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and, after winning his defamation case against ex—wife amber heard, we look at whyjonny depp lost a similar court battle in the uk. in a rare primetime television address, presidentjoe biden has called on congress to ban assault weapons. from the white house he said that it is time to act, following a string of high—profile mass shootings, and appealed to congress not to let the american people down. over the last two decades, more school—aged children have died from guns than ar...

celebrations. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in a rare prime—time television address, presidentjoe biden has called on congress to ban assault weapons. from the white house, he said that it is time to act following a string of high—profile mass shootings, and appealed to congress not to let the american people down. over the last two decades, more school—aged children have died from guns than on—duty police officers and active duty military combi...

Well, earlier i spoke to robyn thomas, the executive director of the giffords law center to prevent gun violence. part of the challenge that we continue to face is the republicans intransigence, intransigence especially on the senate side, because it is such a thin margin and the filibuster rules make it very difficult to get anything through without 60 votes. and i do think things have changed in this country since barack obama made his appeal after the sandy hook elementary school shooting. yo...

You know, we do have a much more robust movement, a much more robust grassroots movement, theres a lot more money on the side of gun violence prevention. we have a whole — dozens and dozens, if not hundreds of political candidates over the last ten years that are running on a platform to better regulate guns and they are getting financial support and they are getting votes and they are getting groups, like the moms demand action in america, which is a big grassroots support groups. you know, a...