this is cnn. the most trusted name in news. closed captioning brought to you by today we have witnessed a new movement erupting calling on the nation to change its ways regarding gun violence, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marching in the streets of washington and around the country, demanding tougher gun laws. the movement led by florida teenagers who survived the unthinkable, a gunman opening fire on their school on valentine s, 17 people gunned
reporter: while the president has paid several visits to troops, he s yet to visit the 21,000 service members deployed in afghanistan, iraq and syria. sarah sanders was asked about that today. look, i think there are a lot of different ways. nothing has been decided or locked in stone. martha raddatz live with us tonight. and martha, what s the reaction this evening from veterans groups about the idea of the president s parade? reporter: well, david, while some veterans organizations support any recognition of the military, numerous combat veterans say, at a time where they are already stretched thin, this is just not what they need, nor the image they want to project, david. all right, martha, thank you. meantime, secretary of state rex tillerson tonight warning that russia is already trying to influence the midterm elections, and that the u.s. is ill-equipped to stop them. in an interview, tillerson saying the u.s. must continue to make it clear that if they do not stop,
to the index. the u.s. marshal killed in harrisburg, pennsylvania. christopher hill, a married father of two, shot serving an arrest warrant for a female suspect. a male gunman opening fire, killing hill, wounding two others. the shooter taken down. amazon s short list tonight. the company revealing 20 finalists, hoping to become home to its second headquarters. among the contenders, atlanta, boston, new york, pittsburgh, columbus, nashville. 50,000 jobs. the full list of cities on our website. and the wedding hard to beat. pope francis marrying two flight attendants during a spontaneous ceremony in the air over chile. the long-time couple says it was the pope s idea. the pope signing the handwritten certificate, making it official. not bad. when we come back tonight, we all love our grandparents. but would you do this? each year sarah climbs 58,007 steps.
and take a deep hard look within. just figure some stuff out for awhile. that s cool. whatever your plans for buying a car, carmax is the place to sell your car. okay, let s do this, tina, tchick-tchick. here we go, tchick-tchick. i believe in ya tina. c mon now. ah, we can just hang out here. to the index. the deadly house explosion in phoenix. fire officials say at least one person was killed, another critically hurt when the house was leveled. fire officials believe a natural gas leak is to blame. to the hospital shooting in cincinnati. police say a gunman pulled out two handguns as he walked through that metal detector at the university of cincinnati hospital. an unarmed security guard was wounded, confronting the suspect. the gunman opening fire as an offduty officer rushed through the door. the suspect then taking his own life. and the royal photoshoot. prince harry and meghan markle releasing the official engagement portraits today. they will spend christmas with the royal
are you concerned here that it looks like the parties are operating by different standards when it comes to sexual harassment? no. franken didn t have to resign. there was clearly no due process. but when you have everybody coming after you, that s what he chose to do. but but that s really up to franken and up to moore, not up to the parties. and mary bruce with us live tonight from the hill as we re on the air here in the west. and mary, there is also breaking news this hour about yet another member of congress? reporter: and this time, david, it is a republican. arizona congressman trent franks has just announced he is resigning. in a statement, he admits he may have been insensitive when discussing surrogate motherhood with two female staffers. the house speaker s office says paul ryan asked him to step down. franks is now the third member of congress to quit just this week. david? another late night for mary bruce on capitol hill. mary, our thanks to you. and next here