Pres. Trump thank you, very much. Thank you. Thank you. [cheering and applause] thank you very much. Please, lets enjoy ourselves. This is a tremendous moment for jim and your family, and lets just enjoy ourselves for a little while. We will ask jim to say a few words. I want to hear what he has to say about his great talent, his great running ability. I find it to be extraordinary. I love it. Today, it is my privilege to present our nations highest civilian honor, the president ial medal of freedom, to a legendary athlete and legendary runner, olympian and true american patriot, former congressman, jim ryun. Jim, congratulations. Fantastic. Jim thank you very much. [cheering and applause] pres. Trump we are joined by jims wife anne. Thank you very much. And various family members. Where is ned . Ned, thank you very much. Catherine, thank you very much. I will ask both of you to come up and say a few words, so you better be prepared. I dont use the other word in front of the word news.
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and first lady are scheduled to meet with religious and community leaders and to mourn with the families whose children are killed. this is a comes as you volleys occult police force faces scrutiny for connection for the mass shooting at robb elementary. school the loved 19 children and two teachers dead. according to texas public safety officials. students and teachers repeatedly begged 9-1-1 operators for help. during the attack, while the school district police chief told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway. those actions have now become the center of the investigation into the horrific shooting in the near one hour delay in confronting the shooter who led to discipline lawsuits and even credible charges into meanwhile chilling new details are emerging about the 9-1-1 calls. that came from inside the classroom. the shooter barricaded himself. in the washington post has reporting, at 12:03 pm, a girl called 9-1-1 for a little over a minute and whispered that s
Unfortunately, we saw another tragedy with the School Shooting in parkland, florida. Betsy devos the education , secretary, we just learned, has made comments that Congress Needs to hold hearings looking into these types of issues dealing with School Shootings. Your committee and your leadership you have not chosen , to go that route into gun violence. Do you think that mrs. Devos recommendation is a good one . Rep. Goodlatte we will consider that. We do believe that communities need to make sure that theyre doing everything to keep their schools secure. When i visit schools around my Congressional District i know that a lot of measures are taken today that were not taken 20 years ago when i first started visiting schools as a member of congress. You could go up to the door and walk right in. Now they are always locked and always seven has been arranged to meet me at the door and sign me in. Those precautions need to be taken. Obviously there are extraneous circumstances that lead to i
Heating up on capitol hill. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. At least four people were killed by a large storm system that tore through the central u. S. Over the weekend at least 12 tornados were reported in kentucky, tennessee, arkansas, and missouri. A string of Severe Weather stretched from texas to the canadian border. It brought floods, high winds, and hail, and more rain is expected tomorrow. Mola lenghi has our report. Reporter violent storms pounded the central and southern u. S. This weekend, leaving behind a trail of damage stretching from texas to canada. This is out my back door. Reporter there were reports of multiple tornados touching down in kentucky, arkansas, and tennessee. The twister is suspected in the death of a 79yearold woman in bowling green. Police said she was inside her home when her roof collapsed. In arkansas an 83yearold man was killed when his home was blown into