Im Martin Savidge at sner headquarte at cnn headquarters on a busy news day. The blizzard bombarding the northeast, 650,000 without power, many without eat due to the massive storm. Hardest hit, connecticut. Winds are slamming cities including providence, rhode island, and boston. Well take you live across the region ahead. She is the newest face in the war on gun violence. Today, n chicago, a 15yearold Hadiya Pendleton will be buried. Among her mourners, first Lady Michelle obama. Pendleton was shot in the back and killed just days after she marched in the president s inaugural parade. In los angeles, police are suddenly the targets of a man who used to wear the uniform. Billboards are up as Law Enforcement agencies in three states hunt a former l. A. Cop thats accused of killing an officer and threatening others. He says that he wants revenge on those who cost him his job. Police at the grammys will be on guard for their own safety since dorners threats, but the show will go on. And
If you turn one young man away, think of the repercussions for that. You know, he couldve put a roadside bomb somewhere. He could have killed a family somewhere in iraq or syria. I mean, its incalculable, the value. Woodruff plus, we remember Washington Post editor ben bradlee who led the papers historic coverage of the watergate scandal. It changes your life, the pursuit of truth. At least, if you know that you have tried to find the truth its very exciting, i find. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs
If you turn one young man away, think of the repercussions for that. You know, he couldve put a roadside bomb somewhere. He could have killed a family somewhere in iraq or syria. I mean, its incalculable, the value. Woodruff plus, we remember Washington Post editor ben bradlee who led the papers historic coverage of the watergate scandal. It changes your life, the pursuit of truth. At least, if you know that you have tried to find the truth its very exciting, i find. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs
If you turn one young man away, think of the repercussions for that. You know, he couldve put a roadside bomb somewhere. He could have killed a family somewhere in iraq or syria. I mean, its incalculable, the value. Woodruff plus, we remember Washington Post editor ben bradlee who led the papers historic coverage of the watergate scandal. It changes your life, the pursuit of truth. At least, if you know that you have tried to find the truth its very exciting, i find. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs
And its less than an hours drive from my Congressional District. We mourn all the people who lost their lives on friday, including 20 Elementary School children and six educators. Over the past few years, we have seen innocent lives lost to gun violence in a supermarket parking lot in arizona, a Movie Theater in colorado, an army base in texas, a College Campus in virginia and now an Elementary School in connecticut. The weapons have spawned these tragedies and long past time that we control them. The Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms but does not guarantee an absolute right to militarystyle, high caliber, semiautomatic, combatassault rifles with high capacity magazines to anybody who wants them. It just does not and must not let Interest Groups persuade us otherwise. We need restrictions and sensible gun control legislation. We need them here and we need them now. Our children are counting on us and we really need to not let them down. I yield back. Mr. Murphy i yield