Are saying the refugee process isnt americas weak link thats exactly where senator rand paul is focusing his attention. He points to two iraqi men who said they were refugees in his home town of bowling green, kentucky and then tried to buy stinger missiles. Missiles. The interesting thing is that when we caught them, one of their fifierprints was already in a database because one of their fingerprints was on a bomb fragment in iraq. Last week the president ial hopeful introduced a bill that would suspspd the visa process for anyone coming from 34 high risk countries until the screening process is improved for entry and the tracking system is bolstered to catch anyone who overstays their visa. Visa. My bill alslswould address that. It would say that if youre anyone in france, germany or any other country and you want to come visit us, you have to go through global entry. Global entry is a preapproved travel prograrathat includes a background check and inperson interview. He says withou
Response coming up in our next half hour. First, we want to focus on another call to action by the president today, this one targeting Mental Health. Health. The president wants congress to authorize more money to address the issue, in hopes of preventing violent acts. But that request raises new privacy concerns. Concerns. Fox 28 news senior political reporter scott thuman begins tonights Team Coverage. Coverage. We know we cant stop every acof evil in the world, but maybe we can stop one act, one act of violenceand one way, a tearful president obama says hell do that, is by addressing Mental Healthwith 500 Million Dollars to increase access to care and just as importantly some healththproviders, courts and state officials whove been reluctant to share records because of privacy laws, are now free to do so. The goal fill potentially dangerous gaps in the fbis database which could prevent gun sales to those considered a risk. We not be overly broad in our reporting. Ron honberg, from t
Time i think about those kids it gets me mad. Mad. Both republicans and democrats see the executive actions as an opportunity to generate enthusiasm among primary voters. Cbs 2 news spoke with the owner of cedar valley outfitters. He belilies solely blaming the issue on guns is not the answer its easy for people to sit around and say theyre mad about violence, i dont like violence. I watched the pictures of the victims you know after sandy hook and they had stories of each kid and put their pictures on there. Im a parent of two children. Do i get emotional about it . Yes. The only thing i dont do is blame an inaninite object. But the president s action also includes spending 500 Million Dollars to increase access to both Mental Health Health Patients for background checks. He called on different agencies to report more data to the National Instant criminal background check system. New federal numbers show in 2015, gun permits requiring background checks, jumped to the highest level inc
In custody. Isis raised their head again and we have to chop off that head like they are chohoing off the heads. Because he stopped people cheering on 9 11 in jersey city. That would require some kind of religious czar i think isnt consistent with our freedom. 16 people injure insnse a shootout in new orleans. Hundreds of people gathered at a firing. Nascar legend jeff gordon drove in his final race. He finished sixth as kylyl busch taking home the win. All that. A boy in australia had an attack of hiccups while performing the national anthem. 32yard attempt to win the game and the kick is good. Best offense agagast the best defense and it was the best offense winning out. And all that matters. In los angeles, a night to celebrate the biggest names in music. One direction, won artist of the year. This is absolutely incredible. Two years in a row. On cbs this morning. A Biotech Company in california is considering changing its name fro isis pharmaceuticals, as well as its most popular d
Miles away from the medical center. Two of the suspects a man and a woman were killed in a shoot out with police. An officer was hurt, but is expected to be ok. Authorities have identified one of the suspects as ssd farook. They have not yet identified the third suspect but they say that person is being detained right now. Swat teams are still seching the witnesses here i ia live look at the inland regional center. The building is not secure tonight. Police s that is because authorities found one explosive today marks the seventh time in five months that president obama has felt compelled to the u. S. And called for common sense gun control. In an interview with cbs this mornings norah odonnell, the president said all levels of government need to act in a bipartisan way. Way. We should never think that this is something that just happens in the ordinary course of events, because it doesnt happen with the same frequency in other countries. Cbs 2 news will stay on top of this developing