good day, everyone. from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome to all of you to "alex witt reports." here's what's happening at 2:00 p.m., 11:00 a.m. pacific time. we begin with the breaking news from texas, where any moment now, lawmakers in the house chamber will vote on some of the most restrictive voting laws in this country, passed by the state senate overnight. and if approved by the house, as expected, governor greg abbott could sign it into law as soon as today. we'll keep a close eye on those developments for you. but first, the commander in chief honoring american he rose. joe biden giving his first memorial day speech in delaware. he honored fallen troops, as well as his late son who died of brain cancer six years ago today. >> folks, we're unique in all of history, we really are. with those names that's on that wall, and every other wall and tombstone in america, are velt -- veterans.

that's the reason we're able to stand there. so i hope, i hope the nation comes together. we're not democrats and republicans today. we're americans. we're americans who have given their lives -- [ applause ] it's time to remind everybody who we are. new reaction to republicans blocking the panel to investigate the january 6 riot. here's what congresswoman madeleine dean told me. she served as a manager in president trump's second impeachment trial. >> we went door to door in the senate and asked please, pass the independent commission so we get to the fact os of what happened and how my son was killed and how others were injured. and what did the senators do? they rejected her. they voted no. the majority of republican senators voted no, and then returned home to their districts

to lift up and to honor those who fought and served and died protecting us. can they not see the hypocrisy? can they not feel the shame? tomorrow is the president's soft deadline to reach a deal on overhauling america's infrastructure. no deal in sight after negotiations stalled this month over the price tag. here's transportation secretary pete buttigieg earlier today. >> by the time congress is back in washington, i think those members of congress and the american people and all of us in the administration expect to have a clear direction. i think we are getting pretty close to a fish or cut bait moment. we believe in this process, but very much agree that this can't go on forever. the american people want results. >> and joining me now is jonathan lamere and jeff mason. always a pleasure to see both of you, especially together. so here we go. jonathan, we have tomorrow being memorial day. it is the deadline set by the

white house for infrastructure talks. both sides have certainly yet to come to any agreement. so what happens now? >> well, the white house has said all along, alex, this was a soft deadline for their infrastructure talks. and the president in his remarks, including a statement last week, suggested he's willing to give it more time. june 7th, the week of june 7th ask now what the white house has circled. there's an important transportation committee hearing on the hill that week. and they feel like that, so basically that means we have a two-week stretch here, to see if there can get a deal done. the president and his team, they are encouraged on one hand that talks are persisting. there isn't much in the way of bipartisanship right now in washington, and there's at least a little bit of progress now, some back and forth. but they feel like this republican offer needs to be increased, funded out of the covid -- access covid relief bill, which the white house says that doesn't work. because 95% of it has been

allocated and they want to keep the rest in reserve in case it is needed for something virus related. we're hearing the republicans say we thought we had a deal for $1 trillion with the president, why can't we just seem off on it. the white house is saying no, the president had come down from his initial $2.3 trillion offer to $1.7, but not willing to go down to $1 trillion. so a gap remains. there are questions how to pay for it. and now we'll see in the next two weeks whether or not a deal can get done or the democrats have to do it on their own. >> certainly, jeff, the president is trying to take a bipartisan approach when it comes to congress on the american jobs plan. but how much longer will democrats wait while he tries to negotiate with the gop? do you have a sense at all most democrats are ready? >> based on what secretary buttigieg said this morning, in that clip that you played, it's cheer they're getting close to being ready. the fact that fish or cut bait,

that's the strongest signal we have gotten so far from an administration official that's the direction they're headed. general psaki from the podium is saying they're not there yet. when reporters pressed them -- [ inaudible ] that certainly suggests they may be moving in that direction with the republican senators -- >> yeah. so jonathan, the president received some pretty strong marks from not one but two polls this week. a survey by reuters that finds 52% job approval rating. fox news showing his approval rating at 54%, so it's plus 8 and 12 respectively. are white house insiders paying attention to these numbers, and do they have a strategy on how to sustain them and even increase them? >> oh, the white house is keenly aware of the president's polling. they've been quick to point to it and suggest that these are

good numbers, higher than his predecessor ever reached in his term. they like to go deeper and suggest that look, there are republican voters out there who support the president's agenda, even if the gop lawmakers in washington do not. they feel like they have momentum as they head into the infrastructure talks. but thornier issues await. we saw when the senate killed the january 6 commission last week, talk of maybe it's a moment to scuttle the filibuster. we have contentious issues like immigration on the horizon and the most -- what could be the fiercest fight of all over voting rights looming this summer or early fall, which will call the future of the filibuster into question. it won't always be smooth sailing for this president. but the white house is pleased right now with where he is. >> yeah. a similar question to you, jeff. because they have to be happy about these numbers. how much importance is the administration putting on these

polls? what is your take on what's working for them and how much do they take note of the fact that we are in the most polarized state of affairs in this country since the trump administration? how much does that play into sort of the ceiling they think they may be able to reach? >> i suspect, alex, that they think it gives them political capital, which may be why he continues to push for bipartisanship, even though he wasn't successful on getting a bipartisan vote on his first legislation and may or may not be with this second one on infrastructure we've been talking about. certainly, any white house is happy to see positive polls, and this far into his young administration, that's good for this white house. but i don't think that they're looking at his poll numbers every day and making political calculations based on it. he has a couple of years to get

his agenda through. they talked about the fact that there is bipartisan support in the american electorate for the infrastructure bill and for his legislative initiatives, but that hasn't translated into a lot of the bipartisan -- [ inaudible ] i think it's fair to say they like these numbers where they are. >> so january than, you have a democratic moderate senator, joe manchin, who is slamming the republicans for rejecting the january 6 commission bill that started off as bipartisan. do you think this could change his mind about filibuster reform? i know what he has said, but is there an indication he's inching at all on that? >> he has said it over and over and over that he didn't want to touch the fill buster, even this week, suggested that it would be the end of our democracy, i'm paraphrasing, if that were to happen. certainly he was outraged, as many democrats were, most democrats were, that the january 6 commission fell apart because

of republican votes in the senate. it remains to be seen whether or not he's willing to go that way on the filibuster. and to this point, i don't think that the white house and other democratic senators are counting on it. it's possible to maybe have a talking filibuster, but much more painful to use. i think the white house did take note of his anger, and he has -- they have -- the white house has been trying to send this signal of bipartisanship. they have made good-faith efforts to reach across the aisle to reassure moderate democrats like manchin and sinema to say hey, look, we're doing everything we can. if we can't get them on board, if they're not willing to make a bipartisan effort on something like january 6, how can we on infrastructure. so if a deal falls apart, they may want to do it by reconciliation. >> before the bill was shot

down, joe biden said -- do you think this sent a message to if white house how partisan congress is right now and could that affect biden's strategies going forward? >> i don't think they needed that failure to know how far apart democrats and republicans are in congress. yes, this sends a message, but it's not a message that's new, that's been clear for months if not years now. and the white house knows that. they're using that in their calculations. that's why he's still sticking with that with regard to infrastructure. >> given all those years in the senate, he knows that's the best way to get something done. i guess they'll keep going for it. jonathan, jeff, so glad to see you guys. thank you. more breaking news to update you on out of south florida. two dead, more than 20 hurt in a

shooting. here is a witness describing what flayed out shortly after midnight in the city of hialeah. >> a white suv pulled up, three subjects stepped out of the vehicle with assault rifles and hand guns and began shooting indiscriminately into the crowd, of which we believe is a targeted act of gun violence. unfortunately, multiple people were shot. as of right now, we have 20 to 25 victims at various hospitals around the community, as well as two deceased victims on the scene. this is a despicable act of gun violence. a cowardly act. >> in fact, nbc's sam brock is getting an update right now from the police director. we'll get the latest from him when he becomes available to us again. more breaking news to share this hour. israel's prime minister looks set to lose his grip on power. the country has been in political deadlock after four elections in two years. two of israel's opposition part

ys will -- parties will join forces to oust benjamin netanyahu. kelly, i know this just went down. so what do we know? >> reporter: alex, this is a really serious challenge to the prime minister's leadership here. what we understand at this point is that a former property jay of benjamin netanyahu's, and his former defense minister, has agreed to join a coalition government with a centrist party. he announced just about an hour ago. this is not a done deal. let's be clear about that. he said look, it's either this, it's either i join the centrist party or we go to a fifth election in two years. that's something that he's said that he is just not willing to do. this is not a done deal. i have to be clear about that. of benjamin netanyahu, a fighter to the end, will fight this, as well. he's come out and said that this

is a con, that navtali bennett shouldn't join this government and he's trying to woo these coalition partners away from this new agreement. again, it isn't a done deal until off of these coalition partners sign on a dotted line and are sworn in by the kinesset. they have until wednesday to do this. just to underline the obvious, a few days is an eternity in israeli politics. as one of my colleagues here says. and anything can change in the next couple of days. but at this point, it looks as those natali bennett, the former protege of benjamin netanyahu, agreed to form a coalition with an opposition centrist party. >> looks like a critical 72 hours ahead in israel. kelly, thank you very much for

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new fallout today from that failed vote on the january 6 commission. representative jason crow urging democratic leaders to push forward, claiming the investigation must go on with or without republican support. >> this has to get done. i'm sick of playing a game of whack-a-mole with gop members of congress. every time we address one of their concerns, 509 one pops up. >> majority leader schumer warning he could force a second vote on the bill over in the house. nancy pelosi has yet to declare her next move, which could include a select committee

investigation. joining me now is a dormer democratic representative from indiana and served as the 9/11 vice chair. thank you for joining me. i would love to get your reaction as to how all of this evolved. what did you make of the final vote total, and did you expect more republicans to join? >> alex, first, thank you for having me and happy memorial day weekend to you and your family and to -- >> thank you. >> -- to the viewers on msnbc out there. i just have to say that this is terribly frustrating, and you can see why the american people get frustrated, want to rip their hair out when they -- when they follow politics at times, alex. we had a strong, bipartisan support vote on the house side, 252 votes in favor, only 175 opposed. 35 republicans joined us in trying to create this january 6

commission. 252-175, you know, in any kind of sport, alex, that's a smashing. then it comes over to the senate side where they apply the arcain filibuster rule to this. we don't need 351 votes or 54 votes, we don't need 58 votes, we need 60 to try to pass this. we get an overwhelming vote of support, 54-35. again, a resounding victory for creating this bipartisan thorough 9/11 style commission to look back at what happened on january 6. and that's not enough to pass this. so we're going keep trying, alex. we're going try to do what the american people want us to do, and look at what happened on january 6, why it happened, and let's prevent it from ever happening again. >> here's something that's rather disheartening. when you look at adding up the

numbers, the 54-35, that's only 89. 11 people didn't even bother to vote. >> i was in the house of representatives, and voting is one of the most important and vital things you do to represent your constituents. that's why they send you, alex, to washington, d.c., to be their voice and their action and their army. and yeah, i don't quite understand why some of these folks didn't vote. let's give them another chance. let's do this again. let's see if we can't get to 60. you know, i read your bio, alex, that you are a distant relation to george washington. you know the history here. we have freedom on top of the capitol. a statue that overlooks this, you know, this beautiful city, most powerful city in the world, and guards our capitol complex.

she is shedding tears today, as to hour inability to create this commission. she is the one looking down, kind of shamefully, saying why can't we get this done for law enforcement? we lost a police officer, we had 140 law enforcement officials hurt on january 6. it was one of the most tragic days in law enforcement history going back to the attacks of september 11. why can't we come together, protect our capitol, our constitution, our country, and our police, and do this the right way? i hope we can find some republicans who are brave here, alex. >> yeah. i've got to say on occasion, i've had to use the phrase "cousin george would be rolling in his grave." you served on the 9/11 commission and you've been advising house democrats and nancy pelosi on this proposal since february.

is there anything more that the democrats could have done, or do you think the fate of this commission was doomed from the start, given the polarity in this country right now? >> no question, we are deeply divided. a question like this of outside experts, people not running for office every two years, who are inhaling the political winds and sometimes not doing the best thing for the interest of our country, we don't need them particularly on this commission. we want a bipartisan thorough independent commission to take politics out of this, look at what happened on january 6. and do the right thing. and you remember this, alex, you're a lot younger than i am. but i remember the 11th of september vividly. it took us almost two years to create a commission. it was hard. we were divided then.

we had to bring democrats and republicans together. i had to work with senator john mccain. thread this to the house and the senate, get it done and overcome opposition from the bush white house. but we did it. we can do this again and do it the right way. it's needed now even more, because we are so divided. some of us are divided even on the facts, alex. there's some people in this country that are not sure what happened that day, and calling it a tourist event. >> yeah. >> you know this, this was reported the other day. one individual that attacked our capitol came to the capitol with five firearms, 11 molotov cocktails with napalm-like devices. that is not a tour ils. -- tourist. that is somebody coming to hurt people, to hurt police, custodians and staffers who work

in our sacred hallowed grounds of our capitol. let's make sure this doesn't happen again. i think the senate should vote again and again and again until we get the 60 votes and get this right. or leader mcconnell should say, look, let's just -- majority rules. let's not play games with trying to rig this vote. let's let 51 votes speak for the winner. like in most situations. >> you know what's almost mind numbing about what you just had to say? you have to make the distinction between what a tourist looks like and somebody who comes with molotov cocktails and the pictures that we have seen that gave the reality of what happened january 6. i mean, it's almost too much to be believed sometimes we have to utter these things. let me ask you whether you think nancy pelosi should put forward a select committee. is that one way to do it, if we can't by bringing it back again

and again for a vote? should she just put forward with that? >> i think speaker pelosi has handled this very well. she introduced legislation a couple months ago, which had many more democrats than republicans on it. which did not have the subpoena power triggered in a bipartisan way. she made concessions. she worked with republicans. senator collins, a republican in the senate, made all kinds of changes that republicans wanted so that they would vote for it. there is a universe of 14 to 15 republicans in the senate that could vote for this. only six of them did, even after getting the kind of changes they wanted. i have talked to speaker pelosi many times about this. she always has the option of creating the select committee. it may well be her last best option. but the first one, alex, is to do this the right way for the american people. let's try to heal, let's try to

get to the facts. let's try to bring people together. show the world. show the chinese, who are attacking our democracy as failed, as dysfunctionaldysfunc the united states is not a global leader any more. the chinese are saying that around the world. let us come together, pass bipartisan legislation, and figure out what went wrong on january 6, how we heal as a people, and that, you know, this is not an issue of right versus left. it's an issue of right and wrong. and those are wrong, those that attacked the capitol, those who assaulted other people, those who said we can't get our way in a peaceful election and a fair election, we're going try to overthrow the united states capitol. that cannot be tolerated in 2022

or 2024, or any other time in our history. let's figure this out together as democrats and republicans, figure out what wrong and fix it. >> tim, the passionate insights you bring, you're welcome any time. >> happy to do it. great show, alex. as always. i hope you enjoy your weekend. >> i will. thank you so much. and you, as well. meantime, revisiting the origins of covid and why one theory that seemed far-fetched is becoming a bit more of a possibility now.

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>> >> remarkable numbers as the nation marks the first maskless holiday. case numbers are going down. 42 states are experiencing a decline in cases, in fact. the u.s. reported around 11,400 cases over the last 24 hours. that's a huge improvement from the numbers we saw just weeks

ago. and because of those numbers, baseball is back and now so are the fans. boston's fenway park opened at full capacity last night, the cdc director even throwing out the first pitch. washington, d.c.'s national park is where we find nbc's cal perry. i know that you spoke to some fans earlier. how are the fans feeling? >> reporter: yeah, people are happy to be back. they're happy that these stadiums are going to be at capacity they're at 36% now. here are the teams currently available for 100% seating -- >> reporter: here is who is going to next. the baltimore oraliers on june 1st.

the dodgers will open june 15th. they are ten games up in first place. this is your dodger update. the other thing that's happening on the field is that we are seeing the vaccinations really take hold. at least 16 teams now have vaccinated at least 85% of their players and staff. that will allow them to lose the masks in the dugout and travel differently. as you mentioned, the fans are happy to be here. we spoke to a couple on their way in. take a listen. >> definitely. i think it's awesome to see parks getting full again. get the fan experience back. >> i like the reduced, to be honest. it's so much easier to get out of here. i'm happy it's getting safer, though. you know what i mean? the selfish side is thinking, i'll have to wait a little bit longer. but this is all right. >> reporter: baseball fans finding a silver lining. you have to trade the larger crowds for the waiting to get out of the parking lot, but

everyone is very excited for full stadiums come thing summer, alex. >> thank you for the dodgers update. june 15th is the day that california in general is opening up to full capacity. cal perry, thank you. new insight now into the renewed push to find out how covid-19 started. joe biden telling the intelligence community to push harder to get answers. he gave them a deadline, 90 days to report back to him with a more definitive conclusion. >> reporter: for well over a year, the questions have lingered -- did the virus that causes covid-19 originate in nature or could it have leaked from a chinese lab? joe biden this week ordered the intelligence community to find something about the origins of the virus, has refocused attention here, on the wuhan institute of virology.

it's the absence of proof of any scenario that might explain the pandemic. >> i believe we do need an investigation where there's open transparency. >> reporter: from the outset, china has been criticized for a lack of transparency. >> wuhan has china's only level four super laboratory that works with the world's most deadly pathogens to include, yes, the coronavirus. >> reporter: the trump administration embraced the idea. >> we have people looking at it very strongly. >> reporter: much of the scientific community dismissed it. but experts have questioned the world health organization, and said a lab leak was unlikely. in a joint letter in the journal "science" experts called for a broader investigation, say nothing possibility should be ruled out until we have sufficient data. nbc news was granted the only independent media access to the

wuhan lab in 2020. the lab directors denied any leak. >> has anyone at the lab either personnel or connected to the lab, tested positive for this virus? >> no. >> nobody? >> nobody. >> reporter: but a newly revealed u.s. intelligence report confirmed by nbc news claims three lab workers sought treatment for covid-like symptoms at a hospital shortly before cases exploded in wuhan. china rejects this, saying the w.h.o. should be looking into labs in other countries, including the u.s. >> finding the real origin is not the real job of an intelligence officer, it is the job of a scientist. >> reporter: but there are questions about the lab's research with coronaviruses similar to covid. including the closest known match, taken nearly a decade ago from a bat sample at an abandoned mine in china, 1,000 miles from wuhan.

>> janice adds that the times of london newspaper today saying that british intelligence believes a lab leak is a feasible cause of the coronavirus pandemic. around this country, americans are celebrating memorial day weekend maskless. this as the cdc reports 40% of americans are fully vaccinated and 50% have received at least their first shot. so joining me now, the founder and ceo of advancing health equity and msnbc medical contributor. glad to see you, especially because this is some darn good news. other than the interesting thing that was just reported by janice about the origins of covid-19, so your perspective as a doctor, what is the medical importance of figuring out the source? >> thank you for having me, alex. so the importance is that we need to know the origins of this

particular coronavirus so that another pandemic like this one never happens again. this is the third coronavirus, sars in 2002 and mers in 2012, that's caused an outbreak. this is the most significant outbreak. we need to know, did this happen naturally or was it a result of a lab leak? there's so many questions. also, what were the lab protocols? what were the diagnosis of those lab workers that had to go to the hospital? we need to have all of these answers, and these answers aren't going to be found in a 90-day investigation. we need folks on the ground, in wuhan, taking blood samples from animals, from residents, and from lab workers to get the answer. >> so these other coronavirus variants that are emanating from various parts of the world, are we 100% certain that they all came from the original? is there any chance that any of them erupted on their own accord?

>> so some of the other ones that i mentioned, as well as other viruses like hiv, it's already documented that they had animal origins. but sars took about ten years to figure out where it came from. so i don't think we're going to have the answers any time soon. but we really need to know as many details as possible. >> okay. lots of talk about booster shots. what's next? there's a trial that is set to launch that will tell us if people can mix and match their shots. when do you think the american people will get a timeline on booster shots and the certainly of which one they can use? >> i think that we should have a better idea by the end of this year. you know, we've had some recent studies that have come out that show some encouraging information that there are these memory cells called memory b cells that hang out in our bone marrow and they found them up to a year or more in people who had

been infected with coronavirus. and those that were infected and then vaccinated developed a very robust immune response. so the thought is that if you were previously infected and vaccinated, you may not require a booster. but if you're vaccinated, you may need a booster. but it may not be in less than a year. so i think those clinical trial participants that were enrolled last july, we should have more data on them to see if there are any significant breakthrough infections and whether a booster will be required. so still more questions than answers. >> so we have seen maskless people traveling in the massive numbers. what is your reaction when you see that given everything we have witnessed over the last 15, 16 months, you know, we have gotten used to seeing masks and feel somewhat protected by it. do you think the vaccination rates are high enough, or should we still be worried by throngs, i guess, of people that are not masked? >> right.

so i think that we can appreciate that the country has done very well in terms of vaccination efforts. but when you look more on a granular level, there are many areas of the country that are undervaccinated, and even pockets within certain counties. the vaccination rates are quite low. my person is that people traveling over this memorial day weekend, they may be traveling from areas of low vaccination rates and expos a potential rate to people who are undervaccinated. so we all still have to be very careful, even though it seems like we are headed back to quote unquote normalcy, we need more people to be vaccinated. >> okay, appreciate your insights. thank you very much. why this weekend is like none other in tulsa, oklahoma. none other in tulsa, oklahoma. the light.

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right now in oklahoma, events are under way to commemorate the 100th year anniversary of the tulsa race massacre. the greenwood district was a thriving community for black professionals before a white mob destroyed it on may 31st, 1921. the true death toll is unknown, but historians estimate it could be as high as 300. nearly 200 businesses were demolished. some 10,000 black residents

displaced. those responsible, never brought to justice. the destruction never relaced. antonia hilton is there for us. in this last segment when you joined us, you gave us a remarkable look at plaques that are in the ground, envisioning what stood there 100 years ago. it doesn't go unnoticed that those residents have to walk across those sidewalks and they notice this every day. how close is all of this to present-day residents? >> reporter: when you speak to residents and community members who live around the greenwood district where i'm standing right now, what you hear from them is that the echoes of what happened 100 years ago are forever present with them. i've met people who said my family member owned a restaurant oar a barbecue spot, my family member did tailoring work. they know the names and the locations of the businesses that their family ran.

so in a sense they can really tally what was lost and still has not been repaid to them. what i kind so interesting about this experience in tulsa is there is this sense of duality of emotion. there is still a lot of angry over the fact that there still has not been restitution and people do not feel like they've been made whole. this is a feeling that extends not just from the survives is we've seen speak on tv and from the famous descendants who have spoken out, but black people all over this country. i want you to meet a group of women who have come in from all over the u.s. right now, and they wanted to be here for this historic weekend. hi there, thank you so much for joining us. so you made time to come out here this weekend. why? what does this represent for black people even outside the greenwood community? >> we came in from the kansas

city area. this is history. and being able to have a worldwide attention to what black people created when they weren't allowed to have their own companies and businesses. as an entrepreneur, this is nothing more than a manifestation of my an cess sor -- ancestors. >> i simply just wanted to know the truth. it's a difference in what you hear in history books. i wanted to see for myself and kind of create that section to my ancestors. i wanted to feel it. so it was very important for me to come out here and just represent. >> i'm just honored and privileged to know about our history and to learn what happened, and to know that hey, the war wasn't lost. we're here. and it's just beautiful to see everyone come out and support this cause. >> crystal, stephanie and linette, thank you for making

time for us. enjoy the rest of this historic weekend. >> reporter: alex, you can see it right there. the folks who live in tulsa who can directly trace themselves to the businesses you see memorialized right here in front of memorial ized in front of me. but this is a debt that has not been paid. and so this is not just a festival or a three day weekend, is this a call to action. >> that is a great girls weekend getaway. thank you so much. and all of you tonight can tremaine the outstanding special called blood on black wall street. and you will see it right here at 10:00 p.m. and also on peacock. and you can check on the podcast into america wherever you get

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open. you are vaccinated and so it is nice to be outdoors and get fresh air. >> reporter: and actually met quite a few millennial age range folks out here who tell me that they never thought about rving before the pandemic but once it hit, people they knew had rvs and so they thought that this is a safe way to get out. and we're seeing a lot of people across the board feeling much more comfortable being out and about given the rate of vaccinations we're seeing in this country. and they are here and just excited to have some fresh air and see other people's faces for the first time in a really long time. >> yeah, no reason not to. that rv looks really comfortable.

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good afternoon. we have a lot to get through in the next few hours. including the breaking news out of miami-dade county of another mass shooting in this country where the manhunt stands for those responsible and how it all started. a lot of questions to be answered there. and plus combatting voter fraud where it does not exist. texas, now on the precipice of passing a bill that would trigger a special session until it does pass. how it would impact communities of color. and the challenge benjamin netanyahu faces after the latest deadly conflict with hamas. but we start with the breaking news out of florida. two are dead, 20 more than injured after a mass shooting at a concert hall.