Center. State leaders are renewing their call. Steve all right. That includes making sure people on the federal nofly list cannot get their hands on weapons. Sharon crowley here with more. Sharon . Reporter steve, flags are flying at halfstaff to honor the memory of those killed. Those with want to change gun laws in the country are trying to make their voices heard as well as in the nra. Newtown, connecticut, quietly marked the sad anniversary. Three gunman, adam lanza, shot to death 20 churn and six adults i in new york city today, antiviolence advocates, pain, deen mad Congress Pass stricter gun laws. Guns are flowing like an Infectious Disease which is what we have in this country. An epidemic of gun violence. Reporter critics fought the powerful gun lobby, e National Rifle association for spring law you makers in any new meaningful gun laws. The federal government is parallelized by the nra. That should not stop new york state and the Justice Department should coop brate the state
Trusted with directing flights above the tristate area is behind bars tonight. Breen peck a controller at tracon one of the busiest Flight Centers in the country is accused of illegal possession of drugs and guns. Cbs 2s Jennifer Mclogan with the story from westbury. Reporter a veteran air Traffic Controller on the job since 1991 and asaned here to westbury control assigned here to westbury control center was arrested during a traffic stop in a car with illegally tinted windows as he headed to a hotel. Police say 52yearold breen peck identified himself as an air Traffic Controller and admitted to arresting officers he had two unlicensed loaded handguns in his car. They also found a stash of whats believed to be crystal methamphetamine in his pants pocket. We believe that he is an active substance abuser and the Nassau County Police Department may have averted an air disaster by arresting this defendant. Reporter the faa would not Traffic Controller responsible for near misses in skies
Police say this happened minutes before a home was torched. Its unbelievable. This is scary of course. Reporter eli solomon handed the video over to police once he realized what his cameras captured. Police say its the same man seen in this Surveillance Video walking away from another fire. Since october 20, 7 fires have been set intentionally in this community made up of mostly boo carrian jews. The homes targeted have all been under construction and so far police dont believe its a hate crime. They have increased patrols in the area uniformed and plainclothes. They are using Technology Like cameras. And yet right under their nosings, in fact, right outside of the 112 precinct last night, police say the trash outside for pickup was intentionally set on fire. Other suspicious small fires popped up at other dumpsters in the area, too. But are they connected to the Something Else . Police are looking into it. A message, yeah, taunting. I dont think its making a difference. I think he is
Looking for a hard drive belonging to syed farook and tashfeen malik. The rain may be over in the Pacific Northwest after four days of severe storms. More than 160 syrian refuges have arrived in canada. The group was then greeted by the Prime Minister. We just cant afford to be anything more so politically incorrect. No longer think he is funny. Has he mentioned you a few times . A few times. Officials say a helicopter went down amid heavy rain and fog. Connecticut is preparing to begin the first state to forbid gun sales on the federal nofly list. We are working with federal authorities to gain access to their list for this purpose. Passenger train out of boston took off without the conductor, traveling four stations until the power was stopped. A woman was traveling along up driving her car up a guide wire to a utility pole. All that. You have yet to agree on one single thing. Lets switch to another topic of football. The ball comes out playoffbound. They are in with the win and all
Its hbomb test still not confirmed. The worries about chinas economy are again weighing down the stock market. The Main Exchange has been mof by as up as 2. 5 . U. S. Markets may follow suit. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, january 11th. Noips from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone. We begin with the sad news from london breaking overnight. David bowies death at the age of 69. It really did come as a shock in the overnight hours. Known for his many styles and colorful costumes he had been fighting cancer. His death comes days after his birthday. We get a look back from bbcs mark radcliff. Its the last show that well ever do. Reporter when bowie made this announcement in 1973, many in the audience assumed he was quitting music. But it was only his alter ego ziggy stardust who bowed out major tom reporter it was just the first of a series of changes of persona which would both entrance and bewilder his fans. Born david jones in london, he performe