Organizations, but he never publicly voiced those concerns because he thought it would take away from the civil rights fight that was gripping the country. Youre in the cnn news room. Im drew griffin in for don lemon tonight. Gun rights activists on one side, people calling for tighter gun control on the other. This is the week the two sides will butt heads again when the Vice President and his task force send recommendations to the oval office. The head of the nra says he is ready to fight. The likelihood is they are not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this congress. Stay right there. More voices from the gun control debate in a minute. First, police in san diego were forced to shoot a man with a gun who ran inside a movie theater. It happened yesterday. Police responding to a domestic call chased the armed suspect into a crowded theater. Witnesses say moviegoers poured out as police raced inside. An officer shot the suspect, the suspect survived but is in critical condition. A political wound may be reopened in egypt. Former president Hosni Mubarak has won his appeal and is going to get a new trial. An Egyptian Court overturned mubaraks life sentence for his role in the killing of protesters during egypts revolution. Mubarak supporters cheered in court when the decision came down. Mubarak will remain in custody until his new trial starts. His lawyer says the next court date likely in april. Hundreds of thousands of people opposing samesex marriage rallied in the streets of paris today. Frances president is pushing a plan to legalize samesex marriage and adoptions, but its facing strong opposition from the Roman Catholic church and social conservatives. The plan, expected to be voted on by the National Assembly in february or march. New allegations of gang rape sparking outrage again in india. Police say seven men gang raped a woman this weekend. The victim is a 29yearold woman. She says she was riding a bus home friday night when she was attacked. Police arrested six men. They are searching for a seventh suspect. It is a brutal reminder of a similar case last month, a 23yearold woman died from injuries after she was gang raped on a bus. A break for americans hoping to adopt russian children. A ban on american adoptions will not go into effect now until next year. Thats according to a russian news agency. These are hundreds of russians protesting the ban in moscow believing the government passed it as backlash for a new law u. S. Law that targets Human Rights Violations in russia. Well, the decision to delay the ban means that 46 adoptions now in process should go through. A quick update from the nfl. The Atlanta Falcons blew a 20point lead against the Seattle Seahawks today, but did pull out a victory anyway. Atlantas matt briant kikted a lastsecond field goal to give the falcons a win. Atlanta advancing to the conference championship game next weekend against san francisco. The winner goes to the super bowl to take on the afc champion. It is 30 days since the massacre at that Elementary School in connecticut. Two days until the Vice President and his task force make public their ideas to put breaks on gun violence. Listen to some of the voices today from both lawmakers and gun rights lobbyists. Im urging our countrys major gun retailers like walmart and Sports Authority to suspend sales of modern assaultstyle weapons until congress is able to fully consider and vote on legislation to curb gun violence. When a president takes all of the power of his office if hes willing to expend political capital, you dont want to make predictions. You dont want to bet your house on the outcome, but i would say that the likelihood is that they are not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this congress. Cnns Susan Candiotti is in newtown, connecticut, right now. The people of that town marked one month since the massacre at sandy hook Elementary School and discussed the delicate subject of what to do about the school itself. Reporter drew, tonight in newtown there was a public forum with many people trying to decide what to do about the future of sandy hook Elementary School where the shooting occurred. And there were so many different opinions. Do they tear it down forever . Do they rebuild the school . Do they put a memorial there . Hard to get a consensus, but not surprising in this town since its only been a month since the shooting. St. Rose of lima church lost nine of its youngest members at sandy hook. A vigil drew thousands that first night, and then there were the funerals. I was this far away from the families. It was palpable what they were going through. Reporter how well are people healing . Theres still a lot of pain, a lot of grief. When thats going to go away, i dont know. It might not ever go away. Reporter arriving daily to ease that pain, something that astounds deacon rick cinto and fellow parishioners. Its a month later. What are all these boxes doing here . These are the gifts, these are letters, these are prayer cards coming in from all over the country, all over the world. Reporter thousands of pieces of mail carefully sorted for each victim, including the shooters mother and the killer himself. What is this all a sign of . This is the world putting their arm around newtown and saying that were here for you in some way. Reporter like a huge banner that reads we are with you, newtown, filled with signatures hanging from an overpass. Its all the way from tucson, arizona, the site of the Gabby Giffords miss shooting. Down the street from the Elementary School a bouquet marks a spot where a makeshift memorial once stood, now dismantled, come posted, preserved for a permanent memorial. In this Community People turn to each other for strength. Many with the same question. The main questions of why, why did this happen . How did this happen . Reporter seeking answers no one may ever have. And at this point no perfect answer about the future of sandy hook elementary. Drew . Susan candiotti tonight in newtown, connecticut. Well, a weapon of an entirely different sort turned up in new york city. Thats a revolutionary war canon. It was on public display in central park for more than 100 years. Workers cleaning it on friday realized it was load ed the entire time. There was a cannonball inside and live gun powder. This is an amazing surprise. It was there for so many years and people were sitting on it when it was a loaded canon. The cleaning crew called the bomb squad who disarmed the canon and everybody breathed a sigh of la rafe. A Spokesman Says in theory that canon could have been fired all those years it was on public display. People are hunting pythons in florida today and they can win prizes. Its part of a monthlong contest called the python challenge. Designed to tackle the problem of exploding python population. Our own John Zarrella talked with a python hunter and a state officer about this contest. You can go out there for days and days and days and not see one python. I dont care how much experience you have. It is going to take some luck. If we remove one snake from the ecosystem, weve done a good thing. So imagine if 700 people are out there and they all bring one snake, thats 700 less snakes that we have out in the ecosystem. John zarrella is in the Florida Everglades with the latest on the python hunting contest. John . Reporter im out here and this is a road that goes east west and bisects the Florida Everglades between naples and miami. Weve been out here for a couple hours looking for pythons, but at night the reason were out here is because they like to come up by the road and take the warmth of that road off the pavement and that keeps their bodies warm, their coldblooded creatures. Im joined by justin matthews. Weaver been out here with you. Youre an expert, a wildlife expert trying to find these things, but the reality is we didnt get any, didnt find any, but thats to be expected. Yes, it is. Needle in a haystack. I would be surprised if we would have came out today and got a snake. And thats because its been so warm lately. Its been so warm. Theyve been curled up. Theyve been, you know, hiding in the shade, in the thicket where people cant go, and chances are weve walked right by one today. Reporter didnt even see it. Its an invasive species. Theyre trying to get rid of them here. Theyre a real problem in florida, south florida especially, right . Yes, big problem. Theyre killing our native wildlife. And thats why were here. Weve run a Wildlife Rescue and we want to save native wildlife. Reporter good luck. Theres a month of this hunt to go so you will be back. Definitely. Reporter you will trto get some more. But the reality is, as justin was saying, its like a needle in a haystack out here or anywhere. Theres millions of acres of everglades and maybe theres 100, 150,000 of these snakes that are out here. Thats at the top end. So its really going to be interesting to see how many people over the course of the month catch snakes and how many actually are brought in in total. John zarrella, cnn, reporting from the Florida Everglades. John, thanks. A terrifying new commercial about a synthetic drug aimed at u. S. Sailors. Weve got the details about this jawdropping ad and the even more frightening trend that prompted the u. S. Navy to make it. Cook what you love, and save your money. 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Reporter the navy is increasing efforts to warn sailors. After military doctors started seeing more cases. These bath salts dont have anything to do with therapy or the salts you use at home. What were talking about are potent synthetic drugs that are probably synthesized somewhere overseas, we think possibly china. People act very primal. Primal instincts, animalistic behavior. Reporter he has seen users who think they have superhuman strength and are almost impossible to subdue. Ripping out taser wires, impervious to pain, dont really feel anything. Reporter why are bath salts popular with troops . Theyre sold under catchy names like vanilla sky. A packet only costs 25 to 50. Its cheap, sometimes cheaper than other drugs on the street. You can get it from a head shop, smoke shop. Reporter you can inject it, snort it, smoke it, or swallow and it doesnt pop positive on a normal urinalysis. On 2007 an Army Sergeant killed himself, his wife, and young son while he was high on bath salts. The Naval Academy kicked out 16 midshipman for using another drug spice. The military started random testing for synthetics last year, but its hard to keep up with the science. But all the drug dealers, the chemists have to do is manipulate the molecule ever so slightly, you have a new drug, a new chemical that flies under the radar. Reporter since the u. S. Government banned the two main chemicals use in bath salts, another chemical started showing up, and its ten times as potent as cocaine. Now, bath salts cant not be detected during a normal urinalysis, but just this week the navy started testing sailors and marines specifically for the drug. Chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. Usa today is reporting disgraced cyclist lance arm string will admit doping in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. His interview will air thursday. 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