destroyed. a senate committee will hear testimony today about the ongoing civil war in syria and the prospect of peace. the justice department joining a lawsuit against the firm whose background checks helped nsa leaker edward snowden and aaron alexis get clearances. they are accused of failing to perform quality control reviews in its investigations of potential government workers. check out the white house. it's getting beautified or boo-tified for halloween. lit up in orange and purple lights. decorated with jack-o'-lanterns and cobwebs. imagine if the white house is in your neighborhood. what are we going to get? >> a long security line. >> that's true. coming up on "new day," we heard the apologies from
massacre in washington. and some the liberal press used the murders to advance their antigun agenda. awful. but not only that they were wrong in what they reported. >> we are reporting here at cnn just this hour that an ar-15 used in some of those recent horrific mass shootings was used again in this one. >> sources say with that assault rifle, which we believe to be an ar-15. alexis, essentially was a sniper. >> how does a guy walk into a facility like that with an ar-15. a double-barreled shotgun and handgun and go unnoticed? >> the ar-15 that was used today was used in newtown, was used in aurora, and used in almost all of the mass shootings in the last two years or so in america. >> bill: i don't know how that happens. but when the media erroneously reports something, instead of checking it out, some ideological politicians jump to exploit the fall columbusy.
the information. you just referenced fox made the mistake. but fox didn't reference it that way. we weren't coming out saying this outrageous another assault rifle used in mass killing. it wasn't seized upon to push an agenda. surely you see the agenda. >> well, if a journalist asks how in the world did aaron alexis get an automatic weapon into a protected military base. >> that's a legitimate question but that's a different question. >> but it was always preferenced by here we go again. all right. here's another rifle and a mad man with a rifle. and the reason it was preferenced that way was to whip up feeling against the second amendment. surely you know that. >> i think many people in the press believe there should be a reasonable and robust debate about gun control. we saw that particularly. >> we have already had the debate, howard. already had it. >> already had the debate.
all over the navy yard massacre in washington. and some the liberal press used the murders to advance their antigun agenda. awful. but not only that they were wrong in what they reported. >> we are reporting here at cnn just this hour that an ar-15 used in some of those recent horrific mass shootings was used again in this one. >> sources say with that assault rifle, which we believe to be an ar-15. alexis, essentially was a sniper. >> how does a guy walk into a facility like that with an ar-15. a double-barreled shotgun and handgun and go unnoticed? >> the ar-15 that was used today was used in newtown, was used in aurora, and used in almost all of the mass shootings in the last two years or so in america. >> bill: i don't know how that happens. but when the media erroneously reports something, instead of checking it out, some ideological politicians jump to exploit the fall columbusy.
the information. you just referenced fox made the mistake. but fox didn't reference it that way. we weren't coming out saying this outrageous another assault rifle used in mass killing. it wasn't seized upon to push an agenda. surely you see the agenda. >> well, if a journalist asks how in the world did aaron alexis get an automatic weapon into a protected military base. >> that's a legitimate question but that's a different question. >> but it was always preferenced by here we go again. all right. here's another rifle and a mad man with a rifle. and the reason it was preferenced that way was to whip up feeling against the second amendment. surely you know that. >> i think many people in the press believe there should be a reasonable and robust debate about gun control. we saw that particularly. >> we have already had the debate, howard. already had it. >> already had the debate.
the information. you just referenced fox made the mistake. but fox didn't reference it that way. we weren't coming out saying this outrageous another assault rifle used in mass killing. it wasn't seized upon to push an agenda. surely you see the agenda. >> well, if a journalist asks how in the world did aaron alexis get an automatic weapon into a protected military base. >> that's a legitimate question but that's a different question. >> but it was always preferenced by here we go again. all right. here's another rifle and a mad man with a rifle. and the reason it was preferenced that way was to whip up feeling against the second amendment. surely you know that. >> i think many people in the press believe there should be a reasonable and robust debate about gun control. we saw that particularly. >> we have already had the debate, howard. already had it. >> already had the debate.