Five employees of this community newspaper. The Capital Gazette is the local paper of record in annapolis. It is one of the oldest tcontinuously published in newspapers in the United States. It traces its roots to the maryland gazette which began publishing in 1727 and the capital which was founded in 1884. Two years later the senseless loss of life remains so personal to so many people in annapolis and around the state. You need to understand that the Capital Gazette is as much a part of the fabric of annapolis as a State Government that it covers better than anyone in the business. Today it still carries out the Mission Better than anyone else with an added priority of covering nonviolence that continues to plague this countrt and efforts to reduce gun violence as it increase public safety. As i did two years ago i want to take a moment to mourn those we lost and to thank the First Responders who appeared from the scene literally 60 seconds after the 911 call. On this day two years a
Vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 90, the nays are 7. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for arkansas. Mr. Cotton our country faces real challenges today. For example, antiamerican mobs are roaming the streets in many cities, tearing down statues of our greatest statesmen, men like abraham lincoln, u. S. Grant, and george washington, after whom this capital city is named. For the but the democrats arent doing anything about that problem. Oh, no, on the contrary, the mob is in many ways the Youth Movement of the Democratic Party. So they are perfectly content to look the other way. Or even cheer it on. I mean, have you heard joe biden, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi denounce the mob violence we see in our streets . Me either. But instead, the democrats have found another pressing issue. The house is voting tomorrow on a bill to make washing
Sandra we received a call as an active shooter. We do have fatalities and serious injuries and also have many, many witnesses that are being interviewed. Sandra meanwhile the newspaper staff defiant in the face of tragedy putting out todays edition with pictures of their five murdered colleagues with the headline. Bill griff, as we begin with you were live on the air now. What do you have for the latest from indianapolis this morning . Hello. In an hour and a half well have 38yearold jarrod ramos appearing Via Teleconference facing five counts of first degree murder. Were learning more about his background and the history of making threats over social media and the defamation suit he had against the Capital Gazette from 2013. It was dismissed. He was upset about an article written about his conviction in an harassment case against a woman who told officials ramos would next become a mass shooter. Early in the hours this morning were going to try to find out more about that. But again,
The 2,000 kids separated from their parents by the Trump Administration. Are there more kids there today . When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Today a gunman opened fire on offices of the Capital Gazette newspaper in annapolis maryland. Five were killed, several others were injured. The first 911 calls came in this afternoon. Within minutes an intern tweeted active shooter, please help us. A man whose office is across the hall from the newspapers office described the scene. So i was on the phone with a client and heard a loud noise like a loud bang and i poked my head around the corner of my desk so i could see out our front door into the front door of the Capital Gazette. I saw a guy holding a gun, the door to the Capital Gazette was in shatter std pieces all on the carpet and this guy was holding what looked like a big shotgun and moving across the entrance of the Capital Gazette office pointing the gun deeper into the office like he was targetin
Gazette and a lawsuit which ramos filed against a paper because of an article they wrote about his conviction in harassment case. The woman target of his harassment telling officials at one point quote, he will be your next mass shooter a lot more questions to be and he with ramos background. We are also learning the id tis of the five victims at the newspaper. They are wendy winters, Rebecca Smith, Gerald Fischman general mcnamara. Rob hiaasen. Here is what he had to say about the victims. We are all friends. We are grieving for these guys. These are the guys that come to City Council Meetings and have to listen to boring politicians and sit there and make 20 or 30,000 a year. They make no money. Its just immoral that their lives should be in danger. The mayor also praising First Responders, guys. Come within 60 seconds in some cases to stop the shooting that happened around 2 30 when ramos came into the newsroom blasting with a shotgun, using some smoke screen bombs. Governor hogan c