Winter to spring, in a matter of hours youll hear the real reason behind this wild weather. Im brooke baldwin. The news is now. Nightmare on the school bus. Well take you inside the hostage situation involving a child and an underground bunker. Plus, deja vu. What were talking about is a weapon crafted for war. Honest people use a gun in this country to defend themselves from criminals the system will not control. From the 90s to now. Two familiar opponents, once again, battle over guns. And the most expensive home for sale in america has a very famous neighbor. Well take you inside. This is cnn breaking news. Hi, everybody. Im brooke baldwin. Lets begin with this breaking news. Several states right now on alert as storms are ripping across the country with a lot of video to get to. I want to begin in georgia where we are getting reports that people are trapped inside their homes after this tornado touched down. Watch this. Tornado right near downtown cartersville slashing toward i25.
Shield program, one that can be individually tailored to make our schools as safe as possible. Its time to throw an immediate blan ket of security around our children. About a third of our schools right now have Armed Security already because it works. And that number is growing every day. Right now state officials local authorities and School Districts in 50 states are considering their own plans to protect children in schools. In addition, we need to enforce the thousands of gun laws already on the books. Prosecuting criminals who misuse firearms works. Unfortunately, we see a dramatic collapse in federal gun prosecutions in recent years. In 2011, federal firearms prosecutions per capita were down 35 from their peak in the previous administration. That means violent felons violent gang members and drug dealers with guns and the mentally ill possess firearms are not being prosecuted. And that is completely and totally unacceptable. More than 76,000 firearms purchased denied by the fed
Testified. This hearing is just under four hours. [no audio] we have more than 200 people here today and hundreds more watching on our Committee Web cast. I expect everybody in this room to be respectful of the senators and the witnesses speaking about this very serious subject. I do not want applause for or against any position. The Capitol Police have been notified to remove any audience interference in an effort to have orderly conduct for that. That is a warning i give the many hearings. We will hear a lot of perspective on gun violence. I will give opening statements. But we have a former member of congress here, Gaby Giffords who will give a brief message and believed and captain kelly, thank you for your help in bringing your wife here. Ms. Giffords ok. Thank you for inviting me here today. This is an important conversation for our children, for our communities, for democrats and republicans. Speaking is difficult but i need to Say Something important. Violence is a big problem.
Of performanceenhancing drugs. First reported by Sports Illustrated. Cnn not yet able to confirm that report. Independently, we are bringing it to you because ray lewis has addressed the allegation two times. Thank you for watching this very busy edition of newsroom. Newsroom international starts now. Welcome to newsroom international. We are taking you around the world in 60 minutes. Heres whats going on now. The debate over gun violence taking an emotional turn on capitol hill. A Senate Committee hears testimony from former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was shot in the head in 2011. She struggled with speech because of lingering effects of the shooting. Shes determined to speak out. This is an important conversation for our children, for our communities, for democrats and republicans. Speaking is difficult, but i need to Say Something important. Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something. It will be hard, but the time is now
Judiciary Community Committee hearing on gun violence and an initial statement will be given by former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was shot two years ago in arizona. Her husband, mark kelly will testify and wayne lapierre, executive Vice President and ceo of the nra. [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] we have more than 200 people here today and hundreds more watching on our Committee Web cast. I expect everybody in this room to be respectful of the senators and the witnesses speaking about this very serious subject. I do not want applause for or against any position. The Capitol Police have been notified to remove any audience interference in an effort to have orderly conduct for that. That is a warning i give the many hearings. We will hear a lot of perspective on gun violence. I will give opening statements. But we have a former member