We have more than 200 people here today and hundreds more watching on our Committee Web cast. I expect everybody in this room to be respectful of the senators and the witnesses speaking about this very serious subject. I do not want applause for or against any position. The Capitol Police have been notified to remove any audience interference in an effort to have orderly conduct for that. That is a warning i give the many hearings. We will hear a lot of perspective on gun violence. I will give opening statements. But we have a former member of congress here, Gaby Giffords who will give a brief message and believed and captain kelly, thank you for your help in bringing your wife here. Ms. Giffords ok. Thank you for inviting me here today. This is an important conversation for our children, for our communities, for democrats and republicans. Speaking is difficult but i need to Say Something important. Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying too many children. We must do so
Student, and she marched in the inaugural parade last week. I can point to one gun store, one store in illinois that account for more than 20 of the crimes in chicago. Straw purchasers buy the gun there and they end up in the hands of criminals in the city of chicago. We have to put an end to this im going to ask a question to the panelists. Mr. Lapierre, i ran into some of your members in illinois and they tell me, you cannot get the Second Amendment. It is not just about hunting. It is not just about sports. It is not just about shooting targets. It is not just about defending ourselves from criminals, as ms. Trotter testified. We need the ability to protect ourselves from our governments. From our government, from the police, if they knock on our doors and we need to fight back. Do you agree with that point of view . If you look at what our Founding Fathers put that there, they had lived under the tyranny of king george and wanted to make sure these three people in this new country
Nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. Given the horrors weve all witnessed from overseas these last several months, it is hard to imagine anything more chilling than having your name and face marked for death by isis here at home. Its the situation 100 u. S. Military members found themselves in over the weekend. Their photos and addresses posted online purportedly by an isis affiliate that urged followers to do them harm. Tonight, what the military is telling those Service Members about how to protect themselves. We get the latest tonight from our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. Reporter it may be the first assault by isis on americas home front. A Group Calling itself the Islamic State Hacking Division posted on the internet names, photos and home addresses of 100 u. S. Military and urged isis sympathizers to hunt down the americans and kill them on u. S. Soil. Its a new front. Its a new sense of threat to the home base that we havent seen before. Report
About the emergency on the border. Members calling the meeting emotional and productive but there werent any specifics on how to solve the problem. Keep in mind, tens of thousands, more immigrants are expected to be flowing over that border joining tens of thousands already there. Tonight we take a closer look at one of the reasons this crisis is happening. Gangs. Many of the undocumented immigrants say they fear for their lives because of the threat of Gang Violence in their home countries. And some of the gangs terrorizing Central America, the gang members, were actually arrested and deported from the United States decades ago. Sara sidener has our outfront exclusive investigation. Reporter this 19yearold is living in the shadows in southern california. Hes an illegal immigrant who says hes running away from unimaginable Gang Violence in his home country, guatemala. But he is not just a victim. He admits he is also a perpetrator, recruited by the gangs when he was just 9. They were l
Good evening. The death toll has reached at least 17 amid historic flood emergencies in the carolinas today. First rays of sunshine there could not put a bright light on the perilous landscape as dams remained threatened and river banks swollen. Officials warn that more evacuations could be ordered before the crisis is over. To put this record rainfall in perspective, today put it. In the past week 11 trillion gallons, enough to end the drought in california. Nbcs Kerry Sanders reports on the ground in columbia, south carolina. Reporter water levels are still at record highs tonight with ten dams already breached. Were not close to being out of the woods. Reporter Officials Say more than a half dozen dams tonight are in danger of giving way. With these type of National Disasters it does require the entire nation to come together to make sure that we come back. Reporter too much water, but not enough clean water to drink. Today contaminated city lines were drained. With a boil water ale