiations on new gun legislation stand at this hour. democratic senator chris murphy who is negotiating with republicans says hes hopeful for an agreement by the end of this week. hes laying down a marker saying he will not support anything that doesnt save ...

where 19 children and two teachers were gunned down at robb elementary school, the president address the nation about guns and mass shootings. pleading with congress to do something. >> more kids than soldiers killed by guns, for gods sake. how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough? enough. >> the president took to the page of the wall street journal to outline his plan for tackling inflation and rising prices. i...

d.c. courthouse where navarro is expected to arrive in about an hour and a half. weve got a lot to talk about and the best people to talk about it. "new york times" chief white house correspondent peter baker. nbcs pete williams. nbcs sahil kapur on capitol hill. ari melber, msnbc chief legal correspondent and host of "the beat." let me start with you, ari, because i saw peter navarro on your program last night. he did not appear, to me, to be a man who thought he might be in federal c...

astonishing of all the races in all of the states that are holding elections tomorrow. it is basically a shoe in for this guy, and that is amazing. so, youve got that story, and that coverage coming up this hour. were also gonna get some expert help this hour as well, on the potential impact, potential consequences, of a very unexpected high-profile resignation from a russian diplomat today. today, he not only resigned from the russian government, he put them on blast over putins invas...

but even so, that one, to my line, is actually the most astonishing of all the races in all of the states that are holding elections tomorrow. it is basically a shoe in for this guy, and that is amazing. so, youve got that story, and that coverage coming up this hour. were also gonna get some expert help this hour as well, on the potential impact, potential consequences, of a very unexpected high-profile resignation from a russian diplomat today. today, he not only resigned from the ru...

why america seems to be responding with an empathic -- this is american invoices. american democracys doing undermined by election lies fabricated by dont donald trump and his allies. voters are fed up by those lies. trump is backing several -- its not just -- trumps backing candidates and three other battleground states who falsely claimed trumps won the 2020 election. its all part of the slow-moving crew to move the future elections. its a crisis spreading in state legislatures acros...

christi paul. president biden meets with the president of south korea, to strengthen their alliance. back at home, his domestic challenges are mounting. >> one of them includes the baby formula shortage. we have parents this morning that share their story as they struggle to find a supply for their premature baby. and the january 6th committee zeros in on a gop congressman over a tour he gave of the capital complex the day before the insurrection. plus, a scorcher of a weekend. ove...

that contradicts republican denials in an ethics complaint about the allegation about the congressman himself. william barr has formally talked to the committee last fall. they want him to speak again, this time under oath. how likely is that? >> anderson, they have a tentative agreement for him to appear with the committee to do this interview under oath. so, we expect that this is actually going to happen. one of the interesting things with bill barr is he has spoken a little bit pub...

donald trump leads pennsylvania republicans, leaves pennsylvania republicans fuming while in georgia, the former president reportedly abandons his struggling pick for governor. good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this very busy friday, may 20th. im jonathan lemire. theres still no winner in the pennsylvania republican senate primary this morning with state officials confirming to nbc news that there are nearly 9,000 votes left to count. the effects of former president tr...

6th committee to testify. what we know about that. and burn bits. senators just announced a bipartisan bill to help veterans exposed to the toxic pits that have been linked to cancer. an iraq war veteran explains what this means for those that served. we will, though, start in seoul, the first stop on the presidents trip to asia. and white house correspondent carol lee is with us. and im joined by geoff bennett. this is his first stop. whats he done so far? and talk to me about the n...