0 and then there is this bit of news to tell you about, another escalation from north korean dictator kim jong un announcing plans to restart a shuttered nuclear reactor that is capable of making weapons' grade blue phone yum as the north continues to threaten all out war against the u.s. and our allies. good morning to you. i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna leave. the navy is now positioning one of our most powerful destroyers, the u.s.s. john mccai john ma john mccain off the peninsula. >> an increase in their nuclear capabilities, pyongyang saying today that they were going to reactivate two different nuclear system with the aim in their words bolstering the nuclear armed forces in that region in their quantity and quality. the reactor was actually shut down when we were there back in 2008. the cooling tower was destroyed. automatic part of the negotiations with the west. i am told today that that can be rebuilt and restored to service in as short a time as six months. it could turn out enough plutonium for a bomb in just a year. just as dangerous i'm told the parallel uranium enrichment program, north korea also saying that will be reeving up. the u.s. does continue to treat this all seriously. the u.s.s. john mccain, a ballistic missile destroyer coming into the vicinity of the korean peninsula also there are reports that a u.s. military floating radar platform is being moved to the region. that can also detect attacks from north korea. along with all this rough rhetoric we are hearing some moderation coming from both side. the pentagon says that much of the u.s. activity that we are seeing are part of preplanned exercises with south korean forces. the white house is saying that they are not seeing an increased military activity in the north, and we are seeing the same from some defect tere website that we're seeing and the north korean leader, well today kim jong un is quoted as saying, all he wants is peace, prosperity, and happiness for his people. jenna, u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon a south korean is quoted as saying, nuclear threats are not a game. jenna: well put, thank you. jon: new information in the murder of a texas district attorney and his wife. police documents show mike and cynthia mclelland were shot multiple times over the weekend in his home two mosquito after one of his assistant prosecutors was killed steps outside his courthouse office. as prosecutors pour over the prosecutor's cases in an effort to find the killer or killers dan springer is live in kaufman, texas. what is the latest there, dan? jon: he was an army veteran, carried a gun but probably not in his own home where that murder happened. dan springer reporting hraoeufrpblgts 23 year. >> reporter: 23 years he was an army veteran. he carried the gun everywhere he went outside the house. it could have been early morning when it happened unless he was carrying inside the house at that time. jon: the surprise effect. dan, thank you very much. so what is the next move for investigators? we will talk with a retired f.b.i. special agent about this case coming up later in the hour. jenna: well this just in breaking developments in the national gun debate this hour as the nra unveils a list of safety proposals aimed at preve violen. all this is happening as lawmakers in the state of connecticut agree to propose what could become the toughest gun laws in the country. that in response of course to the shooting massacre at sandy hook elementary school back in december. we have team coverage. we are live. we'll send it over to chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live in washington. >> reporter: good morning. officials with the nra are unveiling their school safety plea postals this hour. that is expected to include placing armed guards in america's classrooms. with a national debate underway in preventing gun violence the nra is proposing training armed guards to protect school campuses. the senate is expected to take up a gun control bill that would expand background checks. also today the top democrat on the house oversight committee talked about his legislation to fight gun trafficking and address violence. >> this common-sense legislation will for the first time explicitly prohibit firearm trafficking and it will make straw purring a serious crime by increasing the maximum penalty to 20 years in prison. >> reporter: tomorrow president obama will visit a police academy in the denver area and will try to drum up support for improving the background check system. white house aides say the hope is keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and others who shouldn't have them. >> what need to be done is action that improves that system, that closes loopholes to an existing system. we are not talking about creating something that doesn't exist yet, we are talking about refining and improving it to insure that those who should not have weapons cannot obtain them. >> reporter: leading republicans say the problem is the u.s. does not properly enforce laws already on the books. >> here is what i want america to know if you fail a background check in this country what happens to you, absolutely nothing? one 10th of one percent of the people who nailed a background check get prosecuted. >> reporter: despite the push lawmakers are struggling to find the votes on capitol hill for universal background checks. jenna: the national debate continues. we'll focus a little bit on the state. mike, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. jon: in the state of connecticut lawmakers are hoping to send a message to congress and some of the other states that democrats and republicans can come together on gun control. members of both parties spent the last week negotiating behind closed doors and came up with sweeping proposals they hope will prevent another massacre like the one that happened in their state in newtown. rick leventhal is in new york city with details. >> reporter: it may be the most comprehensive and toughest bill in the country. newtown family members say it doesn't go far enough because it doesn't ban existing high capacity magazines just new once. there has been support to tighten laws since adam lanza carried an assault rifle and numerous magazines into a school killing 26 people including 20 first graders. the bill has far-reaching provisions. one hundred new assault weapons will be added to the list already banned. universal background checks will be required for the sale of all firearms. it creates an ammunition eligibility certificate requiring fingerprints and firearms training and the first statewide dangerous weapon offender registry. there will be new restrictions for mentally disabled. stricter storage rules. a ban on high capacity magazines, and the registering of existing high capacity magazines. >> you have got to draw the line and say from this point forward all sales will be prohibited. >> reporter: some gun advocates say none of these new laws will change what happened at sandy hook, arguing the problem was with the individual and his mother but victims' family members seem e encouraged. >> i applaud their approach beyond the bipartisan task force. i know they want to come up with the strongest laws in the state to lead the nation and i support them doing that. >> reporter: it is supposed to go before the houses of the connecticut assembly tomorrow and then to the governor. passage seems very likely, jon. jenna: breaking news out of the state of texas where we have been closely following of course the murder of a d.a., an and assistant d.a. in a county not too far away from dallas. just north of dallas now we have this breaking news. a prison break there. at this prison that you're taking a look at live on your screen. kdfw is our affiliate out there. here is what we know right now. apparently the texas rangers are assisting this search as well as other law enforcement on the ground there. i believe there are two people that are in question, hopefully the control room will help me out a little bit on that, because that is initially the first report that there are two prisoners underway. here is some of the freshist mugshots that we have. they are believed to have been out of their prison uniforms. this literally just happened. they left their uniforms and they are on the run. again, just northeast of dallas. according to local reports in the sulfur springs area which is surrounding this county here in texas all the schools are in lockdown. one of the suspects, i'm not sure we know exactly the identities of either photo but we do have the names. brian allen tucker is one of the people in question, 5'7", 171 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes and tattoos on his neck. he's been in jail since may of 2011 for capital murder. the other man they are looking for is john king, apparently he was in prison for controlled substance theft and violation of parole. we are just getting the breaking information on this. there's been a lot of activity. we have no way of knowing if this is connected to any of the other news out of texas but it is in a county close by to kaufman county where we have been paying close attention to the news out of that county for the murder of the d.a. and the assistant d.a., the murder of the d.a. of course happening over the weekend along with the murder of his wife. so now we have this jailbreak, a manhunt underway, the texas ra*eurpbgs involved as well. two prisoners on the loose apparently out of their uniforms. live pictures and new video coming in as we speak. as we get more information, jon we'll bring that to our viewers. it's scary news, really. jon: word is they may have jumped into a car with somebody. they are out of their prison uniforms. if you see anything that looks suspicious dial 911 in that part of texas. as connecticut proposes those tough new gun laws that rick leventhal told bus a slew of bills in washington apparently have a much tougher hill to crime, even things like universal 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