amtrak, last fall put out a report saying it s just going to get worse and worse. and years, decades away from having any relief. correct. i want to make sure i play this too. chris christie was out there, campaigning in iowa. we don t have the sound for it unfortunately. a heated exchange with a gun rights activist in iowa yesterday, christie saying come up with one fact that shows one thing i ve done as governor of new jersey that s done anything anything not to support the right rights of legal gun owners. don t come in front of this group of people and lie about my record, which is what you did. i did want to put this up on the screen, if you re a gun rights activist, this might be what you re concerned about with chris christie. this was early in his political career, ran on an assault weapons ban, saying his opponents who opposed it saying it was a crazy idea radical
so perhaps on monday law enforcement will turn it back over to the company that owns the movie theater. also we learned that they are gleaning a great deal from these social media posts that the shooter put out there the shooter was known to several other agencies so the police department here in lafayette is now in communication with those agencies as well. in addition to all of that there was a stop by just a short time ago, former florida congressman allen west in town for an outdoorsman conference of sorts, hunters, fishermen gathering here in lafayette, they do it every year. but he was with ted nugent who has become a fairly well known gun rights activist. my friend and colleague, msnbc reporter asked the former
announced maj cuts to the number of active duty arm troops. certain planes and programs are also on the chopping block. the defense secretary says he is vowing to economic realities in a way that will maintain military readiness. it has been a disappointing day at the supreme court if you are a gun rights activist. the justices have now decided not to review the three cases concerning gun rights. two of the cases involve laws preventing 18 to 20-year-olds from buying, carrying hand guns and that third case was from people in washington, d.c. who wanted the right to buy guns from out of state dealers. the laws will stay on the books. some good news. wall street on fire today. the dow up just about 170 points here. here you go. s&p 500 and hitting a record high as well. why? corporate earnings deserve the credit today. many topping expectations in the fourth quarter, but keep in mind
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control amendment getting mentioned on the senate floor. i want to bring in reverend kenneth blanchard to talk about this. he s a former u.s. marine, a pastor and gun rights activist. he s also the author of black man with a gun. welcome. thank you. first, what s your reaction to what happened here yesterday? i was crushed. america doesn t need anymore tragedy like this. we don t need anymore stuff to happen to us. when you work you want to be safe when you work. this place is as safe as you can get. trouble can happen anywhere. i was grieving for the families. i was worried about my daughter who worked down the street from this place. i was in it. so it s part of my life too. is there anything you think that can be done? i think there are a lot of individuals who would look at this situation and obviously there are a lot of details we don t know but say it s pretty obvious that people who have severe mental and emotional problems and a history of violence should not be a