good to be with you, i'm katy tur. abortion, inflation, union jobs, national security, take your pick of presidential politics today because there is significant news on all of those issues. and each will move blocks of voters in november. president biden is hosting the japanese prime minister at the white house. a meeting with a close ally that was likely at the very least, a little uncomfortable today, as union workers are trying to sink

a private deal for japanese steel. we have what biden said about that a moment ago in the bilateral muse conference. again, that is just one issue. the president is dealing with an unexpectedly high inflation report with market fallout, as you can see. new reaction to new comments he made about prime minister benjamin netanyahu's moves in gaza. and the tidal wave of blow back for arizona's supreme court decision to thrust the state back to 1864 when the state wasn't even a state, and had a total population of 6 to 9,000 people. biden, of course, has condemned that ruling and so, in fact, has donald trump. ase tries to mute democrats' advantage on the issue. so, let's sort it all out. joining us now, nbc news chief who's correspondent, peter baker. bunch bowl news cofounder and political analyst, jake sherman. national affairs correspondent

at the nation, john nichols, and spokesperson for abortion access campaign, chris love. it's a grab bag of presidential politics. all of these issues important for november. let's start, though, with what he might have said about israel and hamas in this bilateral meeting with japan. there's all sorts of fallout from the interview that he gave to univision, and today he was asked again about it. >> reporter: that's exactly right, katy. we saw president biden with univision saying that the way that benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister of israel is prosecuting this war is a, quote, mistake. today the president made a series of headlines. i think most notably is the one that relates to the current situation in the reason, the concerns the u.s. has about a significant attack in the words of president biden by iran against israel in retaliation for an israeli strike that targeted and hit an iranian embassy inside syria, in

damascus, which iran views as targeting iranian territory, iranian land. the president today saying he has communicated to prime minister netanyahu, as he did in that call late last week. the u.s.'s relationship to israel is ironclad, but that is certainly an issue that's top of mind for a lot of national security officials here in washington right now. specific to the situation in israel, the president was asked whether he is going to reassess military aid, perhaps condition military aid to israel, if he doesn't see enough changes by the israelis right now, as it relates to the war in gaza, specifically that they do more to get in more humanitarian aid and protect the lives of humanitarian aid workers and civilians with tens of thousands having been killed there in the first six months. the president saying among other things, he is watching israel closely, and he has been satisfied seeing 100 trucks going in. our reporting, based on

conversations with multiple u.s. officials is that that number is as high as 400 trucks with aid going in right now. that was one of the key headlines on that topic. the only other thing i would add is specifically as it relates to the focus of this day, which is the topic of japan. that's a different region. another problem that the u.s. is focused on right now, the word that wasn't said often but was underlining the entire conversation, and taking place here is the topic of china, katy, as you know well, and the u.s. trying to do its best to strengthen its relationship with japan right now to push back against the potential for any further aggression by china in that region. >> it's an important ally. let me ask you about the economy and inflation. there was another report today. there's also, just for inflation specifically, though the economy is trending in the right direction, there's the news from his former chief of staff ron klain telling a group of people, he wishes the president would get away from openings of bridges and get into

supermarkets, talk about the price of eggs, talk about the price of milk. how is that landing? >> reporter: the focus is not so much that he shouldn't talk about bridges reopening but that's not as powerful statement as talking about kitchen table issues for americans. there's real concern with inflation, which had started to come down, ticking back up today. it wasn't a good headline. the president says he projects another rate cut before the end of the year right now. broadly speaking, inflation has gone up, approaching 19% since president biden took office. he said today when he took office, inflation was skyrocketing. in fact, it didn't begin to skyrocket until he took office. a lot of that was the fallout following the pandemic. we're really still in the throes of the pandemic. a majority of americans saying they do not trust or do not approve of his handling of the economy to this point, katy. >> let's talk about how the down ballot races are affected by the

economy, and the messaging on it. jake sherman, you hear about this all the time in congress. what's your read of the situation. >> it would be a powerful message for republicans to deliver, house republicans and senate republicans to point to joe biden's shortcomings and to say he's all the things he's not doing right in prosecuting a case against him. i can tell you, katy, this house republican majority is the least effective majority i have ever covered in my life. they cannot get hardly anything done. just a few minutes ago, they failed to reauthorize or failed to authorize the nation's surveillance programs. they have done nothing on the bridge in baltimore. they have done nothing on ukraine. they have done nothing on israel. usually when things are doing well, that contrast that the house is passing things, the president is not taking them up is a well worn construct for divided government. house republicans are not able to prosecute that case because they have been so ineffective,

inefficient and chaotic. i think what ron klain said, the former white house chief of staff is right, the president opening new bridges and i'm not sure he's doing that as much as klain thinks he is, but the president opening new bridges around the country is not as powerful when prices of eggs are up 5%. there's little they can do that congress and the white house can agree on to right the economy to get people to believe that the president is doing a better job on the economy, and quite frankly, house republicans aren't ready to cooperate with the president on that. so i think that's the political backdrop we're facing. >> let me talk about the other giant political mover and that's abortion. the democrats have said, the white house said this is an issue they believe is going to be front and center in november, and elections so far have proven that, we have seen a number of special elections where the democrats have won. a number of ballot issues where the democrats have won.

arizona is the latest case. this law, this ruling that allows an 1864 law to go back into service, if you will in arizona, and at the same time, there's a big senate race in arizona, jake sherman, and it's one where kari lake is running, and kari lake was running for governor only a couple of years ago, and she supported this law. how is the issue of abortion going to ripple out? >>. >> reporter: if we've seen one political constant, katy, over the last three, four years it's that republicans have underestimated the power of reproductive rights, abortion rights across the country. not only in arizona but in states like kansas and ohio where they have been caught flat footed when they tried to put up hurdles in the right to an abortion, right to reproductive rights. i would say that broadly speaking, the house and senate republican conferences are right

leaning and more hard line than the rest of the country and the rest of the party on these issues, and it's very difficult for some of these candidates to free themselves from those positions, and polls over and over and races over and over show that elected leaders, elected republican leaders are out of step with the majority of voters on the issue of reproductive rights. >> i know it feels like we're following a bouncing ball with so many topics, a grab bag of news, but it's rare that all of these topics are news makers in the same moment. on the issue of abortion, national security, inflation, on the issue of union jobs, those voters, those blocs of voters can turn this election either toward donald trump or toward joe biden. the polls show it's very close. so on the issue of unions, the japanese prime minister at the white house today is interesting not only because it's one of our closest allies, and as peter

mentioned, there's this tension obviously with china. but there's also tension here at home wean us and japan, the deal for nippon steel. the president addressed this, he was asked by reporters. let's listen. >> reporter: based on law is being implemented by the u.s. government. japan is the largest investor to the united states. japanese businesses employ close to 1 million workers in the united states, and investment from japan to the u.s. can only increase upwards in the months and years to come. >> i stand by my commitment to american workers. i'm a man of my word. i'm going to keep it. and with regard to that, i stand by our commitment to our alliance. this is exactly what we're doing. >> you see the tension there. john, explain this issue!

look, steel has always been a core issue on u.s. relations with japan, also u.s. relations with a number of other countries because it's one of those issues where you get to something that a lot of working class people understand. they understand if american steel mills are open and working and producing steel here in this country, and if you have all the industries that extend from that, that their towns are going to be doing pretty good. their jobs are going to be real. biden understands that, and that's why you saw him, you know, rather bluntly come back there in that press conference because the one thing that democrats finally learned and it took them a long time to learn this, but the one thing they finally learned in 2016, the hard way, was that if you neglect these sort of core union jobs for working class community issues, you run the risk of losing battleground states like pennsylvania, michigan, and

wisconsin, and if you look at the map right now. it's a very interesting map. a lot of states that biden won in 2020 are going to be hard. you're going to have a tough time in georgia. it's still going to be a competitive state. arizona you know is always a competitive state. certainly not guaranteed. the abortion issue may become a real factor there. in michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania, biden has unique challenges. michigan, the gaza issue is a big deal, wisconsin, pennsylvania, both places where frankly these inflation issues played pretty heavily. so i think what biden knows is he's got to come on very very strong on behalf of the union jobs, and frankly, the concerns of working class communities. if he does, he blunts a lot of donald trump's appeal. if he fails to do so, then he puts himself in the same position that hillary clinton ended up in in 2016 where it didn't matter what she said about a host of other issues, she wasn't able to keep that

democratic coalition together in some of the battleground states. >> that blue wall, as we know it. donald trump wants it, president biden wants to keep it together. on the issue of georgia, on the issue of arizona, do you see abortion to be a central issue, and president biden getting those states once again? >> i absolutely believe all eyes will be on arizona in 2024, and a portion of what everyone is talking about right now. that's why we're running our ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in our community. then it will be made between the physician and family. that speaks across the political spectrum, regardless of what a person's political affiliation

is, it's about freedom and ensuring we have the autonomy to make our own decisions about our reproductive health care in our state. >> is it blunted by former president trump coming out and saying he doesn't agree with the decision by former president trump saying this should be left up to the states by potentially the legislature repealing it quickly or the ag in arizona saying she's not going to enforce the law, chris? >> absolutely not. what we're seeing is a prime example of why we need to enshrine these rights in our state constitution. our reproductive rights are subject to the whims of a legislature run by anti-abortion extremist. in order to protect our rights from the whims of those actors, we need to enshrine abortion rights in our constitution. >> chris love, john nichols, peter alexander, thank you very much for starting us off. big presidential politics day

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what do you do if you're the gop speaker of the house, your caucus is divided, your job is being threatened, your house investigations aren't going anywhere, and you can't get anything passed, not even a rules vote without help from democrats. you schedule a trip to mar-a-lago to get a boost from the leader of your party, perhaps in the hopes it will strengthen your position in your party and allow you to put a ukraine aid vote to the floor, which the other guy leading the other party, president biden, is daring you to do. >> if we had a vote tomorrow, if the new speaker of the house of representatives had the guts to call for a vote on ukraine, it would pass overwhelmingly. i'm hoping the speaker of the house begins to have the courage, i'm confident he knows

what he has to be done. >> joining us now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ali vitali. so lots of dynamics at play here. what's going on? >> reporter: a ton of dynamics. we'll start on the former president trump front. even though johnson is going to mar-a-lago, this trip has everything to do with what's happening here on capitol hill. the fact that johnson is once again an embattled speaker, much like his predecessor, former speaker, kevin mccarthy. only for johnson, the issue is ukraine aid or even potentially the way this fisa or data privacy battles continues to go. these two things could be enough to trigger an ousting of his job from within his own conference. when it comes to the ukraine vote, i've had democratic house members tell me if they see johnson be willing to give a vote on ukraine, they would

potentially save his job if that situation were to unfold. johnson is going to mar-a-lago, to the source of republican power, being next for former president trump, for what i'm told is an event about election int rity. that's something we talked a lot about when he got the speakership in the first place, katy. it's central to his role as he heads to mar-a-lago amid a really wild sea of dynamics on capitol hill. >> so is this directed at getting donald trump to call off marjorie taylor greene? >> reporter: not explicitly. some people think that's one of the key parts of this. proximity to the former president is a currency here within the house republican conference. i'm not someone who thinks that trump can explicitly move votes. he is someone that has influence

behind the scenes. for johnson who stuck closely to trump, this makes sense in an attempt to shore himself off with the house republican conference at a time that he really might need it. >> what about the ukraine aid bill, is it going to come to the floor? >> reporter: that is the open question here. when you see rules tanking on the house floor like they did in the last hour or so, it's a reminder of the fact that sometimes you can't get to a vote on the thing you're trying to vote on. johnson can't get that. that was the case on data privacy reform, but when it comes to ukraine aid it's going to be a similarly thorny battle. it's why we haven't seen them say they're going to for sure set a vote on it. that's an open question. it's not clear if he's going to do it by bringing the supplemental to the floor, the quickest way to get the aid out the door.

that encompasses aid to israel and taiwan, or johnson could put up a bill that focuses on ukraine aid. that's going to have its own issues too. there's no easy pass. >> there's the foreign intelligence surveillance act, which is key to how the government operates its national security and spying around the world and even here at home. there's the faa renewals, and that's super key to making sure people are safe in the air. is that in jeopardy? >> it's certainly not something we're actively talking about. that's because there's a long laundry list of things to do here. when you walk something like fisa reform or data privacy as you were just talking about. when that gets stopped on the floor, that means it's one more thing that the house has to contend to figure out. the house is just not really functional right now because of the dysfunction within house republicans and within their

conference. when marjorie taylor greene is out here saying i'm going to be watching closely the way the speaker handles not just fisa but also ukraine aid, she has had idea of a motion to vacate hanging over all of the proceedings, that again just jams things up and you're looking at a backlog of things that need to get done for the security of americans, and how the government orders data, it's important and hanging in limbo. >> thank you very much. we're also getting breaking news out of the city of philadelphia. there's a lot of police after reports of a shooting. we don't have a lot of details right now. we don't have it confirmed whether anybody was shot or whether police were involved, but there's a lot of activity, even though you're not seeing it in this shot. you're seeing it there with the police presence on the ground. and the park that is now completely empty. we're watching this, we're going to bring you details as they come to us. don't go anywhere, we're going

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donald trump's former cfo is heading back to prison, sentenced to five months at rikers island. at the same time, special counsel jack smith's team just won a bid to keep the names of

government witnesses sealed in the classified documents case. but significant parts of witness statements may be made public. joining us now, former lead investigator for the january 6th select committee, tim heaphy. let's talk about the judge aileen cannon ruling. special counsel jack smith was asking to keep the witnesses sealed. why? >> because it jeopardizes their and by extension national security to have their names known. the fbi, secret service, really jealously guard the identities' specific locations, tactics of people around the president. and even line fbi agents, so therefore their names, which aren't really pertinent to a contested issue in the case, it's their information, the special counsel wanted to keep confidential. it's common, a standard request. we, for example, on the select committee had to keep the

identities of white house aides, military aides, valets, confidential for their protection and the protection of the tactics and the methods they use to protect the president. not a surprise that the special counsel would want it. sounds like judge cannon is going to keep the names confidential, even if some of the information provided by the witnesses does get disclosed. >> let me ask you about the witness statements. why would she keep the names confidential. >> they matter. they bear directly on the issues in the case. it's the names that don't. john smith or jane doe doesn't matter. understandably, the information provided is pertinent. it makes sense that be disclosed to charge the defendant, whether or not it is made public, there's a default that everything that happens in a criminal trial is potentially public. these are public proceedings. now, there is a wrinkle because by reading the transcript, it's possible to identify who the

witnesses are. it's not a complete fail safe. at least she is agreeing the names aren't relevant, and there's a measure of protection that comes with. >> lisa rubin joins us as well. it's good to have you. let me ask you about the tone with cannon responded to jack smith. how did her ruling read on paper? >> begrudging and it's not the first time we have seen this either. she had a prior order in which she denied a motion to dismiss on counts 1 through 32 about the willful, unauthorized holding of classified or national defense information, they said those charges were unconstitutionally vague. judge cannon denied the motion it dismiss. i would say the tone of the ruling is similar to the one here where she's saying the government, i'm going to give you what i want, but i don't want to. she took a number of swipes at them, telling them, for example, you didn't follow local procedural rules or had a number of arguments you should have made in the first instance.

in the end, she did what government wanted and kept those witness names secret. >> tim, why does it matter, why are we reading into her tone, looking into what she says in these filings? >> there's been real contention, some of the language has been sharp and pointed in terms of questioning the decisions of the special counsel, and vice versa. some of the language in pleadings filed by that office has been unusually critical of the judge. it seems like there's sort of an escalating tension. i don't yet see any basis for a motion to recuse her. i don't see evidence of a personal bias that taints her fairness, although it is distressing, really, for everybody. there is this sort of simmering tension. it will be interesting to see how that plays out. >> when the prosecutors want to get the trial moving and there's nothing but delays. let me ask you about what's happening today.

let's start with allen weisselberg, in court watching him get sentenced. >> it was the shortest sentencing i have seen. i want to underscore for people, it's a grave thing to watch a person being sentenced, particularly a person like allen weisselberg who's elderly and making his second visit to rikers is. >> why would he lie under oath? >> it's not clear why would he do so. why would he plead and why would the district attorney's office offer him a deal. he was potentially facing five counts, pled guilty to two. all were from the same facts. why would the d.a. offer him a deal if they didn't intend to have him testify. when you know a guy has lied on the stand, you don't necessarily want him to testify on your

behalf. more importantly, they wanted him not to testify. taking him out of the equation for the upcoming trial was as important as anything else. three players, donald trump, michael cohen, and allen weisselberg. when cohen tells the jury his accounting of the events, how the payments were structured and the repayments were engineered, allen weisselberg won't be there to counter his portrayal of evens. >> this is for the hush money trial which is supposed to start on monday. they can't bring allen weisselberg from prison to testify? >> the first question is why is mr. weisselberg wearing what he's wearing on the witness stand. >> the trial starts on monday, jury selection for the hush money trial. there's an argument they're appealing on monday to get it delayed. another argument was made by the trump team to delay this? >> we understand there will be some form of argument today.

they have made another filing. we're unsure exactly of the contents or even the subject matter of that filing because it's all under seal. our understanding it has to do with judge's rulings on recusal, and we will learn more later in the day. this is the third time they have asked an appeals court to delay the start of the trial because of some appellate issue. >> wednesday, thursday, friday, and monday, we'll see if that happens. still ahead, president biden is slamming israel's handling of the war in gaza once again. what he said about prime minister benjamin netanyahu today at the white house and what the u.s. might be willing to take away from israel. and later, more than a year after a 6-year-old student intentionally shot and seriously injured his teacher, an arrest warrant was issued for the

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we have an update on the breaking news we brought you a moment ago, why there's a massive police presence in philadelphia. they have described, police have, the situation as a shooting incident. but they're not going into any detail beyond that. again, just a shooting incident.

it happened near a local mosque, which was holding a ramadan event at the time of the shooting. today is the start of a muslim holiday that celebrates the ending of ramadan. as police update us, we will update you. president biden is making a real break with israel. here's what he said in an interview with univision that aired last night. >> i think what he's doing is a mistake. i think it's outrageous that those three vehicles were hit by drones and taken out. what i'm calling for is the israelis to just call for a cease fire, allow for the next six, eight weeks, total access to all food and medicine going into the country. >> he's telling anyone who asks that the u.s. does not agree with the way prime minister benjamin netanyahu was waging war against hamas, but are those

words backed up by action? here is what president biden said to that question this afternoon. >> i have been very blunt and straightforward with the prime minister as well as his war cabinet, as well as the cabinet, and the fact of the matter is that bbni related to number one, getting more aid, both food and medicine into gaza and reducing significantly the attempts, the civilian casualties and the fact is that we're getting in somewhere in the last three days over a hundred trucks. it's not enough, but needs to be more, and there's one more opening that has to take place in the north. so we'll see what he does in terms of meeting the commitments he made to me. >> joining us now from tel aviv, nbc news international correspondent hala gorani. president biden keeps saying we'll see, we'll see, we'll see.

how does israel hear that? >> we haven't received any official reaction to that interview that was taped a week ago, but you can tell just from what was announced in the aftermath of that tense phone call between president biden and benjamin netanyahu that there is a realization among israeli leadership that things needed to change, to shift. president biden mentioned the promised opening of the eras opening in the north. the government has wanted to telegraph the notion that it is increasing aid, that 400 trucks went into the gaza strip over the last 48 hours per day. even though the u.n. is saying that's not how many trucks are reaching their warehouses. it's still a pretty significant increase from what we've seen over the last few months, not nearly enough to meet the demands of people in the northern part of the gaza strip.

you can tell there's a sense on television, news networks that president biden is applying pressure. what would the consequences be for not changing course, a reduction in the sale or transfer of arms, that's unclear. but certainly, there has been a change, a shift in the mood here with regards to this country's approach to its war in gaza. >> hala gorani, thank you. let me ask you about the end of ramadan and what this might mean for the next wave of whatever's happening in gaza? >> reporter: well, it's of course an incredibly important holy day for muslims around the world, it's very sad in the gaza strip with so many people hungry, with the spread of disease and medical facilities, one other significant development today i wanted to bring to you, katy is that the

son of the political leader of hamas who is exiled in qatar were killed today. the idf or israeli military confirmed they killed three sons, amir, mohammed, and grandchildren in a strike on their vehicle. this would make this targeted killing certainly it would have taken out some of the most senior hamas commanders in the gaza strip. and said it will not soften the palestinian position in any cease fire negotiations, katy. >> hala gorani, thank you very much. and to the north, the war in ukraine has ravaged the country's farming industry. the consequences of which are being felt at home. nbc's andrea mitchell went to yukon, oklahoma, home of garth brooks to see how america's farmers are uniting to help themselves by helping ukraine.

>> reporter: yukon, oklahoma, known for wheat fields and cattle ranches, nearly 6,000 miles from the battlefields of ukraine, but people in both places may have more in common than they think. >> why are you traveling across the country talking to farmers about ukraine. >> what happens in ukraine is going to have a huge impact on what happens to this country. >> reporter: ukraine once a top grain exporter before the war, known as the breadbasket of europe, fields littered with land mines, exports plummeting, farmers livelihoods destroyed, and populations from egypt to south africa scrambling for grain. we joined illinois farmer and agricultural philanthropist howard buffett on a third stop of the tour across the u.s., bringing the light of ukraine's farmer to the america heartland, buffet t has one goal to convince farmers here to support farmers over there. >> if ukraine falls to russia, there's no other logical

conclusion other than nato ends up fighting russia, at some point. you're going to wake up one day, and we're going to be in it. >> here at the stockyards in oklahoma, the farmers and ranchers we talked to sympathize with the farmers in ukraine, it feels far away. >> i get in my tractor, i don't worry about a bomb going off. i worry about how much fuel is in the tank, i don't have to worry about my life. >> reporter: buffett brought together cattle ranchers, researchers. >> from a u.s. wheat producer standpoint, their cheap grain is putting us at an extreme disadvantage. >> i think it's a huge issue for the world to hold the line, to hold the line here and protect the ukrainians. >> reporter: buffett told me in the first two years of the war, his foundation spent half a billion dollars supporting ukrainian farmers, providing 70

combines, 84 planters, and storage facilities to replace what the russians bombed or confiscated. howard buffett could remain on the sidelines but doesn't. >> you could be living an entirely different life. >> i would say it's an obligation, it doesn't feel like an obligation. it's something i love to do. it's a privilege for me to be able to do it. >> a son of privilege with roots on the american farm and a passion for helping farmers feed the hungry around the world. >> sometimes it is good to have friends in low places. coming up, what charges a former assistant principal in virginia is facing after she failed to act on repeated warnings that one of her students had a gun on him, an elementary school student. plus, amanda knox is back in italian court almost ten years after her murder conviction was

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>> that is not entirely clear per philadelphia police. there was a shooting, it aer poos, close to a ramadan event but unclear if it was tied to that event at all. a source tells nbc wcau, that one person fired at a large crowd. the source of the gunman fired at responding police officers and at least one of the officers fired back. again, we'll continue to watch this. if there are significant updates, we'll bring them to you. early last year, a 6-year-old brought a gun to school in virginia and shot his first dprad teacher. i'm sure you remember the story. now, more than a year later, the schools a assistant principal is being charged with eight counts of felony child abuse for ignoring the warning signs. and erin mclaughlin has more on what ebony parker is accused of ignoring specifically. >> it is believed to be the first case of its kind in the

country. according to court documents, a grand jury has indicted dr. ebony parker, the former assistant principal at richneck elementary school on eight counts of felony child abuse stemming from the 2023 school shooting involving a 6-year-old boy who opened fire on his teacher. savannah interviewed zwerner last year. >> i will never forget the look on his face while he pointed the gun directly at me. that is something that i will never forget. it is changed me. it is changed my life. >> in a $40 million civil lawsuit, zwerner alleged on the day of the shooting, parker was warned three times that the child had a gun. and while the child's backpack was searched and no weapon was found, discerner's lawyers allege parker ignored the warnings. >> a student out in the playground saw the boy take the gun out of his pocket. that student went to a teacher

and said, i saw him with a gun. that teacher ran down to the assistant principal's office and said, i now have a student who has seen the gun and that teacher requested permission to search his person. and the assistant principal said no. >> what should doctor parker have done? >> she should have called police after multiple warnings that a child may have a gun. >> reporter: the attempts to reach doctor parker were unsecful. this indictment is unprecedented but represents a change in who could be held legally responsible in school shootings. >> cases about these are about sending a clear message that school shootings are so horrible, we're willing to deer part from the traditional rules and hold people responsible that really historically had not been held responsible before. >> how do you even make sense of something like this? >> you can't. you can't.

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conviction was over turned for the murder of her roommate, amanda knox is back on trial which she said is a good thing. you could see right here. knox, who is now 36, is hoping to clear her name. this time for a slander conviction. we have more. >> back in 2007 amanda knox was sentenced to three years in prison for slander against the owner a bar where she worked after falsely accusing him in the murder and she has since maintained that she implicated him because she was under pressure from the police and had no access to legal representation. now a claim that was backed by the european human rights which is 2019 ordered italy to pay knox more than $20,000 in damages for the harsh interrogation. now as a consequence, last year the court overturned their conviction for slander and ordered a new trial.

in florence that starts today, this morning the prosecutor asked for her three year sentence to be reinstated and even if she is found guilty of slander again, she will not be expected to return to italy as she served three years in jail when she was found guilty of murder. but knox wants to clear her name and remove this last legal stain against her once and for all. >> thank you. that is doing it for me today. "deadline: white house" starts right now. ♪♪ hi, everyone. it is 4:00 in new york. where an epic collision of opposing forces is underway. of course we're talking about the first criminal trial of an american ex-president which is set to commence in a matter of days. it is crashing into donald trump's well honed strategy of delay, delay, delay. for example, this morning was