Political party affiliations. Good morning, everyone, im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian. President trump will try to play the role of consoler in chief today as he visits el paso, and dayton, ohio, in the wake of backtoback shootings. Trump is expected to travel there this morning, and some democratic officials asking him to stay away. The congresswoman who represents el paso continued to speak out last night. This community is full of hope and resilience and beauty. But other thing that i heard, chris, totally unsolicited from victims still in the hospital. As they grab my arm and tell me, tell him not to come here. We got a call from the white house earlier, inviting us to be part of the motorcade as the president arrived and to greet him. My response back was, i need a phone call today because i would like to have a conversation with the president about everything ive been saying on national tv. I want to say it to him directly. And i want to see if he would have a dialogue where he accepts responsibility for his words. Where he understands the power that theyve had, the pain theyve created. And says, im sorry, and takes them back. Those words are still hanging above us. He has the power to take them back. The response we got was that he was too busy for a phone call. So we declined the motorcade. So the congresswoman says she refuses to be, quote, accessory to the president s visit saying, quote, i refuse to be part of the dialogue of the pain. And beto orourke has also urged him not to visit. The president quote this, beto phony name to indicate hispanic heritage orourke who is embarrassed by my last visit to the great state of texas, where i trounced him. Orourke has said that the president should not visit the city in its time of mourning. Orourke responded on twitter with this. 22 people in my hometown are dead after an act of terror inspired by your racism. El paso will not be quiet and neither will i. The president mentioned his last visit to el paso in that tweet. It turns out his campaign apparently left the city with a huge bill. The Trump Campaign owes el paso over 500 million for a Campaign Rally in february. The outstanding 569,000 covered police and safety costs. The president held rallies that day. The El Paso Times said orourke paid his bill months ago but nothing so far from the Trump Campaign. The mayor of dayton, ohio, nan whaley says she plans to tell them about how unhelpful he is. He has not prepped push for reform, she plans to tell the president. You know, hes made his bed. Hes got to lie in it, you know . His rhetoric has been painful for many in our community. And i think the people should stand up and say theyre not happy, if theyre not happy hes coming. Is enough being done at the federal level to address gun violences . Absolutely not. What do you see in d. C. . You see a lot of nothing happening. And gun reform, definitely nothing has happened. And former Vice President joe biden is asking leaders to call Mitch Mcconnells office to demand gun reform. And helped address reporters with shootings and calling out White Nationalism and urging mcconnell to put the bill on the senate floor for a vote. The email also asks supporters to continue donating to the El Paso Victim Fund as well as the dayton foundation. Police were called to protests outside of Mitch Mcconnells louisville home monday night. According to the courier journal said in a live video of the protest, that instead of falling and injuring his shoulder over the weekend, mcconnell, quote, should have broken his little raggedy wrinkled expletive neck. After someone made reference to a voodoo, saying just stab him in the heart. Adding this, mcconnell doesnt care about people who actually do break their necks who need insulin, who need any kind of help because they want to stop health care for all. A Quinnipiac University poll finds that joe biden continues to hold about a third of electorate in a doubledigit lead down 32 in this latest poll. Elizabeth warren jumping up six points to second place at 21 . Thats the most anyone other than biden has registered in that poll throughout the entire year. Senator Bernie Sanders is now at 14 , gaining three points. Senator Kamala Harris dropped three points to 7. Mayor buttigieg at 5 . As the president heads to texas two polls show a closer than usual race for president next year. An Emerson College poll for the Dallas Morning News finds both biden and sanders with a slight edge over trump in texas. While trump holds 42point lead over elizabeth warren. Julian castro trails trump by five points and harris is behind by eight. That poll ended on sad. The tyler poll conducted thursday through sunday, the day after the shooting finds trump leading by six points. Sanders and biden ahead by four. Warren down by two. And the poll allows voters to select other and dont know. And in the past three weeks, two senators announced they will not seek reelection next year. Joining us from washington, d. C. Congressional reporter for politico, andrew disdario. Lets talk about the polls coming out for the 2020 race. What might they mean for some democrats who are actually gaining some momentum. Right, at this point, any republican should be winning statewide in it technical but democrats are seening it nor of a battleground state especially after beto orourke came close to defeating ted cruz. That was unheard of for a senate race in the state of texas. If you look at the retirements you just mentioned, who are at risk, for example, of losing their districts which are trending more blue, i think that is indicative of a larger trend that republicans will have to worry about in a state as large as texas and a state with as many electoral votes as texas does. Its a big question mark heading into 2020. And its a good sign for democrats to have at least a few of their candidates in this poll in particular defeating donald trump. Hey, we have heard from the mayorohio and congresswoman escobar ahead of this trip that the president is making today to both ohio and texas. What kind of pushback do we expect the president to be facing here . Right. So in this situation, any president would assume the role of sort of the consoler in chief. We saw it a bunch during obamas presidency. We saw it during the george w. Bush presidency, especially after 9 11, of course. Under donald trump, that whole circumstance has become different because you have his political opponents not rallying behind him and try to unify behind the president. But, rather, you have them accusing the president of actually having contributed to the hatefilled rant pages in both texas and ohio. But in particular texas. Thats not something that anybody can remember, the idea that the president who is supposed to be consoling the nation is actually under fire for having inspired some of this rampage is the word. From the manifesto, is the word invasion. The shooter there said a hispanic invasion in texas. And saying hes contributed to the rhetoric. And you heard beto orourke saying in his tweet last night that the president actually inspired this. Its an odd moment for the country. Andrew, thank you. Still ahead, some republican lawmakers are voicing support for red flag laws when it comes to gun control law. Well tell you how they protect civilians. And remembrances are pouring in for toni morrison. Well talk about her life and her career. Those stories and more when we come back. Johnson johnson is a baby company. 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Not only does the city fall under his district but his daughter and a family friend were also across the street from where the shooting began sunday morning. The congressman tweeted this, my daughter and friend fled into the oregon district and contacted me at 2 00 a. M. As they ran home. I followed their progress and prayed for them and our community. I wonder how long before the nra starts to go down. To decline. Red flags picking up for those facing pressure to act on gun violence. According to the new york times, lawmakers are coalescing to take those guns, if signed into law, in the senate, background checks bill failed in 2013 after 26 children and Staff Members were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School until newtown, connecticut. Red flag laws may be the only governme governmentrelated measure that could squeeze through. And confident that they will find common ground, senator Lindsey Graham has proposed legislation that would offer federal grants to states to help them enact and endorse red flag laws also known as extreme Risk Protection orders. Joining us legal analyst danny cevallos. Hey, danny. Talk us through the red flag laws and how they compare to the proposed measures out there. There are a variety of red flag laws and most of them have recently been enacted, but generally speaking theyre not that different from a protection from abuse order or restraining order where a Family Member or Law Enforcement makes a determination that an individual may pose a risk. And then they take it to the courts. Now, in some cases, the gun ore has notice or hearing, where they can go and confront witnesses against them. But really, the procedural protections vary among the states and thats important because gun ownership is a fundamental right in the United States. So he deprivation of that right requires procedural due process. Due process means notice, a right to a hearing, an opportunity to contest it. And then, ultimately, if the state or the government can prove, or meet its burden, then they can temporarily, or permanently confiscate firearms from that person. You brought up an interesting point that i think cuts to the core of this issue that some people have been saying, thats because it is a fundamental right, there are very little powers both the state and federal government can do to curb that right, the sale as theres very little powers that the government has to curb the freedom of speech and other inalienable rights. So how do states and the federal government get around that challenge, its an inalienable right according to the constitution, but at the same time, fwheer a crisis where something has to be done . The Supreme Court established that a fundamental right like gun ownership is not an absolute. Its not an absolute unfettered right in the United States to own a firearm. So, these laws can be constitutional. The key is that they need to provide a lot of protection. And so, this is one of those kinds of law that is really good in principle. But in execution, can be really thorny. Ill give you an example. If you make if you have a hearing and you think its an emergency, do you make it whats called ex parte . Do you make it that the judge without the gun owner there is going to act quickly, therefore, take away that persons firearms . This is anecdotable in courthouses when it comes to restraining weapons. A lot of them are warranted and sometimes folks make accusations that are not accredit. Even Police Officers may or are at risk of having their firearms taken from them. Look, were also preventing a horrific, but some may be confused. Lets check on weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. Good morning, its going to be one of those days in the Late Afternoon and evening thunderstorms are going to explode in the i95 corridor. Well see numerous airport delays and cancellations. Heres how it looks this morning. Theres one stray shower or thunderstorm in central new jersey. We have numerous areas of heavy rain in southern ohio and west virginia. And rain in portions of 11 states because its the i95 corridor, all the way from virginia, 53 Million People at rick. The best chance of seeing it central portions of the northeast. Albany new york and the hudson valley. Heres the timing of this mess. As we go throughout this morning, heres showers in western new york. Hit and miss in kentucky and west virginia. They pop up rapidly as we go through the afternoon. I pause this at 7 00 p. M. New york city, philadelphia, baltimore. D. C. , looks like you may have two rounds. One round around 4 00 to 6 00 p. M. Its hit or miss. 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