armed with an assault rifle. the gunman was related to some folks who go to church here. his ex s in-laws or ex-in-laws went here. that s what we understand. he was court marshalled on domestic violence charges, given a bad conduct discharge. if that s the case, ordinarily, he d still be legally qualified to have the semiautomatic weapon he used in the attack. if it was for domestic violence, which apparently it was, that would have disqualified him. he would seek to get a permit in the state, and it was denied. rolling back an obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to buy guns. i think that mental health is the problem here, based on preliminary reports. very deranged individual. americans do what they do best. we pull together. we join hands. we lock arms. through the tears and through the sadness, we stand strong. oh, so strong. we re going to get to the latest developments in just a moment. first, i want to introduce yo
to gofundme and all of the victims and their families will be protected. again, governor, i cannot thank you for your support. we ve been on the phone constantly. he was here the second this happened. i can t thank you, fdle, the sheriff s office and the fbi enough. this is what you don t see around the country. you see teamwork. that s what happens in florida. that s what makes us very special. thank you. before we take questions, i d like to also thank congressman ted deutch for coming down from washington, d.c. the elected officials from parkland and around the county. my message to the community, to broward county, is simple. your elected officials, your commissioners, your state reps, your state senators, make sure these are people that aren t worrying about saving money. this is a time to save lives. we need more law enforcement. we need more deputies. this isn t the time to worry about how many dollars might be saved if we don t have a deputy here or a police officer
war. we got new details on why the plans collapse. americans across party lines support gun safety laws like expanded background checks. as congress returns from break. will they actually take action? we ll begin in the bahamas. as rescue missions are still underway. one week after hurricane dorian ravaged the island, 44 people have been killed. that number is expected to rise dramatically. as many are still missing. more than 70,000 people are homeless. most deaths are in the abaco island. the great island of abaco is now becoming a ghost town as thousands are trying to evacuate by planes or boats. it is really heartbroken. my home collapsed. a lot of people died and i thought i was going to be one of them. we lost everything. the lord is still here with us. i am going to leave the island, home and there is no place like home. my partner ali velshi, one of the town s worst hit by the storm. ali, tell us what it is like. reporter: i have done a lot of destruction as
tomorrow o vo tomorrow s vote will be the first step toward taking the investigation public. explosive testimony given by lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. he was the first witness to testify who actually heard the president s call to the ukraine president. he told the white house this transcript edited out crucial details, details he unsuccess fortunatelily tri unsuccessfully tried to get back into the transcript. he said trump tried to pressure the ukraine president. even suggesting that his long-time servant didn t hear what he said he heard. he s not the only one listening to the call. there are a number of individuals listening to the call and they put the transcript together. so if one person disagrees, it s a collective group that decides, not the president. i can t say exactly what he said, but the changes that were outlined in the press were not a big deal, if in fact that was the case. joining me, msnbc correspondent garrett hague, and shannon pettipiece
official is due in for another hour. determining next step on the impeachment inquiry. look at the fires in california. one ofires is dangerously close to ronald reagan s library. another big day on capitol hill. two new key witnesses testify on both sides of the isle into president trump s inquiry. right now special advisor for ukraine. katherine kropff is appearing before the committee. the focus of the call as i understood it was to schedule a face-to-face meeting between president trump and president zelensky. we hope it would undo president trump s long held view of ukraine as a corrupt country. former advisor, chris anderson will be testifying as well. i want to reiterate that my colleagues and i in the foreign service are non mf partis-parti. i will take that commitment as well as my oath to defend the constitution seriously. alexander vindman claims the white house s memo detailing the phone call between trump and skelet zelensky was not so accurate at all. anna