The committee of the judiciary will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized declare recesses at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on protecting america from assault weapons. I will now recognize myself with an Opening Statement. Assault weapons have been repeatedly used of weapons of deadly violence on our citizens. In the last two years, las vegas, parkland, pittsburgh, midland and odessa have seen Mass Shootings at the hands of an gunman with assault weapons. Last month we added el paso and dayton to the list of communities to experience violence. Todays hearing is about whether america will tolerate weapons of war in our streets and neighborhood. Civilian assault weapons are just semi automatic versions of military weapons. They have no purpose but to kill as many as possible as quickly as possible. By allowing killers to rapidly fire targets without stopping to reload, assault weapons are designed for bloodshed. State laws have proven too easy
Mr. Bennet madam president , id ask the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Bennet thank you, madam president. Last month over 50 americans were killed in Mass Shootings in this country while we were on the august recess when we should have been here doing our job. 100 americans are killed every day from gun violence. There are 100 desks in this room. There are 100 chairs behind each one of those desks. And if these were the americans killed by gun violence, they would add up to every single desk thats in this room. And yet the majority leader didnt bring us back during the august recess, didnt say we should cancel our vacation and come back to work for the American People, hasnt put a bill on the floor or given the opportunity for anybody else to put a bill on the floor now that weve been back in session for the last two months. In colorado alone in the last 1 months weve 18 months weve lost 882 people to gun violence. Thats a record in my state, mada
Today we welcome representatives from the Worlds Largest social Media Companies and Online Platforms. We hear from ms. Monica bickert, head of the Global Policy management for facebook. And mr. Nick pickles, Public Policy at twitter. Mr. Derrick slater, global director of information policy at google and mr. George saline, Senior Vice President of programs for the antidefamation league. Platforms have dramatically changed the way we skmcommunica and have been used positively for likeminded groups to come together and shed light on despotic regimes throughout the world. No matter how great the benefit to society these platforms provide, it is important to consider how they can be used for evil at home and abroad. On august 3rd, 2019, 20 people were killed and more than two dozen injured in a mass shooting at an el paso shopping center. Police have said that they are reasonably confident that the suspect posted a manifesto to a website called 8chan 27 minutes prior to the shooting. 8 cha
Rapidly closing. Breaking overnight, manhunt. A prison worker dead, an inmate on the loose in tennessee. Residents on edge. Very scary. We are latest with the desperate search to find the dangerous convict. All that plus Severe Weather outbreak, including a tornado near new york city and the new threat al is tracking today. Fighting back he had one job and couldnt protect us. Simone biles blasts u. S. A. Gymnastics in a new interview. The challenge she says she still faces every day. Way too close. The alarming video of a man petting a bison which has park rangers warning the public, hands off. Today is august 8, 2019. Announcer from nbc news this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody, good morning. Nice to have you with us on a thursday morning we want to get right to our top story. What we learned about the red flag raised weeks ago to polic by the mother of the el paso gunman while families are beginning to hold the fir
The plane hit a house in danbury. Officials say the pilot was trying to make an Emergency Landing when the glider hit the roof. The pilot was taken to the hospital along with a mom and her two kids who were home at the time. Theyre all expected to be okay. Dozens of homeowners are on alert as a 5,000acre wildfire burns in southern washington state. An entire small town has already been evacuated because of the 243 fire. Some small buildings have been destroyed but so far no homes have been damaged. The fire is burning through some steep canyons, and its direction is changing. What started the blaze is unknown. Overseas, there are new developments this morning in that deepening mystery surrounding the death of a texas couple that was on vacation in fiji. This morning, several other people who came into contact with the couple are now reportedly under observation. Heres abcs paula faris. Reporter it was the trip of a lifetime. But david and Michelle Paul didnt make it out of fiji alive.