Were killed in Mass Shootings. The latest barrage in the litany of Mass Shootings that have become all too routine in our country. To say nothing of the american lives lost in everyday gun violence in our community. Its on the mind of the American People. I was at the airport. Someone i didnt know grabbed my arm and he said, senator, do something about gun violence. I lost my nephew to gun violence last year. Its on so many peoples minds. Thats why our first order of business in the senate should be to take action on hr8, the house passed bipartisan background checks act. We must grapple with the stark reality that gun violence is becoming an all too routine occurrence and that we in congress have both the ability and responsibility to do something about it. Hr8 is the most common sense way for the senate to save american lives. Its bipartisan. It is already passed the house. And as a matter of policy, if its absolutely necessary to close the loopholes in our background check system in
Grandson on an extraordinary journey to visit every one of americas 61 National Parks. Love her. It is friday, august 16th, 2019. Heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. The first person i came in contact with was mr. Earnhardt laying on his back. The airplane was fully engulfed. All the people had gotten out of it. Dale earnhardt jr. And his family escape a fiery plane crash. Just pulled a baby out of there. President trump is taking heat for putting pressure on israel to deny entry to two muslim congresswomen. They said horrible things about jewish people, horrible things about israel. President trump wasted no time in going after other democrats in his latest rally. We have a group of socialists or communists, could be. Projtis into s t extend a recent streak of weapons tests. Five people were shot in philadelphia the day after a man shot Six Philadelphia Police officers. I say to our state and federal lawmakers step up or step aside. New details on the death of jeffrey e
Himself, he said if he felt his strength and his body wasnt up to speed to comply with the duties that were that are expected of a pontiff, and very heavy duties like traveling around, attending ceremonies, working nonstop. At 85, thats tiring for everybody, for any man his age, let alone a pontiff and the pope and leader of 1 billion catholics around the world, but nobody really believed that would happen or nobody believed that would happen before at least next year, because this, maybe i remind you, is the year of the faith. So that came as a surprise to everybody, as you heard card natural dolan doesnt know about it. Certainly he is not the only one, because the spokesperson for the vatican even said he was shocked. He didnt see it coming, and so didnt his closest aides. As we know, when benedict was named as pope, he was one of the oldest popes to take over that job. George, let me talk to you about the fact that we are hearing all the different reactions coming in now just from H
Today theres more conflict. Responding to the president s declaration that we wont negotiate. They cut off lawmakers paychecks. Why pay them if they dont do t the. Its been a long time. The bush and the clinton second term by scandal and impeachment. The any obama term starts with a confrontation. Saying its encouraging that republicans are backing off, in the words of the white house, a move to hold the u. S. Economy hostage and force drastic spending cuts. Im steve handelsman, news4. Security is a big concern this inauguration. Special forces arrived today to help with crowd control. With details on how security is being mustled up. You know when you see a jersey barrier like we have here, that obviously means dont go there, but they dont work well on the water. Its no secret or surprise that a president ial inauguration means changes on d. C. City streets. 6,000 troops are coming to theyll be highly visible. For that 48hour period, the waterways will be closed to all Recreational Bo
Icht. Jamie this week on the journal he had corral report as the president unveils his gun control agenda, well look at the good, the bad and the probably unconstitutional. Plus, from immigration to deficit reduction, what else is on his second term todo list. And is compromise or confrontation the real goal . Plus the suicide of an internet activist finds his family crying foul. Was Aaron Schwartz a victim of government intimidation and a run away prosecutor. While theres no law or set of laws that can prevent every sinceless act of violence completely, no piece of legislation that will prevent he every tragedy, every act of evil, if theres even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if theres even one life that can be saved, then weve got an obligation to try it. Paul welcome to the journal editorial report, im paul gigot, that was president obama rolling out the plan to curb gun violence and the president outlined 23 executive actions, including more steps to make more federal