Translator the men entered into the rooms one by one and started indiscriminately firing at the Staff Members and students. Reporter the militants carrying suicide vests scaled the walls of the school. They rounded up children and staff, killing many instantly. Pakistans Education Minister told cnn it was a planned effort by terrorists. They had a plot from the backyard of the school. They blew up a car and diverted attention and then crossed the wall and the security guards they managed to get inside. Reporter the Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack saying it was in retaliation for the military killing hundreds of tribesmen along the restive border with pakistan. Translator we were doing our schoolwork. Suddenly we heard firing and the teacher told us, dont be afr d afraid. Maybe a drill has started. Suddenly an army officer came and told us, you go out the schools back door. Reporter the military moved in and after a sixhour standoff had secured the site. All
Of domestic violence. The white house wants to beef up the background checks system with more hiring and funding and more funding for Mental Health treatments. Those are asks. John and christine. Thank you, michelle. Reaction to the gun proposal was swift from both sides. Hillary clinton applauding the president. Promising she would keep and expand his plan. I am so proud of what the president announced today. What the president will be doing in the next week is an executive order. The next president on the very first day could wipe it away. You know, i wont wipe it away. Gabby giffords gravely wounded in a rampage six years ago said thank you, potus for standing up to the gun lobby when the congress wont. The other side, ted cruz promised to reverse any of executive orders if he is elected. The president is expected to roll out sweeping new executive orders trying to take away our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Well, president obama may have a phone and may have a pen,
Expected to ask then secretary of state Hillary Clinton about what she knew, about reported problems at the compound and why the u. S. Even had a diplomatic outpost in benghazi. There are huge political stakes here. Hillary clinton is running for president. And democrats say this is all about the campaign. Cnns elise labbit has the latest. Reporter after months of anticipation, the day is finally here and its going to be a long day. We understand there will be four twohour rounds of questioning of secretary clinton with breaks. Aides to clinton says she is ready, spent the week preparing with policy and legal teams, going over potential questions and studying up on events leading up to and following the benghazi attacks. It was a long time, after all. There have been more than than a half dozen investigations following the benghazi attacks. Democrats maintain it was designed as a takedown of clinton and you had a string of comments recently by republicans almost backing up those accusa
Knockdown political fights on the stage. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im george howell. And im natalie allen. Youre watching cnn newsroom. And good day to you. We begin this hour in cleveland, ohio. The first u. S. Republican president ial debate where candidates met face to face for the first time. Frontrunner donald trump and his closest rival jeb bush were at center stage. Hometown favorite john kasich, the governor of ohio, got a huge ovation. The candidates top target, democrat Hillary Clinton, president barack obama as expected but they also went after each other at times arguing over government surveillance and their ideas about immigration reform. The debate got off to a rousing start when fox news anchor bret baier asked a question clearly aimed at donald trump. Would every candidate pledge to support the republican nominee and rule out a thirdparty bid for president . Were looking for you to raise your hand now. Raise your hand now if you
Outrage with cnbc. We will show you what the campaigns agree on and what they dont. And they are celebrating in kansas city. Royals are World Champions. A gutsy performance with a come from behind win over the mets. We have the highlights from queens. Im alison kosik. It is monday, november 2nd. Im miguel marquez. Crash investigators are trying to find out what brought down a russian passenger jet that killed all 224 people on board. It crashed 22 minutes into the flight from the resort in egypt to st. Petersburg. Debris scattered across eight miles over the Sinai Peninsula. The cause of the crash is still unknown. Was it technical with the 18yearold airbus jet . Could it have been a terror attack . For the latest on the answers, lets bring in cnns ian lee. Ian, Sharm El Sheikh is a popular tourist destination. What are they saying so far . Reporter miguel, we just finished a press conference by metrojet. Listening in on that. What they are saying is they reject the possibility of a te