>> all right. tim keller, thank you. it's great having you here. the book is "forgive: why should i and how can i". please come back very soon. thank you very much. happy thanksgiving. final thoughts on an extraordinary moment. >> i'm thankful for my own family, all of whom i get to see tomorrow because we live close together, my parents, my in-laws, sister and her family and i'm thankful for my morning joe family where we get to sit with our friends and audience and open the door to an interview like the one we did with howard stern. >> mika and i are thankful for you and alex and tj, dan, everybody in our "morning joe" family. so grateful. we talked about our moms and dads. grateful for my mom and dad in

every way and my kids. we're just so blessed. and we're so grateful -- and i speak for willie here too. mika and i wake up every morning and every morning we can't believe what we get to do every day and the family that wakes up and watches us every morning. we're so grateful for all of you and we hope all of you have a great thanksgiving. that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. we're following breaking news out of virginia. yet another mass shooting in america. overnight, six people were killed in a shooting in a walmart in virginia. officials say the shooter is also dead from what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the shooter was a disgruntled

employee, but a motive is not yet determined. we're learning four other victims remain in the hospital. president biden released a statement saying, quote, jill and i grieve for those families, the community and the commonwealth of virginia which just suffered a terrible shooting at the university of virginia this month. this latest attack comes amid a grim statistic. this is now the third straight year in america that there have been more than 600 multiple-victim shootings. joining us now, special agent in charge and an nbc news terrorism analyst. what do we know at this hour? >> reporter: jose, let's talk about, first, what we don't know because there's a lot of it. i was just at a press briefing that the police held about two hours ago and they don't know that -- i should say, they cannot reveal the identity of the shooter because they have not yet notified his next of kin.

they do not most importantly know what the motive might have been. we know, of course, thanks to ken dilanian, that the suspect here was an employee at walmart. the police couldn't say whether he was actively worked at the time or not. i had reached out to a walmart spokesperson to clarify on that matter. i also had asked whether they had security guards in the front or whether they had any armed or unarmed security presence at walmart. the police chief did not know. i asked if the gunman who is now dead, whether he was known to police prior. they had said that at this point they're not aware he was, not aware of any previous criminal history he may have had. they did conduct a full search on his home right after the shooting took place. about an hour after the first reports were made from the scene, they were able to lockdown the scene and make sure that nobody in this giant walmart behind me was hiding, that nobody was still fighting for their life. as you know, we have six confirm

dead, at least four in the hospital. the shooter dead as well. a lot still that we have to figure out. >> jim, what are your -- what are you seeing so far? the chief of police had a press conference just over an hour ago and among the things that he said was they got the call at 10:0 -- 10:12 p.m. and at 11:20, they declared the building safe. what do you see when you hear those numbers? >> i see a past police response. three or four minutes to get uniformed patrol going in there. that's quick. that's about as quick as we're going to get anywhere in the country. they did that appropriately. he was probably already dead or he killed himself when the first uniformed officer comes in. it's the light motif that runs through many more of these mass killings that we talk about.

we mistakenly talk about mental health as the late motif. that's a small number of cases. often it's suicide. and although the chief and the detectives have to dig and get the evidence just like julie appropriately said, she's a journalist and she has to get the evidence to describe the motive, but as an analyst, that's what i'm here for and i can tell you that i see the motive as revenge. if he's an employee, then this is revenge. revenge on the other employees or revenge on walmart as a whole, as an institution that did him wrong. and so that's what looks -- that's what it looks like to me. suicide with the underlying motive of revenge. >> it's just -- it's -- one comes every day to work and one reports on what is happening around us and it's just -- it's the repetitious nature of people losing their lives. i mean, six people were killed

overnight, and, you know, we're -- the day before thanksgiving. this is just lives that are taken, families that are destroyed. i just don't know how one can continue to say another mass shooting. 600 in the last three years. jim, just thinking, the fbi is assisting local authorities in this investigation. how will law enforcement piece together what happened here? >> well, the atf is there, the state troopers are there, the county is there, the city of chesapeake, they're going to interview everybody who was in the store, all the victims, recover the firearm -- the bullets that were in the victims and the deceased and the wounded. they're going to pull that all together. they're going to do this massive investigation. if it turns out this is one suicidal killer, there's not going to be a prosecution. all we're looking for is answers

as to how to stop it when the answers are right in front of us. we're not acting appropriately on what we could do effectively to reduce this number. i mean, it takes leadership and there are some things we can do from the things we know that can greatly reduce these shootings. the leaders have to take those steps. you know, i could outline those for you. but there are ways to reduce these. >> and, jim, i mean, there are ways to reduce these, in this case, seems as though it was one handgun that was utilized in this horrible crime. anyway, jim and julie, thank you so much for being with us. let's continue. jim was specifically talking about things that could be done and maybe need to be done. joining us now is virginia democratic state senator el

louise lucas who represents part of chesapeake. thank you, state senator, for being with us on this horrific morning. what can you tell us about how the community is doing now. >> well, i tell you what, the community of hampton roads has awakened to horror as we have experienced yet another mass shooting at a walmart store right here in the city of chesapeake. i can tell you, i'm heartbroken. at the same time i'm also outraged that we have legislatures all across this nature, all across this nation, and particularly here in virginia where we have been working for decades to try to come up with some commonsense gun control measures only to have other members of the legislature to push back on those and even to try to repeal some of those. in particular, i introduced a universal background check right after the mass shooting in

virginia beach. even that's not enough. that needs to be beefed-up. until legislators come to the understanding that their prayers and their thoughts are just that and that it's not going to make a difference until we come together and make a difference with some commonsense gun control prevention measures, that's the only thing that's going to stop this violence. people have access to too many firearms. that is the problem. the solution is clear. we need to come up with gun prevention measures. here in virginia and all across this nation to stem this tide of mass killings all across this nation. that's the only thing that's -- >> senator, i would like to ask, what is being done to help the victims and the families in this horrible shooting? >> well, i understand right now that there are grief counseling

and i think the community services board might be on site to help some of the family members and loved ones to manage some of the grief and pain they're going to be experiencing. i can't imagine what this is going to be like. the day before thanksgiving when people want to wake up with their loved ones and give thanks for what they have and there are going to be empty chairs at the table. it's just horrific. and i think it's time for legislators to stop giving lip service and do something about coming up with some commonsense gun control and violence prevention measures. >> virginia state senator, thank you for being with us this morning. appreciate it. all this as colorado springs is still mourning saturday's tragic shooting at an lgbtq nightclub that's left five people dead and over a dozen other injured. the suspected shooter will appear in court after being released from the hospital on

tuesday and moved into jail. the suspect whose attorney says -- identifies as nonbinary is being held on suspicion of five counts of murder and five counts of bias motivated crimes. joining us now is maura barrett live from colorado springs. that's -- what's next for the investigation there? >> well, jose, not far from where i'm standing, club q where the shooting happened is still closed down as police continue their investigation. we expect to hear charges introduced today at that virtual court hearing where we expect to see the suspect for the first time appearing virtually. the da had laid out some of those charges. we expect to see the murder charges. they could carry a life sentence without potential for parole as well as those five bias motivated crimes or hate crimes as they're known here in colorado. the da adding that there could be additional charges. but emphasized in the investigation if they find evidence of these hate crimes, as they've been working to collect, they want to make sure that that is prosecuted because

they want to make clear that hate crimes against certain communities like this are not tolerated. we've learned overnight from a neighbor of the suspect who was interviewed by the fbi, he says for many hours that he was close with his former neighbor who had said that he had discussed previously his hate for the lgbtq community. the neighbor saying the suspect is not someone that he would bring around his gay friends. and so we're waiting to hear more in terms of the investigation and more details into whether or not, as you're talking about potential prevention action, whether or not authorities failed to enact colorado's red flag laws because of a previous arrest the suspect was involved in. we're looking for more of that information. but as all of this is going on, survivors, people who are suffering from their injuries are still recovering. the community still in mourning. we heard from one of the survivors yesterday. he was standing 20 feet away about from the shooter when they entered the club on saturday

night and fell to the ground and he said all he could think of as he got shot was his partner of 14 years, jeremy. he spoke yesterday elaborating on everything that's going through his mind right now. >> i lost two of my dear friends in the shooting, and being in here i could not go to any vigils. they took everything away as if they were trying to take my life as well. for me personally i will be uncomfortable going anywhere for a long time. >> reporter: that sentiment of fear going out and expressing who you are is something i've heard many times from community members here. many of them expressing that they had scaled back their activity, going to clubs like this because of the antilgbtq rhetoric we've seen around the country. 48% of general members of the queer community have a personal

fear of their safety because of the state of hate in our country right now and they're calling on lawmakers and social media to roll back on spreading lies to prevent further violence on this. >> maura barrett, thank you so much. joining us now is colorado attorney general phil wiser. thank you for being with us. >> good to be with you. >> attorney general, how soon can we expect charges against the suspect? >> well, the district attorney will be announcing them and it's worth noting, they're going to come over time because the investigation continues. obviously the initial charges that we're talking about are first degree murder. as the district attorney reported, hate crimes are also on the table and obviously in addition to those who were killed, we have a number of people who have been really assaulted, injured, so it's going to be ongoing and this investigation is going to be thorough. it's going to be careful. it's important we honor the victims and the community by pursuing justice in this case.

>> talk to me about the hate crime statute. what constitutes a hate crime and where do you find those distinctions? >> the critical element is bias. what is the state of mind of the actor and obviously a hate crime can be an assault, a murder, it can be vandalism. we've been working in colorado in training police officers to better investigate hate crimes and to encourage the public to report them. this is something that is a work in progress. we know there's a lot of hate out there. it's very important we call it out for what it is. >> the ap reports the suspect was arrested last year after their mother reported her child threatened with a homemade bomb and other weapons. authorities apparently didn't utilize the state's red flag law or is that red flag law -- how

do you define red flag law there? >> jose, you're raising an important point for us in colorado and other states with red flag laws of how we can implement them better. the basic idea is if you see something, say something. we need to make sure the public understands what this law is, how it works, and we need to make sure that law enforcement is comfortable using it. some law enforcement agencies have been more comfortable and used it more frequently than others. we don't know enough about this incident to know whether there were red flags that were missed here. but we know that we can and we will work hard. our office has worked hard on this. we did a report analyzing every single red flag that was used in the figures year of the law's existence and we've been building more support for it. training law enforcement. we've got more work to do. >> i can't thank you enough for being with us this morning. really appreciate your time. we are also following

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the biden administration is extending the pause in paying back federal student loans as the plan remains blocked in court. borrowers were allowed to put off paying their loans during covid and president biden has extended the pause six times. now it goes through june 30th. six states have challenged biden's plan to cancel $20,000 per eligible borrower. the biden administration announced the supreme court to reinstate the plan. as families prepare to gather for thanksgiving, often seen as the kickoff to the holiday season, hospitals are already strained by a rise in respiratory virus infecting children across the country known as rsv. with cases of covid and the flu on the rise, health experts are sounding the alarm about the winter ahead with all three viruses circulating, a top expert called it, quote, a really worrisome situation looking to the weeks coming ahead. joining us is dr. ashish jha.

doctor, always a pleasure to see you. i thank you for being with us. is the white house concerned about the potential of another winter surge like the one we saw last year? >> thanks for having me back. we are planning for a variety of scenarios. what we know is we are seeing a rise of both flu and covid and obviously rsv is at pretty high levels. there's some data that rsv is starting to turn down and i'm hoping that pans out, obviously. here's the other factor we know, if people go out and get the highly effective flu vaccine, we have a very effective flu vaccine this year, and we have a very effective covid vaccine, if people do those things, it will put a substantial kind of relief for hospitals, it will dramatically reduce the demand for hospital care. we're trying to make sure americans understand that there's a lot they can do to protect themselves and keep those hospitals functional for all the other reasons that we

need hospitals. >> and so, doctor, talk to me about this highly effective flu vaccine. it's the quad, i guess, vaccine. what is effectivetivity look like? what are we doing by taking the flu vaccine and the latest booster? >> so basically every year, when it comes to the flu vaccine, over the -- kind of late spring/summer, scientists make a best guess of what strain of the flu will be circulating and sometimes they're great in their guesses and sometimes they're a little bit less good. this year based on all the preliminary data we have, the vaccine is a good match for the circulating flu virus. similarly with covid, over the summer, the fda made a smart call to go with a vaccine targeted against ba.5. and these vaccines are really working extremely well at prevents serious illness, reducing infection.

so if you go out and get those two vaccines, you dramatically lower your risk of getting seriously ill from either one of these two viruses. >> i wanted to ask you this for awhile. vaccines give us lifetime protection, i'm thinking of the measles, chickenpox, the tetanus shot gives us ten years or more protection. why does the covid-19 lasting four months, especially? >> first of all, it lasts longer against protection of serious illness. that's the good news. two sets of reasons. one is we see waning immunity with these vaccines that over time your antibody level diminishes. but the second and bigger issue is the rapid viral evolution we are seeing. if you think about the version of covid that's out there today, jose, it looks very little like the version that hit us 2 1/2 years ago when this virus first arrived on your shores. that's not true of measles. the version that is still

infecting unvaccinated version, same version that was around 100 years ago. that's a virus that is not evolving and mutating. covid is out there still evolving and that is why we have to update the vaccines just like the flu vaccine and that's why the protection only lasts a certain period of time. and for a majority of americans, they need need to get an annual covid vaccine at least for the foreseeable future. >> doctor, so the folks who get covid, are you contagious as long as you're testing positive? what should we -- all of us -- i'm just kind of bringing it to an end by how you started it. how should we all be acting thanksgiving, coming up on the christmas holiday, so those are the two kind of questions. if you have -- if you're testing positive, do you still -- are you transmitting it? >> let me tell you what we're doing in our family. i've got elderly parents who are obviously vulnerable. what we do is everybody is up to date on their vaccines.

the single most important thing we can do in our family. i would say even if you've not gotten yet, get it now. second is when we have large gatherings, because my parents are elderly and more vulnerable, we do get everybody to just take a test to make sure that nobody is contagious. it just reduces the likelihood that someone is going to introduce covid into the family dinner. other than that, we're really kind of -- i think if people are up to date on their vaccines, have access to treatments if somebody has a breakthrough infection, use testing smartly, you can have a terrific very normal holiday season. >> it's always a pleasure to see you. i thank you very much for being with us this morning. all the best. >> thank you. up next, the big win for house democrats investigating former president trump's taxes courts of the supreme court. what trump had to say about that next. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." "jose diaz-balart reports. what's the next adventure? that's the real question. with fidelity income planning, we'll help you create a clear,

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at least 18 others were injured. and a short time ago, the white house issued a s condemning the blasts saying that the u.s. stands with the government and the people of israel. raf sanchez joins us now. what more can you tell us about what happened? >> reporter: jose, we're at the site of the first of the two bomb blasts that rocked jerusalem this morning. the explosion went off at 7:06 a.m. right at the start of the morning rush hour. the bus stop full of commuters on their way to work, kids on their way to school. we spoke to a member of the emergency services who said that when first responder arrived on the scene here, they found absolute carnage. take a listen. >> the scene is one of chaos. people screaming, obviously the explosion had gone off, people were scared. people were suffering from blast injuries, injuries of shrapnel. it was a very busy street.

>> reporter: now, authorities say the bombs were packed with nails. they were designed to cause maximum damage and a 15 year old canadian israeli boy was killed at the bus stop here. he was a religious student at a school here in jerusalem. one of the things about covering this region, you find both jews and muslims bury their dead extremely quickly. so the parents of this little boy lost their son this morning and they laid him to rest this afternoon. now, no group has yet claimed responsibility for this attack. hamas has praised the bombing but said it's not responsible. there's a massive man hunt under way across israel and the occupied west bank looking for the suspected palestinian attackers. police asking people to stay vigilant. jose? >> raf sanchez in jerusalem, thank you very much. now to developments in the

investigations surrounding former president donald trump. the house ways and means committee could soon get its hands on trump's tax records after the supreme court rejected trump's last effort to block the move. the former president blasted the high court after the ruling saying on his social media site that it has become nothing more than a political body. with us now to talk about this is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. is there any sense of when the committee could be receiving trump's tax records? >> good morning, jose. we can presume it could be rather quickly given it's the biden administration who has the records. and they've said that the house ways and means committee is entitled to these records and a court has affirmed that. no dissents. the supreme court agreed that donald trump was wrong and that

the house ways and means committee is entitled to five years of his tax records. obviously there's only a few weeks left with the democrats in power, but they can hold hearings on their own even in the minority. they can explore these records for potential conflict of interest and foreign sources of income. this is an important development in the democrats' effort to view donald trump's taxes. >> and another big development is arguments before a federal appeals court over the special counsel in the mar-a-lago documents case. >> this is another example where a republican-appointed court has no patience for the arguments that donald trump was making. donald trump's lawyers were skewered yesterday. that that judge in florida who required that a special master review some of the records seized at mar-a-lago, that never should have happened. she was treating donald trump

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joining us now, did gas prices seem to be stopping travelers at all? >> reporter: not really. we've been here for a few hours now, jose. we've watched the parking lot here and the gas station slowly start to pick up. it's not empty but it's not crowded either. we were laughing not that long ago because the worst traffic jams that i've seen so far haven't been on the roads, they haven't been at the gas pumps. they've been as people were waiting for coffee inside the travel plaza behind me. we talk about gas, those worst times to drive. it kind of makes sense given the fact that the worst times to be on the roads are coming up in about half an hour. the crowded times really start according to, you know, past history here, today 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., rather 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and friday between 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. of the 55 million thanksgiving

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>> jose, we are right in the thick of what is expected to be the busiest time of the day here on the busiest day of the week for travel. honestly, there's not many people in lines at all. check-in is going smoothly, tsa is going smoothly. the longest line is at the starbucks. but 4.5 million people are expected to be traveling in the air this weeken and this week. as you saw some of the tsa numbers, this is a good stress test for an industry that was struggling this spring and summer with all the cancellations and delays due to the staffing shortages. and pete buttigieg told you are lester holt that he's been working all fall to try to make that better, whether that's to work on the staffing shortages, the on-boarding procedures to get pilots in the air faster, but the folks here at dca, they're surprised with the lack of crowds. >> i'm a little bit surprised by

that. i expected to get here and see lines like crazy. a little bit surprised. >> we got here two hours early thinking we would be in a long line and i don't know where everybody is. but we got here plenty early. >> so, jose, it's clear, folks are listening to the aaa experts. they say get to the airport early. another thing that airport officials are telling us is to make sure if you're driving to the airport, to check the garage availability before you get here so you're not caught without a place to park once you get to the airport. jose? >> thank you both very much for being with us this morning. four weeks from this week, from today, the u.s. could lift title 42, the covid era policy restricting migrants from entering the united states. we'll talk to a texas lawmaker who represents state's largest district on lifting that policy. you're watching "jose

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el paso that homeland security secretary mayorkas must resign or face a potential impeachment inquiry for what he says is a failure to secure the border. >> he cannot and must not remain in that position. secretary mayorkas does not resign, house republicans will investigate every order, every action, and every failure will determine whether we can begin impeachment inquiry. >> the homeland security department responded saying in part, quote, members of congress can do better than point the finger at someone else. they should come to the table and work on solutions for our broken system and outdated laws which have not been overhauled in over 40 years. this comes as 15 republican-led states have asked a federal judge to put a hold on the lifting of title 42, the pandemic era policy restricting

asylum seekers from crossing the border. right now it's set to be lifted on the 21st of december, four weeks from today. with us now to talk about this is texas state democratic represent eddie moralas. i had the pleasure of speaking with you in may and you said you didn't support title 42 being lifted. now that it may be lifted in four weeks, what's your position? >> it still remains the same. it should not be lifted. we have an ongoing issue and i agree with mayorkas and their team and their announcement, we need to stop blaming the republican or democrats. this is an issue that both parties need to come together and congress has really failed in the last 40 years. and we addressed it back in may. and they still haven't done anything. they need to hold congress

accountable and it continues to be the voice. the white house can do more and texas can lead on this issue. i've sent a letter to the governor asking that we take a more effective and affirmative position on this issue because we can really lean on the issue and show all the other states what we can do when we put -- when we set aside our differences and work towards bettering the life of every texan and every american. >> you sent a letter to the governor back then. have you gotten an answer yet? >> no, we did get to actually meet in person also with the sheriffs from various counties there around the county and he agreed to add additional money so that we could get more law enforcement and have local control. because nobody is going to understand the border better than the local sheriffs and their deputies. unfortunately, about two or three days after that, the uvalde massacre happened in the school and we were left with addressing that issue which

obviously should be the foremost of everyone's mind. yeah, we're still having to address this immigration issue. it's not gotten any better. i think we need to think outside the box, jose, and that's what i'm trying to explain to my colleagues also. we can't keep throwing money at this and thinking it will go away. we need to be effective and be good stewards of the taxpayer funds and we need to make sure we have a goal in mind in addressing the immigration surge that we're seeing. if you think about it, in visiting with mayors and with elected officials in mexico, they did an audit of the migrants that came in to a sister city across eagle pass. about every one of these individuals had about $2,000 in their pockets because they know that's how much it costs to pay the -- to get smuggled into the u.s. what if we -- if texas led on that issue and we did an asylum application former and we charged the $2,000.

at 1,600 crossings daily that we were experiencing, that would be $3.2 million daily that we would be receiving and over $1.2 billion that we would receive annually instead of wasting taxpayer funds, we would be making money and also we could then do implement -- if you're given the privilege as a migrant to stay in texas because of your asylum request, you need to be informed that you are going to work in the state of texas. you need to pay into the system, not be a smoocher off the system. >> representative, i mean, the one point you're not mentioning is the fact that those $4,000, or the $2,000, the $1,500 it costs just to cross the river, those are the cartels that are making the money. they're making money from the darren jungle straight through central america and right there on eagle pass. how do you deal with a crisis

like that that is making these organizations literally hundreds of millions of dollars? >> my -- that was my point to the letter -- to the governor. we are doing it wrong by incentivizing human smugglers and cartels to continue to cross migrants through the river. what we need to do is use our land ports and that will protect our border patrol, our troopers and our national guard. you know we've lost national guard soldiers. we know we have lost many migrants. this would be a much more effective and planned program. >> texas state representative, it was great seeing you back in may. it's great seeing you now. let's continue our conversation going forward. thank you for your time. >> thank you. "time" magazine releases its top 100 photos of the year. why it says this year is different. look, it's stars. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports.

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56 past the hour. japan beat four-time world cup champion germany today. the players covered their mouths for their team photo in protest of the handling of discrimination in the host nation qatar. they said people will be penalized if their wear the one arm love bands. they said, it wasn't about making a political statement, human rights are nonnegotiable. and this morning, "time" magazine is releasing their photos of the year. 2022 had it looking deep into the stars and the painful throes of war. we also said good-bye to a queen. joining us now, director of photography for "time" magazine. it's great seeing you. one of the first photos from the

james web telescope was selected for the cover. why that one? >> what we do every year is we look for images that not only mark the big moments of the year but also delight or surprise. and that image basically does all of that. it was the first image released by the james webb we were seeing something for the first time together. it was rare and quite magical. >> indeed, it was. why did you choose this one showing the devastation left behind hurricane ian? >> so this was a picture that really struck us. it's a woman outside of home basically waiting to assess the damage and it's really the purple chair that kind of stands out. it's a very ordinary household object and it's a reminder that lives are turned upside down so

quickly when these events occur. >> yeah, and what about this black and white photo of the supreme court justices? >> this is a picture or moment that we've seen before. the class pictures. but this, of course, is the first time we're seeing the first black female justice ketanji brown jackson up there in the corner. the way it's shot, it's a black and white image that really kind of ups the stakes of what these nine justices are going to be doing in the future. >> so looking at all the photos as a collection, what do you think they say about 2022? >> well it was marked by -- the ukraine war was one of the biggest news stories of the year. out of the images and all the images that we're seeing across the world is not just the

devastation and, you know, tragedy, but there's a lot of hope within the images. there's a lot of solidarity of people coming together to work towards good which really brings, you know -- brings hope and light to the world. >> kathryn, thank you so much for being with us. it's really a fascinating collection that we're going to all be looking at. appreciate your time, kathryn. >> thank you very much. you can always reach me on twitter and instagram at jdbalart. follow the show online at jdbalart at msnbc. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i'm lindsey reiser live from msnbc headquarters in new york. right now, we are following breaking news, another mass shooting. this one in virginia where late last night police say an employee opened fire at a