welcome to the show. i am mehdi hasan. they called it black monday. it was the day the supreme court issued its famous ruling in brown v. board of education. a ruling that told americans school segregation was unconstitutional. and for a group of white mississippians, that they came to be known as black monday. the monitor came from this man, thomas pickens brady, a prominent segregationist and future mississippi supreme court justice who gave a defiant speech against the decision entitled, black monday. it was printed as a booklet and passed out to white school children in mississippi. seeped in racism and white supremacist thinking, you might not be surprised to hear that it was published by the white supremacist organization, this is since councils, a group that was also formed in mississippi, right after, take a guess, the brown the board ruling. i am telling you all of this to show you how deeply rooted the racism in mississippi goes, how vicious the backlash was to fe
on this tuesday, may 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us today. a bipartisan senate working group led by democrat chris murphy of connecticut and republican john cornyn of texas will hold a remote meeting today in hopes of reaching a basic framework for gun reform. senator cornyn said yesterday that many gun issues should be discussed at the state level and said background checks, mental health, and red flag laws are things that congress can address. after spending nearly four hours with uvalde families on sunday, the president returned to the white house yesterday, and expressed optimism that quote rational republicans will make a move this time. he decried, easy access to high caliber weapons, while also discussing the limitations of his own power. s own power. one week after the deadly shooting in texas, funeral services are under way, for the victims. on a hot memorial day, american flags flew at half-staff in uvalde yesterday. not only for fallen soldie
to rush in immediately and take down the gunman. he was set to take his place on the city council tonight. we ll tell you what the town s mayor is saying about that. and the latest in the debate over gun reform. more on what the key players are thinking and saying ahead of a senate meeting that is scheduled for today. along with joe and me today, we have former aide to the george w. bush state departments and white house, elise jordan. and the host of way too early, jonathan lemire. the white house bureau chief at politico. the senators led by chris murphy and john cornyn of texas will hold a meeting tonight. many issues should be held at the state level, but they said mental health, background checks, and red flag laws are something congress can address. after spending four hours with families on sunday in uvalde, the president returned to the white house and expressed hope that republicans will go for reform. he also discussed the limitations of his power on this issu
before moving in on the shooter. this despite records showing that the local police chief completed active shooter training in december that calls on police to do the exact opposite. meanwhile, president biden fresh from his visit to uvalde has promised action on gun reform. the question this morning, will congress follow through. and will this latest tragedy actually move republicans the president in the last hour seems to think so. i haven t spoken to them, i think they ll have to take a hard look. plus, more heartbreaking stories are emerging from the violence, including one from a teacher, who told her students to hit the floor, just seconds before bullets ripped through her classroom windows. i just kept hearing, boom, boom, boom. it kept going off, it felt like an eternity. and i just remember praying, please, god, please, god, keep us safe. and nbc s ken brock is here with me. nbc s julia ainsley will be here in a moment. sam, you ve been here the last couple
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