Shockwaves around the world as the death toll climbs. Police arrested gunman. Now, the questions. Why did he do it . Why was he allowed such a Deadly Weapon . Whats the gunman began in 1996 port arthur massacre was from new town, australia and. Within days, australia, a country of hunters, passed the strictest gun control legislation in its history. There have been no mass killings since. The Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore, the director of bowling for columbine, response to the sandy hook massacre. There are crazy people and there are shootings and killings in norway and france and germany, but there hasnt been 61 mass killings like there have been in this country to a sense columbine. And the nra Facebook Page has gone dark. We will speak with lisa graves about big guns and big money. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Residents of newtown, connecticut, have begun holding the first of many
Is that day. Let the president know there is support from the other side, us, us that have been trying to fight to reduce gun violence in this country. Are we going to wait for another massacre . Are we going to have this discussion six months, another year, 12, at 13, 20, 100 people die . We cannot wait any more. Do your Congress Member Carolyn Mccarthy lost her husband 19 years ago and the long island rail road massacre. Her son was gravely wounded. Shes become a leading advocate for gun control as progun politicians and lobbyists fall silent. There is a Seismic Shift that could lead to gun control legislation. We will ask her. Then we look at the fight to save Social Security as negotiations of the socalled fiscal cliff intensified. I do believe the opportunity is there, the parameters of the deal are clear, the path to a compromise is clear. And he hopes the republicans will meet him on that path and do something that would be very good for the American People, for the middle class
President obama decided to commute Chelsea Mannings sentence, gave sensitive documents to wikileaks. What can you tell us . Announcement came as shock to intelligence and National Security apparatus of the United States. Lot of consternation about this because of the recent history with wikileaks. As you know Chelsea Mannings leaks of documents really launched wikileaks into what it is. And given election, Obama Administration made a big deal that wikileaks served as arm of the Russian Intelligence Services which stole documents from democrats and released them through wikileaks to harm the campaign of Hillary Clinton. Lot of people surprised by this decision to shorten the sentence. Supposed to serve 35 years, deemed harsh sentence, served under seven years of that. Reaction from the National Security officials ive talked to have been a little bit of consternation and disappointment and hear from republican critics of the president who used terms like treason, stab in the back to the
Including this from President Trump lashing out over Sexual Misconduct allegations against his Supreme Court pick. Hes directly challenging claims of inappropriate sexual behavior coming from a second woman against Brett Kavanaugh, saying she has nothing. Kavanaugh denies both claims. So just a short time ago, the Senate Judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley announced sex crimes prosecutor Rachel Mitchell will serve as outside counsel to ask questions at thursdays hearing. A vote on kavanaugh is already scheduled for friday morning at 9 30. So we have a lot to discuss here. So i want to bring in now cnn political commentator Scott Jennings and Margaret Hoover as well as catherine rampell. Thank you for joining us again. A lot to get to. This is a serious, complicated story. Margaret, to you. Hes making it out like he was a perfect sort of Catholic School or choir boy, however you want to say it, you know, but theres other evidence, including his yearbook or whatever, and im not sure if the
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