Effective, no fly, no buy legislation, and bring up h. R. 1217, bipartisan background check legislation. Mass shootings followed by moments of silence and no action cannot become americas new normal. We need a vote and we need to vote now. Thank you and i yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from illinois, ms. Kelly, for five minutes. Ms. Kelly mr. Speaker, with over 30 americans killed by a gun every single day, for far too long i have been saying inaction is not an option. Yet, in my threeplus years in congress, House Republicans have refused to do anything on gun violence. This weeks lackluster beltway big gun lobby written bill isnt only gun vote this congress has had. Why is it that when our country was facing a horrific oip united epidemic opioid epidemic, we empowered our states with the resources necessary to combat this issue . And why is it that when a terrorist boreded a plane with boarded a plane with a bomb in his shoe, we asked
For the sixth year, King Memorial Park in Baltimore County will stage a dramatic sunrise reenactment of Jesus emerging from the tomb, marking the onset of Easter Sunday.
For the sixth year, King Memorial Park in Baltimore County will stage a dramatic sunrise reenactment of Jesus emerging from the tomb, marking the onset of Easter Sunday.
reporter: the transgender community says beatings like this one happens often but this time it was caught on tape. they are trying to capitalize on the tension. it is tough to watch. a woman gets a beating by two females. we now know the name of one suspects be police say teonna brown acted with a 14-year-old girl. reached out to sandy rawls with transunited. she says the abuse is nothing new. this was posted on youtube. this happens all the time in the transgender community. reporter: some condemn the person behind the video camera but the recording may be the best thing to happen. the victim said she had a seizure. the transgender community believes cutting a discrimination and violence begins with educating kids. we teach them that all people are to be respected. we do not have to worry about this kind of behavior than. reporter: they have asked the maryland attorney general to investigate the incident as a hate crime. baltimore county police say they are working
togeth together, a sheet put over her head. she was beaten, she was stomped, she was choked. they put her in a closet, and when she began to make noise, they pulled her out and beat her again. and when she fell unconscious, they poked her with a stick to see if she was still alive. they kept her body in a closet in that apartment for two days. and then and then, they say, they took her body and put it in a trash bin out back. what has this done to you? torn me apart, because now my grand baby ain t got her mother no more. reporter: after that august day, when latisha s family realized she had gone missing, they came back to the neighborhood and put up missing persons posters. but somehow, someone kept taking them down. and as her sister continued to search for latisha, she got threats on the internet. and then all of a sudden i just started getting these nasty threats, threatening me, my mom, my family. reporter: so what s the alleged motive in this case? well, th