now the people at the center of them are begging and pleading with their elected leaders to do something and do something now. a bipartisan group of u.s. senators has been trying to strike a narrow, modest deal on gun reforms, one of the lead negotiators telling me in the last hour he is cautiously optimistic that they can get something done. despite ongoing talks on capitol hill today, it is still legal in most states for an 18-year-old to buy a semiautomatic weapon. josh campbell went to a gun range to show us just what such a weapon can do. they are known as assault style weapons. and have been used in some of the country s deadliest shootings. from uvalde, tulsa, and el paso, to parkland, san bernardino, and sandy hook, it has been the weapon of choice for many of the killers. line is hot. the los angeles police department demonstrates an ar-style semiautomatic rifle for us on the department s gun range. you have a 16-inch to 20-inch barrel. you have a stock that
in our sports lead, the biggest scandal in the history of athletics. today, more than 90 women and girls sexually abused by convicted child molester and former team usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar are seeking more than a billion dollars from the fbi. the gymnasts say investigators could have ended nassar s abuse and protected them and other victims had fbi agents not mishandled the case, claimants include simone bilesckayla maro. and as jean casarez reports for us, authorities now have six months to settle the claims before a lawsuit can be filed in federal court. the fbi on official notice. we have been failed and we deserve answers. 90 female athletes victimized by disgraced doctor larry nassar seeking more than a billion dollars in damages from the agency in administrative claims,