Overseas beijing remains under an environmental red alert. The smog is so thick that schools are closed and residents can only drive thehe cars on alternatedays. Seth stone is in beijing. Reporter you should be able to see a line of skyscrapers along the highway behind me. Theyre covered by the smog. Visibility is less than a mile. You can smell the pollution. You can even taste it in the back of your throat. The familiar blanket of s sg enveloped beijing, but this time a red alert which closed school, shut construction sites and took it was busy outside this Childrens Hospital where we met parents worried about his kids respiratory problem. How is he feeling . Really bad, actually, for a few days. Reporter several doctors suggested this sevenyearolds lung ailment may be related to the smog. Yourself. Do you feel your government is doing its part . I think they are doing it. Reporter people do what they can to try to protect themselves. We have three air p pifiers here at home. We chan
Tougher according to a recent opinion poll. What australia does not have a is powerful and wealthy gun lobby like that one that exists in the u. S. Holly williams reporting. Thank you. In another important story, Chicago Police already under federal investigation for their use of force are tonight facing questions over a suspect who died in custody. And, again, there is a video of the incident. Heres dean reynolds. Reporter when the chicago mayor saw this tape of a detainee being tasers and beaten by Chicago Police in 2012, he said something is wrong here. Either the actions of the officers or the policies of the department. 28yearold Philip Coleman soon died from what police said was a fatal drug reaction at the hospital. An autopsy said he had more than 50 bruises and abrasions. This is happening too much. Reporter per si coleman is his father and a former police chief. Chicago police have 007 badges to kill whoever they want to, and most of them get away from it. Reporter a review a
If you were a hippie in the 60s, you need to know. Its the dawning of the age of aquarius. Yeah, and Something Else thats cool. What . Osteoporosis is preventable. All osteos preventable . Right on if you dig your bones, protect them. All cbs cares some countries with no Second Amendment have banned certain firearms after massacres. Can that work . Holly williams found out in australia. Reporter anthony winchcombe told us he started hunting with his father when he was just five years old. I enjoy it. I enjoy tinkering around with firearms. Reporter but to own a fun in australia you need a license, and it takes at least 28 years and sometimes months, all semi automatic long arm weapons are banned and its illegal to carry a gun for personal protection. I had semi automatic firearms prior to the laws changing and i complied with the law. Do i miss them . Not particularly. Reporter the ban, after 35 people massacred in 1996 by a lone gunman. I had the authority of an enormous majority, and
Hes in a lot of pain. Reporter another Family Member recounting the phone call her injured brother made. He called my father and he just let them know that he had been shot. He had told my father that the policeman was next to him and guiding him out. Reporter the suspects, killed in a shootout with police, are identified as 28 yearold Syed Rizwan Farook and his romantic partner, 27year old Tashfeen Malik. In black clothe, still firing rounds. Reporter abc news has confirmed they dropped their sixmonthold infant before heading off on the deadly rampage, telling her they had a doctors appoint. I have no idea. I am in shock myself. Reporter according to Law Enforcement source, all four guns used in the shooting were purchased legally. Two of them were purchased by the shooters and the other two purchased by another party. Bernardino, back to you. Thank you. Well this afternoon, we are learning more about the married couple accused of being behind the massacre. Abc news is reporting that
Prior to the laws changing and i complied with the law. Do i miss them . Not particularly. Reporter the ban, after 35 people massacred in 1996 by a lone gunman. I had the authority of an enormous majority, and i had to do something. Reporter john howard was the Prime Minister and fought off opposition from his own party to push the ban through. I dont regard this thing as a Civil Liberties issue. The largest civil right is staying alive. Staying alive and being safe from random attack is a more precious civil right than owning a gun. Reporter theres a buyback program, confiscating guns. Since then the number of deaths by firearm has fallen by about half. It was in decline before 1996. Violence. Often with illegal weapons, including a siege in sydney last year by a mentally disturbed gunman who claimed to be inspired by isis. But even steve ballas, a gun shop owner, believes australias laws are saving lives. No doubt. A lot of firearms have been taken out of undesirable hands. Theres st