57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Im Wendy Gillette in for annemarie green. They unleashed the mother of all bombs. It was dropped on an isis target in afghanistan. As many as 36 isis militants were killed according to an afghan official. No civil yabs were harmed. A weapon contained 11 tons hit a cave. Good morning. Good morning, wendy. Afghanistan min stray says the bomb killed several caves where isis was based but its raising questions here and abroad. Were very, very proud of our military. President trump praised the forces. The mother of all bombs carrying nearly 11 tons of skplos explosives hit a carve. Its most powerful nonnuclear device. We have the greatest military many the world. The commander in afghanistan was to spare Afghan Soldiers and their american advisers from having to go into the cave. Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren questioned the timing. I want to hear more from the generals out in the field about why they thought this was the right bomb and
could be over gun control. he s expected to unveil new executive actions aimed at tightening the nation s gun laws this week. 20 minutes from now, he ll be meeting with attorney general loretta lynch and other top law enforcement officials in the oval office and that is to finalize these intended actions. colin godard is a survivor of the 2007 mass shooting at virginia tech. colin, nice to see you. happy new year. thank you for having me. absolutely. let s look at what the president could be putting forth here for the executive action, increased background checks by requiring informal gun dealers to be licensed, improve reporting of lost and stolen weapons, beef up inspections of licensed dealers and target criminals who attempt to buy illegal guns. do you think the president is overreaching or is this something that could work? absolutely not. the president is certainly within his power to make these small improvements to current
because people have said on this three-year anniversary of sandy hook if the killing of 20 children didn t move congress, didn t move the political system to act, what possibly could. the governor saying he thinks the reality of more san bernardino style terrorist attacks in this country with guns will. also, we can t forget what happened to gabbi giffords in 2011. if one of their own colleagues can almost be assassinated at a supermarket and we go on to what happened in sandy hook, what is going to get their attention, if anything. steve, thanks so much. appreciate that. colin godard joins me now, a survivor of the virginia tech mass shooting, senior policy advocate for every town for gun safety. the violence of paris and san bernardino is just the latest of what we have been covering and talking about for years now, but obviously, the country is focused on this terror threat, the gun violence threat. we have the new nbc news/ wall street journal poll saying 29% of those surveyed
as pete was pointing out what happened in charleston, with the mother emanuel nine happening in june and also talking about what happened in virginia tech. specifically talking about sung wi cho and i believe if i m correct, correct me i m wrong, colin godard is with us. you had a statement out earlier today about how your haesht goes out to the friends and family of adam, alison and vicki and gives us a true insight into the growesqueness of the violence that happens with guns and illustrated by the fact not only of a live shot on tv but that flanagan used his own first person perspective with an iphone or a gopro to record this assault. yeah. so much of the rhetoric and the talk around gun violence is people lost to gun violence and
it. both social media accounts have been suspended. the victims have been identified as 24-year-old reporter alison parker and her photographer, 27-year-old adam ward. it all happened just before 7:00 this morning when parker was conducting a live interview with a local chamber of commerce member, vicki gardner. now, we re only going to show you a portion of the video, and i warn you, it s very disturbing. this is our community and we want to come together. we want to share information that can help us grow and develop to provide a better experience. we re seeing tourism. we want the people that come here to say so right after that, that s when the shots rang out. vicki gardner, the woman being interviewed, was shot. she survived, rushed to the hospital and after surgery listed in stable condition. all of this hitting the wdbj family very hard. the station paying tribute to their lost colleagues on their facebook page. but within the last hour that station s general man