now in alliance with many other initiatives nationwide pledging for stricter gun laws. next stop is newtown connecticut this small town was the site of yet another tragedy a 20 year old committed a massacre here in december 2012. he shot 20 children and 6 teachers here at sandy hook elementary school his murder weapons also included an a r 15 semiautomatic rifle. the president of the time barack obama then trying to enforce stricter gun laws but in vain he didn t get a majority. of people cheered as the march for life students arrived in newtown the final stop on their road to change talk jamal and his team traveled through 60 cities in the u.s. to encourage young people in particular to vote they were constantly stopped for
after the shooting. so what happened? i opened fire at a synagogue. reporter: today, he sat stone-faced throughout much of the hearing. and david, earnest is also accused of trying to torch a san diego-area mosque in a separate crime. now, earnest has pleaded not guilty to all the charges. and as for that assault-style rifle, david, authorities tell us he purchased it legally. david? matt gutman live in california. matt, thanks. the company colt that created the original a.r.-15 semiautomatic rifle is now suspending production of that rifle and others for the consumer market. colt s ceo reaffirming the company s commitment to the second amendment, but saying tonight, the demand for, quote, modern sporting rifles, is down. several other companies will still make a.r.-15 style weapons available. next here in new york city tonight, a terror suspect under arrest. the man from new jersey accused of being trained by hezbollah to scout possible u.s. targets for attack. tonight aut
kill lots of people quickly? that s what an ar-15 does. and if you want to solve some of the problems of mass shootings, let s take these kinds of weapons out of the hands of civilians. i understand, congressman, you have a personal connection to two of the people lost in the shooting. cecil and david rosenthal. i d like to give you a chance to speak a little bit about those victims. what it means to you and to your community. well, i want to be clear. i didn t know the two brothers personally. i know their sister, who is a friend of mine, and someone i ve known for a long, long time. and i was with her briefly at the scene when this first happened before we knew what exactly had happened to all of the people inside. and as it turns out, unfortunately, she lost both of her brothers. so it s her that is a friend and an acquaintance that i ve known
by death. rest assured, we have a team of prosecutors working hard to ensure that justice is done. reporter: authorities say the 46-year-old bowers opened fire inside the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh saturday, during shabbat services using an ar-15 semiautomatic rifle and three glock handguns. contact! contact! shots fired! shots fired! reporter: just minutes before storming the building, bowers posted a social media message saying, quote, i can t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. screw your optics. i m going in. he posted that message on gab, a social media flat form which builds itself as a free speech alternative to twitter and facebook. a platform established in 2016 that s been closely tracked by anti hate groups like the southern poverty law center. gab is a cesspool of hate. some of the ugliest stuff out there on the web. and it s because gab is kind of the wild, wild west, lots of anti-semites, lots of racists,
the first initial sound was described as a car crash. just a very loud noise but the next multiple sounds were they were unmistakable. plus the president s comments about the attack via tweet and the commander in tweet is again called upon to be the comforter in chief. not enough that on the day of a tragedy he says the right words if every other day of the year he s saying things to bring us into conflict with each other. and we begin with new information on the shooting. federal and city officials laying out a list of charges against the gunman who opened fire inside that pittsburgh synagogue yesterday killing three women and eight men. officials say the suspect used an ar-15 semi-automatic rifle and three glock handguns. robert bowers now facing 29