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
nation and called for a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines, but can the president convince the country do something this time. more celebrations today. the world is watching, the uk is watching, many of the members of the public have arrived here, this just the second day of four days of celebrations. this is a public holiday in the uk. how many public figures can command that in honor of their service. sadly the queen won t be appearing as planned here. reluctantly the palace said she s had to pull out, she suffered discomfort yesterday during the military commemorations in central london. and that happened through the day i understand from my sources and she had to pull out of today s service. it is quite a distance here, the service is very long and she is clearly overexerted herself. but prince charles will be stepping in for her which is pretty symbolic. she just can t do what she thinks she is able to do. the service marks the queen s years on the th
more school age children have died from guns than on-duty police officers and active duty military combined. think about that. more kids than on-duty cops killed by cops, more kids than old engin soldiers killed by guns. for igod s sake, how much more carnage will we accept? it is time to do our part, 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. speaking of doing something, senate debate has gun. and danie daniella diaz will be us, but let s start with jasmine wright. the president is explicitly calling on lawmakers not just do something, but he has meat on the bones, he has specifics. reporter: yeah, the president outlined a wish list of sorts specific spinnings that he wants conditioning to take up. and he started with assault weapons. he called to restaretaught the assault weapons ban and also banning high capacity magazines. and if congres
and the little prince who stole the show announcer: this is “nbc nightly news” with lester holt and good evening i m tom llamas in for lester tonight just moments ago president biden delivered an urgent address to the american people on gun violence the president speaking more than a week after 19 children and 2 adults were killed in uvalde, texas. and a day after four shot dead in a tulsa hospital the president saying every day places have become killing fields, battlefields in america. he called for raising the age to purchase assault weapons, expanding background checks, and creating a federal red flag law. while bipartisan lawmakers say they have a potential plan to try to curb gun violence, their efforts come after many failed attempts in washington. will any of it become a reality? we start tonight with kelly o donnell. reporter: president biden who has grieved with families traumatized by mass shootings tonight implored the congress and the communities to cha
multiple magazines of ammunition entered marjorie stone in high school and murdered 17 people, that shooting sparked a nationwide youth lead movement for new gun safety legislation. a year later, little had been done at the federal level to curb gun violence. by valentine valentine s day, 2019, then president donald trump was trying to push attention back to his pet issue, building a wall to stop immigrants. at the time, trump was threatening to declare a national emergency in order to try to build his precious border wall without congressional approval. it was that threat from trump which prompted this counter threat from house speaker, nancy pelosi. if the president can declare an emergency on something that he has created as an emergency, an illusion that he wants to convey, just think of what a president with different values can present to the american people. you want to talk about a national emergency? let s talk about today, the one year anniversary of a another man