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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ripped apart Republican arguments against restricting access to the most powerful firearms.

Survivors and families from Uvalde, Texas, testified before the House Oversight Committee to support new gun safety legislation, but Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) accused Democrats of trying to destroy the Second Amendment and Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) pointed out that airplanes were not banned in response to 9/11.

Former top White House adviser Peter Navarro was indicted by a grand jury last week, but he maintained that he would be representing himself in the case. Navarro explained he'd rather represent himself because he doesn't want to waste his retirement on lawyers.

The trial is set for Navarro to appear in July. In a letter sent Wednesday, however. Navarro explained he still doesn't have a lawyer. The former Trump adviser went to Harvard to get a master's in public administration, but he never attended law school nor is he a barred attorney.

The women of "The View" railed against Republicans on Wednesday who have been unwilling to do anything on gun safety laws.

Co-host Sunny Hostin asked conservative guest host Lindsey Granger why Republicans are unwilling to take steps on gun safety laws that enjoy the support of the overwhelming majority of Americans, such as universal background checks.

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots has identified what investigators see as the tipping point that kicked off the U.S. Capitol riot, and they'll highlight that evidence during their first public hearing.

The panel will show how Donald Trump supporters marching on the U.S. Capitol turned into a violent mob, and Guardian reporter Hugo Lowell told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that one key exchange between Proud Boys member Joe Biggs and another man, Ryan Samsel, was seen as the tipping point in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough lambasted Republican lawmakers on Wednesday for offering ridiculous excuses to justify ownership of powerful AR-15 rifles.

Senate minority whip John Thune (R-SD) this week claimed AR-15 rifles were necessary to kill prairie dogs in his state, and other Republicans offered similar arguments about using military-style weapons to vanquish various varmints, and the "Morning Joe" host ripped them apart.

Actor Matthew McConaughey appeared at the White House on Tuesday to talk about his hometown of Uvalde, Texas where 21 were killed by a mass shooter who bought assault weapons on his 18th birthday.

He told a story about one of the many children killed last month: Maite Rodriguez. She wore green converse high-tops to show off her love of the Earth and the environment. She drew a heart on the toe of the shoes. Many of the children were so unrecognizable that the only way they could be identified was from a DNA test comparing them to their parents. In the case of Maite, it was her shoes.

"The View" on Tuesday welcomed guest co-host Lindsey Granger to join in the discussion about the upcoming Jan. 6 hearings and whether the American people actually care about the issue.

Joy Behar, for one, pointed the finger at Fox News for refusing to cover hearings where their own hosts will feature prominently as part of the evidence.

Over the weekend, Watergate reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein penned a piece for the Washington Post arguing that America's founders, including George Washington, anticipated people like Richard Nixon and Donald Trump.

Woodward and Bernstein have been talking more about Watergate in the lead-up to the hearings by House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol.

A Cincinnati police officer is trying to get his job back after he was fired for getting the words "pure evil" tattooed on his hands.

Eric Weyda was dismissed from the police department for insubordination and failure of good behavior in late April, four months after his superiors noticed the red-and-black stylized letters covering the knuckles of each hand -- which violates a policy prohibiting tattoos on the face, neck, head and hands, reported WLWT-TV.

Gary Dragon was finally arrested after multiple attacks on a Black family in his neighborhood. He faces attempted burglary charges, assault and battery, and resisting arrest.

The victims were seen on the police body camera speaking about the white Florida man and they revealed that his attacks have been numerous, the Atlanta Black Star reported.

In Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Sequel" documentary, the former vice president showed some of the flooding problems that Miami, Florida face as sea levels rise.

This week, Tropical Storm One launched the hurricane season, and when the storm moved through Miami, the rising flood waters got even worse. The Miami New Times explained that by the end of the century the city could be completely underwater. But such a flood isn't happening overnight. The gradual sea-level rise will increase more and more each year, forcing people from their homes and small businesses.

Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen anticipates that the ex-president will try everything in his power to distract Americans from the prime-time hearings about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and attempt to overthrow the election.

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) made it clear in an interview with MSNBC's Ari Melber that what happened was certainly a coordinated conspiracy. Reporters have heard that the committee's presentation will show a kind of split-screen of what was happening in the attack and what Trump was doing.

The Jan. 6 select committee will start publicly revealing their findings this week, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said those will blow up the political ambitions of Donald Trump's allies in Washington, D.C.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, in particular, has hitched her political fortunes to the twice-impeached former president, and the "Morning Joe" host said the upcoming hearings would deal her a harsh blow.