The committee of the judiciary will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized declare recesses at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on protecting america from assault weapons. I will now recognize myself with an Opening Statement. Assault weapons have been repeatedly used of weapons of deadly violence on our citizens. In the last two years, las vegas, parkland, pittsburgh, midland and odessa have seen Mass Shootings at the hands of an gunman with assault weapons. Last month we added el paso and dayton to the list of communities to experience violence. Todays hearing is about whether america will tolerate weapons of war in our streets and neighborhood. Civilian assault weapons are just semi automatic versions of military weapons. They have no purpose but to kill as many as possible as quickly as possible. By allowing killers to rapidly fire targets without stopping to reload, assault weapons are designed for bloodshed. State laws have proven too easy
Now while activity here is rapping up, the investigation is just beginning. Reporting live in bear, aundrea clinethomas. And the man suspected of killing the trooper is now barricaded inside a neighborhood in middletown. S. W. A. T. Teams are outside that home where he is holed up. Nbc 10s Brandon Hudson is near that home right now. Brandon, youve been there for about two hours thou. What is happening with this standoff . Jim, we just saw about a line of paramedics leave this area, about 15 minutes ago. They were parked all the way down there. Well zoom in, give you a look at where state police, new castle, county police are stati stationed right by the elementary school. There is a helicopter also above the ground going through the neighborhood. Now, the latest from police is officers remain outside the home while the suspect is locked in his home with an unknown weapon. Here is video from the neighbor showing s. W. A. T. Running through a driveway in the brick mills farm development.
President . The Washington Post jumped the gun a little bit last night. Look at that accidental headline. Oops. Biden to launch president ial campaign. Not so fast. It came down but our new abc news Washington Post poll is out right now and might give biden supporters pause. It shows a strong move from Hillary Clinton after that debate. Some slippage for biden. And Abcs Jonathan Karl has all the latest. Jon. Reporter Hillary Clinton got a big boost coming out of that debate but it hasnt stopped the frenzy of speculation about whether or not joe biden will jump into the race. Man, i do enjoy it. How are you . Reporter wasnt quite a campaign speech, but Vice President joe biden spoke passionately about tackling the threat of climate change. What are we doing . What are we doing . Reporter the question remain, what is biden doing . A source involved with bidens deliberations on whether to run for president tells abc news the Vice President has not made a decision yet. He is busy calling s
Why is Princess Leia crying . And where is luke . Fans buying tickets in advance crashing movie sites. And even the stars cannot contain themselves. And we do say good morning, america. Lets see. 58 days until the new star wars movie hits theaters. Millions already watching that new trailer over and over and over on youtube and facebook. The founder of facebook, mark zuckerberg, he was one of them. This is what he said, this looks amazing. I love star wars. And so the response from the star wars facebook account . We know. Those movie ticket sites overwhelmed by preorders. Well have much more ahead. All kinds of anticipation. Meanwhile, the political world waiting for joe biden. There he is right there. Will he or wont he run for president . The Washington Post jumped the gun a little bit last night. Look at that accidental headline. Oops. Biden to launch president ial campaign. Not so fast. It came down but our new abc news Washington Post poll is just out right now. And it might give
The stars cannot contain themselves. And we do say good morning, america. Lets see. 58 days until the new star wars movie hits theaters. Millions already watching that new trailer over and over and over on youtube and facebook. The founder of facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is one of them. He said, this looks amazing. I love star wars and so the response from the star wars facebook account, we know. Those movie ticket sites overwhelmed by preorders. All kinds of anticipation. Meanwhile, the political world waiting for joe biden. There he is right there. Will he or wont he run for president. The Washington Post jumped the gun last night, accidental headline, biden to launch president ial campaign. Not so fast. It came down but our new abc news Washington Post poll is out right now and might give biden supporters pause. It strongs a strong move from Hillary Clinton after that debate, sim slippage or biden and Abcs Jonathan Karl has all the latest. Jon. Reporter Hillary Clinton got a big boost