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
mia cerillo covered herself in her friend s blood, pretended to be dead so that she could survive. the hearing comes as pressure mounts on u.s. lawmakers to address a recent string of mass shootings. this afternoon the house will vote on a set of bills that would raise the minimum age to buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21, ban high capacity magazines and crack down on ghost gun purchases or guns that are not traceable. the bill is unlikely to garner republican support, but a different story is unfolding in the senate where the top democratic negotiator of a bipartisan package of gun bills says a deal could be reached by the end of this week. some issues on the table include addressing mental health, expanding background checks, providing incentives for states to implement red flag laws and strengthening school security. the calls for lawmakers to act got a boost on tuesday afternoon when actor matthew mcconaughey a uvalde native made an emotional plea from the white hou
how is the world going to move 3 millions tonnes of wheat a day through a war zone and the shipping channels now infested with mines? and spot the resemblance? the ukrainian croissiant that was made in honour of the british prime minister. tonight with the context, former conservative cabinet minister justine greening and the political satirist and host of the web series oh my world, hagar chemali. welcome to the programme. time to draw the line was the prime minister s message for his cabinet this morning as collectively they try to steer the conversation away from the obvious split within the conservative party. but is it that easy when 40% of your mps have rebelled? history tells us, no, it s not! in 1990, margaret thatcher won a leadership contest by a similar margin against michael heseltine, 208 votes to 152, though rules at the time meant she would face a second vote and two days later, she stepped down. in 2018, theresa may won a vote of no confidence amid a rebelli
because we don t have that sort of media system anymore. it s not that way. but i think people will watch, and i think some minds will be changed and others, it won t matter to them because they ve already made up their minds. but at least the information is out there, and we re going to get to hear from those who are involved. we ll see you tomorrow night, laura coates. looking forward to it. bye, don lemon. bye-bye. just in to cnn, federal prosecutors now have an email revealing the trump campaign told so-called fake electors in georgia to keep what they were doing a secret as they tried to overturn joe biden s win in the state. we re going to have much more on that in just a moment. this is just coming in to cnn. more about it in just moments. it comes during what just might be the week when we see whether we can come together as a country and still have a functioning government. can we do something finally to solve gun violence? it may come down to what four key s
i want to know what has taken so long. i want to know if they re going to be able to satisfy the american public s appetite for new information in light of books that have been put out, the impeachment hearing as well. there s a lot of things to talk about, and i am really eager to understand how they re going to have the legislative and oversight function, and really are people going to watch? that s the biggest question. are they going to watch with an eye towards validating this committee? yeah. i think people will watch. i don t think it s going to be, you know, watergate, right, because we don t have that sort of media system anymore. it s not that way. but i think people will watch, and i think some minds will be changed and others, it won t matter to them because they ve already made up their minds. but at least the information is out there, and we re going to get to hear from those who are involved. we ll see you tomorrow night, laura coates. looking forward to it