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Stories today that stretch from buffalo to the bay area. now, on the republican side is the cautionary tale of congressman chris jacobs. two weeks after the mass shooting at a buffalo grocery store, this republican representative from western new york told republicans he would vote for an assault-style weapons ban and support age restrictions for purchasing those. listen to his logic. >> individuals cannot buy beer, they cannot get cigarettes. 21. i think its perfectly reasonable that the age li...

In fact, a 2021 pew survey found 63% of americans support an assault weapons ban, including 37% of republicans. and its worth remembering that eight republican senators and 46 gop house members voted for the og assault weapons ban when it passed in 94. finally, republican senators are meeting right now with democrats to discuss finding some common ground on gun safety reform. in fact, senator gops biggest donors took out an ad to support this kind of principled compromise. you could call jacobs ...

Number, rate and risk of mass shooting-related homicides during the ban period compared to the nonban periods. our approach really was a public health and epidemic logic approach which was to look at the risk of fatality, the risk of gun-related fatality in the united states. >> now, this is not unique to the u.s., is it, because, for instance, in australia mass shooting there in 1996, they looked at the kinds of weapons that were most often involved in mass shootings, banned them and saw a drop...

Authorities went public, brukner still has not been formally charged, and he denies any involvement in the mccan case. >> that clip is just a small part of an intriguing one hour special with new details about the prime suspect. randy kaye joins us now. randy, its an unbelievable story. all these years later were still so captivated. why hasnt he been charged yet? what are the prosecutors waiting for? >> laura, we went to germany and spoke with the prosecutor, and he did tell me they do have cel...

Special with new details about the prime suspect. randi kaye joins us now. randi, this is an unbelievable story. all these years later, we are still so captivated. why hasnt he been charged yet? what are the prosecutors waiting for? >> well, laura, we went to germany and spoke with the prosecutor. he did tell me that they do have cell phone evidence that puts this suspect christian bruckners cell phone at the ocean club in praia da luz where madeleine mccann disappeared from. but just in the are...

It. >> it does. and, the logic of authoritarianism is it always involves more and more people as targets. it always becomes more radical. we are seeing this. january six, it is very interesting. it failed as a coup. but, its succeeded as a way of introducing a lawless model of politics. that is election denial, and so many other themes. criminals welcomed into the party, and it reminds me of, unfortunately, in 100 years ago, fascist in italy, if you are in the march on rome, it was a badge of ho...

The gang bangers in those communities that are actually responsible for these homicides? not at all. its a totally separate problem. i know its just one piece of the larger pie, but in terms of the homicide, criminal justice realm, it would do a lot better for them to enforce the laws that we already have weather than creates random ones that has applicability to pulling a trigger on the street. >> thats a good point, the law are already there. people were argued against the reason why its that ...

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49 states in his sllandslide re-election, ideological but not an absolutist. that was true when it came to gun safety policies, which is where republicans could take a note today. now, to be clear, reagan was a lifetime member of the nra, he believed strongly in the constitutional right to bear arms. and even signed a bill rolling back many gun restrictions in 1986. but reagan understood this was not an unlimited right, like justice scalia, and at least three occasions in his long career reagan ...

Brianna, which is truly remarkable. just a few days shy of her 4th birthday before -- when she disappeared. she would be 19 years old today. we found that this has been quite an investigation. there have been more than 9,000 reported sightings of madeleine mccann. scotland yard alone worked through interviews with about 600 people, 40,000 documents, they spent upwards of $15 million in the search for madeleine mccann. what is most interesting is this key piece of evidence that prosecutors are st...