[background noise] [gavel] committeese judiciary will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to 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 just the last two years, las vegas, parkland, pittsburgh, poway, midland and odessa have seen Mass Shootings at the hands of a gunman with assault weapons. Last month we added el paso and dayton to the list of communities shattered by Mass Violence perpetrated by a gunman old with armed with assault weapons. Todays hearing is about whether america will tolerate weapons of war in our streets and in our neighborhood. Simply put civilian assault , weapons are just semi automatic versions of military weapons. Have passed bans on assault weapons, these have been proven too easy to evade. This is one reason i support a
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
Public approach to a gun death impossible. Research refused. Its the inside story. Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. Recently, for over a year, the United States had no surgeon general. Dr. Vivec, was the internist picked to succeed dr. Benjamin. He had strong views on guns, defining them as a Public Health hazard. 40,000 people die every year of firearms, using them to kill themselves and others both on purpose and by accident. So for more than a year, despite his formal credentialed to be the top doc, morphy was not confirmed. After the midterm blowout of 2015, senators worried about the power of gun owner oceans, now defeated for reelection, were able to confirm dr. Morphy out the door. The national discussion, debate, argument, whatever you want to call it about guns has often argued the two sides shouting the same things at each other year after year, across an enormous chasm. Shootings gain a lot of attention, but the country is basically stuck. I know that there are some w
Public approach to a gun death impossible. Research refused. Its the inside story. Welcome to inside story. Im ray suarez. Recently, for over a year, the United States had no surgeon general. Dr. Vivec, was the internist picked to succeed dr. Benjamin. He had strong views on guns, defining them as a Public Health hazard. 40,000 people die every year of firearms, using them to kill themselves and others both on purpose and by accident. So for more than a year, despite his formal credentialed to be the top doc, morphy was not confirmed. After the midterm blowout of 2015, senators worried about the power of gun owner oceans, now defeated for reelection, were able to confirm dr. Morphy out the door. The national discussion, debate, argument, whatever you want to call it about guns has often argued the two sides shouting the same things at each other year after year, across an enormous chasm. Shootings gain a lot of attention, but the country is basically stuck. I know that there are some w
Violence in america caught in the cross hairs. How the centers for Disease Control now in the middle of the nations gun debate. Andy warhols lost long digital works recovered, what they reveal about the artist. Welcome to al jazeera america. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. Increased fighting in ukraine leading a an escalated war of words. Prime minister yatsenyuk saying russia is occupying in an attempt to impact ukrainian elections. Vladimir putin warning ukraine of consequences following the killing of pro russian activists, announcing more defense drills along the border. Putins threats provoked a strong reaction from u. S. Secretary of state john kerry. He promised more economic penalties. All of this as ukraine promised to use military force to remove those pro russian accept are activities from government buildings in several eastern cities. We are tracking the story near the ukrainerussian border. They were deployed here a day after crimea voted to leave ukraine in mid march. T