We have a witness now who's joining us by by phone. His name is Justin Hickens. He apparently was at the scene of the shooting.Justin, what did you see. What did you hear. Uh I was about 20 yards away on Charlie's left.Uh I had gotten there probably just a few minutes before noon. It was there was thousands of people there. Um unfortunately there was no metal detectors.There was no I mean there was security by Charlie but you know anybody could have shown up with whatever unfortunately and I I happened to k ...

Joining me now is Texas State Representative James Telerico. As of today, he is a candidate for the United States Senate. It's great to see you.Uh what a big day you've had. Thank you for taking the time to join me. I I just want to start with your announcement video, which which I just played a portion of.And one of the things that struck me about it is you're standing in front of a church, which is a very clear choice. You've spoken about the growing Republican efforts in Texas to blur the lines between c ...

According to new reporting from the Washington Post, the Trump administration is considering preventing transgender people from owning guns. This is in the wake of the shooting last week at a Minneapolis Catholic school. A spokesperson tells NBC News, quote, "The DOJ is actively evaluating options to prevent the pattern of violence we've seen from individuals with specific mental health challenges and substance abuse disorders." Joining us now, senior staff writer at The Trace and contributing writer at Rol ...

All right, we get to our top story this morning. In Minneapolis, two children, eight and 10, were killed yesterday when a shooter opened fire during a morning mass at Annunciation Catholic Church. 17 other people, including 14 children and three adults in their 80s, were injured.The children are students at the school and were attending an all school mass, an annual tradition for the new academic year which began on Monday. Minneapolis police say the shooter aimed directly at the children in the pews throug ...

Minnesota State Representative Emma Greenman joins us now. Uh thank you so much for being with us. You you represent the area where that shooting took place.Uh you've been hearing the stories, the horror that those kids went through and the parents. What's going through your mind tonight. >> Yeah, I mean you just heard from an eighth grader who with so much feeling and courage uh protected the folks that that he was with the parents.It is now just a place where we're just holding the community, the kids, th ...