, independents, call 202 7488002. Twitter,omment on or on facebook. Obama has frequently railed against congresss refusal to pass additional gun control curbres in an effort to Mass Shootings. Especially in the wake of the december 14 2012 massacre of 20 students, six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut. On thursday, he delivered remarks in which she feared from anger to incredulity as he described his amazement at a slew of horrific attacks had failed to spur a response from washington political establishment. Country isg how the willing to devote a more enormous resources to address other threats to human life ranging from terrorist strikes to unsafe bridges, obama questioned why there is a different response when it comes to guns. Heres a little the more the president. [video clip] president obama this is a Political Choice that we make. To allow this to happen every few months in america. We, collectively, are answerable for those families who lose thei
Utah republican governor gary herbert who is the chairman of the National Governors is to see asian. You may have heard john hughes asked him about a story breaking this afternoon. Utah republican representative jason chief its is preparing a campaign for house speaker. Say that theyes write the expected bid after chief its called on Kevin Mccarthy to apologize for his remarks this week. That it has damaged Hillary Clintons poll numbers, a respected member of the republican conference rights. The overwhelming favorite to replace outgoing speaker john boehner. To nearbyke you live fort lauderdale. Hillary clinton will be speaking at a grassroots organizing meeting. We can full of politics. The possibility of policymakers, industry innovators. On book tv saturday night, martha discusses her new book on president ial transitions and is interviewed by the former white house chief of staff. And sunday at noon, were alive with tom hartman who has offered authored several books. Texts, emails
Damage decades ago. And i have never heard in my family about anything like this. Reporter now, most of the family members living in new jersey. They are expected to come up to the house later on this afternoon. We anticipate they will talk to us about this truly family tragedy. That is the latest live from teaneck, new jersey, Anthony Johnson, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Anthony, thank you. Turning to a developing story, president obama has Just Announced a major shift in his afghanistan policy. American troops will stay in afghanistan through the end of 2016. The president had planned to withdraw virtually all u. S. Troops by the end of this year. Karen travers is live in washington, d. C. With the details. Karen. Reporter good afternoon, shirleen. The war in afghanistan is the longest in u. S. History. President obama ran for office in 2008 with the promise of ending it and the war in iraq. U. S. Presence in afghanistan will last longer than he planned, it will be a narrow mission it
Wont last too long. Good morning. Im emily riemer. Randy and im randy price with cindy fitzgibbon. Its going to be cold for a little bit. Cindy you need cold to make snow. We have plenty of that to go around the next couple of days. You dont want to dress for what youre seeing this morning out the door because these are probably going to be our High Temperatures for the day. Right now its not so bad. Its in the upper 20s to around the freezing mark. And the winds arent all that active just yet but they are shifting around to the north and that is going to start to pull in much colder air. There are a couple of flurries out in the western part of the state right now. But these are associated with an arctic frontal boundary that is moving on through. This is the leading edge of much colder air. Sing Single Digits near zero to our north. Thats what is coming in as the day wears on. Temperatures hold steady this morning. By late morning and noontime were down a few degrees. Its noble the m
Father of aurora theatre shooting victim, alex sullivan. Over 30,000 people a year are killed by gun violence and 80,000 are injured. Its hard to designate just one person for that. Of those. Reporter the presidenn likely to ruffle more feather tonight as this is his last state of the union and as he said last year, he doesnt have to win another election. Eric and ann. Thank you, marshall. Tomorrow there will be plenty of debate in the state capitol. Lawmakers go back to start the legislative session. He says lawmakers will have to figure out where to cut 370 Million Dollars across the board. As well as ways to find funding for education and transportation. Governor hickenloopers state of the state address is on thursday. And this sunday, we debut the new political show, politics marshal sdel lig will and an update right now on the suspect in an officerinvolved shooting. Zuni and 26th. Got out of the stolen vehicle with a gun and when he wouldnt no officer were injured. Now. Pending an