versus what lawmakers are willing to do. i m going to talk to a key republican negotiator next. and the fbi stepping in after an overnight arrest near the home of supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. we ll have the latest on the shocking threat. plus, pro golfers putting their reputations on the line for a paycheck. some say is blood money. ready to key off with saudi arabia s new lead, ignoring the country s record on human rights and the murder of a washington post columnist. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with the upsetting testimony describing the human toll of gun violence in the united states, front and center on capitol hill today. families of victims from the mass shootings in buffalo, new york, and uvalde, texas, described before the house oversight committee not just the horrific attacks but what they want to see congress do to prevent such tragedies from happening again. we also heard from the only pediatrician in uvalde who rushed to th
minister boris johnson s political fate now comes down to a secret vote. results due any minute will determine whether he survives. and more shipments of baby formula on the way, but so many u.s. parents desperately want to know where is all this formula going, and how do i get some? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our national lead and what seems to be growing optimism among negotiators in the u.s. senate that some kind of deal on guns can be reached. as the united states reels from yet another horrific weekend of gun violence. now, it s not clear exactly what this compromise on capitol hill might look like, whether it includes increased background checks or new mental health provisions and funding or encouraging states to enact red flag laws or all of the above, or none of the above. but one of the lead democratic negotiators, senator chris murphy of connecticut, told me this yesterday. i have never been part of negotiations as serious as t
ban, saying it makes no sense that people can purchase a weapon that fires up to 300 rounds. he called on congress to cooperate and said his powers alone don t go that far. this on a day he also urged our country to unite, honoring sacrifice of our troops. president biden remembering americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in what he called a sacred memorial day ritual. we must never betray the lives laid down to make our nation a beacon to the world, a citadel of liberty and justice for everyone. reporter: biden marked the importance of defending democracy amid russia s war in ukraine. also mourned on the anniversary of his son beau s deathed, a veteran who died of brain cancer. biden addressed the families of the 2,461 service members who lost their lives in afghanistan but made no mention of the 13 who died under his watch during the withdrawal, the only armed forces to die by enemy attack since he took office. the ceremonies coming one day after biden privately grie
The terrorists attacked our nation on 9 11. Our commanderinchief will be thousands of miles away from any of those sites. Memorials were held at ground zero in Lower Manhattan today as they have been every year since that fateful day. At the pentagon where the terrorists crashed American Airlines flight 77. A moving Ceremony Health at flight 93 National Memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania, where brave souls aboard the plane no doubt saved countless other lives on the ground. President biden, however, is breaking with tradition, not at an attack site, not at the white house. He is going to commemorate the 9 11 attacks at a Military Base in alaska. The first time a president did not attend a service at both or all those places i mentioned. Biden will spend less than two hours there at the base when he meets with military families later today, and the president did have a ground zero replacement today, Vice President Kamala Harris appearing in his place. Pete, i know it is not about the
The terrorists attacked our nation on 9 11. Our commanderinchief will be thousands of miles away from any of those sites. Memorials were held at ground zero in Lower Manhattan today as they have been every year since that fateful day. At the pentagon where the terrorists crashed American Airlines flight 77. A moving Ceremony Health at flight 93 National Memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania, where brave souls aboard the plane no doubt saved countless other lives on the ground. President biden, however, is breaking with tradition, not at an attack site, not at the white house. He is going to commemorate the 9 11 attacks at a Military Base in alaska. The first time a president did not attend a service at both or all those places i mentioned. Biden will spend less than two hours there at the base when he meets with military families later today, and the president did have a ground zero replacement today, Vice President Kamala Harris appearing in his place. Pete, i know it is not about the