you ll remember that shooting. he killed 13 people. he injured dozens more. once again, it s happened here on base. and we know that lopez brought a weapon on to base that was not registered. you can certainly imagine that officials here will be looking into that and how he brought that weapon here on base. absolutely. so many questions still to be answered. i know it s really you ve been there since the middle of the night, but i m wondering if you re getting any sense from people on the ground there, either on the base or those who live with their families off the base, this is really, like i heard someone describe it, like a city in and of itself, a very tight-knit community. what are they saying, especially considering that they went through this five years ago? reporter: it is. it is a city in and of itself. it s a place where many people live. keep in mind, ft. hood is one of the largest, if not the largest military base here in the united states and in the world. a lot of
profession that has comfortably encamped around the federal coffers. the result, according to many measures, is that washington has become the wealthiest city in the united states. leibovich describes a city in which money has trumped power as the ultimate currency. lobbyists hold the keys to what everyone in government, senator or staffer is secretly searching for, a post-government income. in 1974 only 3% of retiring members of congress became lobbyists. today that number is 42% for members of the house and 50% for senators. the result is bad legislation. look at any bill today and it is a gargantuan document filled with thousands of giveaways. the act that dree atd the federal reserve in 1913 was only 31 pages home. the 1933 glass steeg al
the permanent government of the united states is no longer defined by party or branch of government, but rather by a profession that has comfortably encamped around the federal coffers. the result, according to many measures, is that washington has become the wealthiest city in the united states. leibovich describes a city in which money has trumped power as the ultimate currency. lobbyists hold the keys to what everyone in government, senator or staffer is secretly searching for, a post-government income. in 1974 only 3% of retiring members of congress became lobbyists. today that number is 42% for members of the house and 50% for senators. the result is bad legislation. look at any bill today and it is a gargantuan document filled with thousands of giveaways. the act that created the federal reserve in 1913 was only 31
children of sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut who returned to class thursday, in a different building for the first time since the december 14th mass shooting that took the lives of 20 of their classmates. the newtown shooting galvanized the country s debate over gun violence and gun control. the violence continued at a steady pace. since the tragedy on december 14th. at least 18 people per day on average have been killed nationwide as a result of a fatal shooting. at least six people were shot to death between december 14th and the end of the year in detroit. a city in which 2012 was one of the deadliest in deck kalds. 12 people before december 14th and the new year were shot and killed in chicago. in 2013, our national crisis with gun violence seems on pace to continue. on the very first day of the new year, it was at 12:30 a.m.
israel has a lot of of confidence, do they have the capability? it is hard to know. there is one particularly juicy target inç iran the facility, the nearest path to a nuclear weapon if you have enough uranium to make a bomb it is simpler bomb than plutonium bomb. most of iran s enrichment takes place there. nonetheless, if you could disable that target and it is well defended, if you could, you would buy more time for the green movement. that is somethingç israel probably could do. again, we wouldn t be hearing about it in public if it were imminent. thank you christian. thanks. the death toll rising in a deadly explosion in baghdad. 10 people have been killed, dozens wounded. it happened early this morning heart of that city.in the police say terrorists set off three bombs near the market of