six minutes and about 20 seconds. in a little over six minutes, 17 of our friends were taken from us, 15 were injured and everyone, absolutely everyone in the douglas community was forever altered. everyone who was there understands. everyone who has been touched by the cold grip of gun violence understands. for us, long, tearful, chaotic hours in the scorching afternoon sun were spent not knowing. no one understood the extent of what had happened. no one could believe that there were bodies in that building, waiting to be identified for over a day. no one knew that the people who were missing had stopped breathing long before any of us had even known that a code red had been called. no one could comprehend the devastating aftermath or how far this would reach or where this would go.
she ended up spending a number of months behind bars. says it was not a pleasant experience. that you re not just sitting around in the afternoon sun waiting this out. and she warned sam nunberg to be very serious when he makes this decision. whatever i was going to do at 2:00 p.m., cancel me, i ll be watching katie. thank you so much. we have to turn to some breaking news. potentially major breakthrough in the north korean crisis. acording to south korea, kim jong-un is now willing to talk to the united states about abandoning his nuclear weapons. president trump tweeting moments ago possible progress being made in talks with north korea for the first time in many years. a serious effort is being made by all parties concerned. the world is watching and waiting. may be false hope, but the u.s. is ready to go hard in either direction. that is some significant news. just a reminder, the u.s. still does not have an ambassador to south korea. i want to turn now to nbc s
hundreds of acres and coming dangerously close to homes. my sister got everybody out and we came back for the dogs and a couple of things. reporter: firefighters hauled their hoses to the front lines as some nervous homeowners used garden hoses to help out. extreme dry air, record heat and gusty winds have communities across the southwest on high alert. we staffed additional resources in the high-hazard areas. reporter: the heat wave could be a record breaker with some california cities expecting triple-digits through thursday. near l.a., a dehydrated hiker got caught off guard and was plucked from the heat by helicopter. red flag warnings are in effect for 15 million people. fires are popping up across the southwest. smoke from this blaze so dense it blocked the afternoon sun. in prescott, arizona, firefighters scrambled through the forest as dozens of nearby residents left their homes behind. hundreds of people in fritch, texas, are still evacuated after
law that has helped end voter discrimination is like dloeing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. that was pete williams reporting from washington. it s a topic that s not sexy, rarely finds a lot of air time and can be you be popular politically, but yesterday, president obama stepped into the debate on climate change and picked a sweltering dale to do it. mopping his brow in the afternoon sun, he laid out the terms for the clean air act trying to cut emissions by 17% by 2020, compared to levels in 2005. the president would limit power plants, carbon dioxide emissions and called for government spending to promote alternative energy development which was also a key part you might recall of his pricey stimulus plan. he presented what s at stake in very stark terms. we don t have time for a meeting of the flat earth society. sticking your head in the sand might make you feel safer, but it s not going to protect you from the coming storm.
risky. i am not asking a government to tell you you can t do it. for 30 years they farmed 500 acres in virginia. hey, turkeys. he has seen government pass more and more rules. eerie day i look over my shoulder what are they going find illegal tomorrow. he would like to slaughter his own animals to sell to his neighbors. law milk is only legal if he doesn t make money. you can go into the woods and shoot a deer put it on a blazer take it around town in the afternoon sun for a couple hours take it home string it up skin it out cut it up and feed it to your children that s being a great american. if i take one lamb orchid and have a community killing like i used to do one neighbor pays me a penny i am a criminal. it is logical to think we need government to protect us. if that is what you think