From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. It takes just a moment to remember back clearly to the very moment we learned about the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut. To remember how shocked we all were and how sad and sorry a scene that was. Well, this is still very much the post newtown era. So there was great emotion today at a hearing on guns on capitol hill. Especially when a very wellknown survivor of gun violence, Gabby Giffords, came forward to deliver her own remarks. And yet during the hearing, we learned of another shooting. This one in arizona. A workplace, one gunman, three shooting victims, one fatal. We begin tonight with this emotional issue. Our report from Nbcs Kelly Odonnell on capitol hill. Reporter good evening, brian. The passion so deep, this hearing was packed, included many families and survivors, victims of other shootings. And it was a group of people asking congress
The president obamas trying to destroy the gop. Trying to shove them into the dust pan of history. Heres a hint. President obama doesnt need to do that. Republicans are doing it just fine all by themselves. For all their bluster about change, gop leaders insist on no overall at all is needed. One gop official everyone says we dont need a new pair of shoes, we just need to shine our shoes. Shine their shoes . Thats not goods enough. Republicans need to try walking in someone elses shoes for a change. Because for all of their talk about out reach to women, the rnc just approved a resolution. Calling on congress to defunct planned parenthood with no objections. And while support for womens rights to choose is at an alltime high. Heres what Speaker Boehner says is his fundamental goal. With all the mistakes, its becoming more and more important for us to share the truth with our young people and encourage them to lock arms, speak out for life and help make abortion a relic of the past. Let
This is where i want to be, back here in new orleans. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening, when republicans and democrats say they have found agreement on a major controversy, thats news. And thats where we begin tonight. Influential members of the senate four from each party said today they have a breakthrough on comprehensive Immigration Reform. Which would include a pathway to citizenship for 11 million Illegal Immigrants and tough enforcement of the borders. Immigration is also one of the president s highest priorities for his second term. There are a lot of ways this could fail, but many on capitol hill agree tonight its the best chance in years. Nancy cordes is at the capitol with details. Nancy . Reporter scott, these eight senators say they sense an opening on the issue now and a new willingness among republicans to compromise on immigration after president obama won the latino vote by 71 in the november election. The
That is it for us tonight and a programming note, Anderson Cooper hosting a special town hall on gun control this thursday night. Anderson starts right now. Coast and tonight, terror inside of a packed nightclub within minutes became a death trap. Hundreds of people trapped in the inferno and some trampled in the panic, and hundreds died and arrests have been made. We will tell you who is responsible and what is happening. And we will talk about the norovirus, and the super stomach bug and updates. Our goal so is real reporting and calling out hypocrisy. Today, four democrats and two republicans floated a immigration bill to give illegal citizens a path to citizenship, and it is a path for what president obama calls it a priority for the second term. This is what senator mccain said, one of the senators behind the plan said today. Look at the last election. Look at the last election. We are losing dramatically the hispanic vote which we believe should be ours for a variety of reasons,
Our war room. Check us out online link up to our twitter page, and you have a great night. Well see you tomorrow. [ theme music ] cenk welcome to the young turks. Guess what kind of show we have for you guys . An awesome one. Of course. Well weve got a lot of interesting different topics for you guys, including the out of control gun violence in chicago. The woman were about to show you has four different kids killed by gun violence in chicago alone. What did i do wrong . You know . I was there for them. I made sure that they hadwe didnt have everything that we wanted but we had what we needed. Cenk and her last son died this weekend. Its tragic. Were going to talk to two different people about that, including an africanamerican republican running for Jesse Jacksons old seat . Israeli elections happened, surprising results. Well bring you the Israeli Council general on here to talk about what that means for this country. The former tv news anchor who called attention to the high cost o