Critics are saying its an obvious effort, as they put it, to pander to conservatives, making the point that the president supports the Second Amendment while pushing for guncontrol measures. Mark kelley argues checks must be expanded to keep guns away from mentally ill people. His wife was shot gabrielle giffords. He could have gone to a gun show or private seller and gotten a gun. This Super Bowl Ad accused the nra of making a complete turn around on gun control checks. We think its reasonable to provide mandatory instant criminal checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anybody. This was the nra ceo. The criminals are not going to comply. The Group Responsible for that Super Bowl Ad was mayors against illegal guns, a group found by new york mayor michael bloomberg. A 25yearold man is being held on charges of killing a former navy seal. Hes facing two counts of capital murder in the shooting of death of chris kyle a u. S. Sniper who star in the reality series
Lindsay vonn will be ready for sochi on tuesday. She had a bad crash in austria and needs surgery. What shes saying about her chances of a full recovery in time for the winter games. Let us start this morning with the decision by the Postal Service to end saturday mail delivery. Nbcs tom costello is in a post office in washington, d. C. Good morning. Reporter matt, good morning to you. This was a major move that the Postal Service is undertaking, losing 16 billion a year as it is forced to fund future Retiree Medical benefits. And Congress Still hasnt gotten around to addressing the issue. The Postal Service will act on its own to save money and heres the plan. Starting august 1st, the usps will stop saturday mail delivery and will however continue Package Delivery and we should say medical delivery, in other words, pills and that kind of thing. Mail delivery to post office boxes will continue on saturday. Post offices would remain open on saturday. The estimating savings here is 2 bil
The World Health Organization unless it commits to, quote, major substantive improvements over the next 30 days. The president in a letter accuses the w. H. O. Of repeated miss steps saying it must demonstrate independence from china. Today the World Health Assembly plans to vote on a draft resolution calling for an independent investigation of the pandemic, both the origin and how the w. H. O. Hand ltd it. Ivan watson is in hong kong with the latest. Ivan. Reporter good morning, christine and laura. The Chinese Government is defending the World Health Organization after this broad side from President Trump and these threats about permanent reductions in funding. With the foreign ministry, its spokesperson has just given a briefing and he claims that the u. S. Letter, the letter from President Trump is, quote, full of vagueness. It tries to miss lead the public, shift the blame away from its own incompetent response. The diplomat goes on to say that its an obligation for every member s
Droves of new yorkers flock to bars and parks in what could be a preview of memorial day weekend. Rob we are live as more and more americans are taking a stand against the stay at home orders. And live sports roaring back with nascars high octane return to the track. Jillian highlights and major moments from the darlington 400, Fox Friends First starts right now. Jillian you are watching Fox Friends First on this monday morning. Im jillian mele. Rob im rob schmitt. Thanks for starting your day with us today. The greatest political crime in american history, a quote there, President Trump slamming the Obama Administration, saying people involved in the controversy surrounding Michael Flynn deserve jail time. Jillian rich enson is live in washington as gop lawmakers sound off on the fallout. Reporter good morning. President trump is dialing up criticism of Obama Administration officials, especially nose wh those who red of the Intelligence Community the name of the american who was picke
Treated by oxnard firefighters and ventura firefighters and paramedics, and taken mostly to ventura medical center. Many if not most injuries are moderate, and amazingly when you look at photographs, amazingly nobody was killed in this incident. The ntsb is so far on stand by has not yet dispatched a go team. We will see multiple investigations from not only the county but state authorities, probably federal railroad authorities, and perhaps ntsb. We are told the train may have been equipped with positive train control, one of the latest Technological Developments to ensure trains are, in fact traveling at a safe speed, that is constantly being monitored, but of course theres no way you can prevent this kind of accident if a truck is sitting on the tracks and pulls onto the tracks seconds before the train comes. A train simply cannot brake that quickly. Again, 30 people injured on this commuter line into los angeles. Ventura county, california. 65 to 80 miles northwest of los angeles.