Capacity magazines. Many of the actions he plans to take including addressing mental health, education and training. Those actions dont require the support of congress. In washington, danielle lee, nbc news. Just as president obama announces his plans to curb gun violence a new ad is released from the National Rifle association and the white house isnt happy. The ad makes reference to the security of president obamas daughters by asking, quote, are the president s kids more important than yours . White House Press Secretary jay carney calls it repugnant and cowardly saying most americans agree that a president s children should not be used as pawns in a political fight. The nra is fighting back with its own statement saying, quote, whoever thinks this ad is about preside president obamas daughters are missing the subject. This ad is about keeping our children safe. Police in marin county collected more than 800 guns during buyback programs yesterday. People surrendered 827 guns. Organi
Passing 500,000. The United States has seen a quarter of all covid deaths in the entire world. Same with the overall number of cases which is now over 10 million worldwide. But while the hardhit countries like russia, spain and the uk are seeing case comes down sharply, the United States is headed in the wrong direction. The window is closing. We have to act, and people as individuals have to act responsibly. We need to social distance. We need to wear our face coverings if were in settings where we cant social distance, particularly in these hot zones. And one of those hot zones, california, the governor ordered seven counties, including l. A. , to shut down their bars. In south florida, two more counties are closing the beaches over the fourth of july weekend to keep people safe. In all, more than a dozen states have now put reopening plans on hold. One of those states is texas where joe fryer is in houston. Just yesterday, Governor Abbott said the spread of Coronavirus Infections ha
Good evening, the president will address the nation from the white house tonight. This speech was supposed to rally support for a military strike against syria. But this story has changed so much in the past 24 hours, it is now not clear how much he can say or how much he will say, or if there will ever be a military strike against syria over their use of chemical weapons. The polls show americans think what happened in syria is awful. And the polls also show most americans do not think the u. S. Should attack. So with that all as the backdrop, the president takes to the air waves tonight. We get a preview to start off from our chief White House Correspondent chuck todd. Chuck, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian, ever since the president announced last friday that he would speak to the public, a lot has changed, so many twists and turns diplomatically, has a lot of people wondering what he will say tonight that will give the public clarity. Nothing about the president s plans i
Im alison kosik in for k christine romans, another day or two of vacation for her. Im dave briggs. June 27th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. New in the health care battle, Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell still pushing for a vote on Obamacare Repeal and replace this week. That despite developments that leave the Senate Health care bill hanging by a thread. Two senior gop aides telling cnn mcconnell wants that vote but plans to assess sentiment today at a Senate Republican lunch. They say he could change his plans depending on feedback from Senate Republican leaders. The reason the gop bill is barely hanging on an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office showing that the socalled analysis of this bill, showing that 22 million more americans would be uninsured by 2026. At this point, four republican senators already say theyre going to vote against this bill, even beginning the debate process to even get into the bill. Thats enough to kill it for sure. Other senators, ted cruz and mike lee, t
She couldnt tell me, but she could tell me with her eyes, and that stuck with me. This is the cbs evening news. This is our western edition. Brown good evening. Im james brown. President trump is in germany tonight for the g20 summit, and his muchanticipated first meeting with russian president Vladimir Putin. But on the eve of the gathering of the leaders of 20 industrial and developing nations, there was a violent meeting on the streets of hamburg between protesters and the police. White house and Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan is there. Reporter as President Trump arrived in hamburg, thousands of protesters clashed with police, who deployed Water Cannons and pepper spray to disperse the crowd. These demonstrations are anti establishment, anticapitalist protests, and German Authorities sent out 15,000 police to try to keep them under control. It was a sharp contrast to the friendly crowd that greeted President Trump in warsaw earlier today. The fundamental ques