Hollywood. Scared to be alone with the kingpin and told us about the moment she wanted to die. The canadian Prime Minister comes to washington charming babies and even sasha, malia and justin fever takes over the white house. Good morning, america. Happy friday. A little bromance between the president and canadian Prime Minister. A romance going on with america, i think. Yes, absolutely and Justin Trudeau and sasha and malia obama also attended and the president got choked up as he talked about his daughters and how much theyve grown up. Well have what he said. His daughters looked stunning and so grown up. Really remarkable. Oh, no, it happens like that but we have a lot more coming up on that state dinner. First right to the big Republican Debate over night. The joe remaining four candidates taking each other on ahead of the critical primary votes tuesday. Trump racking up another big endorsement and jon karl starts us off, good morning to you, jon. Reporter good morning, amy. Last n
This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city, im del walters. In just a few hours, the president will layout plans to ruse gun violence, saying he wants to expand background checks and close loopholes. The president s prior efforts to tighten gun regulations failed and this is one of his final efforts to cackle what he is calling the most frustrating issue of his presidency. Al jazeeras libby casey is live in washington. The proposals are already drawing opposition from the right. What are they saying . Absolutely, dell, its no surprise, because the president and republicans have fought over the issue of gun control for years now. With this, the final chapter of the Obama Administration beginning, the president is putting the issue front and center. Congressional republicans here in washington who wanted to set the tone and give their own agenda a lot of attention this january are finding themselves on defense. It didnt take long for a partisan battle to ignite over president obama
After spending years calling on congress to take action today president obama is unveiling his plan to reduce gun violence using his executive powers to put the focus on background checks. Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. Im dell walters and part of a push for the final year in office to tackle what he is calling the most frustrating issue of his presidency and Al Jazeera Libby Casey is live for us in washington and libby there has already been republican push back ahead of announcements and what are politicians where you are saying . Immediate reaction dell from republicans both on the campaign trail and from washington lawmakers with House Speaker paul ryan calling this a dangerous level of executive over reach that americans wont stand for but the white house says these are common sense moves that are in line with existing law. And the president s executive actions are being called modest and small steps because without congress on board there is only so much he c
Worlds most viable club. Club. Uable he says it wont solve every Violent Crime but it could save lives. Barack obama speaking out in a few minutes on his renewed efforts to cut the number of gun deaths in the United States. The u. S. President meeting with top officials to discuss tightening gun control. Many americans support stricter gun laws, but not all. Men, women, and families eager to get new firearms. Drew a show in virginia larger crowd than usual after president obama promised to take executive action to tighten gun control. Theres a lot more people at the show than ive seen at a long time. I think it has had a pretty big impact on sales. One of obamas plans is to crack down on unregulated sales of firearms. Legal but thes president wants to force these sellers to get a federal license. Gun dealers are up in arms over the plan. Theyre just going to make regulations that make it more more difficult for people to own a gun and be able to protect themselves, which not only hurts
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