First, charlie woke cameron up by jumping on his chest as a fire raged in his house in nova scotia last week. Cameron says he got up and started looking for his cats. He said he collapsed by the door but felt charlie burning him out of the pulling house by his shoulders. Cameron believe also the pooch rounded up the cats and herded them to safety. That does it for me. Im deb feyerick. Thanks so much for spending your afternoon with us. The situation room with wolf blitzer starts right now. Happening now, a teenagers excitement at seeing the president speak about gun control is marred by tragedy only hours later. Her sister became a victim of gun violence. Music fans shocked at the death of a troubled country star. Were now learning new information about Mindy Mccreadys apparent suicide. Plus, an explosive look at letters from don lemons assassin to the Police Officer who arrested him. It turns out the music star wasnt his only target. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Capti
Cruise on the carnival triumph. Tonight the u. S. Coast guard says a faulty fuel oil line caused the fire on board that knocked out the ships engine. Fuel sprayed on the a hot surface and that caught fire. That disabled ship stuck in the gulf of mexico for days, it left passengers with no air conditioning and incredibly unsanitary conditions. Several passengers have filed lawsuits and a final report on that fire is still months away. A 6yearold saves the day after fire rips through a building this morning. Officials were told about the blaze just before 9 00. It caused extensive damage. Two townhouses and minor damage to three others. Officials say it was a 6yearold who was visiting from out of town who was the hero. Just before the fire alarms activated and just before the navy lodge called the Emergency Communication Center a 6yearold child who was a visitor at one of the units noticed the smoke and woke everyone else up in that particular residential unit. Five families had to be mo
[ theme ] bill hey, good morning everybody. Good to see you this morning and welcome to the full court press here on current tv. Coming to you all the way across this great land of ours from our studio on capitol hill in washington, d. C. Bringing up to date on all of the news of the day. President obama is back at the white house and he will be back at work in just a couple of hours together with all members of the White House Press corps back from florida the white house, meanwhile has released its own outline for comprehensive Immigration Reform. And on the gun safety front the New York Times reporting there is growing bipartisan support in congress both for legislation to tighten up the background checks so that they apply in all cases and also for a ban on highcapacity magazines. How about it . Lots going on. Well get into all of that. First, lets get the latest, todays current news update, Lisa Ferguson out in los angeles. Hi lisa, good morning. Hey bill. Good morning everyone. A
Now, thats no way to get it done. With both parties agreeing now is the moment to make this reform happen, will congress be open to obamas backup if the efforts fall short . It is a threat from the white house by saying, hey, if you dont do it, the politics get really bad for you very quickly, so hurry up and get something done. Say good morning to our president s day political power panel, contributor Jonathan Caphart and an opinion writer for the Washington Post and angela reid, principle of Impact Strategies and msnbc contributor susan dellpurseo. You come in on president a days. Lets dive in and get to work talking about this leaked proposal that came out. Angela, i want to start with you. We have the timeline here and if we look at it, the president was scheduled to go to las vegas on january 29th and give his first policy speech of the Second Administration but we see that on the 28th the Bipartisan Group of senators, they came out with their plan trying to trump the president to