His examining politics podcast and news of the day. We will take your calls as always it you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host this is the washington journal for august 5. The flag at the u. S. Capitol at halfstaff after the shootings that resulted in multiple deaths in dayton ohio dayton, ohio, and el paso, texas. President trump expected to make statement at 10 00. Some are calling for the president to strongly condemn White Nationalism and some are calling for the senate to come back into session. In the first hour of our program this morning, we are asking you how washington should respond to the recent Mass Shootings. Here is how you can let us know. Republicans, 2027488001howdem. And independents, 2027488002. If you are a gun owner and want to give your thoughts on how washington should respond to the 24 plusf the last hours, you can join us on twitter and post on our Facebook Page. On the senate side, several members of the senat
Too long, parts of the tenderloin south of market have functioned as open air drug markets. He has dedicated a team to focus on the tenderloin and is bringing together agencies from the fbi, dea, secret service and even the u. S. Forest Service Working with local Law Enforcement to crack down on drug dealers. I would say that as federal Law Enforcement, we have a wide array of tools that we can use. As many of you know, parts of this great city are now known for what appeared to be open air drug markets. The Drug Enforcement agency said the work is already underway. Federal authorities today unsealed nearly 300 3000 and edmonds following a two year investigation into two major drug operations and their leaders. The dea says both gangs work the same way with can bring commuter drug dealers living in the east bay who carpool or take Public Transportation into San Francisco to deal drugs in the tenderloin. The two organizations employ the same Business Model and in my 23 years of Law Enfo
Hayward, people here are sharing in the nations grief for victims of the texas and ohio Mass Shootings. This is an emergency. Reporter inside city hall the tough conversations of what the nation, congress, president and American People should do next. I just want to see politicians listening, listening to everybody what needs to be done instead of having their own agenda. Reporter this town hall called by eric swalwell, drew a big crowd. The opinions wide ranging over how to stop the Mass Shootings that have become too familiar. Im looking at what the root cause of gun violence is and its a disease. Its something the cdc needs to step in, the Surgeon General needs to declare a state of emergency. We dont want to take the guns away from people who them nt in the military. Reporter congressman swalwell said he wants Senate Majority leader mcconnell to call a vote on the two bills passed by the house. One on background checks for private and online gun sales. And another giving the fbi a
Number music throughout good evening. Thanks for joining us. Tonight, stories of heroism. One man jumping into danger to protect others in the line of fire. Now the boisterous calls for change as comments ramp up the rhetoric. Grabbing people, telling them to get down. Stay safe. Reporter in dayton, ohio, Jeremy Granger is a hero. When terror struck dayton overnight saturday, it sent hundreds of people running. But granger, a bouncer at ned peppers bar was one of the few who stood still. This footage shows the gunman. He had a dead stare. Reporter investigators in ohio are still looking for a motive as to why the alleged shooter, connor betts opened fire. Ganger had pushed as many people as he could grab into the far. About 200 people inside. I would have died before that guy came n no way i was going to let anybody get hurt. I was going to stand my ground the best i could. Reporter amidst the chaos, ganger was hit by shrapnel and taken to the hospital. He was there for three days. The
A 24yearold former teenage model is recovering from her 16th surgery after repairing her face after a devastating car crash. That crash happened more than three years ago after a single moment of distraction. This morning shes sharing an Important Message about driver safety. Wabctvs amy freese has her story. This everything it happened in three seconds. And i was distracted, for whatever reason. Reporter at 21 years old, nicole slammed into the back of a tractortrailer, completely mangled, car totaled, she was unrecognizable. She was treated for life threatening injuries. You can see the First Responders surrounding her car. Reporter her face was crushed. Distracted driving robbed the prom queen turned model of her physical identity. When i found out that i broke every bone in my face, i was a model. Like that was extremely, extremely difficult. Reporter facing hopelessness, nicole and her family found dr. James bradley. Her nose was collapsed completely centrally and her jaw was misa