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>> reporter: so as of 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon, people who had licenses, who owned semiautomatic weapons and assault rifles, all of the sudden those become illegal objects. how does the government plan to get these guns back out of circulation? well, theyve already been urging people to voluntarily surrender them. they say there will be a buyback program and that theyre anticipating it could cost between 70 and $140 million. they say there will be a website that the police will runyon line run...

Women welcome back to "early start" on a thursday. >> nice to see you all this morning. swift action from the prime minister of nooud less thanew z than a week after 50 people were slaughtered in two mosques. jacinda ardern is overhauling her countrys gun laws. >> new zealand will ban all military style semi automatic weapons. we will also ban all assault rifles. we will ban all high capacity magazines. we will ban all parts with the ability to convert any firearm into a military style semi auto...

Heather: a look at the top headline starting with a fox news alert. mike pompeo visiting the new us embassy in jerusalem. high-powe weapons days after the deadly moscow tax. the government is looking at a buyback program so police can destroy those guns. those who dont turn over their guns could face fines and prison time. today donald trump will sign an executive order promoting free speech on college campuses. the move comes amid heightened political tensions at universities around the country...

In two christchurch mosques. jacinda ardern is overhauling her countrys gun laws. >> new zealand will ban all military style semi automatic weapons. we will also ban all assault rifles. we will ban all high capacity magazines. we will ban all parts with the ability to convert any firearm into a military style semi automatic weapon. >> the prime minister also announcing a buy back program to encourage new zealanders who own automatic weapons to surrender them. lets bring in ivan watson. ivan, wev...

Into a military style semi automatic weapon. >> the prime minister also announcing a buy back program to encourage new zealanders who own automatic weapons to surrender them. lets bring in ivan watson. is there any opposition to these really swift moves by the prime minister? >> reporter: so far we havent heard an organized opposition. new zealand police association has supported, but they were lobbying for this ahead of time. an auckland rifle association say they supported this. and deputy pri...

Mosques six days ago. compare that to the united states. the murders in aurora, colorado july 2012. sandy hook, december 2012. san bernardino, december 2015. pulse nightclub, june of 2016. las vegas, october of 2017. the list is so comprehensive it is depressing. it is also worthy of note we are dealing with years, not days. six days for action in new zealand. now the united states has largely done nothing or very, very little in the response to these attacks over the years. >> we should point o...

With us. lets begin with news from overnight, new zealand banning high-powered military weapons days after the deadly mosque attacks, the government is working on a buyback program so police can destroy the guns. those who dont turnover their firearms could face fines and prison time. the ban is expected to start next month. thousands of people from all around the world in the meantime will attend a prayer service, that happens today for the 50 worshipers killed it two mosques last week. secreta...

Procedures. banned fully automatic and semiautomatic weapons and instituted a buyback program. can you see new zealands government going that far? >> we can hope that they will. we got a gun lobby that got used to getting its own way because we vice president had any improvement in our again laws since 1992. since we had a massacre in the interval and two major government inquiries. >> the gun rights edadvocates a pushing back. critics saying they have legitimate reasons for owning firearms for ...

Buy an even bigger weapon was possibly talk to another resident who expressed skepticism about the buyback program. >> they dont reduce crime, they dont reduce gun violence, they dont work. the typical answer, by another gun but no, we have a cruise coming up, that will buy my liquor package. >> i was specialized music college in new jersey is up for sale in the prospective buyer partially owned by the chinese government. eric shaw is looking at why a foreign company wants to buy us college. >> ...

University of cincinnati in 2012. he is still in his 20s. i have covered gun violence for years may be an over-statement. lopez approached this subject with the self-confidence of a research scientist wading in data. lopez said america needs is more like australias buy back program paired with the serious ban on specific firearms. potentially including all semi-automatic weapons. all semi-automatic weapons? there are more than 100 million of those in the united states and the majority are in the...