that action can overcome partisan division. serbia is taking swift action on gun violence not a progressive country, by the way. just two mass shootings in may that left seven dead and 21 injured, serbia took action. it has the third largest rate of gun ownership in the world, and it pushed through new laws with near unanimous support despite deep political divides. joining us now with more nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, how were they able to get this done? reporter: well, the secret is it wasn t even that difficult. there were these two mass shootings last month. they were extremely rare. people were outraged. they took to the streets. but they weren t just dismissed as tragedies, dismissed as part of a problem that is too difficult to confront. the people got together. the government got together. lawmakers from a variety of political parties put their differences aside, and they radically changed the entire country s relationship wit
legislation following a pair of deadly mass shootings, proving that action can overcome partisan division. serbia is taking swift action on gun violence not a progressive country, by the way. just two mass shootings in may that left seven dead and 21 injured, serbia took action. it has the third largest rate of gun ownership in the world, and it pushed through new laws with near unanimous support despite deep political divides. joining us now with more nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, how were they able to get this done? reporter: well, the secret is it wasn t even that difficult. there were these two mass shootings last month. they were extremely rare. people were outraged. they took to the streets. but they weren t just dismissed as tragedies, dismissed as part of a problem that is too difficult to confront. the people got together. the government got together. lawmakers from a variety of political parties put their differences aside, a
has turned this chamber, where slavery was abolished, where medicare and social security and everything were instituted, they turned it into a puppet show, a puppet show. you know what, the puppeteer, donald trump is shining a light on the strings. you look miserable. you look miserable. the only advantage to all of, this is that instead of reversing what we did on the i.r.a. say the planet, or reversing what we did to reduce the cost of prescription drugs, you are wasting time. you look miserable, former house speaker nancy pelosi calls out republicans for the grievance politics, and using the house floor to appease donald trump by centering democrat adam schiff who the first impeachment against the former president. it comes as there is a growing rift between two of the most outspoken far-right members of the house, over how and when to impeach president biden. also ahead, we are learning more about the case, special counsel jack smith is building against donald, trump an
good day, and thank you for staying with us. i m jose diaz-balart this hour on msnbc, extreme weather and a new round of deadly storms tearing across the south leaving hundreds of thousands without power amid blistering heat. we ll have a live report from texas and your weather forecast as well. former president donald trump facing blistering new criticism from members of his own cabinet including his own defense secretary and former vice president mike pence questioning mr. trump s conservative credentials trying to stand now the a crowded 2024 field. on this juneteenth, msnbc s trymaine lee travels to galveston, texas, the birthplace of juneteenth to look at the ongoing struggle by black americans for freedom and equality we begin this hour with severe weather warnings across the country. 12 million americans across the south are at risk after 14 tornadoes touched down in nine states, killing at least six people and leaving thousands without power in record-high heat
hello, everyone. good to be with you, i m chris jansing, the death toll from this weekend s extreme weather across the south has risen to six. half a million people remain without power across multiple states after a series of vicious storms and tornadoes and the extreme heat isn t letting up either we re on the ground in texas where temperatures have soared above 120 degrees in some spots. how residents are coping. and secretary of state antony blinken wrapping up his two-day visit to china, but how much progress was actually made in his high stakes meeting with president xi jinping meanwhile in florida, we have movement in the classified documents case what a magistrate judge just blocked donald trump from doing, and what options his legal team could be weighing to put the trial off for as long as possible and juneteenth celebrations underway across the country. how states are marking this federal holiday. but we begin with the dangerous storms in the south thatch l