Good morning. Welcome, Axios, today. It's Tuesday, April 4th. I'm Nyla Budu. Today, the former

president faces his historic criminal charges. And the Artemis II moon mission announces its

historic crew. Plus, a major media deal creates a new sports entertainment company. But first,

red flag laws and the role of local officials in preventing gun violence. That's today's one big thing.

Before we get to our one big thing today, a note that former president Trump is expected to

surrender to prosecutors this afternoon in New York to face criminal charges. We'll be watching

that as well as Trump's planned remarks tonight from Mar-a-Lago. You can keep your questions coming

about his indictment. Text me at 202-918-4893. Yesterday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee was joined

by state lawmakers to announce potential new measures to protect teachers and students against

violence. This was in response to the deadly mass shooting at Nashville's Covenant School,

where three children and three adults were killed last week. Axios Nashville reporter Adam

Tamberin has been closely following these events. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is building on

familiar ground for his policy response to the Covenant School shooting. He's focusing on improving

school safety, which is how the Republican-dominated state government has responded to school shootings

elsewhere. One of Lee's new policies is to use $140 million in state funding to hire SROs or

train guards for every public school in the state. He is also adding funding for security upgrades

at private and public schools. Funding will also go toward increasing mental health staff in schools.

A lot of discussion in Tennessee following the shooting has focused on red flag laws, which allows

authorities to take guns away from people who are a danger to themselves or others.

Lee says he is open to the idea, but he also wants to maintain constitutional protections for

Tennesseeans. He is leaving it to lawmakers to hash out a specific plan, and that might be difficult

in Tennessee where many conservative lawmakers are resistant to any gun regulations. Lee says he

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