because there are no consequences. we can t wait. recall chesa boudin now. thanks for watching. i ll be back tomorrow night. don lemon starts now. i have to be hopeful about there finally may be some action on, i think you have to be careful about what you call it. people don t like to be controlled. maybe gun limits. like you have a speed limit. i think what is happening in the country and the rapid succession of all after these shootings and the young people dying, i think that there will be some movement. i m hopeful. i have to be hopeful. i ve been through this before. you ve been through it before. i thought something would happen after sandy hook but now fingers, crossed and lets play this time there s a difference. i agree. i cannot allow myself to be pessimistic. this is way it s always going to be. you know the power and a place like washington, d.c., that s how it will keep going. if you say there s a pleating happening behind closed doors and everything will
many words as possible. and the new champ gets a trophy and $50,000. she is going to be a guest on new day. just incredible. i couldn t spell any of those words. nor do i know what they mean. no. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. and i m laura jarrett. new day starts right now. hello, i m brianna keilar with john berman and on this new day president biden says enough. his urgent plea to the nation s leaders to do something on gun violence. overnight a texas fugitive accused of murdering a family of five killed in a police shootout, how he escaped in the first place. a presidential pardon may not be enough to save steve bannon as new york prosecutors close in. exclusive new cnn reporting. and the king is now a billionaire, how lebron james just became the first active nba player to achieve that title . good morning to viewers in the u.s. and around the world, it is friday, june 3rd. president biden tell the nation enough is enough as gun violen
victims of gun violence from every u.s. state and territory. my fellow americans, enough. enough. it s time for each of us to do our part. it s time to act. for the children we ve lost, the children we can save, for the nation we love. let s hear the call and the cry. let s meet the moment. let us finally do something. the president laid down a marker to expected opposition from republican lawmakers. don t tell me raising the age won t make a difference. enough. my god, the fact that the majority of the senate republicans don t want any of these proposals, even to be gate debated or come up with a vote i find unconscionable. let s talk about the specifics of what the president laid out last night. tom foreman is here with that. again, some very specific plans put forth, tom. yeah, a lot of bullet points we can talk about here. i don t mean to make a pun there. the first one to ban assault weapons and high capacity magazines. this was they want to reinstate the 199
and president biden tries to celebrate a strong jobs report while his attention is otherwise consumed with inflation and gas prices and gun massacres and more. the beginning of what could be a long hot summer. plus, delicate diplomacy. biden refuses to confirm a meeting with saudi arabia s de facto ruler and he once vowed to make the country a pariah because of its horrific record on human rights. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead and president biden heralding a, quote, terrific jobs report while also acknowledging record high prices are causing serious problems for far too many american families. there was good news in the jobs report released this morning. u.s. employers added 390,000 new jobs. unemployment stayed at a near record low of 3.6%, and 96% of the jobs lost during the pandemic erupted are back, but none of that will immediately help lower the sky-high costs of everyday goods such as groceries or gasoline. the current rate of
but only on the gun crackdown policies that he supports. instead of trying to find commo ground. the president taking the opportunity to bash and blame republicans. according to a new poll, the majority of americans don t agree with biden. over half don t see school shootings is the guns problem. but that s not stopping biden from trying to strong-arm congress into doing what he wants. president biden: for so many of you at home, i want to be very clear. this is not about taking away anyone s guns, we need to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. if we can t ban assault weapons we should raise the age to purchase them from 18-21. the fact that the majority of the senate republicans don t want anti- of these proposals even to be debated or come up for a vote i find unconscionable . i believe the majority of you will act and turn your outrage into making this issue central to your vote. enough, enough, enough. that s not good enough from some on the left. here ar