[background noise] [gavel] committeese judiciary will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on protecting america from assault weapons. I will now recognize myself with an Opening Statement. Assault weapons have been repeatedly used of weapons of deadly violence on our citizens. In just the last two years, las vegas, parkland, pittsburgh, poway, midland and odessa have seen Mass Shootings at the hands of a gunman with assault weapons. Last month we added el paso and dayton to the list of communities shattered by Mass Violence perpetrated by a gunman old with armed with assault weapons. Todays hearing is about whether america will tolerate weapons of war in our streets and in our neighborhood. Simply put civilian assault , weapons are just semi automatic versions of military weapons. Have passed bans on assault weapons, these have been proven too easy to evade. This is one reason i support a
Court case in colorado, where mr trump was disqualified from running for president in that state due to his alleged role in the capitol hill riots, that decision has been paused, and there is an appeal planned. In there is an appeal planned. In france. The daughter of Jacques Delors says the former president of the European Commission has died. The 98 year old was a leading figure on the french political left in the 1980s, and became known to many across britain through his dealings with the then prime minister, margaret thatcher, and the creation of the euro. Frances president Emmanuel Macron honoured his fellow politician, saying hed been a tireless architect of our europe. Jacques architect of our europe. Jacques delors , who died today on tv , delors, who died today on tv, online, dab radio and the tune in app. This is. Gb news, one of the highlights of the farage show is talking pints. I mean, who else would drink a pint of beer live on British Television . Me of course, but i do
Told gb news that the response from Emergency Services was excellent and luckily no one was in the building at the time. Well. In the last hour weve well. In the last hour weve heard that a 16 year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed in south london. Officers were called to a home in bermondsey just 10 00 night on just after 10 00 last night on christmas. They treated a 22 Christmas Eve. They treated a 22 year old for stab wounds, but she later we understand she later died. We understand the boy was known to the victim. He custody. Well, a he remains in custody. Well, a man is dead and another is in a serious condition. Thats after serious condition. Thats after a shooting at a restaurant in dubun a shooting at a restaurant in dublin. Police were called to dublin. Police were called to the scene at around 8 00 last night. Two men were found in the restaurant with gunshot wounds. Both were taken to hospital , but both were taken to hospital, but on
Desert. Were building up to a massive showdown in riyadh. Bit of a grey start in places this morning. Some mist and low cloud around, but that should clear most of us brightening up and warming up. Just watch out for i or 2 heavy showers across parts of the south. Join me later for a full weekend forecast. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im Ellie Costello and im anne diamond and this is breakfast on gb news. And welcome back and thank you. Its so good to see you. Thank you very much. Its lovely to be back. So good to have you back. And the viewers are so excited to see you as well, john andrews, before we even came on air, left us a message on gbnews. Com yoursay saying celebration time, come on, lets celebrate and is back with a big line of party emojis and good morning ellie as well, says john with a thumbs up and jan bs beenin with a thumbs up and jan bs been in touch a minute ago saying welcome back and so very happy again. It wasnt a world cruise that again. I always get