Conference, alisyn, with more details, including possible Surveillance Video from the gas station. That could show us exactly what happened. That would help, thanks so much, sarah. And its Important Note what you saw in the video there, that wasnt a flashbang being thrown by the Police Officers, it was a firework coming from the crowd allegedly it was an attempt to try to create some type of disturbance with the gas pumps there, it didnt work, thankfully, that could have really changed the dynamic of the situation, but certainly it caused panic. This situation comes in the wake of two officers being shot at and killed in brooklyn, new york. There had been calls to come together after that but those calls were ignored by protesters who took over streets in manhattan. Chanting how do you spell racist . Nypd. The timing is causing criticism. There had been questions about whether or not president obama would attend the officers funeral. We know Vice President biden and his wife, jill, are
Partied with donald trump in the rose garden after thursdays votes are returning home to face their constituents and theyre finding out that the partys over. Joining me now is nbc senior politics editor beth and ozzy, Senior Reporter for politico. Thank you for both joining me this morning. Beth, the reality in terms of politics is that this has not helped the republicans, at least in what were seeing as they return home. In many ways, its cemented some of the damage of their going after this bill, because it does threaten where states can opt out of reexisting conditions and other things that could lead to people losing their health coverage. Thats right. I was up at this town hall meeting that you just showed on your air just now. It was in upstate western new york. The congressman has served about five terms. He does town meetings regularly, which unlike other republicans, we were trying to find republican members of congress doing them this weekend after this vote. He was the only