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>> i'm laura coates and this is "cnn tonight." a short time ago we heard from an emotional and increasingly frustrated president biden. after all it was vice president biden nearly a decade ago who had the distinct responsibility to formulating the government's response to the tragedy at sandy hook. tonight he delivered his first prime time address to the nation on gun violence and the epidemic that has become in america. you may have noticed the 56 candles burning behind him. they're meant to represent shooting victims from all u.s. states and territories. and it came amid cries of ...

lay them out for us. >> that's right. two counts. one each for not appearing for his deposition and failing to -- a second count for failing to turn over documents that the january 6th committee demanded he turn over. but one of the interesting things that happened today, not only obviously was this -- was he indicted by the grand jury, but this was initially prosecutors initially asked for this to be sealed, because they felt that it was a risk of either flight or for him to tamper with other witnesses. we learned just a while ago that what happened today was he was actually arreste...

investigation has found so far. cnn's senior justice correspondent, evan perez, is live from outside the district court. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is on capitol hill. and cnn legal analyst elliot williams is also with us. evan, explain the indictment and what happens next for navarro. >> reporter: well, alison, we're expecting that peter navarro is going to appear before a judge in the coming minutes here at the courthouse in d.c. behind me. he's facing two counts. one for failing to turn over documents to the january 6th committee. and a second count for failing to...

us. do something. just do something. for god's sake, do something. after columbine, after sandy hook, after charleston, after orlando, after las vegas, after parkland, nothing has been done. this time, that cannot be true. this time we must actually do something. they issue we face is one of conscience and common sense. the second amendment, like all other rights, is not absolute. it was justice scalia who wrote, and i quote, like most rights, the right of the second amendment -- the rights granted by the second amendment are not unlimited. not unlimited. they never have been. it com...

d.c. courthouse where navarro is expected to arrive in about an hour and a half. we've got a lot to talk about and the best people to talk about it. "new york times" chief white house correspondent peter baker. nbc's pete williams. nbc's sahil kapur on capitol hill. ari melber, msnbc chief legal correspondent and host of "the beat." let me start with you, ari, because i saw peter navarro on your program last night. he did not appear, to me, to be a man who thought he might be in federal custody less than 24 hours later. >> that's exactly right. he didn't sound like that. he didn't ta...