The House Committee and the judiciary will come toto order we can declare recesses at any time we welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on the assault weapons i now recognize myself. Assault weapons have been repeatedly v used for violence on her citizens just the last two years, las vegas, parkland, pittsburgh, vegas, parkland, pittsburgh, mid and odessa. We have seen powerful shootings and Mass Shootings in those communities shattered by violence. But todays hearing is whether america will tolerate weapons but simply put civilian assault weapons or semi automatic versions of military weapons. And now to feel as quickly as possible now to rapidly and repeatedly fire human targets without stopping to reload designed for maximum bloodshed. And then to address the assault weapons estate laws have proven to easy to evade. This is one reason i support a national ban on assault weapons despite californias ban a man could drive across the border into nevada to buy a 75 round highcapacity
Evening. You can hear the famous play from the bugle then we will see the Kentucky Derby begin and we will watch to see the Track Conditions because of the weather yesterday. It is clear and sunny now. Clouds in the distance. Hopefully we will have clear skies for a milestone moment here at Churchill Downs. Less than four hours away for that. In your perfectly attired pink linen shirt for the occasion. Moments we have Steve Kornacki at the big board with his take on the derby favorites and the new trouble in texas. Damage left by severe flooding and the risk that lies ahead tomorrow. And the testimony of hope hicks. What she were helpful to the prosecution or the defense . A good day to all of you from msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Welcome to alex witt reports. We will take you to george solis. He is standing by the University Of Pennsylvania campus in philadelphia. Keep an eye not only on activities there for what we are getting from virginia, specifically charlotte sphere, th
For an update on this tense situation. As the arrests continue to mount. This is today in the bay thanks so much for joining us on this thursday morning. Im kris sanchez and im marcus washington. Certainly a busy thursday morning for you. Were going to get to that breaking news in just a moment. But first we want to get a look at whats happening with that weather here in the bay area and kerry. It has really been a nice one for us. It has. Its been a great week and weve enjoyed sunshine and cool mornings, but warm afternoons its also been windy and were already seeing some of those breezes picking up in san rafael as well as San Francisco. Elsewhere, a calm wind with temperatures in the low 50s. A live look outside in oakland as you get ready to get this thursday started. Were in the low 60s, and then well see temperatures in the low 70s for the afternoon. Eventually well make it up to 75 degrees there. 75 in hayward, san jose will reach a high of 78. In the same in los gatos, mountain
Francisco. Oakland visibility went down in the airport to 6 miles, concord 5,. 3 for santa rosa. So it is dropping a lot there in the valley areas. You can see a lot of the low lying pockets of patchy fog. If you are heading that way, thats going to be an issue and its because the winds again are still calm across the south bay, across San Francisco, about 5mileperhour winds. Thats it. Picking up a little bit in berkeley this morning across the hills a little stronger. But across the north bay, you can see calm conditions there. And thats not helping clear the air, not helping push out any of the fog. Thats why our air quality looks like this for the coast and for the north bay air quality definitely unhealthy for sensitive groups so whats that mean . Fireplaces not allowed. Its illegal to use your fireplace. There are 1. 4 million fireplaces across the bay area and thats the number one source of winter pollution. So keep that in mind. Its not allowed. But things are going to change th
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