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Out executive actions he hopes will curb gun violence. In a white house address, president obama says he will tighten existing laws without infringing on the rights of lawabiding citizens. At one point, he was brought to tears as he spoke of the 20 first graders gunned down in their classrooms in newtown, connecticut. And from every family who never imagined that their loved one would be taken from our lives by a bullet from a gun, wipes tearpauses every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. In his plan, the president hopes to expand background checks by having federal agencies treat all gun sales equally. That means weapons sold at gun shows and online, would be subject to the same background checks as all other gun sales. Percent of sales have no checks at all. All. The president also wants to increase funding for Mental Health care and to hire more atf agents, something that would require approval from congress. The National Rifle association has successfully lobbied congres
Clinton also plans to extend new resources and establish publicprivate partnerships that will ensure a post graduation transition plan for new at six, six,a dire warning today from the us army rps of engineers. Engineers. E agency is urging people be extrtrely careful near coralville lake. They say right now, the lake is about ten feet higher than normal, but is decreang rapidly. Because the water is falling below the bottom of the ice, its making for extremely dangerous conditions. The corps says falling through the ice right now leaves little chance for escape and a svccessful rescue becomes kext to impossible. Theyre advising everyone to stay off the lake. The warning comes just one day after the body of 17year old tanner wymer was found in the la after his canoe capsized sunday. A second person in the canoe was able to make it to shore. We now know Funeral Services for wymer will be Cedar Rapids Police need you help in finding two robbery suspects. Take a look look this is Surveill
New this morning, morning,the United Nations has been quick to set an emergency meeting that will take place today, following north koreas supposed Hydrogen Bomb test. Test. Last night the state media in the isolated country announced the test but right now the us cant confirm if the test actually happened and it could be several days before it can. A south Korean Spy Agency says north korea may have tested an atomic bomb and not a Hydrogen Bomb which would be a lot more powerful. Nations around the world have already imposed sanctions on north korea in the past for pursuing a nuclear program. Back here in the United States, the president has laid out executive actions he hopes will curb gun violence. In a white house address, president obama says he will tighten existing laws without infringing on the rights of point, he was brought to tears as he spoke of the 20 first graders gunned down in their classrooms in newtown, connecticut. And from every family who never imagined that their
Response coming up in our next half hour. First, we want to focus on another call to action by the president today, this one targeting Mental Health. Health. The president wants congress to authorize more money to address the issue, in hopes of preventing violent acts. But that request raises new privacy concerns. Concerns. Fox 28 news senior political reporter scott thuman begins tonights Team Coverage. Coverage. We know we cant stop every acof evil in the world, but maybe we can stop one act, one act of violenceand one way, a tearful president obama says hell do that, is by addressing Mental Healthwith 500 Million Dollars to increase access to care and just as importantly some healththproviders, courts and state officials whove been reluctant to share records because of privacy laws, are now free to do so. The goal fill potentially dangerous gaps in the fbis database which could prevent gun sales to those considered a risk. We not be overly broad in our reporting. Ron honberg, from t