Remain vote in the European Union because i think we have to work with likeminded people across europe who want to deal with tax havens and tax avoidance, who want to protect one inironment, but also solidarity with people rather than sing them all as enemies. Amy then we go to oakland, california, where a third police chief has resigned in just over a week amid a massive sexcrimes scandal involving an underaged teenage girl. As the mayor of oakland, i am here to run a Police Department, not a frat house. Amy then to oaxaca, mexico, where a Deadly Police crackdown against teachers has left at least eight people dead and more than 100 wounded. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Senate has failed to pass four separate measures aimed at curbing access to guns just eight days after a gunman massacred 49 people at a gay nightclub in orlando, florida. As families of People Killed by gun violence watc
Shes talking about her survival story. And we do say good tuesday morning, everyone. Were going to get to all those stories in just a moment but we want to start with some breaking news coming from overseas from brussels. A tense situation unfolding there this morning amid fears of a bomb attack. Police surrounded a Major Shopping Center and now have a man in custody. Its believed he had told authorities he was wearing some sort of bomb vest. But police now say the man was not actually carrying any explosives. The belgian capital has been on high alert since the terror attacks there in march at the Brussels Airport and the subway station. Those bombings killed 32 people and we, of course, will stay on top of this breaking story. But first we want to turn our focus right now to the battle over gun control stalling once again on capitol hill. The senate rejected all four gun control measures that resurfaced after the orlando nightclub shooting largely along party lines. As expected, repu
With kari hall. Weve had a couple of days of high heat and no change into this afternoon. A live look at all of our microclimates right now. 55 in the north bay, 56 in San Francisco and the east bay. Highs again today in the 80s and 90s for the inland areas. San francisco still warm with a high of 76 degrees. Well see the heat continuing for the next several days. And well talk about what to expect this weekend, coming up. Lets head over to mike now. It looks like an easy drive at the bay bridge. It is, kari. It doesnt look like we have all the lanes open but thats not unusual for this time of morning. No slowing, thats also not unusual. Well take you to the south bay. About 9 45 out of los gatos, there will be a procession on winchester boulevard heading north, parallel to highway 17, to san jose, going east, san carlos, to s. A. P. Center, a massive procession. For more on the touching reason for the memorial, over to you guys. Thats right, mike, San Jose Police will honor one of the
Shootings sat in the galleries. It was the first time this year all 100 senators were on hand for a vote. For more, were joined by tracie potts from nbc news. Did these ever have a chance of passing. It wasnt clear they were going to pass at all, dara. We were talking about the fact that all four of them might fail and thats exactly what happened. Republicans and democrats both pointing fingers this morning. But the bottom line is, this has happened over and over again, gun control advocates say they are not giving up. The motion is not agreed to. Gun control has failed, again. What they predicted, you know. Another missed opportunity. Lawmakers could not agree to either ban or delay sales to terror suspects. Democrats are livid. I am angry, i am frustrated. Nra has a vicelike grip on this place. It is not about guns, the u. S. Should be focused on isis. They want to treat the symptoms without the disease. To prevent the tragedies is to defeat terrorism overseas. Will this become an is
17, coming up toward 280, north of 280, Stevens Creek east to san carlos avenue, and over to s. A. P. Center, because of the procession ending up at s. A. P. Center. There will be a lot of crowds gathering here. Folks, if youre heading to the memorial, we urge you to take mass transit because of all of the traffic expected. Throughout the course of the morning bob redell is at the s. A. P. Details, hell have more details momentarily. Meantime, new this morning, one man is under arrest after a security scare in brussels. A busy shopping area went under lockdown. Authorities say a mans belt only contained salt. The shopping area remains under tight security. For the second time in a week, an investigator with the Alameda County da has been placed on leave. In this case, according to a source in the department, the issue centers around racist texts. An insider tells nbc bay area the man is accused of receiving the texts and not reporting them. Acting assistant chief David Downing is now t