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Leland Vittert’s War Notes: Machine Gun Teenager

NewsNation Chief Washington Anchor and On Balance host Leland Vittert was a foreign correspondent for four years in Jerusalem. He gives you an early look at tonight’s 7 p.m. ET show. Subscribe to War Notes here.  

Machine Gun Teenagers

If you watch one thing today: Click here to see the Memphis police chief brief the media on the two teens who shot and killed one of her officers.


Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson has an idea — it’s the cops’ fault. 

It sounds simple: How do we protect Black lives if we don’t lock up the people shooting Black people? 

Ground truth on “gun violence”:

How can those on the Left honestly talk about stopping gun violence if they won’t simply enforce the gun laws (especially regarding felons in possession) we already have? 

All the other victims:

TODAY — Pictured: Sonya Sotomayor on Tuesday, September 4, 2018 — (Photo by: Nathan Congleton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

Sotomayor Stays

Sam Baker reports in Axios that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor won’t resign and open her seat before the 2024 election. 

To be fair: Resigning on speculation is a risky play. 

To be political: Her staying and allowing Democrats to run on filling her eventual seat might be MORE motivating to voters. 

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 11: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) during a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos in the East Room of the White House on April 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. Leaders from the three nations are meeting in a first-ever trilateral summit in a show of solidarity as China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea has raised tensions in the region. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Why WOULDN’T Iran Attack?

The all-out war in the Middle East President Joe Biden and his team bent over backward to prevent, as predicted, appears imminent. 

Weakness is provocative in the sandbox and the Middle East, hence Israel’s overt threats of massive retaliation. 

These are dangerous times.

Political fallout: Much of Biden’s policy over the past six months centered around placating pro-Hamas Democrats.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – APRIL 10: Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at the Atlanta Airport on April 10, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Trump is visiting Atlanta for a campaign fundraising event he is hosting. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Trump Trial Starts

Few things weigh on a man like a criminal trial.

Donald Trump will start facing weeks of those days Monday. 

Watch tonight: Former Trump 2020 campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh joins us to discuss what Trump’s days will be like now, how much stamina Trump really has and what it could be like traveling with the former president as he juggles criminal trials and running for president. 

Our friend Elizabeth Prann will be anchoring tonight. See you next week! 

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