Taken. And medibear advantage. Reporter is your health care this good . No. laughter and he has no copay. This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im anthony mason. We begin tonight with deadly gun violence both coasts and a court battle aimed at stopping it. First, a gunman in remote rural area of Northern California started shooting people at random. Police say he killed four before they killed him. The wounded include school children. It happened in rancho tehama reserve, 130 miles north of sacramento. Heres mireya villarreal. Reporter the shooting spree began at 8 00 a. M. With reports of the gunman randomly firing out of his vehicle. Tehama county sheriff phil johnson says he crashed a pickup truck, stole another car and started shooting. Most of the victims in this case appear to be random selections. Reporter a mother and one of her children were hit. She was transporting, i believe, her children to school, driving down the road, passed by the vehicle, and he opened fire on them without provocation or warning. Reporter the spree ended at this Elementary School where he shot several rounds from outside. One bullet hit a student through a window. Herrardo garcia works at a nearby convenience store. 80100 rounds going at it, you know, like a small war going. Its its not common out here. Reporter the gunmans name is not being released, but we do know he was involved in a standoff with police before being shot by two officers. Neighbor brian flint says hed recently complained to Law Enforcement about the shooter. The neighbor has been shooting a lot of bullets lately, hundreds of rounds. Reporter at one of the seven different shooting scenes being investigated, deposit recovered one semiautomatic Assault Rifle and two handguns. Multiple students were airlifted from the scenes and transported to localarea hospitals, including a sixyearold with gunshot wounds. We now know the a. T. F. And f. B. I. Are work alongside local Law Enforcement on this investigation. Anthony. Mason mireya villarreal, thanks, mireya. Families of the sand hook Massacre Victims 20 first graders and six diewltz are taking their battle against gun violence to the courtroom. Today, they asked connecticuts highest curate to reinstate their lawsuit against the makeer of the gun that killed their loved ones. Don dahler is in hartford. Remington may never have known adam lanza, but they had been courting him for years. Reporter josh koskoff, attorney for the families of some of the sandy hook victims, said Remington Arms own advertising for the bushmaster rifle used images and fraises like, forces of opposition do you bown, and requested consider your man card reissued. We have evidence adam lanza heard the message and was driven specifically to the bushmaster for his lone gunman combat mission. What happened in the school that morning was horrific. Reporter remig tons lawyer, james votgs, aurals federal law prohibits this lawsuit all together. The manufacturer and the saler of the firearms used by the criminal that day are not legally responsible for his crimes. Reporter after the case was dismissed on those grounds last year, they appealed, using an exception to the law that holds companies liable for knowingly selling to a potentially risky person. This is our way of honoring him. Reporter nicole hockneys sixyearold son, dylan, was shot five times. She insists this isnt about gun control. This is about sales and marketing practices. This isnt saying were going to take any guns away. Reporter how is this not analings to suing an auto make wher one of their vehicles is used to smash into a crowd in a terror attack . It would be. For example, suppose ford advertised the truck they showed they said, buy our truck, and they showed somebody having just completed a massacre by rolling over a bunch of people. Would anybody hesitate to say that ford should be responsible for that kind of thing . Reporter cbs news reach the outside outto remington for a response but. Remingtons policy is not to comment on pending litigation, but thank you. Reporter if the families win this appeal, the suit is reinstated and discovery begins, wherein the attorneys have access to internal documents as well as marketing strategies. Anthony, no ruling is expected in weeks, if not months. Mason don dahler in hartford. Thank you, don. In tampa, florida, today, a man shot to death in the predawn darkness may have been the victim of a serial killer. Mark strassmann is there. Reporter just before 5 00 a. M. , witnesses reported hearing five gunshots. 60yearold Ronald Felton was shot from behind and killed. Tampas Seminole Heights neighborhood shuttered again. Four murders in five weeks, and a suspected serial killer still on the loose. Tampa police chief brian dugan none of the victims knew each other, as far as we know. There is no ties to the victim. Reporter with a killer on the loose, fair amount of pressure to get this solved asap . This is what i dreaded. I dreaded having to face a fourth family and tell them what happened. Reporter investigators say this security video from last month shows a suspect, a black male about 62, dressed all in black. The three other victims were all gunned down within 11 days of each other. F. B. I. Reporter swat teams did a doortodoor search of more than 100 homes here. The second killing, monica hoffa, was killed half a block from the house. And this last killing, the fourth one, is two blocks away. Reporter Stan Lassiter is the president of the Seminole Heights neighborhood association. Youve had added Police Presence for the last month, and, yet, it happened again. Yeah. Reporter does that create added anxiety . It does. The thing is, is weve said all along, whoever is doing this, lives among us, knows the back alleyways. They know where to exphied how to hide. Reporter felton, an unemployed construction worker, was walking to a Neighborhood Food Bank to feed the homeless. Tampa mayor bob buckhorn has a message for the killer were going to find you. Were going to hunt you down and then the courts are going to take care of you, and then youre going to rot in jail. Reporter police agree the suspect could be hiding anywhere here. Anthony, one neighbor told me as his house was being searched, a member of the swat team asked him, in a quiet voice, are you safe . Mason Mark Strassmann in tampa, thanks. On capitol hill today, attorney general Jeff Sessions swore to tell the truth, then swore he always has in his appearances beforappearancesbefore congress. Heres justice correspondent jeff pegues. I have always told the truth. Reporter it was clear from his Opening Statement that attorney general Jeff Sessions knew what was coming. I will not accept and reject accusations that i have ever lied. That is a lie. Reporter but when Committee Democrats started questioning him, he was not so certain. I dont recall. I dont believe so. I dont know. Reporter sessions troubles began in january when he told senator al franken that he had never communicated with russian operatives during the 2016 election. I did not have communications with the russians. And im unable to comment on it. Reporter but sessions has since acknowledged meeting with thenrush ambassador sergey kislyak, and it was also revealed that sessions was in this Campaign Meet where adviser George Papadopoulos offered to go to russia on behalf of the trump campaign. Prosecutors say pap dop las, had been in regular contact with russian operatives and even proposed a meeting between mr. Trump and russian president vladimir putin. There were reports that you shut gorge down when he proposed meeting with putin. Yes or no. Yes, i pushed back. I will say it that way because yes, you answered yes. Reporter when asked if President Trump or anyone else expressed an interest in meeting putin sessions again replied i dont recall. Today, republicans pressed sessions to investigate Hillary Clinton over a controversial uranium deal involving a Russian Company and her handling of emails. Sessions has cleared the way for his senior d. O. J. Officials to look into whether a special counsel is needed. Anthony. Mason jeff pegues, thanks, jeff. Sessions was also asked about the Sexual Assault allegations against Alabama Senate canada roy moore. Manuel bojorquez has that. Do you believe these young women . I am, um have no reason to doubt these young women. Reporter attorney general Jeff Sessions today sided against the man who wants his old senate seat, roy moore. Moore is accused of swul misconduct with teenaged girls when he was in his 30s, including with Beverly Young nelson. Mr. Moore reached over and began groping me. Reporter moore has denied all the allegations. His wife, kayla, by his side. These things are false. And its ugly. Its the ugliest politics that ive ever been in, in my life. Reporter today, after House Speaker paul ryan joined a long list of republicans cawg for him to step aside, moore was once again defiant saying on twitter, the people of alabama, not the washington elite, will decide this election. Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, who also wants moore out, qjed republicans are acknowledged republicans are in a tight spot. We had hoped to save a seat and that might require a writein. Reporter luther strange, whos love the primary to moore, could be a writein option, but that could split the republican vote, and provide an opening for democrat doug jones. I cant vote for roy moore. Reporter . Who has released a campaign ad capitalizing on the moment. Republicans are already thinking about what theyll do if moore wins. One option try to expel him, something that hasnt been done since the civil war. That would require twothirds of the senate 67 votes and could face a legal challenge. Tonight, moore will rally his fundamental christian baseitate tay revival here in jackson, alabama. But hes upset some pastors bhiewz names appeared nay letter supporting him in light of the allegations. They point out the letter was recycling from months ago. Anthony. Mason Manuel Bojorquez in jackson, alabama, thanks. Also today, the Republican National committee pulled out of a joint Fundraising Campaign with moore. Now, back to capitol hill, where female members of congress say theyve been victims of Sexual Harassment. Chief Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes is there. This is about a member who is here now. I dont know who it is. Reporter Virginia RepublicanBarbara Comstock told her colleagues today about one of their fellow congressmen who asked a staff tore bring documents to his house. And the young staffer, it was a young woman, went there and was greeted with a member in a towel it was a male who then invited her in. At that point, he decided to expose himself. She left, and then she quit her job. Reporter california democrat Jackie Speier said she knows two sexual harassers, one a democrat, and one a republican, who are still in congress. Complaints against them include victims having their private parts grabbed on the house floor. Reporter speier herself had to fence off advances when she was a hill staffer. The chief of staff held my face, kissed me, and stuck his tongue in my mouth. Reporter since she shared her story, other current and former female lawmakers have said me, too a wakeup call for their male colleagues. Its been startling to me that there are that many pigs out there. I mean, i dont know how to else to put it. Reporter speier blames a byzantine reporting progress on capitol hill that requires victims to wait at least 90 days before they can file a Sexual Harassment complaint. The present system may have been okay in the dark ages. It is not appropriate for the 21st century. Reporter the senate voted last week to mandate Sexual Harassment training for senators and their aides, and House Speaker paul ryan said he would require the same thing if the house, this after 1500 former staffers signed a petition saying that Congress Needs to be held to the same rules, anthony, as the rest of the federal government. Mason nancy cordes at the capitol. Thanks, nancy. Senate republicans said today their tax plan would eliminate obamacares individual mandate, which requires most americans to have Health Insurance or pay a penalty on their tax returns. With fewer americans insured, the government would spend less to subsidize health plans helping to pay for tax cuts. The house bill would not repeal the mandate. We have new video tonight of a failed rescue attempt in the mediterranean. At least five african migrants drowned and 58 others were injured last week when their rickety boat apsized en route to europe. Itarchs peers their supposed rescuers, members of the libyan coast guard, were trying to capture them to return them to north africa. Heres seth doane. Reporter johanes buyer watched as the migrants fell between their flimsy dinghy and the libyan coast guard boat. Some were trapped and barely treading water. For me, it just felt like chaos, complete chaos. Reporter bear is in charge of the german aid boat seawatch which scrambled to pull people from the water and filmed the libyans botched rescue. The boat youre seeing there is not a rescue boat. Its a military patrol boat. Its not made for rescues. The libyans are hitting people with roams. Theyre shouting the whole time and put more chaos into the situation. Reporter with European Union backing, italy has been training the libyan coast guard to boost its capabilities to stem migrant crossings, but bear says the libbians can be too aggressive in trying to turn migrants back. At one point, a migrant hangs off the side of the ship and is kicked. He clings to the ladder as the libyan vessel takes off. On the radio, theres a desperate plea. The voice says, youre killing a person. Youre killing a person. More than 19,000 in grants have been rescued or intercepted in libyan waters so far this year. But with the libyan coast guard taking a more aggressive stance, some International Aid voarkz stopped their rescue operations in the mediterranean, deeming it too dangerous to continue. Anthony. Mason seth doane, thank you, seth. Coming up next on the cbs evening news, if you try to skip this medication, your doctor will know it. 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