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All right, everyone find your table, please. You will have time to mingle during lunch. Good afternoon, everyone. And welcome to our annual event, celebrating womens leadership. Can i have your attention . Thank you. Again, thank you. Good afternoon, everyone and welcome to our big annual event celebrating womens leadership. Im lois romano, culture of the board of directors and im going to be brief because we have a pretty full program. On behalf of myself and my cochair, kathy russell, ambassador kathy russell, thank you all for your support and for being here today to honor three phenomenal women for their service to our country and for their contributions to National Security. We all know that with more women at the top and more women at the table, better policy is made. It fosters global democracy, gender equality and peace. Thats our goal here, and its what we do best. I i would like to acknowledge or diplomatic colleagues ....
Earlier today, a woman was shot and killed by metro police, after aiming a shotgun at officers. After an eight hour standoff. Police were called out to a home near las vegas boulevard and craig just before six am. A nineoneone caller told police she saw video of her friend trying to overdose on pills. Police say the women refused to leave her home, and crisis negotiators tried to talk to her. At one point, the woman came out with a handgun, police say she ran back inside, and came out with a shotgun and tried to shoot herself first. She raised the shotgun and pointed it at the officers nearby. At which time two of our swat snipers fired. The tactic medic was on scene and attempted to provide medical care. However the female was pronounced dead at the scene. Metro will release the names of the officers involved in two days. And the coroner will release the suspects name. Republican president ial candidates getting ready for the debate tomorrow night here in las vegas. And a few candidat ....
The way to the scene and will bring you live updates throughout this newscast. Just this morning a woman was shot and killed after aiming a shotgun at police. Police responded to a call this morning just before 6 am of a suicidal woman. A Crisis Negotiation Team went to the scene to try to convince the woman to comply with police. The woman refused and later came out of the house with a shotgun. She attempted to shoot herself by putting the gun below her chin but she could not pull the trigger. She then turned the gun towards the officers. At that time she raised the shotgun and pointed it at the officers nearby. At which time two of our swat snipers fired. The tactic medic was on scene and attempted to provide medical care. However the female was pronounced dead at the scene. The identity of the officers will be released after fortyeight hours. The night before the debate republican president ial candidate donald trump r ....
Pentagon . And three is a magic number. It its the the daily rundowns third anniversary. Some surprises along the way. Good morning from washington. Its friday, january 11th, 2013. This is the daily rundown, im chuck todd. Boy, three years . A different part, huh . Lets get to my first reads of the morning. Vice President Biden will present his recommendations on gun violence to the president tuesday. White house Officials Say an assault weapons ban will still be an element of whatever final package is proposed, despite reporting to the contrary this morning. And while in a 15minute statement for cameras yesterday, biden emphasized an emerging consensus around a set of what he called gun safety proposals. He did not mention the assault weapons ban idea once. There is a surprising so far, a surprising recurrence of suggests that we have universal background checks. Ive never q ....