Hearing comes a month after the us air force admitted a clerical error that allowed a former airman who shot 26 people at a church in Sutherland Springs, texas, to buy a gun despite a Domestic Violence conviction in 2012. The Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing runs a little over three hours. [inaudible conversations] good morning everybody. Thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather here today in the wake of violent acts by evil man in las vegas and Sutherland Springs. Those two places get all the attention but there is lesser number of people dying in other places as well. Today, with the help of our witnesses, we hope to learn more about how those tragedies might have been prevented. And we will discuss various proposals on preventing similar tragedies in the future. Before october 1, 2017, few americans know what a bump stock was. Then, a shooter used bump stock to fire more than 1100 rounds into a crowd attending a Country Music concert. The shooting lasted only 10 minutes.
Hours. Morning, everybody and thank you for attending todays hearing. We gather today and the wake of violent acts by a violent man in las vegas and southern springs. There is a lesser number of people who find other places as well. Today with the help of our witnesses we hope to learn more about how those tragedies may haveve been prevented and we wil discuss various proposals on preventing similar tragedies in the future. Before october 1, 2017, few americans knew what they dump stock was. Then a shooter used him to fire more than 1100 rounds into a crowd attending a Country Music concert. The shooting lasted only ten minutes. The bump stocks enabled this person to fire ammunition as fast as if he had used an automatic weapon. 58 people died, 500 wounded. The deadliest mass shooting in our history. The law laws prohibiting the factoring of machine guns for decades and decades as has been the case and greatly restrict the sale but during the Obama Administration it was determined bump
Moore as the democrat doug jones, tries to rally africanamerican voters. Plus, dangerous duty. The tense and deadly drama escalating between an officer and a suspect who charges him. And the School Bus Driver in the fight for his life. What his young passengers did to give him a lift. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this saturday. Im tom llamas, and we begin tonight with breaking news. The first major snowfall of the season blanketing 20 states from texas to new england. Much of the eastern sea board in the storms grip tonight. Some 90 million americans feeling the systems chill. Recordbreaking snowfalls in a number of states. Hazardous driving there in delaware, and that overturned car on a slick road in northern ohio. And these drone images over alabama. That cold weather blast knocking out power to nearly customers throughout the south all the way up to maine. Abcs senior meteorologist, rob marciano starting us off. Reporter tonight, the south digging out as the first win
And a suspect who charges him. And the School Bus Driver in the fight for his life. What his young passengers did to give him a lift. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this saturday. Im tom llamas, and we begin tonight with breaking news. The first major snowfall of the season blanketing 20 states from texas to new england. Much of the eastern sea board in the storms grip tonight. Some 90 million americans feeling the systems chill. Recordbreaking snowfalls in a number of states. Hazardous driving there in delaware, and that overturned car on a slick road in northern ohio. And these drone images over alabama. That cold weather blast knocking out power to nearly 200,000 customers throughout the south all the way up to maine. Abcs senior meteorologist, rob marciano starting us off. Reporter tonight, the south digging out as the first winter storm bears down on the northeast. From texas to florida, the usually mild south still frozen. We dont know what the weather is going to do.
18 in reading. But allentown is calm. Thats why the feels like is not an issue. It was 61 degrees and then todays high. Feels like in the teens, even colder in the suburbs. How cold is it going to get thursday morning . When we could see some snow this week coming up. One thing for sure is anyone driving home after the holidays will want the heat on high. Heres a live look at traffic on i95 in south philadelphia. In center city, its the perfect time to use any of the new hats or coats or glovs you may have gotten for christmas. Lets continue live coverage with lauren mayk. It feels cold. These guys dont seem to mind it. Look at how many people are out here tonight because they want to be. They got their hats and coats and gloves. They are all bundled up. But for some folks, they do not have a choice. Being outside in the cold is part of their job. And that job is about to get a lot tougher and colder this week. With the holiday over, moving out while the cold weather moves in. Clearing