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Welcome, everybody. A special edition of starting point, live this morning from newtown, connecticut, the site, of course, where an unthinkable massacre at an Elementary School has really shifted the landscape in the gun control debate. Here is the latest on that president Obama Meeting with senior staff and cabinet members yesterday, to see proposals that will include reinstating a ban on automatic weapons. Overnight, weve learned Dicks Sporting Goods has banned the sale of ar15 rifles and other guns like it. In fact, the modern sporting rifles section of dicks website, blank this morning. The Company Released a statement saying this. Out of respect for the victims and their families, we have removed all guns in our store nearest newtown and suspended the sale of modern sporting rifles in all of our stores chain wide. In this community, grief counselors and extra Police Patrols will be on hand this morning when children, all over newtown head back to class for the First Time Since fri
Which tonight is sending naval vessels offshore in case americans need to get out of there. It has been another day of explosions and air raid sirens. It remains a situation on the edge. We have two reports tonight. Our Richard Engel is in gaza, we want to begin, though, with Martin Fletcher in tel aviv. Reporter good evening, they met on the agenda escalating in gaza and a possible ground invasion. The militants are challenging israel, by firing rockets where they never fired them before. A complete surprise, jerusalem, israels capital, was attacked for the first time today. This picture on the internet, two rockets fired from gaza fell harmlessly outside the city. Tel aviv, too, for the second time in two days in two days, the second time the rocket fell in the sea. Hamas showing its back has not been broken. There is no rest for the south, either, even while burying the dead from yesterdays raid that killed three people. Mourners went into panic, at yet another siren warning for yet
We are grieving as Law Enforcement community. Everyone right now focus on words and actions that can unite this country rather than divide it further. We are grieving for each other. We are grieving for our loss and for our families. Only we can prove that we have the grace and the character and the common humanity to end this kind of senseless violence. 8 00 p. M. Eastern on sunday night. Im Brian Williams here with rachel maddow. This hour was supposed to be devoted to a preview of the Gop Convention in cleveland and instead we are covering this. People this morning could be forgiven for perhaps glancing at their device and seeing a headline that the problem was with them. After all, baton rouge, louisiana, had last been in the news for Something Else entirely on july 5th. And now this. The Police Department was alerted to something wrong via a 911 call. The people in the local area were alerted something wrong by the distinct and repeated sound of rifle fire captured here on amateur
Call, i will shut down the government. Okay, we disagree. I am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I am not going to blame you. He got his wish. The government is partially shut down days before christmas. Both the house and the senate adjourned late friday night but will return on saturday. I want to go to Brian Stelter and Phil Mattingly and hello to all of you. That sound that you hear which is crickets in washington. Thats the Government Shutdown for the third time this year. How long do we expect this going on . I talked to a veteran, he made what i thought a point. The reality is there is no elegant way out. There is no way that every party involved can claim a win. The reality of the matter is somebody is herbessentially goio be bludgeon and have to cry mercy. As we are in a partial shutdown, is anybody willing to cry mercy. Is the president willing to blame. When you look at the dynamic as they