facing a no confidence vote triggered by members of his own party. the question is, will the british leader now be removed from office? good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, june 6th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. we re coming off another weekend of deadly mass shooting across the country. in the past 72 hours, at least 17 people have been killed, nearly 70 were hurt and several of those victims have critical injuries. according to data from the gun violence archive, there were at least 13 mass shootings from friday, through sunday. the independent research group a defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people are shot. not including the shooter. two cities saw the worst of the violence. in philadelphia, three people died and 12 were wounded, late saturday night, in a popular downtown district. south street. investigators believe the shooting came after a fight between two men. and most of the victims, innocent bys
killed. phoenix, a 14-year-old girl was gunned down and 8 others shot at a strip mall in south carolina, where bullets tore through a graduation party, leaving one dead and others injured, six children. in texas, georgia, new york, and michigan. add those numbers up with the other mass shootings over the first months of 2022, and you get 240 mass shootings. let me say that again. 240 mass shootings already this year, in a year that s not even half over. what will republican governors, legislators, and members of congress do to stop the continued killing of our children in schools, our teenagers at malls, our mothers at graduation parties, our families in church, our grandmothers in supermarkets, our friends at country music festivals? it looks like nothing. nothing to speak of. i just want to know, this so-called party of life, which is anything but, when will they ever respect the life of those who are actually drawing a breath? i don t know. it looks like never. but i will
the department of justice for refusing to cooperate with the january 6th committee. rachel scott live on the hill. the uvalde school shooting and the school police chief showing up on the scene without a radio. when did he learn about the children calling 911 from this classroom? did he know in realtime without a radio? abc news learning tonight less than one minute before the gunman entered, a school employee pressing an internal alarm warning of an active shooter. president biden s plea for a ban of assault weapons in this country, and if no ban, asking to raise the age from 18 to 21 to buy one. the shooter in texas bought his the day after turning 18. the president pushing for expanded background checks and red-flag warnings. overnight, a house committee passing much of what the president is asking for. not one republican voting in favor. overseas tonight, 100 days into the war in ukraine. what president zelenskyy is now saying tonight. also news at home on monkey
john lemire? yeah, young up and comer, trying to get his way in the world. he is good. your story is terrific, buzzing all weekend. come back soon for sure. thanks to all of you for getting up way too early on this monday morning. jam-packed morning joe starts right now. the first weekend in june saw london celebrate queen elizabeth s 70 years on the throne. rafael nadal s 14th win at the french open. signals from the vatican an aging pope may soon retire. in the united states, unfortunately, it was more of the same. we had another weekend punctuated by the sound of gunfire and a flurry of mass shootings. mass shootings in philadelphia that left 14 shot, 3 dead. in chattanooga, 14 shot, 3
7th state to make changes to the minimum age requirement, but the first to do so after these recent massacres in texas and buffalo. in utah we know they re considering similar legislation. in new jersey the governor is pushing for these reforms and in arkansas the governor says changing the minimum age is worthy of a conversation. david? mary bruce baa with ust. thank you, mary. overseas to the war in ukraine. 100 days since russia s invasion, and a defiant message from president zelenskyy tonight, telling russia, he s there, his team is there, and the people are there. vowing, quote, victory will be ours. a terrible toll mounting. and the fighting in the east in the donbas where ukrainians are losing ground. tonight, no sign of any possible peace deal. we re going to turn our attention now overseas and to london, celebration of queen elizabeth s 70 years on the throw. a service of thanksgiving at st. paul s cathedral. queen elizabeth taking it as a day of rest, but members of th