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tv   Alex Witt Reports  MSNBC  June 12, 2022 11:00am-12:00pm PDT

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welcome back to all of you i am alex witt filling in for yasmin vossoughian on a very busy news day that we are following for you. starting with the breaking news, a group of senators breaking a deal for gun reform. some key measures that did not make the cut. we will have all the details for this ahead. getting reaction for parkland survivor and march for our lives cofounder david hogg. is he satisfied with the result?
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we will ask him. a shocking arrest in idaho. a u-haul truck filled with members of the extremist group, patriot front. one witness said looked like was heading toward. pastured right near a pride event. we are looking ahead to a busy week in the january six investigation. three public hearing scheduled tomorrow. the first heard last thursday though, aimed directly at his big lie from donald trump. i will speak with mark taylor the former trump administration official once known as anonymous. that is all coming up for you back to the breaking news where we start this hour. it is on capitol hill the u.s. senate issuing a statement saying they have struck a bipartisan deal over gun safety and it comes one month at the massacre in uvalde, texas. president biden issuing a statement just a short time ago praising the deal as potentially, quote, the most significant gun safety legislation in decades he also knows it does not include everything he would like to see. let's go up to abc news ali raphael, joining us from
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capitol hill. ali, what is in this bill? >> alex, you mentioned nearly a month after that shooting in uvalde, senators and several lawmakers here on capitol here felt like this time is different after nearly ten years since the shooting at sandy hook and several attempts and gun reform since then have sailed they felt like this time they could actually get something passed. it appears that they have the initial framework to be able to do that. in these provisions, i will read you a little bit of what is included in that. one of them is the creation of incentives for states to be able to implement those red flag laws we talk so much about. that would allow weapons to be taken away from those who were deemed a danger to themselves and others. it also extends back on track for age 1821 a new age group specifically -- where gun dealers will have to go through several other levels to be able to sell a gun to
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someone between those ages. taking up to ten days for that. these provisions also extend funding for mental health and security. it closes the loophole the supposed boyfriend loophole -- it also adds penalties for straw purchases, when a fire arm's purchased legally and then given to someone who wouldn't otherwise be able to buy them for themselves. as you mentioned, notably not included in this package is raising the minimum age to be able to buy an assault style weapons from 18 to 21. just an all out assault weapons ban. despite, that senator chris murphy the democrat leading this effort said we will take what we can get. we are happy that some sort of deal has been made. his office putting out a press release when this initial agreement was made. saying that, he came to an agreement that quote saves lives while also protecting the
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constitutional rights of law-abiding americans. we look forward to earning broad bipartisan support in passing our common sense proposal into law. he says that ten democrats in ten republicans, 20 senators total have signed on to disagreement. remember, democrats needed at least ten to be able to get any sort of agreement done. now it is just a matter of when this could be drafted to be taken up by senate majority leader mitch mcconnell on the senate floor for a vote, alex. >> we will see when all of that happens. it is key to harness the momentum on all this. thank you allie raffa, joining us now to the pending -- debbie walton and schultz of florida good to see you again, my friend. >> do you think it goes far enough to bring about significant changes? or will success only come if step-by-step? >>, alex thanks for having me.
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this is an incredibly important discussion. i have to tell you, i listen to a little girl in my oversight committee hearing on come violence and what we can do to reduce it and stop it, described how she took her friends blood and spread it on herself so that she could make the killer believe she was already dead. when i listened to that horrific description as a mom of kids myself, i will tell you anything we can do that would save the life of a child or of anyone in america being a victim of gun violence, whether it's every dignified we have in our street or these mass shootings, it is a step in the right direction. at legislators we have to embrace incremental change. being able to close the boyfriend loophole, we can make it more restrictive for license sure for sellers, that we can
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make the penalties greater for straw purchases! criminals are getting guns by having them passed to them after being legally purchased, those are good steps in the right direction. like i said, we have to vote for incremental change. if you are starving, you are not gonna turn down food, you know? or decide to die of starvation. we have been in the other for a long time here. i am proud of miss murphy and my colleagues taking the steps. >> they are steps, certainly. but they will have to pass into law. a short time ago my colleague jonathan capehart spoke with the house majority standing lawyer on getting the necessary votes in the senate. let's take a listen to what he said. >> but the question is, can you get ten republicans? can you get ten republicans who respond to the overwhelming plea of the american people, 75
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80 90% of the american people say do something about all this carnage. stop this killing of our children, our teachers, people because of the color of their skin! >> here's something rather reassuring when it comes to the numbers. they have ten republican senators signing on to this, as it's been presented! it seems like it would pass, right? do you worry about the pressure that is now going to be placed on those ten republicans? >> oh, there is going to be an onslaught of extremists who will be targeting those ten republicans and everyone in the congress. we absolutely have an opportunity to move forward. let me just be clear on this for those of us who support much more significant reform, this is just the beginning. we have made some progress. i'm glad that those ten senators have had the courage thus far to commit that we have to do something, this time it has to be different. cumulatively we have had -- the fact that we have had more
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mass shootings in this country this year than we have had days in the calendar, enough is enough! we have got to move forward. >> you know, we have been noting on the broadcast last couple of hours since this news broke that the words assault weapons are nowhere in these nine points and even put in this prime work. so, when what do you think about that? raising the minimum age to buy innocent, weapon that has not been addressed many have advocated having it be raised from 21 to where it stands right now to 18 how effective do you think the points that are here today would have been in preventing a buffalo or uvalde? >> well, particularly because the shooters were under 21 years old, the fact that it would take longer for that person to get access to weapon that would be able to commit the shootings -- >> because of the background checks they will hav now? >> and the length of time that
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it's not going to take you know, often just an extra few days might have a potential shooter think through whether they want to actually go through it we were expecting modest reform, at best i know i wasn't expecting anything of significance but anything we can do -- i have worked on safety legislation my whole career, alex. i know that anything you can do to put an obstacle in the path of what's someone would do to harm themselves or others and save a life that is a step you have to take! while saying that, we will have to push through a lot more. it's only gets just the beginning not the end >> let me ask you very quickly though, do you think some republicans will look at this and say, we did! it we address gun legislation and now want to go silent after that >> yeah, that is a concern, absolutely i think a lot of republicans are gonna say, we have gone this far in no farther! once we open the door here to the modest gun reforms that aren't -- that we are trying to pass here,
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we are going to have to go much further we do have to do something about the ability of assault weapons to be got in the hands of civilians. they will do others harm, we have to be able to close all the loopholes for background checks. i believe we should go at least as far as we have gone in florida. pass real red flag laws federally. has the law to buy and sell a gun to 21. expand background checks. there's a lot more to do, this is only the beginning. >> okay,. >> we will have to see where this goes. but the progress is important. >> absolutely, step by flap. debbie walton in florida. ahead this hour parkland shooting survivor in march for our lives founder david hogg will join me with his reaction to this deal. we will also take you live to uvalde, texas is that community still reels from the deadly school shooting there. up next, dozens of people in riot gear affiliated with a white nationalist group are arrested in idaho, near a pride
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found among the suspects belongings. the police chief saying, they look like a little army. let's bring in nbc news maggie vespa, an msnbc -- cliff clint watts. first maggie with, you would be learning about these arrests and what could've happened there? >> sure, police not divulging all the details, it seems like they know what could've gone on, had this not been for. did they did cite one specific piece of evidence that they said, was particularly honest of them. that was this group, again these 31 alleged members of the group, patriot front had with. them the paperwork with similar to an operations plan, the plan -- and they said just based on that paperwork, they didn't want to say a ton about. it they said it was very clear that this group planned to riot in multiple pots of cortland. but that that small town lgbtq plied festival. which of course, it's pride. month the -- queen festival in the middle of
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town, people were drawing on sidewalks with chalk this group it seems according to police was to show up and swarm that area, swarm other parts of town. as you said, they were dressed for battle with shields, shin guards, masks on, matching clothing. that little army quote, that came from a 9-1-1 call. we saw them, the police chief said floating into the back of the u-haul at a local hotel. the 9-1-1 caller said this seems really off to me, it's alarming, they're all dressed alike, they look like they're le, and they're getting into a u-haul. the rs they were going. police pulling them over just blocks from that pride festival. 31 members of an alleged white nationalist group called, patriot front. now charged with conspiracy to riot. . alex >>'s well maggie, what could've happened but let's taken a bit more about this group, patriot front, because we know the southern poverty lost term identifies as a white nationalists hate group.
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they were founded with the help of other neo-nazis in texas, immediately following 2017's deadly unite the right rally. client, what do more do you know about this group, what could you tell us? >> they're the descendants of much what you saw in charlottesville. there was a downturn in activity right after charlottesville. but russo and some of these mothers, picked up speed several months later, taking over, hijacking the branding. what you saw there, charles ville, looks like a very overt american style of patriotic sort of movement. meaning they change their gear, their logos, they try to brand themselves, fighting for the original founders of america. what's interesting about them, they organized much more quickly than in the online space. the prolific in planning both the online and offline platform, and there's flash demonstrations, they'll film them and use pretty intricate techniques to get their content
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out on social media platforms. and they've been very popular with the younger generation of what i would call, white supremacists, white nationalists in terms of their ability to organize. this is a 2017, we're talking about a five-year period where we saw a lot of this go away, we didn't see much of it for two or three years, patriot front is the organization that has stepped up, stepped in, and it's remarkable three nights ago, i was talking about what's happening with the proud boys, while the proud boys and some of the nationalistic element, they're generally older, more drinking clubs, this is the younger group, groups in america that are more organized in many ways, much more political, technological and they do very smart demonstrations, the video as you seeing here, they were gonna do basically like a flash riot, trying to get that out on social media. trying to diet attention to themselves in the reigns. >> so, borne out of virginia and texas. but, clint, if they're so out
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there how much are they being tracked by law enforcement, people whose job is to track these extremists, there's so much on social media, how is it that they weren't stop for something like this? >> well, i, i think the important point is to a point they don't break the law. they're not making any actions that would be legally bring in about law enforcement scrutiny. separately they're stretched over multiple jurisdictions in terms of their scale. many of these individuals are not from idaho. >> i want to say, there was ten different states represented among these 31. to your point, they travel to go to these events. do you know how they choose their events? >> it's mostly based on social media organizing. this was a known event, i can tell you from research that i've worked with, this event in idaho was known. it was known for beyond patriot front, there was other groups, like their gangs talk about gun and demonstrations there, that
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backed away. the important point, everything is gone from national to local. we've been talk about january 6th a lot, the bigger threats today are the local level, like this here in borderline. it's a reminder, reportedly not far from ruby ridge, idaho, -- not far from spokane, washington, where we had a martin luther king braid that had a sophisticated plan about ten years ago. so, this is an area that's known for its white supremacy and anti government rhetoric. i also note, if you're a local law enforcement, they did a great job in this scenario. but how would you detect this when it's coming from up to ten states, from the federal law enforcement they would like to help ensure, there's an overt act they had to have something that clearly violated the crime order to investigate. there is that big gap post january six, we see lots of things in the open short stories about these demonstrations, riots, mobilization. but what is law enforcement allowed to look at, and watch when it comes to social media, and learned a lot to do with it,
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still a big open question a year and a half post january six. >> i'm totally glad that the new york -- base if you see something, say something was in effect. hear that one person who call 9-1-1 and said, this doesn't seem right. good on them. okay, maggie vest but clint watts, good to see you. up next, breaking news on the senate's bipartisan deal on gun safety. the announcement comes one day after march for our lives event across the country, we'll get reaction from one of the marches organizers, and parkland school survivor david hogg, after the break. , after the break. ♪ ♪ ihoppy hour starting at $6 at 3pm only from ihop. download the app and join the rewards program today.
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we all agree, we must act to stop this. >> well, it appears the senate might about to be do something, enact the bipartisan group of senators negotiating on gun legislation reaching a framework deal on gun violence, just about two and a half hours ago, it includes red flag laws, enhanced background checks on gun buyers, march for our lives k founder david hogg releasing this statement that reads in part. thank you for finding common ground that saves lives, we need to be clear, there's more work to be done to save more lives, including requiring background checks for every single gun perch in nations wide. this bill, the first of its kind in 30 years, should be the beginning and not the end of congresses were. and joining me right now is david hogg, david, i'm so glad to talk to you i gotta tell you you've been in my mind for the last two and a half hours. thinking i wonder what david thinks about this. so, what are your thoughts on this framework, are you happy with that? >> i think this is a good first,
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the reality is there's not a single bill for congress to pass that's gonna shop every single shooting that represents progress. i believe that the stuff that is in this, this handshake agreement we have right now, that is not making things official could be substantial and helping common ground to stop parkland from happening. and -- this process. it also cracks down another of things i think, the thing i like about this bill, is the agreement if it doesn't just focus on the how, how somebody gets a gun, but the why they pick it up in the first place. by focusing on things like funding mental health, which is needed [inaudible] i don't want to see this bill with mental health aspects stigmatized. >> yeah, we should say there are three of the nine provisions that are related to mental health. that's all good, certainly someone who takes a gun to go
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out and to kill someone, there's a mental health component that. that is good but i want a cold throw cold water in this, there's a lot that's not in this deal. like the ban on assault weapons, you raise the point that yes, anybody under the age of 21 will be screened more sensibly, but there are those that would want that minimum age to buy a gun, flat out, moved up to 21. so, what do you think about that, are those two things at all in the realm of the future of congress? >> i think they can be, if we work right now to get the progress we need to get. not just throw everything out and say well, because we're getting absolutely everything we want right now, we're not gonna do anything. again, if we can stop one parkland from happening because of this, that's good. the reality is if we do nothing, or doing nothing to stop the next mass shooting from happening. amid take progress, but actual progress we can get, that's gonna be a talk about what we can actually make progress on here. it's important to highlight,
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thousands of young people, old people, teachers, republicans, gun owners, democrats, americans across the country marching with. us over 450 cities, washington, d.c., we show that republicans and democrats, the country is not divided on this. in fact the most divided place -- 100 senators in capitol hill. we all want action to stop. this >> it's the vast majority of americans, you're right to feel this way. party affiliation has nothing to do with wanting to stay alive, keep your community and family safe from guns. when you think about what you have accomplished here, relentless pursuit of this. how much do you think the fact that you were out there talking, other members for march for our lives, eloquent people that are parkland school shooting survivors, the parents of uvalde kids, those young ones that have gone to testify in front of congress, how many is the activism is sent the message now, to the senators putting this together, and with
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the relentless approach you cannot ignore us anymore. h yoi think it has played a huge component -- i think it's also important to acknowledge [inaudible] silent that, can you see me? >> yeah, that was strange. one more time. give me again what you are saying about acknowledging their? the vector you've done such good work. >> the reality is we have showed up i've showed up at senator toomey's office with a young girl who was just outside simply asking for a meeting. she refused to meet with her. she was under the age of 11 years old. she wanted to be a congresswoman. i think about all the other people that were out there. all the other people who have been doing this work for decades. all of the women, especially who rarely get as much credit as they should. it plays a critical role we have to continue to throw up. the best way is to detect 954954 next to 954954 that is
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how march for our lives is able to activate across the country. showing up at toomey's office. showing up at senator john cornyn's office market rubio's office. the way that we do that is by texting. >> okay, last question will be, what is next for you? how much concern do you have that some republicans will say, look what we! did we are done with gun reform that move over and move on to something else. >> unfortunately gun violence is going to continue persisting in the country. it will be impossible to ignore that. i think what we are doing here is a substantial first step for the movement. we are now stronger than the nra, it is not against the republican party it's not against any of that it is just against gun violence that is what we are doing, bringing in all the americans that we can. really there is no sense. here getting people off the fence it's either do you want to take action and do we want to stop our kids and loved ones dying in our communities? if you do not want to do that we will continue on the same path that we have. we are going to continue to
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make progress here. unfortunately these things will continue, i think we will stop some of them. but overtaking the substantial action to stop gun violence even if there is just one less parkland that is still progress. >> thank you so much for joining, us we appreciate. it let's go there from uvalde, texas, where funerals are still plaguing taste for those 21 lives lost just about three weeks ago. joining me now is antonia hilton once again from uvalde. and a reaction thus far? we were speaking about two and a half hours ago immediately in the wake of the announcement has world trickle down there to the residents of uvalde. if so, how do they feel? >> alex, we're and has slowly started to trickle down. many people today were going to church paying their respects at the many different memorial sites here today in town. many people heard the top line, there was a deal. and conversations, it looks like something is going to happen! the mood here, frankly alex, it is so heavy. people are really angry right now, in particular a lot of
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anger particularly in the chief of police who has been at the center of this reporting. the chaos of 77th minute waiting while children were still alive inside. for some of the folks we talk to, there was a reaction of oh, this is good news, it's not gonna bring any of these 19 babies back. it's not gonna make any of these families hole. there is a feeling that, you know this deal that they are making it is a bit too late. to really for the families here too late for the family from parkland. take a listen to a conversation we had from one gentleman at the memorial site. >> i believe there should be stronger gun control. i don't believe that guns kill people, keep will kill people. the guns, there needs to be a strong control. yes, i do believe. make it 21, do a stronger background check! >> that is part of -- it >> yes, do a stronger background check. let them take a little bit longer. those that have guns, obey the law, they are gonna wait! i still believe that those who
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want the guns, they will find a way. >> i spoke to another woman there who told me, oh, that's good news. but let's see what actually happens. there was a sense of there is a handshake, i'm not gonna get excited of anything until it's on the presidents desk and he is moving to sign it that gives you a sense of the feeling here. again, it's too late, these babies are gone. we are still putting people to rest and mourning them. they do not feel, necessarily, like lawmakers deserve a pat on the back. this is work they could've done after any number of shootings. this community is still reeling in it loss, alex. >> absolutely is understandable cynicism, let's hope that there will be something to applaud on behalf of congress. thank you so much, coming from uvalde. happening now lawmakers are bracing for even more shocking revelations during tomorrow's second january 6th hearing. reaction to the first hearing has been swift from members of
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both parties. and surprisingly, sharply divided. >> i think it continues to be an absolutely shocking about in american history that there was an attempted political coup organized by the president of the united states in order to overthrow a presidential election to stay in office. >> even with hundreds of witnesses, thousands of hours of testimony, no ability for republicans to do any type of cross-examination, i still don't think there is anything new there. >> for more from this let's bring in miles taylor a former chief of staff cofounder of a new american movement and cofounder of a warning. hello to you. do you agree there with jim jordan? my curious question for you was, did you not hear anything new there as a former member of the trump administration? nothing new? >> look, alex, the hearing -- the first hearing alone was shocking. >> right? >> it absolutely did have new
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information. i think it was really, really, a lot more impressive and a lot more shocking than a lot of us had anticipated. i think folks had worried that there would be so many leaks from this select committee that it really wasn't going to make much of an impression. but the committee proved a lot of us wrong. going in with that presumption going with a very powerful hearing. jim jordan's comment about not being able to have republicans cross examine witnesses ignores the fact there are republican members of congress on this committee, the former members of congress were on the staff of the committee like denver riggleman. it just doesn't pass the smell test. it is a bipartisan committee. again, you go back to the leading presenters in the hearing was liz cheney. one of the most rock ribbed conservatives in the house of representatives. that side by side moment of the daughter of a former republican vice president, a major conservative in her own right, saying that a republican
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president of the united states attempted a coup was absolutely shocking. it was very, very, powerful. >> also saying that donald trump will go one day but republicans are going to have to live with their actions of what they put forward basically the lies that they are perpetuated. let me ask you about the tweet you share just a few days ago. expand on that for us, if you can. who participated in the conversations you were tweeting about. the ones that you witnessed. was it anyone who has testified or we can expect to testify coming up? >> some of the people that are familiar with this they have testified before this lie committee behind closed doors. let me step back in time, when i'm clear publicly is that for many years, well before the 2020 election, donald trump was talking about a certain power. the insurrection act. early in his presidency he was very disappointed to find out that the u.s. commander-in-chief does not have unlimited power.
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i did not say that hyperbolically. cabinet secretaries at the time conveyed donald trump's frustration on his behalf that he realized that he did not have the ultimate tower that he thought he would once in office. lawyers briefed him on something at the white house called the insurrection act. explaining to the president that in certain scenarios, when there is an insurrection against the united states it unlocks additional powers. if the president then invokes that acts he can deploy the military to undertake civilian law enforcement. this would informally be called martial law. donald trump keyed in on that early in the administration. frankly, a lot of times when he would run into a problem he was told you don't have the power to do this, he would invoke his quote, magical powers. he would reference the insurrection act. often he would bring this up when he talked about border security. the president would meet with advisers and say he's not able to fully shut down the border, no they cannot shut down asylum seekers, he would say, why
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can't i use my magical powers, citing the insurrection act? his advisors took those cues. i got advisers from trump senior advisor saying is this a moment or is that a moment where the president could invoke the insurrection act. it's chilling then it was especially chilling after the 2020 election when it seemed like what trump was trying to foment a situation in which he could choose the insurrection act. i firmly believe on january six that with his mindset. his mindset was if he could foment a mom he might be able to invoke that plow, or deploy the military, and prevent the peaceful declaration of power. that sounds crazy but keep in mind liz cheney opened the hearing by saying this man lost in 2020, the and tried to implement a coup on january 6th. -- >> let me ask you about the attempts through trump to quit by the legal team.
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they were pretty much dismissing officials like jarrett kershner. he testified that he considered the threats to be quote, just whining where the musings met from similar to what was the reaction from officials who heard the former president discuss this? >> wow, look, i hope that in the aftermath of the 2020 election, there were frequent protests against donald trump to quit. but i don't need to make that -- those same lawyers that were talked about, in theory, to pick baloney, in the oval office and pat wylie pushed back against the crescent and repeatedly told him, what he could and could not do. now there is a question, just these people that resigned or should they have stayed. i actually think in this case, it's good that some of those people state and told the president he could not duty thought he could do. but it's not shocking at all to me, in fact it seems very consistent with trump's normal behavior to propose something that was unethical, a moral, and more likely illegal.
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and to have the lawyers come up to the pull goal line and say, you cannot do this. for jarred to say the lawyers were merely lying. is dismissive, shocking, especially because i've been there with jarred's been in the office, and has depended on the lawyers to stop trump from doing something egregious. >> yeah, it's pretty stunning you put it at lap. miles taylor, good to talk to you. and all of you don't forget, tomorrow you can join msnbc for day two of the public january six hearings. special coverage kicks off at 6 am eastern followed by a full hearing at 10 am eastern. meantime, up next, fighting for transgender rights in texas, about families are doing to stop the state investigation of parents providing gender affirming care to their children. ei children ♪ ♪
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gender affirming care. some of those very family, is with the help of civil rights groups filing a lawsuit against that very policy just days ago. getting some temporary relief with a judge in austin blocking some of those investigations on friday. putting them on hold for now, as reported by the texas tribune. let's bring in the czech distributions, eleanor klibanoff, allen our welcome, let's start with this lawsuit what more can you tell us about what to expect in this case. first off, a judge could extend the hold on these investigations, right? >> that's correct. we're sort of back on the legal merry-go-round in this case. we've already been on. once at this point, there's a temporary block on these three families who brought a lawsuit. but also all families that belong to p flag, an advocacy group for parents and families of lgbt people. and they claim more than 600 members in texas. so, it's a pretty broad block.
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there's a hearing in a couple weeks to see if that gets extended. >> okay, wow, there's already some disturbing parts of the suit. here it is from your reporting, we'll read this to our viewers. 1:16-year-old transgender boy, identified in the suit as antonio vallow, attempted to kill himself after the directive came down. when he was admitted to an outpatient psychiatric facility, the staff reported his family to dp efe's for child abuse because he was undergoing hormone there at bay, according to the lawsuit. this family, families in general, how are they doing? >> not great. these families have been sort of under this in briella fear for several months now. even with these blocks, the investigations are back on, off again they really feel a great deal of uncertainty, and even the family that aren't under investigation, parents of transgender children. we talk to families that are
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moving at a state, families that are stopping gender affirming care in texas finding providers and other parts of the country to provide that care. and just a lot of real fear and the kids in particular, are really struggling through a lot of. this part of that lawsuit, it's not the only case of her to a child dealing with severe mental distress. >> to that point, one of these families, the brittle family, said that their cases actually goes. but you have amber brittle, who has appeared on this broadcast tweeting about the pain and anxiety are talking about. whatever you heard, had you get added to get their case closed? >> so, that case has been close that was announced in this hearing on friday. and it's a good sign for these families, i think a lot of the other families i've spoken to, take a lot of relief in that, some of these cases are gonna be closed. but you know, in some cases
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they haven't heard again from their investigators, and other cases their home visits have resumed. so, it's been a confusing and disjointed process, depending on where you live, houllier investigator's, and how much legal firepower you have behind. you >> sounds uneven, eleanor klibanoff, from the texas tribune thank you for weighing in on this. coming, up feeling the pinch, we're gonna take you live to a california grocery store, without shelters are -- record inflation. record inflation so this is the meta portal plus. a smart video calling device that makes working from home, work. it syncs with your favorite vc apps so you'll never miss a meeting. and neither will she. meta portal, make working from home work for you. if you wake up thinking about the market and want to make the right moves fast... get decision tech from fidelity. [ cellphone vibrates ] you'll get proactive alerts for market events
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across the u.s. at gas prices continue to rise to historic levels and inflation hit a new 40 year high. the pair of labor statistics showing a 9% increase in the consumer price index, that from just a year ago. american family now spending an average of around $460 a month
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on goods and services. joining us now from california, nbc scott cohn handsome in so on how americans are dealing with these difficult economic challenges. i see you are at a grocery store, let's start there, scott. >> and they are certainly paying more for food. as you indicated, they are paying more for everything all across the board. that is part of the issue here. people are paying at this point, they are paying the higher price is not really making a whole lot of changes in their habits. it also filtered through to the farm everything behind me, of course, comes from. prices there are going up. and everybody keeps on paying these in an interesting sort of way the chief economist for the american farm bureau federation says that will perpetuate inflation for a while as all of these things work their way through the system. >> there may be higher or lower food inflation. i think folks are gonna have to get used to inflation.
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for a couple years i've been hearing about contracts being written with inflation adjustment by folks who haven't done that in decades. that will perpetually inflation. it is just something we have to work its way through the system. it is working its way through the system with a fair amount of pain. these are some of the increases in the consumer report that came out friday double digit for things like we all need. especially! food 10% food inflation. if you just narrowed down to food at home, it's in the neighborhood of 12% inflation. the last time we have seen anything like that was in the quarter years. of course the energy issues as well. one of the big issues is not just the situation with oil but the fact that russia and ukraine together account for about 25 to 28% of the world we supply. russia, ukraine, and belarus are also major major suppliers
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of fertilizer. fertilizer prices on the farm alex have just about tripled. >> adam, our director, can you put that graphic back up again. stunning when you look at the gasoline! almost 50% higher. scott, you look at airfare. of course that will be passed on in the prices. i was on a jetblue flight, the flight attendant told me it cost $30,000 to fill it up to go to new york in los angeles before. now it is $55,000 to fill up a plane. that is a lot of money! of course it's going to get past and. are you seeing any reduction in driving? if you get into that quickly, californians have to use their cars! >> they do, you know that, alex. no, not really! this is the thing, people are sucking it up. they want to get out after two years of being stuck at home. this pent-up demand, that also increases the inflation and the expectation of inflation down
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