served. with us to start off our coverage, nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba, at the washington national cathedral, melissa murray, a former law clerk to sotomayor, and laura jarrett, and presidential historian, michael beshlash. reporter: josé, we will hear from the late justice s son in addition to her biographer. as you will hear from president biden and chief justice john roberts, it s remarkable because both of them really first met her in 1981. john roberts was working in the reagan administration, in the white house, he was helping to prepare her for her confirmation hearing, and then, of course, senator biden was somebody questioning her as part of the process, and who engaged with her and even told her that she should use the fact that she was going to be this trailblazer, this first woman to serve as a supreme court justice as something she could use to go out and push the equal rights amendment forward, for instance, and that s something sandra day
was dressed in women s clothing and investigators do believe he did this to conceal the tattoos and the identity and help him in the escape with the other people who were fleeing the chaos. after escaping in his mother s car that man robert primo tracked to lake forest and arrested. he is in custody but not charged. he fits a disturbingly pattern. police say they still don t know why the gunman opened fire on the parade but learning more about the six people killed. among them a 76-year-old grandfather shot three times while sitting in the wheelchair. among the 30 wounded several children, victims as young as 8, as old as 85. while it was the deadliest massacre in highland park this is far from the only shooting on the fourth of july. at least three dozen people shot and killed across the country yesterday. three dozen in mass shootings in at least seven cities leading to this question. is there some way to balance the right to bear arms with the freedom to live without fea
concerns about the 81-year-old president revealing the clear signs of his cognitive decline becoming more obvious during private meetings. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. the white house quickly firing back at this report in the wall street journal calling the claims false and politically motivated. that long story, however, it is long, it includes interviews with dozens of high ranking officials and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who all agree behind closed doors biden shows signs of slipping. dana: former secretary of state mike pompeo will join us in a moment. first white house correspondent peter doocy is traveling with the president. good to have you have on from paris. good to be here. and despite that wall street journal item that they say sources information from 45 different people detailing what these folks are saying is basically questions about president biden s acuity, here in pa
his ex-wife will be on the stand today. this after the prosecution called its first witness and they presented that laptop in court. so much more on that coming up shortly. first, however, there is this. president biden: today i m announcing actions to bar migrants who cross our southern border unlawfully from receiving asylum. this action will help us gain control of our border, restore order to the process. this ban will remain in place until the number of people trying to enter illegally is reduced to a level that our system that effectively manage. bill: how do you do that now? bearing down on the border president buying signing that order to stem the chaos or try. too little too late? someone asked yesterday at the white house, why now? good morning, everybody . i m bill hemmer in new york city. we re team blue today. dana: good to see you i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. it s pretty interesting that the timing of all of this certainly you could im
day three is underway. more questions of whether hunter biden was a drug user when he bought that gun back in 2018. hunter arrived just about a half hour ago to this courtroom and a bit of a surprise with her husband in france for the 80th anniversary of the d-day landings the first lady also arrived here, jill biden. right now you have lead attorney abby low well cross examining the special f.b.i. agent. prosecutors introduced lengthy segments of hunter s audio book where he says he had a super power, the ability to find crack in any town at any time. crack takes you into the dark recesses of your soul as well as the darkest corners of every community. unlike with alcohol, you become dependent not only on a criminal sub culture to access what you need but the lowest rung of that sub culture. the prosecutors showed the gun form at the heart of their case asking if the gun buyer,