and tom noble _ people. it'sjust so sad. it really is. and tom noble from - people.m the charity guiding young minds, he used i is. and tom noble from the charity guiding young minds, he used to i guiding young minds, he used to carry a knife 15 years ago and he talks to people carrying knives. good morning. bill talks to people carrying knives. good morning.— talks to people carrying knives. i good morning._ i'm good morning. all right, nick. i'm lookint at good morning. all right, nick. i'm looking at research _ good morning. all right, nick. i'm looking at research done - good morning. all right, nick. i'm looking at research done in - good morning. all right, nick. i'm| looking at research done in london relating to the aspect of this that we have been concentrating on, the kind of arms race and why do people carry them, the majority of research carried into weapon carrying has pointed to self defence and protection as a key reason why young people carry knives. significantly, protecting themselves from others carrying weapons was considered to outweigh the risk

let's bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles, nbc's tom costello who's covering theations for air travel, and symone sanders townsend, host of msnbc's symone and who served as chief spokesperson for vp kamala harris. ryan, bring us up to speed on where things stand in the house and senate. >> reporter: let's talk about what kevin mccarthy was saying a few minutes ago there in the sound that you played, ana. he's trying to present it as though the house has made a lot of progress. they only passed three spending bills last night. you need 12 to keep the government funded. one of the bills they put on the floor last night actually failed, and the bills that they did pass have no hope of passing the senate, so he may sound optimistic, but the reality is we are barrelling towards a government shutdown with no real exit ramp in the offing. you point out that today the house is going to vote on their own version of a short-term spending bill. it's loaded with conservative handouts that kevin mccarthy is offering to that right wing of his base in the hopes that they'll vote

western europe, tom paine declares all kings and princes, all of them, to be illegitimate and despotic and demands that all of them be swept away. paine denies the heritage of their noble bloodlines and -- them all as power-hungry ruffians who sit on thrones simply because an ancestor of theirs killed the previous dynasty of kings. he calls -- [inaudible] one of the most famous english kings of the previous century a bastard from france. which is pretty rude. now, as good americans, you're a few steps ahead of me, right? well, tom paine's not exactly lying, is he? monarchies, of course, do descend generation by generation from original acts of violence, insubordination and, yes, the histories of england, france and other european countries are littered with invasions and conquest quest -- conquests. and -- [inaudible] by an upstart young man who thinks he can do better. but so what if paine is technically correct about all this? remember, remember, in the 1770s when he's writing, kings and princes are all the rest of the world really knows. no one can yet imagine a realistic alternative to governing large countries and their growing empires. kings at least provide stab