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want the plant back, with everything it had? or what youre going to have. i will be dumbfounded if you find anybody other than for pure sentimental reasons saying id rather have a coal plan. ill end by telling you another quick story. when we move from scranton, when coal died in scranton, everything died in scranton. and my dad wasnt a coal miner. my great grandfather was a mining engineer but my dad was in sales, and there was no work so we left to go down to delaware. i told you whe...

conversation about these weekly events involving the murder of dozens of people with legally obtained guns. if that is what our laws stand for, then i think we need to reexamine the laws. >> that is the mayor of highland park. tom llamas as more. >> reporter: from every angle, chaos, confusion, and carnage. a july 4th celebration through the center of town transformed into a mass casualty incident. >> active shooter call at highland park. >> police say the gunman took a sniper like pos...

quote, on an idyllic summer morning from a rooftop high above the highland park independence parade, a gunman aimed down at the floats and lawn chairs and strollers and opened fire. the high school marching bands members sprinted for their lives. bystanders scooped up young children and fled. in all six people were killed. some two dozen others were injured, either by rifle fire or in a stampede away from the scene. the victims range in age from 8 to 85. just hours ago, officials annou...

Illinois lawmakers went to capitol hill calling for stricter gun laws after the mass shooting in highland park on the fourth of july. republicans said the focus should be on teaching americans how to spot warning signs of a potential mass shooter. but the highland park mayor shared what she believes is the true root of the problem. >> how much more needs to happen before this obvious action is taken. we know that there are mental health issues in other countries throughout this world. we know th...

Close. but authorities say robert crimo left behind several disturbing videos. he seemed obsessed with violence and mass shootings. and the mayor of highland park, nancy rotoring, that you heard from earlier, said on the "today" program this morning that she actually knew him even from a very young age. here is what she said. >> i dont believe he was previously nope to police until yesterday. i know him as somebody who was a cub scout when i was a cub scout leader. and it is one of those things ...

They were invented for the military for mass killing. military should be using them for that purpose and so say that they should be available for people 18 years of age to purchase them, goes way beyond anything the second amendment writers could have envisioned. >> as much as the president cheered the passage of that legislation you just mentioned and of course signed it into law, he was dismayed by the supreme court decision on firearms, to allow them to be more easily carried an concealed thr...