To start the work week. Lawmakers are expected to continue working on allowing kelly kraft to upset the United States in the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in new york. They moved to advance her nomination is set for 5 30 p. M. Eastern today. Now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on the. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, sovereign of our nation and lord of our lives, thank you for infusing us with the confidence that you order our steps each day. Give our lawmakers courage and a strong resolve to glorify your name as they trust the unfolding of your providence. As they remember what you have already done to bless this nation, inspire them to march confidently toward tomorrows difficulties with a total dependence on your power. May they recommit themselves each day to faithfully fulfilling the awesome responsibility you have entrusted to them. L
What motivated the shooters . Who were their targets . Can a nation so divided find a way to stop this senseless, shocking violence, and what will the president do in the wake of these Mass Shootings on his watch . Well take these questions to acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney here in a sunday exclusive. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl. Good morning, and welcome to this week. Its difficult to find the words to describe this moment in time. I can rattle off the sickening statistics about gun violence in america. Over the last five years we have endured five of the ten deadliest Mass Shootings in modern American History. I can list the cities and towns now synonymous with tragedy. Weve heard all of that before after newtown and Sutherland Springs and parkland, charleston, orlando, pittsburgh, after aurora, Virginia Tech and columbine, pearl and paducah, the condemnation, the calls to action, the thoughts and pr
Opposition coalition agree a power sharing deal that paves the way for a Transitional Government. U. S. Prosecutors say the mass shooting in texas is being treated as a domestic terrorism case a white man in his twentys is now facing the Death Penalty after 20 people were shot dead at a Shopping Center in el paso it was the 1st of 2 Mass Shootings in little over 12 hours reigniting the debate over gun control there have been 22. 00 mass killings so far this year police are searching the home of the suspect whos now been charged with capital murder hes believed to have posted a document online talking of what he calls an hispanic invasion of texas. A popular downtown area in dayton ohio was in lockdown after a man shot dead 9 people at a bar he was killed by police at the scene. I really want to you all need to think about that a minute if the officers were not in the oregon district. The officers were there less than a minute from the beginning of the shooting this. The shooter was abl
Hello and welcome to world news today. Two Mass Shootings just hours apart have killed 29 people in a weekend of violence in the United States. The first in el paso, texas close to the Mexican Border is being treated as a possible hate crime against the citys majority hispanic community. Then, just hours later, a gunman killed nine people in dayton, ohio, before being shot dead at the scene by police. More on that in a moment, but first the el paso shooting which happened at a shopping mall. Police are investigating whether he posted a document referring to a hispanic invasion of the United States online a short time before the attack. Sophie long reports from el paso. A normally busy shopping mall, cordoned off. An investigation is under way, as people come to terms with what happened here hours ago. Oh, my god. A gunman opened fire in what was a packed walmart superstore, killing 20 people, injuring at least 26 others. One white man is in custody. He has been identified in local medi
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