report. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports, let s get to right to it. at this hour, demanding answers, nearly two weeks after that massive train derailment in eastern ohio, residents are growing more worried about the safety of the air they breathe and the water they drink. ahead of what s expected to be an emotional town hall meeting tonight, what the governor and the epa administrator said today on msnbc. and in an emotionally charged buffalo courtroom, a man lunged for the gun room just before sentencing in the mass murder in buffalo. later in the program, i ll be talking with the son of one of the victims. and nbc s shaquille brewster reporting from michigan state after the deadly shooting. trymaine lee covering protesters targeted governor ron desantis in florida, and nbc s julie on capitol hill. but first, students are set this hour to return to one of the buildings where the shooting at michigan state university happened. msnbc s
. good to be with you, i m katy tur, former vice president mike pence is putting up a fight. a moment ago in minnesota, he told reporters he is pushing back on special counsel jack smith s subpoena requiring him to testify about january 6th. pence is citing the speech and debate clause, something normally reserved for sitting lawmakers. my fight is on the separation of powers. my fight against the doj s subpoenas very simply is on defending the prerogatives that i had as president of the senate to preside over the joint session of congress on january 6th. for me, this is a moment where you have to decide where you stand and i stand on the constitution of the united states. yesterday if you were with us, you would have heard former federal prosecutor paul butler tell us that argument, that speech and debate clause would be a good academic paper for a law student but not as good of an argument in court. after all, pence was not a legislator, technically. he was vice presi
the country, specifically, gender roles. today in tennessee the republican governor billy see signed two controversial new laws. one bans gender affirming care for minors and the other restricts drag shows in the state. let s bring in former democratic congressman ron derrick jones and patrick is here and doug high. guys, let s start with the decision to ban any sort of doctors medical care for anyone under 18 who is looking who believes they are trans and is looking for any sort of medical treatment be it pharmaceutical, consultation or anything like that. doug, i believe you are comfortable with this new law in tennessee. yeah, i think one we have to treat people with dignity and respect and certainly what we ve learned over not just the past three or four years but 20 years, people that feel this way, are this way and have gone through this process quite often go through a very painful life and process. we don t want that. but there are differences between people who a
tornadoes. we will have a live report ahead. in the next 48 hours, donald trump is expected to travel to new york walk into a manhattan courtroo and be officially charged in about 30 criminal counts the former president announced plans for a big post arraignment speech those connected to the cas were sharing their thought ahead of the big day tuesday alvin bragg - 2000-pound anvil accountabilit right onto his lap since the first time in hi life that he s going to be hel accountable for his own dirt deeds. anything at the arraignment that would be showmanship an nothing more we have not seen the indictmen yet. i would be mindful of not committing some other criminal events, like instruction o governmental interference whic is interfering with by threa or otherwise the operation o government new york city police ar tightening security around the manhattan courthouse for the - it is not clear if trump wil get the massive protests h craves we are here in front of trum
but i want to hear from one more person, the disgraced former president himself. i think it s likely final investigative hearing on thursday, all nine members of the committee voted to subpoena the twice impeached insurrectionist president to compel him to testify. liz cheney, the committees republican vice chair, said more than 30 witnesses invoked their fifth amendment right against self incrimination when they were interviewed. many of them, like roger stone and john eastman did so to avoid answering questions about their interactions in discussions with the former president. now, by subpoenaing him, the committee is giving trump the chance to clear things up. the chances of that happening highly in likely. and we think he knows how to do it deflect, deny, and lie, it was meant to take responsibility for his words and actions under oath. and a couple of months ago, trump invoked his fifth amendment right nearly 40 and 50 times when he was deposed by new york state attorney