Latino, many puerto rican. President obama described the shooting as an act of terror and an act of hate. This massacre is a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school or in a house ofof w worship or a movie t ther in a nightclub. And we have to decide if that is the kind of country we want to be. Is atively do nothing decision as well. Amy the orlando gunman used a semiautomatic weapon that would have been prohibited under the assault weapons ban that expired over a decade ago. We will spend the hour looking at the massacre in orlrlando, speaking tlolocal officials in floridida, a longtime patron of the pulse nightclub, and d the fifirst openlyly gay imamam in e unitited statetes. We w will leararn how i been log nation, auaustraa, p passed sweeping gun control legislation after a massacre in 1995. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goo
An operators standpoint, like i said, whether talking about Natural Disaster or terrorist attack, your defenses or your Safety Systems have be to able to handle all of them. U. S. Regulators trying them. Euatom has done a lot on that. They conducted stress tests. Its supposed to stress the reactor, simulate it stress the rea rea reactor, not result in release or radiation. Of course euatomorrow has all of the rebustness built in, if an operator fails that test, for political pressure to put on them online with requirement of the stress test but it has not happened. But if someone failed they could be brought to the European Court of justice and litigated against. And i assume if youre brought to the court of justice, that mean yours reactor has to shut down. Again, northeast asia, im not sure how you would put in that robust a system. Youre go back to the domestic regulator to make sure they do that. But certainly, then in this type of dialogue, in the four i mentioned, hopefully those
Woodruff plus, a rare bipartisan push. A new bill that proposes reforms to jail sentences, and how the u. S. Metes out justice. We hear from republican senator mike lee, and democratic senator cory booker. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the scenes are all too familiar a mass shooting today leaves a trail of death and disbelief. It happened today in oregon, when a 20year old man started shooting in classrooms at a college. Ten people were killed and seven wounded. William brangham begins our coverage. Reporter classes were well underway at ucsb when the attack
Mike lee, and democratic senator cory booker. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Support also comes from Carnegie Corporation of new york. A foundation created to do what Andrew Carnegie called real and permanent good. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. The scenes are all too familiar a mass shooting today leaves a trail of death and disbelief. It happened today in oregon, when a 20year old man started shooting in classrooms at college. The state attorney general reported 13 dead, including the gunman. State police said 20 others were wounded. William brangham begins our coverage. Brangham classes were well
To watch the pope cannonize. And whats said to be the toughest climb in the world. Welcome to the program. Within the last couple of hours, a video has emerged showing a leader of al qaeda and the Arabian Peninsula saying it was behind last weeks attack behind Charlie Hebdo in paris. Eight people were killed at the satirical magazine. Well in a video posted online what he calls the blessed battle of paris and the prophet of mo mohammad says they chose the target, laid the plan and financed the operation and did it on the orders of al qaedas leader iman bin al zawahiri. This video, talk us through whats in it. Its just over 12 minutes long. It features this one individual talking to the camera for almost the whole of the video giving quite a long speech. In the background these were scenes in paris looked like they were taken off french and International Tv channels and dont appear to be images we havent seen before and then this long lecture he goes into motivations why al qaeda in the