now the people at the center of them are begging and pleading with their elected leaders to do something and do something now. a bipartisan group of u.s. senators has been trying to strike a narrow, modest deal on gun reforms, one of the lead negotiators telling me in the last hour he is cautiously optimistic that they can get something done. despite ongoing talks on capitol hill today, it is still legal in most states for an 18-year-old to buy a semiautomatic weapon. josh campbell went to a gun range to show us just what such a weapon can do. they are known as assault style weapons. and have been used in some of the country s deadliest shootings. from uvalde, tulsa, and el paso, to parkland, san bernardino, and sandy hook, it has been the weapon of choice for many of the killers. line is hot. the los angeles police department demonstrates an ar-style semiautomatic rifle for us on the department s gun range. you have a 16-inch to 20-inch barrel. you have a stock that
History of athletics the Us Justice Department is saying about its deal to try to close the books on its investigation into the Larry Nassars sexual abuse case against girls and women in gymnasts next, were going to get reaction from the attorney representing the Gymnast Survivors of Larry Nassars abuse, and leaning this our amajor de and the New York City pasha funny coverup case. A key witness for the prosecutors was back on the stand. His name . David pecker, the former tabloid publisher, and he detailed how he says donald trump used the national so enquirer tabloid to help his 2016 president ial campaign cnns paula reid has a look now at todays Task Testimony as former Tablet Executive Pecker went from killing damaging stories about trump to spilling all on the Witness Stand. Former National Enquirer publisher, david pecker, back on the Witness Stand today, where he shared details of his decadeslong friendship with donald trump and how he eventually used his position to help trump
in our sports lead, the biggest scandal in the history of athletics. today, more than 90 women and girls sexually abused by convicted child molester and former team usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar are seeking more than a billion dollars from the fbi. the gymnasts say investigators could have ended nassar s abuse and protected them and other victims had fbi agents not mishandled the case, claimants include simone bilesckayla maro. and as jean casarez reports for us, authorities now have six months to settle the claims before a lawsuit can be filed in federal court. the fbi on official notice. we have been failed and we deserve answers. 90 female athletes victimized by disgraced doctor larry nassar seeking more than a billion dollars in damages from the agency in administrative claims,
i ask you please do all that is in your power to ensure that these individuals are held responsible and accountable for ignoring my initial report, for lying about my initial report, and for covering up for a child molester. this is arguably the biggest scandal in the history of athletics. a justice department inspector general s review found fbi officials investigating the allegations against nassar violated multiple policies by failing to properly document complaints about the abusers or by lying about it. tellingly, the department never pursued charges against the fbi agents, though today just hours before the hearing, cnn learned that at least one agent had been fired in recent weeks. an attorney who represents a number of nassar s victims says that the fact that this agent percentageored himself and was not charged with a crime sends a message to other agents that
do more of what you love when you upgrade to xfinity xfi. baby ninjas? i love it. . in our sports lead today, a follow to the biggest scandal in the history of athletics, a harsh rebuke from the justice department s inspector general this afternoon acknowledging that fbi officials seriously botched the sexual abuse allegations against usa gymnastics team dr. larry nassar. the report says fbi officials violated multiple fbi policies and quote failed to respond to the nassar allegations with the utmost seriousness and urgency that they deserved and required unquote. not only that, during the time the fbi failed to take action, nassar s sexual assaults on