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democrats who participated in a gun violence protest inside the general assembly well talk to one state lawmaker what calls the move a very dangerous precedent. a violent start to the holiest week in the middle east. new air strikes in response to dozens of rockets fired from the gaza strip in lebanon. were going to bring you a live report from jerusalem. plus, classified documents detailing u.s. and nato plans on ukraine posted to social media well talk to one of the reporters who...

im in tennessee on a family vacation, visiting my sister in law, i have been lobbying in d.c. since we survived a mass shooting in july. i have met with lawmakers, how is this still happening? how are our children still dying and why are we failing them? >> those frustrated comments came following yet another deadly school shooting in america. this time, it was in nashville. where three young children are among the victims. well have a live report from the devastated city in just a mom...

in the south, the white house promising help for the communities ravaged by powerful tornadoes this weekend. were live in one of the hardest hit areas. plus new details surrounding the grand jury investigating the hush money payment made during the 2016 campaign. who just testified and what he could say. were live in paris thousands of protesters are blocking trains and streets once again over the plan to raise the pension age. we begin this very busy hour with the latest on the ...

saying no laws existing or proposed could have ) what happened yesterday in nashville. >> such a deeply offensive thing to say. it really is. if this had been a muslim shooter, we would have seen a thousand bills proposed for more things for homeland security to do. willie, the idea that every time a horrific tragedy like this happens, if you even talk about trying to do something to make our school safer for our children, people say, "oh, theres nothing you can do." they say you can d...

the covenant school, a small private school inside a church that the chief of police in nashville chief john drake, says appears at one point was apparently a student at that school. they were led to her by what he said was a vehicle parked nearby that they wouldnt go into further detail about her as this investigation is just underway. police say that she killed three adults staffers as well as those three children and students. the first call came in at 10 13 am local time and police...

getting word three children had been rushed to a nearby hospital. they have now all been pronounced dead after arrival from gunshot wounds. police are set to hold a news conference, got an update moments ago, that should be happening near the top of this hour. confirmed the shooter is dead after being engaged by officer on the ground. >> john: we dont know if there was a school resource officer or the police were the first to respond to the scene, it appears they acted in a way to take...

For Boston Public Schools to revise its Exam School Admissions policy so that boston latin, the crown jewel of make sure Education System here is more representative of this great stiff. The Lawyers Committee has also chimed in on ballot issue two in the up examining election. To tell us more abtheir positions weve invited ivan espinozamadrigal, connective director for Lawyers Committee for civil rightsnd matt cregor. He is the education project director for the lawyers completely gentleman, wea...

[applause] jessica hello, i am Vice President on the board and the event chair. Welcome to everybody. We are excited and honored to have an illustrious panel of investigative journalists today. This is ethics week at the society of professional journalists, which is the National Version of the Deadline Club, which is the new york chapter. There is a lot going on in freedom of information, it is the 50th anniversary of the freedom of information act. One thing our National Society is proud of and...

Robbins, legendary new york reporter, now Investigative Reporter and residents here and a finalist for Pulitzer Prize investigative reporting last week, so congratulations. And we have Jessica Hughes men, who is a reporter for the teachers project. Obviously focusing on education. And a lot of fun this last year with the City Department of education, which he will talk about later on. , whoe have Justin Elliott has done amazing work specifically on spending issues at the red cross, which he will...

L. E. D. And the way we see the world. Im jen rogers, and this is real money. This is real money, and you are the most important part of the show. Tell me whats on your mind. Well, Economic Growth around the world is slowing down. The Global Economy is expected to grow by 3. 3 , and then pick up the pace slightly with 3. 8 growth in 2015, according to the new revised World Economic outlook put out periodically by the International Mon tri fund. Both figures were revised downwards from previous e...