here on the washington journal. we are back tomorrow. we now take you live to the floor. the house will be in order. appoint the honorable lori trahan to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 10, 2022, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. with time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline, for five minutes. mr. cicilline: madam speaker, our economy is still recovering from two years of a onc once-in-a-generation pandemic which shut down our economy. as americans stopped buying things,
Florida shooting, democrats in the us have criticised President Trump and the republican speaker of the house, paul ryan, for refusing to discuss gun legislation. The president reacted to the florida killings by saying School Safety would be his top priority, but he failed to address calls from congress for a review of gun laws. The suspect, nikolas cruz, had obtained the firearms used legally. Our correspondent Aleem Maqbool reports from parkland. Police radio we dont know where the shooter is for hours, children at a high school found themselves in a combat zone. Police radio 17 julia five, i have the gunshot victim. There was mayhem and bloodshed as a gunman stalked its corridors. Shots can be heard close by as these terrified pupils sheltered in their classroom, fearing for their own lives. He went up and down the hallway, just banging and shooting into the classrooms. He shot through my door and broke the window. Then all of a sudden we hear one of our Student Government teachers
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in parkland, florida, where a vigil is taking place to remember the 17 People Killed by a teenager yesterday. These are live pictures. Earlier in the day President Trump promised action to make americas schools safer. Nikolas cruz, a former student at the school, appeared in court. The fbi said it had been warned a year ago about the potential threat posed by cruz, but that there was no evidence he was planning an attack. Aleem maqbool reports. For hours, children at a high school found themselves in a combat zone. I have the gunshot victim. There was mayhem and bloodshed as a gunman stalked its corridors. Shots can be heard close by as these terrified pupils sheltered in a classroom fearing for their own lives. He went up and down the hallwayjust banging and shooting into the classrooms. He shot through the door and broke the window. Then all of a sudden we heard one of the Student Government teachers say, run as fast as you can, and we hear
Several roman pows or is sworn in as south africas new president with a promise to tackle corruption. A saudi owned Television News station al arab surrenders its right to broadcast in the u. K. The Florida School shooting suspect appears in court where warner the warnings he did about his behavior plus the. Top dogs the films vying for almost at the Berlin Film Festival went up or. Im going to guess roscoe with the sport as american starsky and mckayla shifrin claim to have first gold medal at ease when. I. Cyril ramaphosa promised to fight corruption as he was sworn in as south africas new president. Im opposed to succeeds jacob zuma who resigned on wednesday after months of pressure from the ruling a. N. C. Party over corruption allegations one Opposition Party walked out during the parliamentary proceedings on thursday but the new president pledged to work with his opponents for the good of the country are will seek to work with all Political Parties. And were started off was start
And the warning signs from neighbors. The names and the faces of the victims revealed tonight. The hero teachers and the football coach. Sacrificing their lives to shield their students from the gunfire. And our interview tonight with the survivors. The children, the students here seeing the gunman in the hallway, hiding in silence in closets. And President Trump tonight, addressing the nation. What he says about Mental Health and the question he did not answer about guns. Good evening on this thursday night. And we are here in florida, where a dark and troubling portrait has now emerged about the horror that played out here a little more than 24 hours ago. You can see the massive presence here behind me, authorities are still here on the scene of this school, the buildings from that large campus, right behind those trucks here behind us, where children piled into closets, hiding in silence, texting their parents. So many of the students telling me today they told their parents they th